Way back in the early 1990s, Niko Skorpio helmed a zine named Hammer of Damnation in addition to handling vocal duties in Thergothon.
5 CommentsTags: death metal, hammer of damnation, zines
Merry Antichristmas!
Were you hoping for happy Christmas greetings? Of course not!
11 CommentsTags: abrahamism, agnosticism, antichristmas, atheism, christmas, jul, metaphysical dualism, monism, Satan
Sacramentum – The Coming of Chaos (Re-Mix 2024)
by Charles Alexander
The remix of The Coming of Chaos addresses production difficulties with a late release by a classic band, but struggles to overcome the hybrid of black metal and speed metal that was in vogue for a couple years but ultimately muddles the amazing composition within this album.
18 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sacramentum, Speed Metal
Havukruunu – Kuu Erkylän Yllä (2021)
Stick a bunch of Finns together in a winter war bunker with copies of Blood Fire Death and Under the Sign of the Black Mark, and you might get this imaginative band that stands astride black metal, speed metal, and epic heavy metal with an emphasis on changing atmosphere.
12 CommentsTags: Black Metal, havakruunu
Inborn Suffering – Pale Grey Monochrome (2025)
The line between doom-death and funeral doom blurs with this release since there is relatively little death metal or phrasal riffs, and more of the approach Skepticism and Thergothon took with slow even chording of overlapping tone progressions overlaid with lead melodic rhythm guitar.
3 CommentsTags: Doom Metal, doom-death, funeral doom, inborn suffering
Interview with Garden Gnome
Every genre hits a ceiling. How does jazz rise beyond The Shape of Jazz to Come, electronica exceed Computer World, classical beat the Beethoven nine symphonies, or black metal surpass Hvis Lyset Tar Oss, Pure Holocaust, and Transilvanian Hunger?
62 CommentsTags: amorphophallus titanum, dungeon synth, garden gnome, goatcraft
Shores of Null – The Loss of Beauty (2024)
The funderground tryhards forgot to create music in their quest for image, and the mainstreamer emoclones neutralize musical potential in order to be socially inoffensive, but nature is healing itself as Shores of Null make a hybrid between power metal, doom metal, and post-metal that promotes beauty.
4 CommentsTags: Doom Metal, power metal, shores of null
Sacramentum Releases The Coming of Chaos Remaster
Century Media has taken a classic album and improved it by giving it production more like the first Sacramentum full-length. From the teletype:
23 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:
46 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
