Congo Free State
Joseph Conrad’s novel "Heart of Darkness", originally published in 1899 as a three-part series in "Blackwood's Magazine", inspired by his service as a captain on a steamer on the Congo 12 years before, sparked an organized international opposition to Leopold's exploitational activities. In 1900, Edmund Dene Morel, a part-time journalist and head of trade with Congo for the Liverpool shipping firm Elder Dempster, noticed that ships that brought vast loads of rubber from the Congo only ever returned there loaded with guns and ammunition for the "Force Publique". Morel became a journalist and then a publisher, attempting to discredit Leopold's regime. In 1902, Morel retired from his position at Elder Dempster to focus on campaigning. He founded his own magazine, "The West African Mail", and conducted speaking tours in Britain.
Cruelty's Heart
Cruelty's Heart is a Danish/English pagan black metal band formed in 2009. The band was formed by Bloodletter, Jens Forsberg-Olesen, Mikael Dupont, and Mads Holm Jensen. They are signed to the record company UKEM Records. The band's lyrical themes are heavily influenced by English Germanic Tales, and Anglo-Saxon culture/history. Their first demo, "Die for Woden" was released in 2011. In 2012, the band released their first Full-Length album titled "Rex Anglorvm Saxonvm", mainly containing lyrics on Germanic history and Saxon culture of England. In 2014, Cruelty's Heart did a split with the English black metal band, Frostwork.