2. Systematic Oppression / “Millenia’s Faith Undone”

Episode 2 of METALHEAD POLITICS, a new show by Freddy Lim of Chthonic and Emily Y. Wu of Ghost Island Media. 

It’s been a hell of a month. Freddy and Emily open with positive updates from Taiwan (adultery is decriminalized; a pro-China populist mayor gets recalled) before diving into the topic of the day. They stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and examine systematic oppression in Asia. An estimated one-million people are still in concentration camps in Xinjiang. The Chinese Communist Party performs a force choke on Hong Kong with a National Security Law. 

Freddy deconstructs how “Millenia’s Faith Undone” went from Taiwanese lyrics to melody. He sings a children’s song, and introduces LMF (Lazy Mutha Fucka 大懶堂), a Cantonese hip-hop group from Hong Kong. Bonus: Freddy teaches Emily how to do a death growl.

MUSIC LIST

Original theme song by CJ;

Intermission music “惡世紀 Century of Evil” by LMF (2019);

Credit music “Millenia’s Faith Undone” by Chthonic from the album Battlefields of Asura (2018).

Music numbers by Chthonic:

2:32 “A Crimson Sky’s Command” from the album Battlefields of Asura (2018),

10:11 “Takao” from the album Takasago Army (2011),

35:25 “Millenia’s Faith Undone” from the album Battlefields of Asura (2018). 

Music numbers by CJ (keyboard of Chthonic) from the album UNR (2020) 

00:52 “God”, 

01:50 “The Dark Side”,

04:25 “God”,

13:13 “Save You”,

18:52 “Hero”,

20:42 “Save You”,

26:09 “True E”,

32:07 “Losing the Edge”.

WEB | Chthonic | Ghost Island Media

FACEBOOK | Freddy Lim | Chthonic | Ghost Island Media 

TWITTER | @FreddyLim | @chthonictw | @ghostislandme | @emilyywu

INSTAGRAM | @freddylimtt | @chthonictw | @ghostislandme | @emily.y.wu

YOUTUBE | Chthonic | Ghost Island Media 

EPISODE CREDIT | Producers: Emily Y. Wu, Cathay Hsu | Co-Producers: Carlos Yeh, Hsin Hsiao | Associate Producer: Hsi Yuan Chou | Music: Chthonic | Editing: Emily Y. Wu | Cover Art: Chthonic | Video: Nian-hua Wu | Production Stills: Yi Chen Kuo | Marketing: Middag Solutions, Ghost Island Media, Chthonic | Additional Assistance: Yu-Chen Lai, Thomas Lee | Recording Studio: Futureward Central, Taipei | Special Thanks