Nikolas Schreck
Nikolas Schreck (born 1958 or 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, author and filmmaker. He changed his name in his 20s; “Schreck” means terror in German.
He founded the gothic band Radio Werewolf in 1984 in Los Angeles and was the group’s frontman. The performances were theatrical and sometimes used provocative imagery.
Schreck was involved with several occult groups, including the Church of Satan and the Temple of Set, and he practiced black magic with The Werewolf Order. He later left those groups and became a Buddhist. He also collaborated with his former wife, Zeena Schreck, on music.
He and Zeena married in 1988 and divorced in 2015.
In 1987 he helped start the Abraxas Foundation, an occult think tank described by some as occult-fascist and linked to ideas from the Thule Society.
In 1987 in San Francisco, Schreck lost his right ear after an incident connected to anti-AIDS leaflets.
Schreck admired Charles Manson and corresponded with him. Radio Werewolf held rallies in support of Manson. He edited The Manson File (1988) and directed the 1989 documentary Charles Manson Superstar. He later wrote a longer book about Manson in 2011.
He sometimes spoke on race and nationalist topics on public shows, which drew controversy.
After leaving the Church of Satan, he and Zeena briefly joined the Temple of Set and later started the Sethian Liberation Movement. They co-authored Demons of the Flesh: The Complete Guide to Left Hand Path Sex Magic (2002).
Schreck and Zeena divorced in 2015. By 2019 he was living in Berlin and identified as a Buddhist.
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