Famed for being a crypto-realist who lives in a world of imagination, Glenn Danzig laid out the brutal truth about political correctness:
6 CommentsTags: glenn danzig, kafkatrapping, political correctness, punk, sjws, the misfits, woke politics
3rd War Collapse – Damnatus (2021)
In an age of deathcore, 3rd War Collapse presents us old fashioned deathgrind from the later Suffocation school, charging ahead with high-speed pounding drums and a festival of angular riffs piled on top of each other in a cascade which produces a victorious synthesis of themes.
3 CommentsTags: 3rd war collapse, death metal, deathgrind
The Sombre – Into The Beckoning Wilderness (2021)
Ever notice that reviews here skip the backstory on bands, simply because a cool backstory is how you sell stuff in the social media era? The Sombre makes late 1990s style doom metal, meaning that each song has a predictable progression and slowly unveils a contrary and pleasant melody.
2 CommentsTags: Doom Metal, the sombre
Necralant – Temples of Ruin (2021)
Written very much in the flowing style of middle period Darkthrone with an emphasis on varied structure that might have come easily from a Celtic Frost work, this band trudges and powerdives its way through riffs that are cut from similar cloth rhythmically but remain distinctive through fragmentary melody.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, necralant
Appreciating Music With Purpose
Every time possesses its own culture, since culture exists in transparent layers based on who you are and where you are. Your civilization, often an empire, is the lowest layer, but then you add nation, social class, religion, general life philosophy, and any elective layers like enjoying death metal.
8 CommentsTags: Ambient, ambient music, cycles of music
Plague of Tyranny Releases New Single “Eyes of the Snake”
For those who have not yet listened to the local hipster whisper gossip train, Plague of Tyranny is a megaband composed of Paul Speckmann (Master), Alex Bouks (Goreaphobia), Jim Roe (Incantation), and Chuck Sherwood (Incantation).
1 CommentTags: alex bouks, chuck sherwood, death metal, jim roe, paul speckmann, plague of tyranny
Avoiding the Face Value and Seeing the Soul of Metal
In life, we seek that which has what we lack. An author who can write some way that we cannot becomes instantly fascinating, just like music which expresses what we lack words to convey. Underground metal attracts those who are seeking to explain in philosophical terms what the mood, emotions, atmosphere, and texture — almost like a wall scripture from an Egyptian tune — conveys.
11 CommentsTags: Heavy Metal, inside-out, outside-in, spirit
Aztlan – Legión Mexica (2021)
Speed metal effectively died once Sepultura mixed it with nü-metal and punk on Roots, but that also uncovered a new style by revealing that speed metal mixes well with tribal, folk, and classical influences, something Aztlan explores on Legión Mexica, a feast of Spanish- and Mexican-themed folk styles mixed with Pantera/Metallica style bouncy speed metal.
8 CommentsTags: aztlan, folk metal, mariachi, Speed Metal
Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth) Makes Deal With the Feds
Sadly, it looks like Jon Schaffer from Iced Earth is going to jail for the Capitol riot:
25 CommentsTags: iced earth, jon schaffer, late stage democracy, Speed Metal
Nekromanthieon – Visions of Trismegistos (2021)
So much of life involves filtering out what people tell you, which is what it is convenient for them to have you think, and getting to the core of an issue: despite being sold as a Necrophobic-style band, Nkeromanthieon instead thinly disguise Testament and Obliveon style speed metal within a death metal aesthetic.
1 CommentTags: nekromanthieon, Speed Metal
