{{Short description|British musician}} {{For|the dead-ball era baseball player|Jim Fogarty}} {{Multiple issues|{{notability|Biographies|date=August 2011}} {{COI|date=August 2011}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2010}} {{update |date=February 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} }} thumbnail|right|James Fogarty '''James Fogarty''' is an English multi-media artist. Concentrating mainly on music crossing over between metal and sampled based music, his projects past and present are In the Woods..., the Blacksmoke Organisation, the Bombs of Enduring Freedom,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=77821 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201121303/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=77821 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 February 2013 |title=The Bombs of Enduring Freedom to Release Debut in October |date=30 July 2007 |publisher=Blabbermouth |accessdate=13 December 2010 }}</ref> Ewigkeit,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=72442 |title=Ewigkeit Mainman Launches The Bombs of Enduring Freedom |date=13 May 2007 |publisher=Blabbermouth |accessdate=13 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516232425/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=72442 |archivedate=16 May 2007 }}</ref> Jaldaboath (both as a solo artist and founding member of the Meads of Asphodel)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=124208 |title=The Meads of Asphodel to Release ''The Early Years'' Collection of Demos |date=25 July 2009 |publisher=Blabbermouth |accessdate=13 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804095016/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=124208 |archivedate= 4 August 2009 }}</ref> and producing occasional releases for Death to Music productions. He also contributed artwork to the Cautese National Postal Disservice in the book ''Stamps of Mass Destruction (and other postal disasters) Vol 2'' ({{ISBN|1-871894-97-2}}), printed in 2005.

He plays guitar, keyboards and is a singer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-fogarty-mn0002965806|title=James Fogarty &#124; Credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=12 December 2020}}</ref>

== Blacksmoke (a.k.a. the Blacksmoke Organisation) == {{main|Blacksmoke}} In 2003, Fogarty co-founded the "occasional art collective" called the Blacksmoke Organisation, generally referred to as Blacksmoke, along with James Cauty (the KLF, K Foundation, Cautese Nationál Postal Disservice).<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Interview: The KLF's James Cauty |last=Butler |first=Ben |url=http://rocknerd.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/0539252 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210011728/http://rocknerd.org/article.pl?sid=03%2F06%2F18%2F0539252 |archivedate=10 December 2007 |url-status=dead|type=interview with Jimmy Cauty for ''The Big Issue Australia''|magazine=Rocknerd|date=18 June 2003<!--library of mu ID 538-->|quote=Its just me and this heavy metal maniac called James Fogerty, he writes the basic stuff in his parents basement in the middle of the night. I deconstruct it and apply a blacksmoke template, mix it and package it for the mass market. There's also Kier our project manager who hates the music business and refuses to use the telephone. Quite a brilliant team I think.}}</ref> Credits include official remixes of a-ha ("Cosy Prisons"), the Bloodhound Gang ("Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo"), Goldie Lookin' Chain ("RnB"), Cradle of Filth ("Mannequin") and two tracks on the soundtrack to Disney's ''Herbie: Fully Loaded''.

== Ewigkeit == Fogarty's initial recording project was Ewigkeit (1997–2007), for which he recorded and wrote all the music. Recording a total of five albums, the last two - ''Radio Ixtlan'' (2004) and ''Conspiritus'' (2005) - were released through the UK label Earache Records.

The track "It's Not Reality" was featured on the PlayStation 2 video game ''Extreme Metal Racing'', as well as being remixed by hardcore techno producer Scott Brown. In 2007, Ewigkeit was ended (as reported by Blabbermouth), and following this, Fogarty founded a new project called the Bombs of Enduring Freedom.

==The Bombs of Enduring Freedom== Formed in 2007, the music of the Bombs of Enduring Freedom is a mix of industrial metal and modern electronic music. Their self-titled debut album was featured in a two-page article in the UK's ''Metal Hammer'' magazine. Further EPs have been released.

In 2008, the Bombs of Enduring Freedom remixed the track "Survival of the Outlaw" by Norwegian black metal band Solefald for their remix album ''The Circular Drain''. In 2011, a video was made for a track called "Bin Laden Is Dead" by Matthias Fritsch (the filmmaker behind ''Techno Viking'').

As well as limited-edition CD releases, all material is available to download for free from the band's website.

== Jaldaboath / The Meads of Asphodel == In 1998, Fogarty co-founded the experimental black metal band the Meads of Asphodel under the pseudonym of Jaldaboath, for whom he wrote and recorded the band's demos, the debut album ''The Excommunication of Christ'' and the ''Jihad'' EP (a split EP with Norwegian black metal band Mayhem which gained 'Single of the Week' in ''Kerrang!'' magazine). In 2003, Fogarty left the project to concentrate fully on Ewigkeit.

In 2008, Fogarty formed a new project called 'Jaldaboath' - the music is comical in nature, taking inspiration from ''Monty Python'', ''Black Adder'' and various subgenres of heavy metal. Austria's Napalm Records released the debut full-length album ''The Rise of the Heraldic Beasts'' worldwide in September 2010. The CD was also released via Death to Music Productions as a limited edition.

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== Death to Music productions == Fogarty founded 'Death to Music', a netlabel with occasional limited edition releases. The majority of the releases are MP3 downloads.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.deathtomusic.com/ Death to Music productions] * [http://www.blacksmoke.org Blacksmoke website] * [http://www.dangerglobalwarming.com Danger Global Warming website] * [http://www.thebombsofenduringfreedom.com The Bombs of Enduring Freedom] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820212006/http://www.thebombsofenduringfreedom.com/ |date=20 August 2007 }} * [http://www.myspace.com/jaldaboathofficial Jaldaboath] * [http://www.earache.com/ Earache Records]

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