Patrick Macdonald, once known as Dark Foreigner, continued creating art for neo-Nazi movements after the Atomwaffen Division disbanded. It was so quick that anyone could have been forgiven for missing it. In the final moments of court on Monday, Crown Prosecutor Katherine Legault read from the defendant Patrick Macdonald’s cover letters to two prospective employers. In one, the accused propagandist for the terror designated Atomwaffen Division addressed the letter to the white nationalist livestream Red Ice. He wrote that his graphic design work was “cutting edge” and that he could handle animating and creating graphics for the frequent programs. The second letter, to an unidentified individual, was much of the same, until Legault reached the end, reading out a social media account that Macdonald attached to the letter: Raven Atelier. In a few words, the Crown confirmed that Dark Foreigner continued his artistic pursuits after the Atomwaffen Division, leaving behind the low-res, blood-splattered portraits of serial killers and Nazi Germany figureheads for 3D sculpting and an attempt at monetizing his abilities producing propaganda for far-right nationalist movements. Raven Atelier is a small social media art channel run by a man who used the online pseudonym Vransith on the encrypted application Telegram. The channel frequently posted content and new designs since its creation on April 18, 2021. Self-dubbed as a “Nationalist Design Studio,” the first content was posted in May 2021, with a message credited to Vransith, as does all the content created by Raven Atelier. (…) Some of the early artwork was reposted by the NSBM record label Militant Zone, based out of Kyiv, Ukraine. Small by conventional standards, Militant Zone hosts some of the most infamous names in neo-Nazi metal music, including groups like М8Л8ТХ, Sunwheel, and Whrwlf. On his channel, Vransith claimed to have created the artwork for the video release of the Militant Zone concert video and helped with editing. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network contacted Militant Zone for confirmation, though the end of the concert footage credits Raven Atelier for video editing. (…) Prosecutors brought out several RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police experts and officers who found digital metadata and items in Macdonald’s residence they say link him to three propaganda videos produced for the Atomwaffen Division. (…) Atomwaffen was listed as a terrorist entity by the Government of Canada in 2021, but the charges relate to videos produced in 2019. As a result, the Crown must also prove that the organization was a terrorist entity at the time of the videos’ production and release. (…) Two other alleged former members of the Atomwaffen Division, Kristoffer Nippak and Matthew Althorpe are awaiting trial on terrorism charges of their own. According to the RCMP, Althorpe and Nippak from Ontario are alleged to have participated in the creation of videos for the Atomwaffen Division (AWD). Nippak is facing additional charges related to the creation of a series of manifestos and terrorism manuals for the Terrorgram Collective.
via antihate.ca: ATOMWAFFEN’S PROPAGANDIST SECRETLY PRODUCED VFX FOR ACTIVE CLUB DOCUMENTARY