Brett Stevens

Conjureth Releases Foul Formations EP

by Brett Stevens on March 15, 2020

Conjureth, a project of Decrepitaph personnel, released its new EP Foul Formations on February 15, 2020, featuring more of its hybrid between Incantation and Immolation style mid-paced trudging death metal. Each song builds its main riff out of a central theme, then creates a staggered counterphrase for the chorus, and features a more thorough and basic elucidation of the theme as a transition, but otherwise for the most part is riff-chorus metal.

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Tags: conjureth, death metal, decrepitaph, OSDM

Metal Again Takes A Central Role In The Free Speech/Association Debate

by Brett Stevens on March 14, 2020

Metal worships the extreme and natural, such as death, war, disease, horror, and disaster. This allows it to snap out of the normal human social bubble, where we only talk about pleasant things, and to accept life as it is, which in turn enables metalheads to perceive the beauty inherent in our chaotic world.

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Tags: censorship, license plates, slayer

Burzum Releases Thulêan Mysteries

by Brett Stevens on March 14, 2020

After some years of silence, wildcat black metal band turned ambient powerhouse Burzum unleashed its new album Thulêan Mysteries on Friday, March 13, 2020. The new album features incidental musical compositions from the past few years.

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Tags: Ambient, Black Metal, burzum

Absurd 2019 Promo Resurrects Two Ancient Tracks

by Brett Stevens on February 22, 2020

German black metal and RAC crossover band Absurd, notorious for both political views and murders, tried to go full RAC during the past decade and basically lost most of their fans, since people liked the band for its idiosyncratic fusion instead of “falling in line” with movements based on mass obedience.

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Tags: absurd, Black Metal, oi, RAC

Mayhem Releases De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas 25th Anniversary Box Set

by Brett Stevens on February 22, 2020

For the low price of only $129.99, you can acquire the 25th anniversary box set release of Mayhem Me Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, a five-LP release including all versions of the best-known Mayhem album and the one that, as digestible black metal with throwbacks to heavy metal, inspired many to undertake the genre.

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Tags: Black Metal, earache records, mayhem

Collision Releases “Sweet Vermin” From The Final Kill

by Brett Stevens on February 21, 2020

Heavy metal and grindcore hybrid Collision decided to split up last August, but went into the studio two months later to record their remaining songs as a mini-album entitled The Final Kill which showcased the evolution of their 1980s-era mix of genres.

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Tags: collision, Grindcore

Aborted Release La Grande Mascarade EP

by Brett Stevens on February 21, 2020

Belgian grindcore band Aborted note that their upcoming EP La Grande Mascarade will hit stores and download queues on April 17, 2020. The EP features studio recordings of “Gloom and the Art of Tribulation”, “Serpent of Depravity,” and “Funereal Malediction.”

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Tags: aborted, Grindcore

Naglfar Announces Cerecloth Album Release On May 8, 2020

by Brett Stevens on February 21, 2020

Having release their last album eight years ago, Naglfar seemed senescent but has introduced its latest effort, Cerecloth, for release on May 8, 2020, via Century Media Records. Recorded and mixed at Wolf’s Lair Studio and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound, the album promises to follow previous Naglfar melodic black metal efforts.

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Tags: Black Metal, naglfar

Borknagar / Rotting Christ “Devastation On The Nation” North American Tour 2020

by Brett Stevens on February 21, 2020

Post-Molested Norwegian blackened death metal band Borknagar joins avant-jazz / heavy metal hybrid Rotting Christ for a North American tour in 2020 named “Devastation on the Nation,” including guests Wolfheart, Abigail Williams, and Imperial Triumphant.

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Tags: Black Metal, borknagar, rotting christ

Spotify Removes Slayer Repentless In Mexico

by Brett Stevens on February 18, 2020

Fans are reporting that online music streaming service Spotify has removed the Slayer album Repentless from the service in Mexico. If this is verified, it may show that online services are further adjusting their content to each nationality in order to avoid local taboos, including blasphemy and violence.

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