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Sammath – Godless Arrogance pre-orders shipping now
Most bands have two or three good albums in them and once they’ve made those, they’re relegated to re-living old influences. Sammath on the other hand has continued improving with Godless Arrogance,...
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Fan kills black metal singer for not being Satanic enough
I’m going to hell for this, but it’s an observation, not a recommendation: black metal was a lot better when it was the Wild West, with bodies cropping up everywhere, churches aflame, and musicians...
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Sadistic Metal Reviews 01-12-14
What are Sadistic Metal Reviews? Music is art when it has something to say, entertainment when it’s distracting. Since none of us have infinite time, we pick the best and strongest music we can and...
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Interview with Steve Cefala (Dawning)
Steve Cefala (R) and Birdo (L) of Dawning. Welcome to the strange and protean world of Steve Cefala, black/doom metal musician, MMA fighter, former adult entertainment actor, and now, the force behind...
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The funderground evaporates and metal goes underground
Blue skied days make me think of aliens landing amongst us like in the old science fiction films. Except this time, the aliens are disappointed in what they find. “We have analyzed your...
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Haven in Shadows –“Legend of the Wolf” and “Moments of Honour”
Often, when frustrated with the current state of metal, it’s refreshing to look towards the past. While the metal underground has been increasingly well documented, there are still quality releases...
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Morfin – Inoculation
Morfin emerge from the potent musical texture of the late 1980s and the transitional era between speed metal and death metal where Sepultura, Destruction, Kreator and Sadus ruled the day. This period...
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Oration of Disorder reviews 01-19-14
What’s an oration of disorder? What most people think of as “order” consists in telling other people what they want to hear and then manipulating them. That’s how you sell them products. But the...
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In defense of elitism
One good way to make a name as a writer is to disguise a begging the question fallacy as an article. That’s what happened with “Why Are Black Metal Fans Such Elitist Assholes?”, a new piece staining...
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Sadistic Metal Reviews 01-24-14
The Manatee: nature’s most useful animal. What are Sadistic Metal Reviews? It’s when we decide that good things should happen to good people and bad things should happen to boring music. Most music is...
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A quick introduction to the Puerto Rican black metal scene
Godless The main influences on Godless’ music are obviously Celtic Frost/Hellhammer and Mayhem. While the former’s style dominates most of the tracks, the rhythmically suspended rigid blast...
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When Bassnectar was a metalhead
Metal is not a job and will never pay the bills. Hence many metal musicians move on to other careers. Sometimes this includes other forms of music. Such is the case of Lorin Ashton, a/k/a Bassnectar,...
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Burial Hordes – Incendium
Some modern “black metal” is superior to others; and not all of it is created by flannel-wearing, latte-drinking hipsters (just around 70%). Thankfully, there are some albums around that will not turn...
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Lucifers Hammer signs to Destro Records for The Mists of Time MMXIV
Here’s the official word from Destro Records: US black death metallers Lucifers Hammer have landed a deal with Destro Records to reissue their long out-of-print albums. The first release will be “The...
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What is the underground?
This issue is about to explode into public discourse because the rise in new-style metal bands has forced this question upon us all. What is the underground? Before even reading this article, keep in...
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Interview: Zloslut
We reviewed Zloslut in our latest Oration of Disorder reviews. Response was good, and so we wrote to the band and asked if they’d do an interview. Hunter of Zloslut was good enough to respond and...
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As part of our exploration of the ideas behind the metal, we take frequent peeks into the world of academia, where a number of metal academics are writing, teaching and evangelizing heavy metal as a...
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Mayhem –“Psywar”
Norwegian black metal band Mayhem have released the first side of their upcoming single, entitled “Psywar.” At 3.5 minutes it shows the band continuing their foray into modern extreme metal...
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Twilight – III: Beneath Trident’s Tomb
Commercial black metal. Oh dear. Advertising agencies would like us to believe that Twilight is a “black metal supergroup”; but looking at the list of musicians involved, there isn’t much to do with...
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Mayhem announces details of Esoteric Warfare
Former black metal, now modern metal band Mayhem have announced further details about their upcoming album via Season of Mist. Entitled Esoteric Warfare, the track list can be viewed below: Watcher...
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