According to some academics, who might have been reading from Hypocrisy and Havohej lyrics, Jesus Christ was sexually abused during his torture before crucifixion:
63 CommentsTags: christian sodomy, jesus christ, romans, sodomy
Xibalba – Ah Tza Xibalba Itzaes (2018)
Both late comebacks of metal bands and revivals of metal sub-genres are offering familiar yet much more streamlined, simplified and somewhat more populist version of themselves. In various ways it stands true for albums like Beherit’s Engram or Asphyx’s Death…The Brutal Way and now also Xibalba’s Ah Tza Xibalba Itzaes. While such sensation remains a continuous distraction when listening to those albums, it isn’t impossible to find even in their shallower and derivative structures signs of renewed passion and intent.
5 CommentsTags: ah dzam pop ek, Ah Tza Xibalba Itzaes, Black Metal, Mexican, xibalba
Tales From Vahdiasland: A Brief Glance Into The Sport Of Rugby
On the tenth of October 1876 during a schoolboy game of a unique form of Football, a young boy by the name of William Webb Ellis caught the ball between his hands and run unto the opposite side of the pitch to touch the ball down on the opposite side of the pitch and score. That is the origin myth of the sport of rugby. A now international sport that has spread all over the world and spawned many derivatives including American football. One hundred and forty-three years later. On a cold winter night. Floodlights illuminate an empty pitch as two teams enter the gate. Organized conflict would occur between two groups shortly after.
5 CommentsTags: Breeding the Spawn, iced earth, jean-michel jarre, oxygène, rugby, Stormrider, suffocation
Nigromante – Pazuzu (2019)
As black metal winds down into trope-type repetition and pattern entropy, dungeon synth and related genres are taking off just like medieval world music did the first time black metal burned out, and now those two subthreads are converging.
16 CommentsTags: Abyssum, Ambient, dungeon synth, electronica, evleb, medieval world music, Nigromante, Ritual
Marduk Accused Of Being Nazis…….Again!
Once again blackened death metal band Marduk is accused by devotees and moralists of flirting with right wing ideas. This time band members supposedly bought some stuff from the Nordic Resistance Movement. And once again Marduk responded with an obligatory statement which technically isn’t a lie but also evades addressing the underlying question about their views.
8 CommentsTags: Black Metal, marduk, norsecore
Brief Analysis: Beethoven – “Moonlight Sonata”
Although very well known this piece is largely misunderstood, this sonata rarely sees the powerful dream that inhabits it. Made of a single theme; a single tempo, a single great and mysterious image. The whirlpools in this secret work (third movement) does not alter the tempo; as the major revelation (second movement) does not change the color interior of the work. The first movement generates everything even when it plunges into the storm. A truly mastered, deep, framed, infinite and haunting work. Whose end can be linked to the beginning, in the same tempo and the same atmosphere, in the same tone (C sharp minor). It is then that the first movement takes its true meaning and its exact rhythm.
20 CommentsUncovering The mysteries of Molested – Blod-Draum
Norway has never been known for being an exponent of death metal, barring the early contributions of Darkthrone and the parent bands to some of the greatest black metal groups to emerge from the country. The brainchild of Borknagar main songwriter Øystein Garnes Brun, Molested was a brief flash in the pan before the mediocrity of Borknagar would define his career.
14 CommentsTags: Black Metal, blod-draum, borknagar, death metal, molested, norway
Sepolcro – Amorphous Mass (2019)
As an alternative to “groove,” death metal has its own native form of smooth moving rhythms, which we might call the “cruise,” in which drums and guitars interlock to provide a sense of fluid continuity which forms contrast for more percussive or oddly-shaped riffs to come.
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Gradus ad Phlegethon and Other News
Former editor D.A.R.G has shared his book Gradus ad Phlegethon for free download that features an interview with Brett Stevens. A genuinely interesting read that explores the depths of Black metal with much sincerity than any academic or feeble hipster that dances around the aesthetics while ignoring the true essence of the genre.
4 CommentsTags: d.a.r.g, emperor, gradus ad phlegethon, horna
Bruce Dickinson Embarks On Tour for Book – What Does This Button DO?
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has embarked since October 2018 on a spoken-word tour in support of his memoir What does this button do? When in Norway, the legendary singer didn’t miss the chance to throw an acapella version of Revelations.
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