Century Media has taken a classic album and improved it by giving it production more like the first Sacramentum full-length. From the teletype:
18 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, sacramentum
Iron Maiden’s Paul Di’Anno Goes Into The Great Beyond
We regret to inform you that Paul Di’Anno (Andrews) of Iron Maiden has passed on to the other side at age sixty-six. As the paper of record tells us, he had an illustrious career as a vocalist for one of the top three NWOBHM bands:
43 CommentsTags: iron maiden, paul di'anno, RIP
Slayer Launches “Slaytanic Verses” Museum
Since the band is no longer active, Slayer has turned its focus toward preserving its place in history as arguably the most powerful and interesting metal band of all time. To that end, the band has launched the “Slaytanic Verses: Live Assaults 1981 Through Today” website.
47 CommentsTags: death metal, slayer, Speed Metal, Thrash
Kronenbourg 1664 – Blanc
Wheat beers can be hit or miss. When they hit, they have a flavor like fresh bread with a twist of lemon, if you can imagine such a thing; when they fail, they taste like American grocery store bread, basically sweetness with a hint of grain in the background.
10 CommentsTags: alcoholism, beer, kronenbourg 1664
Sick Sinus Syndrome – Rotten to the Core (2021)
While many of their riffs are clearly inspired by the early years of Carcass, Sick Sinus Syndrome introduce variety to this often tired formula by taking an aggressive approach comparable to Terrorizer, Repulsion, or Blood. In the grindcore tradition, most songs on this album consist of two themes juxtaposed, frequently a rising and falling action, sometimes presaged by an introduction.
14 CommentsTags: Goregrind, Grindcore, sick sinus syndrome
Suffer – Global Warming (1993)
In the idiosyncratic anomalies of metal, Global Warming stands out for being a death metal album with thrash vocals and occasional heavy metal influences which come from the more confrontational side of that genre instead of the groovy, relaxed side.
9 CommentsTags: death metal, suffer, Thrash
Cherry MX Board 1.0 Red Switch Wired Mechanical Keyboard
Cherry MX Board 1.0 red switch wired mechanical keyboard
$50
Many of you play games, and many others are simply nerds, so you probably have interest in mechanical keyboards. The problem you face arises from most of the buying audience being hipsters who gravitate toward $300 feature-laden keyboards that offer no additional function.
20 CommentsTags: gaming, mechanical keyboard, nerd shit
Manhattan Project Brewing Company – Hoppenheimer
I wish I could report a greater success here, since this beer is from our Scots-Irish neighbors to the North in Dallas, but this beer takes an IPA and moves it closer to an American adjunct beer. Heavy overtones of citrus, squash, and boiled grain afflict what is otherwise a solid IPA.
44 CommentsTags: beer, hipster beer, IPA, manhattan project brewing company
Paradigm Brewing Company – Precision
No one doubts that hipsters must die, but first we should thank them for bestowing upon us the resurgence of India Pale Ales. These get beer past the soft drink phase by reducing sweetness and instead dialing up the slightly spicy hops bitterness for a cleanly refreshing beer.
26 CommentsTags: beer, IPA, paradigm brewing company
Lord of Plague – Passage to None (2024)
The first track here must be the first song the band ever composed, because it’s a bad indicator of what the bulk of material on this demo has in store for the listener. After a brief foray into a low-tech take on early Morbid Angel, Lord of Plague then launch into two pieces that bring to mind the churning music of Floridian acts such as Monstrosity, Malevolent Creation, or Resurrection.
27 CommentsTags: death metal, lord of plague
