Many of us enjoy death metal and particularly Master, a crossover between garage rock and proto-death metal, but we might acknowledge the Late Stage Hardcore problem here: when a genre gets too solidified, it becomes formula, and the formula reduces its core to the same thing as everything else.
92 CommentsTags: death metal, late stage hardcore, master
Very few bands these days seem to honestly enjoy what they do, more being focused on ticking boxes on the underground death metal checklist, but Vulnificus seem to enjoy making compelling structured noise with the urgency of old Pestilence or Suffocation.
28 CommentsTags: death metal, vulnificus
It probably ranks as one of the most enjoyable smokes of my life, but it started with primitive origins as many good things do. Some pipe-smokers noted that you could use a pasta press to make cake presses of your favorite tobaccos, so one was acquired and testing commenced.
21 CommentsTags: pipe, pipe smoking, pipe tobacco, pipe tobacco smoking, tobacco
HEB stores serve as a kind of Texas landmark like Buc-ees, Whataburger, and those old Eckerd pharmacies. Get lost in Texas, look up at a light, and there it will be, offering roughly the same experience anywhere. HEB also stocks pipe tobacco and has recently added “Tin Star.”
14 CommentsTags: pipe, pipe smoking, pipe tobacco, pipe tobacco smoking, tobacco
Sometimes it makes sense to mix up a bit of the most unprocessed tobacco out there with a pleasant aromatic, producing a mixture labeled “Fruit McBullshit” on the jars here which is equal parts Savinelli Armonia and a blend of Cotton Boll Twist and Black Twist Sliced.
88 CommentsTags: aromatics, pipe smoking, pipe tobacco, pipe tobacco smoking, tobacco
Reputable sources tell me that the best way to get popular on the social media and catalog search engine driven internet is to be a dumpster fire of a human who wails about problems and attracts drama. This post tries the opposite: an easy solution to a long-term problem.
99 CommentsTags: flake pipe tobacco, pipe smoking, pipe tobacco, pipe tobacco smoking, the stevens method
Sneaking out this EP before their next album, Demoncy cover old ground and do so in a way that will please Demoncy fanatics, deliver few surprises, and leave people hungry for more. These three songs follow the Enthroned Is the Night model with streamlining into a more aggressive package.
124 CommentsTags: Black Metal, demoncy
What else does one do when grinding through an edit? Listen to DRI of course, the thrash band that back in 1982 kicked off a lot of what every other band since would be emulating. And not just bands, apparently, but video game soundtracks.
100 CommentsTags: doom, DRI, video game OST
Back in the 1980s, praising Satan or even talking about Him in any context other than condemnation put you in the middle of the culture wars. Unable to talk about demographics, conservatives backed themselves into the corner of fundamentalist religion and saw Satan everywhere.
96 CommentsTags: bad, bob larson, evil, good, humanism, luciferianism, Satan, Satanism, slayer, spin
Original proto-death/black metal act Hellhammer created a handful of demos and compilation tracks before vanishing into obscurity, but using what sounds like period equipment and the new Tryptikon lineup, founding member Thomas Gabriel Warriors gives these songs a new life as a live album.
24 CommentsTags: celtic frost, hellhammer, proto-death, thomas gabriel warrior
