Some shows define an era, and the assault of Sammath on Texas revealed where underground metal is going now: doubling down on what made it great, injecting new creativity, and fleeing from the dual pitfalls of three-chord nonsense and elaborate “progressive” stylings.
104 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, haserot, houston, sacrocurse, sammath, trenchant, War Metal
Hybrid death, war, and black metal band Sammath is currently raging across Texas as part of its worldwide Texas tour. Clubs are 21+ but seem perfect for intense underground shows.
47 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sammath, texas
As if to acknowledge that Chuck Schuldiner died of AIDS on Valentine’s Day, the official merchandisers for Death have introduced a new line of Death merchandise featuring pink and kittens.
93 CommentsTags: death, death metal, reddit
Pipe tobacco emerges from a weird uneven topography much like death metal. There are niche blending houses, big ones, and a few outliers that make no sense but delight those who resonate to their outlook. Today we look at one of the big blending houses and one of its exceptional products.
1 CommentTags: peter stokkebye, pipe smoking, pipe tobacco, tobacco
As predicted, Mr Vikernes returns with another segment of the saga of his introduction to metal and his unique take on the genre that became one of the pillars of black metal, which increasingly looks like the last interesting thing to come out of music.
47 CommentsTags: Black Metal, burzum, History, varg vikernes
Coming from the years of reckless ferment as metal and punk attempted to position themselves to get beyond the rock-revival of the NWOBHM years, Sacrilege incorporate thrash — the real thing, a punk/metal hybrid, not speed metal — into their Motörhead- and Discharge-inspired driving punk rock.
71 CommentsTags: Grindcore, Hardcore Punk, punk rock, sacrilege, Thrash
We received the following announcement apparently from the Russian state today:
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To Hell and Back Again: My Black Metal Story (Norway 1991-1993)
by Varg Vikernes
150 pages, Ancestral Cult Productions, $13
Tags: Black Metal, burzum, Euronymous, mayhem, multiple stab wounds, norway, varg vikernes
Notable Burzum composer, Mayhem member, church burner, and antagonist of all things dualist/Abrahamist Varg Vikernes released his most recent effort, a 150-page history of the black metal experience in Norway as he experienced it from 1991 to 1993.
84 CommentsTags: Black Metal, burzum, Norwegian Black Metal, varg vikernes, weges
Ostensibly this movie fights the doomed free speech fight against the FBI categorizing fans of rap-rock group Insane Clown Posse (ICP), known as “Juggalos,” as members of a gang; more accurately, it looks into the ICP phenomenon and why it appeals to the growing group of dispossessed in America.
17 CommentsTags: aclu, documentary, faygo, fbi, insane clown posse, juggalos, movie, nu-metal, rap rock
