Metalheads suffer greatly for the pain of having a genre that has suffered a coup. At some point, rock assimilated metal, and became modern metalcore: MTV song structure, hardcore style riffs, emo vocals, maybe an occasional metal riff, but basically just pop metal like pop punk was to crustcore and hardcore.
3 CommentsHow Underground Music Captures The Shadow Zeitgeist
We should probably discuss an unpopular relationship: how much of underground music, and wider 1980s and 1990s subculture, came from the unexceptional suburbs.
21 CommentsTags: glenn danzig, misfits, suburbia, underground music
No Iced Earth Albums for Awhile: Jon Schaffer Arrested for Role in Capitol Riot
Jon Schaffer has been taken into custody for his role in the Capitol riot:
15 CommentsTags: capitol riots, iced earth, jailarity, jon schaffer
Asphyx Launches “The Nameless Elite” From Necroceros
A new Asphyx track sounding roughly like a hybrid between The Rack and late-model Bolt Thrower, “The Nameless Elite” runs long with a riff pair and a quick break and detour before returning to the classic death metal cadenced groove.
8 CommentsTags: asphyx, death metal
Infamous Releases Muttos Pro S’Aristocratzia on CD
Sardinian black metal cadre Infamous recently released its most recent album, Muttos Pro S’Aristocratzia, on CD for a new generation of fans to appreciate this somewhat difficult to acquire offering.
4 CommentsTags: Black Metal, infamous
Cro-Mags Drop New Single “2020” From Upcoming EP 2020
Legendary abrasive hardcore band Cro-Mags releases its new EP, 2020, on Friday December 11, 2020, and published the single of the same name recently to announce this new recording. The single reveals a new technical metal, emo, and metalcore influenced edge to the classic Cro-Mags sound.
9 CommentsHow Andrés Segovia Invented Rock Music
The official narrative in all things exist to sell people products, whether ideological or commercial, and so always consists of half-truths, namely some things that are facts, but carefully leaving out others to let your mind fill in the rest as is convenient for the sellers.
10 CommentsTags: andres segovia, Classical, classical guitar, rock
Beherit Releases Bardo Exist Ambient Soundscape
Trailblazing Finnish black metal and ambient pioneer Beherit unleashed its latest creation, Bardo Exist, on November 12. Given the complete autophagy of black metal, this redirection of the genre shows it how to continue as itself in spirit while the carcass decays.
26 CommentsTags: Ambient, beherit, Black Metal
Satanath Records Censored By Facebook Over Burzum Track
Russian label Satanath Records found out the hard way that American politics have spilled over into cyberspace when Facebook removed its label page for supporting extreme traditionalist black metal band Burzum.
17 CommentsTags: burzum, censorship, facebook, satanath records
Asphyx Announce New Album Necroceros For 2021
Crushing death metal band Asphyx announced their intent to release their tenth full-length album, Necroceros, on January 21, 2021 via Century Media.
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