Troy Southgate

Troy Southgate is an author, musician and leading National-Anarchist activist based in the United Kingdom.

Troy Southgate
Personal details
Born	1965 Crystal Palace, London, United Kingdom
Religion	Catholicism, later adopted Neopaganism (Mithraic Mysteries)

Politics

Originally from Crystal Palace, in South London, Southgate is of English-Scots descent and moved to the small village of Jarvis Brook, East Sussex, in his teenage years. He moved back to South London in 1989.

International Third Position

In the Autumn of 1989 he joined the International Third Position (ITP), a breakaway from the NF, and became Editor of several local ITP publications, including The Kent Crusader, Surrey Action and Eastern Legion.^{[citation needed]}

English Nationalist Movement

He then split from the ITP in September 1992. Southgate then founded the English Nationalist Movement (ENM) and during this time edited magazines like The Crusader and The English Alternative. The ENM had strong units in the Burnley, Bradford and south-east Kent areas^{[citation needed]}.

National Revolutionary Faction

In 1998 he and other ENM members founded the National Revolutionary Faction, which he describes as "a hardline revolutionary organisation based on an underground cell-structure similar to that used by both the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the IRA", operating on the principle of leaderless resistance. The NRF also had a camping/hiking fraternity known as the Greenshirts, based on Corneliu Zelea Codreanu's Romanian Iron Guard. Members performed torchlight ceremonies and distributed small bags of earth.^{[citation needed]}

Synthesis

In 2000 Southgate and a close associate, Michael Lujan - a former member of America's White Order of Thule and Editor of Crossing the Abyss magazine - established the Synthesis website. This resource is said to be fronted by a study group and occasional salon called Le Cercle de la Rose Noire, blending politics, music and the occult.^{[citation needed]}

Alternative Green

Southgate and other NRF associates were on the editorial board of the journal, Alternative Green, for two issues. The magazine was published with the support of Green Anarchist founder Richard Hunt, Brighton Anarchist Wayne John Sturgeon and Adrian White. The magazine appeared in left-wing bookshops in and around London.

In 2001, Troy Southgate and the NRF were the subject of a Sunday Telegraph article, in which the NRF was accused of being a neo-Nazi organisation infiltrating animal rights groups in order to spread fascism.

New Right

On January 16, 2005, Southgate and other associates launched a new vehicle, New Right, with a meeting in central London.^{[citation needed]} This followed an initial meeting the previous month.^{[citation needed]} New Right, which has much more in common with the French Nouvelle Droite than with New Right politics in the Anglo-American sense,^{[citation needed]} describes itself as a "dynamic and strictly metapolitical group [that] seeks to unite the disparate strands of the British Right and get everybody pulling in the same direction".^{[citation needed]} It publishes a journal, New Imperium^{[citation needed]}.

Southgate has also written for the website of the Russian newspaper, Pravda, on the metaphysical radical work of Julius Evola. Traditionalist political philosophy of the sort developed by Evola and supported by Southgate has been gaining currency amongst conservative Russian parties.

National-Anarchism

The official National-Anarchist Movement symbol and flag, featured here on a Black flag which is, among other things, the traditional anarchist symbol.

Troy Southgate is today the main figurehead of National-Anarchism,^{[citation needed]} which sees the artificial hierarchies inherent in government and capitalism as oppressive. They advocate collective action organized along the lines of nationality, identity, and tribes, and advocate for a decentralised social order wherein "like-minded individuals" maintain distinct communities. National-Anarchism echoes most strains of anarchism by expressing a desire to reorganize human relationships, with an emphasis on replacing the hierarchical structures of government and capitalism with local, communal decision-making.

The revolutionary conservative concept of the Anarch is central to National-Anarchism and its supporters view liberalism as a primary cause of the social decline of nations and cultural identity. National-Anarchists also reject fascism and communism as statist and totalitarian, and reject National Socialism as a failed dictatorship of a totalitarian government. However, Southgate's National-Anarchism has been critiqued as an opportunistic appropriation of aspects of leftist counter-culture in the service of a racist, right-wing ideology.

On 19 September 2010, Southgate launched the National-Anarchist Movement (N-AM) and unveiled a 15,000-word manifesto which included a detailed membership system based around a revolutionary cadre structure. The group also launched a magazine called Tribal Resonance.^{[citation needed]}

Academic coverage

Southgate and his political ideas have been discussed in various books and publications, including The Beast Reawakens (1999) by Martin A. Lee, International Fascism: Theories, Causes and the New Consensus by Roger Griffin (2002), Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism & the Politics of Identity by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (2003), the five-volume study Fascism: Critical Concepts in Political Science (2004) by Roger Griffin & Matthew Feldman (ed.) and The Radical Right in Britain by Alan Sykes (2005). He is also mentioned in World Fascism: A Historical Encyclopedia (2006) by Cyprian Blamires and Monsters in the Mirror: Representations of Nazism in Post-War Popular Culture by Sara Buttsworth. A 26-page article by Graham D. Macklin, entitled 'Co-opting the Counter-Culture: Troy Southgate and the National Revolutionary Faction', appeared in Volume 39, No. 3 of the academic journal Patterns of Prejudice (2005), and Southgate and the New Right were also discussed in an essay called The West Reborn by David J. Wingfield which appeared in The Initiate: Journal of Traditional Studies (2008), pp. 17–19. A Winter 2008 article appeared in Vol. 23, No. 4 of The Public Eye magazine, entitled 'Rebranding Fascism: National-Anarchists' by Spencer Sunshine. In Germany, Southgate is mentioned in Gabriel Kuhn's 'Neuer Anarchismus in den USA: Seattle und die Folgen' (2008) and Charles Lindholm's 'The Struggle for the World: Liberation Movements for the 21st Century' [2010]. Some of Southgate's musical activities are discussed in the Hungarian book, 'Battlenoise: The Blows of the Martial Industrial Music', published by Mozgalom Records (2007). A chapter by Southgate is also included in 'Northern Traditions', published by Primordial Traditions (2011).

Miscellaneous

Troy Southgate is mentioned in the dystopian novel by Alex Kurtagic, Mister (2010), where he is portrayed as a revolutionary underground leader with a cult following.

Bibliography

The Meaning of Nationalism (Ed.), 1992, English Nationalist Movement.

An Introduction to the English Nationalist Movement (Ed.), 1993, The Rising Press.

Otto Strasser: The German Contribution to Revolutionary Nationalism (Ed.), 1995, The Rising Press.

Foretaste of a New Dawn: Five Harbingers of the National Revolution (Ed.), 1995, The Rising Press.

Poets, Prophets and Revolutionaries (Ed.), 1995, The Rising Press.

The Best of Rising: A Booklet for the Political Soldier (Ed.), 1995, The Rising Press.

The Green Book (Ed.), 1995, The Rising Press.

Revolutionary Action: A Booklet for the Cadre (Ed.), 1995, The Rising Press.

Distributism: A Summary of Revolutionary Nationalist Economics (Ed.), 1995, The Rising Press.

Merrie England (Ed.), 1995, The Rising Press.

Forgotten Ideals: National-Socialism Before 1933 (Ed.), 1996, The Rising Press.

Destiny of Iron: Corneliu Codreanu and the Legion of St. Michael the Archangel (Ed.), 1996, The Rising Press.

Popular Rule: The Authority of the English People in Post-Revolutionary Society, 1997, The Rising Press.

Life of Fire: An Interview with Robert N. Taylor (Ed.), 2000, The Rising Press.

Paramilitary Operations (Ed.), 2000, The Rising Press.

Myself & the Media: A Personal Defence by Troy Southgate, 2000, The Rising Press.

Chinese Whispers Meets Leftist Dogmatism: A Reply to Green Anarchist, 2000, The Rising Press.

Leaderless Resistance: Where There's a Will There's a Way, 2000, The Rising Press.

The Seminal Writings of Alexander Dugin: Volume One of a Series on National-Bolshevism (Ed.), 2000, The Rising Press.

The Seminal Writings of Alexander Dugin: Volume Two of a Series on National-Bolshevism (Ed.), 2000, The Rising Press.

The Seminal Writings of Alexander Dugin: Volume Three of a Series on National-Bolshevism (Ed.), 2000, The Rising Press.

Catechism of the Revolutionist (Ed.), 2000, The Rising Press.

The Thoughts of Julius Evola: Part One of a Series on the Revolutionary Conservatives (Ed.), 2001, The Rising Press.

Further Thoughts of Julius Evola: Part Two of a Series on the Revolutionary Conservatives (Ed.), 2001, The Rising Press.

The Thoughts of Francis Parker Yockey: Part Three of a Series on the Revolutionary Conservatives (Ed.), 2001, The Rising Press.

Nationalanarchismus: Manifest und Texte (with Peter Töpfer & Hans Cany), 2004, Eigner Verlag, paperback, 481pp.

Tradition & Revolution: Collected Writings of Troy Southgate, 2007, Integral Tradition Publishing, paperback, 330pp.

Hitler: The Adjournment, 2010, Iron Sky Publishing, paperback, 112pp.

Tradition & Revolution: Collected Writings of Troy Southgate, 2010, Arktos (second edition), hardback, 350pp.

Tradition & Revolution: Collected Writings of Troy Southgate, 2010, Arktos (second edition), paperback, 350pp.

Nazis, Fascists or Neither: Ideological Credentials of the British Far Right, 1987-1994, 2010, The Palingenesis Project, paperback, 160pp.

Otto Strasser: The Life and Times of a German Socialist, 2010, Black Front Press, paperback, 209pp.

Adventures in Counter-Culture: Politics, Music, Film and Literature, 2011, Black Front Press, paperback, 368pp.

Further Writings: Essays in Philosophy, Religion, History & Politics, 2011, Black Front Press, paperback, 300pp.

Radical Tradition: Philosophy,Metapolitics & the Conservative Revolution (Ed.), 2011, Primordial Traditions, papaerback, 300pp.

Evola: Thoughts & Perspectives, Volume One (Ed.), 2011, Black Front Press, paperback, 304pp.

Crowley: Thoughts & Perspectives, Volume Two (Ed.), 2011, Black Front Press, paperback, 210pp.

Nietzsche: Thoughts & Perspectives, Volume Three (Ed.), 2011, Black Front Press, paperback, 352pp.

Helios: Journal of Metaphysical & Occult Studies, Volume One, (Ed.), 2011, Black Front Press, paperback, 300pp.

Woden: Thoughts & Perspectives, Volume Four, (Ed.), 2011, Black Front Press, paperback, 250pp.

Helios: Journal of Metaphysical & Occult Studies, Volume Two, (Ed.), 2011, Black Front Press, paperback, 300pp.

Codreanu: Thoughts & Perspectives, Volume Five, (Ed.), 2011, Black Front Press, paperback, 150pp.

Pound: Thoughts & Perspectives, Volume Six, (Ed.), 2012, Black Front Press, paperback, 176pp.

Crowley: Thoughts & Perspectives, Volume Two (Ed.), Second Edition, 2012, Black Front Press, paperback, 210pp.

Behold the Hammer! Nietzsche Under Scrutiny, 2012, Black Front Press, paperback, 150pp.

National-Anarchism: A Reader (Ed.), 2012, Black Front Press, paperback, 300pp.

Evola: Thoughts & Perspectives, Volume One (Ed.), Second Edition, 2012, Black Front Press, paperback, 304pp.

Helios: Journal of Metaphysical & Occult Studies, Volume Three, (Ed.), 2012, Black Front Press, paperback, 190pp.

Music

As a teenager, Southgate was a vocalist in two skinhead bands from Crowborough, East Sussex. These were The Distortions (formerly Public Convenience) and The Banana Skins. In his 20s he went on to become the singer with Crowborough ska band The Toot 'n Ska Men and then backing vocalist with Tunbridge Wells ska act, Bugsy Malone. Troy Southgate is now a vocalist, guitarist and percussionist with the mainly Dutch outfit, H.E.R.R., who play Neoclassical music and have released several albums including 'Es Regnet Das Leben Heraus' (2004), 'The Winter of Constantinople' (2005), 'Vondel's Lucifer: First Movement' (2006) and the 'Fire & Glass: A Norwood Tragedy' EP (2007). Southgate's vocals have also featured for H.E.R.R. on the following compilation albums: 'Hopes Die In Winter' ('Hopes Die in Winter' and 'Fifteen Tokens'), 'Instruo Vestri Pro Pugna!' ('The Baron of Urga'), 'Neo-Form I' ('For a Christ-Thorn'), and 'Swarm' ('Stalingrad'). Future projects include a 7" single release of Current 93's 'For a Christ Thorn' coupled with a new song, 'Narcissus', on the b-side. The latest release is 'The Twelve Caesars', based upon the work of the same name by the Roman historian, Suetonius.

Southgate is also a singer/songwriter with the German group, Seelenlicht, one of whom, Butow Maler, was a member of Kammer Sieben, and the project has released a 14-track album for the Cold Spring Records label, entitled 'Gods & Devils'. A compilation track, 'Return to Summerisle', was recorded for the Old Europa Cafe label and their second album, 'Love & Murder', has just been released.

In September 2007, Southgate became a full-time vocalist and member of Poland's Horologium, founded by Grzegorz Siedlecki, for whom he had previously recorded 'Faustus' (with Maria Southgate) and 'Thus I Spake' for two separate Horologium releases. This came about after Southgate was consequently asked to write and record five tracks for a forthcoming Horologium album called 'Earthbound' (expected on the Old Europa Cafe label in early 2008). The group has just released a joint 7" Neuropa Records collaboration with Oda Relicta from the Ukraine.

He has also worked with Sweden's Survival Unit, Holland's Erich Zahn, the Canadian project, Funerary Call, the Italian projects Ouroboros, Bonebound, Silent Cathedral and Sala Della Colonne, the Polish projects Elvatorium, Ollin and Desert Divinity, and the German bands, Sagittarius, Von Thronstahl & The Days of the Trumpet Call.

Discography

THE DISTORTIONS: Demo ('Is It Working?', 1982, cassette, no label)

THE BANANA SKINS: Demo ('Sharpened Piece of Metal With a Taped Handle', 1983, cassette, no label)

THE TOOT 'N' SKA MEN: Live At Sussex University (1990, cassette, no label)

MERRYMOON: Demo (2000, cassette, no label)

SURVIVAL UNIT: Continuity ('Awakening & Bravery', 2005, LP, Steinklang Industries)

SURVIVAL UNIT: Continuity ('Awakening & Bravery', 2005, CD-R, Steinklang Industries)

SURVIVAL UNIT: Continuity / Deliverance From The Claws Of Their Final Grasp ('Awakening & Bravery', 2005, LP+min CD-R, Steinklang Industries)

HERR: The Winter of Constantinople (2005, CD-R, Cynfeirdd)

HERR: Carpe Noctem Festival I: Sturmgewitter Ziehn Durchs Land ('Constantinople I: Hagya Sophia'/'Requiem For Constantinople', 2005, CD, Carpe Noctem)

HERR: Hopes Die In Winter ('Hopes Die In Winter'/'Fifteen Tokens', 2005, CD, Beast of Prey)

HERR: The Winter Of Constantinople (2005, Picture-LP, Cynfeirdd)

HERR: The Winter Of Constantinople (2005, CD, Cold Spring)

HERR: Instruo Vestri Pro Pugna! ('The Baron Of Urga', 2005, 12" vinyl, Cold Spring)

HERR: Neither Beginning Nor End ('The Fall Of Constantinople', 2005, CD, Cynfeirdd)

HERR: Neo-Form I ('For A Christ-Thorn', 2005, MP3 release, Neo-Form)

HERR: Swarm ('Stalingrad', 2006, CD, Cold Spring)

HERR: Vondel's Lucifer (2006, CD, Cold Spring)

HOROLOGIUM: Paradise Inverted ('Faustus', 2007, CD, Old Europa Cafe)

HOROLOGIUM: The World Is Not Enough ('Thus I Spake', 2007, CD, Neuropa Records)

HERR: Fire and Glass: A Norwood Tragedy (2007, MCD, Cold Spring)

SEELENLICHT: 13th Street: The Sound of Mystery 4 ('Demian', 2007, CD, ZYX Music)

SEELENLICHT: Gods & Devils (2008, CD, Cold Spring)

HOROLOGIUM: Zero Tolerance 022 ('The Watchers', 2008, CD, magazine sampler)

HERR: OEC 100 / The Old Europa Cafe ('A Newer Rome', 2008, 7 x CD boxset, Old Europa Cafe)

SEELENLICHT: OEC 100 / The Old Europa Cafe ('Return To Summerisle', 2008, 7 x CD boxset, Old Europa Cafe)

ACROSS THE RUBICON: Scontrum VIII ('A Soldier'/'Survivors', 2008, wooden CD box, War Office Propaganda)

HOROLOGIUM: Earthbound (2008, CD, Old Europa Cafe)

SAGITTARIUS: Songs from the Ivory Tower ('Ich Hatt Einen Kameraden'/'The Song', 2008, CD, Cold Spring)

SEELENLICHT: Sounds of Geisterwelt Nights ('The Modern Saxons', 2008, CD-R promo, Geisterwelt)

BONEBOUND: Interior - Obscure Sounds From The Inside ('The Bone Room', 2008, CD-R, Invisible Eye Productions)

BONEBOUND: Interior - Obscure Sounds From The Inside ('The Bone Room', 2008, C90 tape, Invisible Eye Productions)

ELVATORIUM: Message From The Black Sun Constellation ('Lithany To The Heart Of A Dying Whale', 'Echoes' & 'Velvet Skies', 2008, MP3 release)

SAGITTARIUS: Fragmente II ('Moonlight Sonata, First Movement', 2008, mp3)

THE DAYS OF THE TRUMPET CALL: I Saw No Temple in the City / Reminiszenz 1999-2006 ('End Times', 2008, 2 x CD, Trutzburg Thule)

THE DAYS OF THE TRUMPET CALL: I Saw No Temple in the City / Reminiszenz 1999-2006 ('End Times', 2008, 2 x CD + MCD box set, Trutzburg Thule)

HOROLOGIUM: Le Paradis Des Chasseurs ('Faustus', 2009, CD, Twilight Records)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('1 - The Magician', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('2 - The High Priestess', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('3 - The Empress', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('4 - The Emperor', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

ELVATORIUM: Because God Told Me To Do It: Volume 1 ('Echoes', 2009, mp3, TheeBradMiller)

VON THRONSTAHL: Germanium Metallicum ('Self-Defence or Slavery' & 'The Beauty of Life & Eternal War', CD, Trutzburg-Thule)

VON THRONSTAHL: Germanium Metallicum ('Self-Defence or Slavery' & 'The Beauty of Life & Eternal War', box edition with poster & pin, Trutzburg-Thule)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('5 - The Hierophant', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('6 - The Lovers', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('7 - The Chariot', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('8 - Justice', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

SEELENLICHT: Tarot Serie ('The Lovers', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

HOROLOGIUM: Saint George & the Dragon ('The Death of Jerzy, 2009, 7", Neuropa)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('9 - The Hermit', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('10 - The Wheel of Fortune', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('11 - Strength', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('12 - The Hanged Man', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

HERR: XII Caesars (2009, CD, Cold Spring)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('13 - Death', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('14 - Temperance', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('15 - The Devil', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('16 - The Tower', 2009, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

SEELENLICHT: Love & Murder (2009, CD, Trutzburg-Thule)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('17 - The Star', 2010, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('18 - The Moon', 2010, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('19 - The Sun', 2010, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('20 - Judgement', 2010, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

OLLIN: The Opium Trail (mp3 album release)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('21 - The World', 2010, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tarot Serie ('0 - The Fool', 2010, 3" CD, Invisible Eye Recordings)

FUNERARY CALL: Dark Waters Stirred ('Equestrian Seals', 2010, CD, Fall of Nature)

SILENT CATHEDRAL: Finis Gloriae Mundi EP ('Silent Cathedral: Part One', 2010, CD, Inchiostrum Records)

ELVATORIUM: Message From The Black Sun Constellation ('Lithany To The Heart Of A Dying Whale', 'Echoes' & 'Velvet Skies', 2010, CD, Invisible Eye Productions)

THE JOY OF NATURE: The Empty Circle Part III, Anitya ('This Floating World', 2010, CD + CDr in wooden box with pin, Rage In Eden)

MARCO GROSSO: Brief Essay on Hermetic Tarot (2010, CD-R + Major Arcana pdf, free compilation, cards, stickers, banners, flyers + 2 posters, Invisible Eye Productions)

OUROBOROS: Somnium ('Iron Man', 2011, CD-R, Invisible Eye Productions)

ELVATORIUM: Invisible ('Echoes', 2011, CD-R, Invisible Eye Productions)

KAMA RUPA: Kama: Kontra: Kontrol ('Regret', 2011, CD, Regimental Records)

Forthcoming releases

MERCURIAL SEA: Sunflower (label to be arranged)

HERR: For A Christ-Thorn ('For A Christ-Thorn'/'Narcissus', 7", Trutzburg-Thule)

SEELENLICHT: Serrano compilation ('Black Sun Shining', CD, JSP Distribution)

ERICH ZAHN Featuring TROY SOUTHGATE: 'Acid Rain' ('Acid Rain'/'Streets of London', label to be finalised)

THE DAYS OF THE TRUMPET CALL: 'The Guest' (album title and label unknown)

ELVATORIUM: When Heaven Falls Apart (CD, label to be finalised)

DESERT DIVINITY: Rusted Idols ('Pulsating Spectre' and 'Cold Room Solitude', label to be finalised)

OUROBOROS: Love Will Tear Us Apart ('Love Will Tear Us Apart', 7", Invisible Eye Productions)

BONEBOUND: Album title unknown (label to be finalised)

SALA DELLE COLONNE: Album title unknown ('Anathema of Zos', label to be finalised)

RADEK KORDASIEWICZ Featuring TROY SOUTHGATE: Black Stripes 2 ('Someone In The Fields', label to be finalised)

SAGITTARIUS: Uni Ja Kuolema ('Song VIII: Composed in a Dream', label to be finalised)

SUNNA: Untitled (Split 10" with Hoor-paar-Kraat, Goat Eater Records)

SPREU & WEIZEN: track unknown (no further details at this stage)

External links

• National-Anarchist Movement (N-AM)
• Troy Southgate's Myspace page
• HERR Myspace page
• Seelenlicht Myspace page
• Horologium Myspace page
• Synthesis
• New Right
• Woden's Folk
• Integral Tradition Publishing
• Elvatorium
• "Co-opting the Counter Culture: Troy Southgate and the National Revolutionary Faction"