This article serves as a stone cold warning to younger musicians: your band has no hope of being as big or as popular as the bands you love.
7 CommentsTags: commercialization, Heavy Metal, History
Immolation, Azarath, Melechesh Live In Poland On September 27, 2017
Immolation fiercely maintains its reputation as both innovator and creator of a long run of relevant albums in the death metal genre. The band appeared in Poland on September 27, supported (besides opening bands Sincarnate and In Twilight’s Embrace) by Melechesh and Azarath. In every case the sound was at least good and with their performances they all have made great impression.
7 CommentsTags: article, azarath, Black Metal, commercialization, death metal, dumbing-down, immolation, melechesh, modern metal, poland, Satanism, selling out, shows
Metal In An Age Of Insincerity
Over at Clrvynt, filmographer David Hall finally notices what DMU has been saying for 22 years: that heavy metal died in 1995 or so through lack of new ideas, and has been assimilated by rock music because metal is a better product as a flavoring than a separate entity. (more…)
40 CommentsTags: assimilation, blackgaze, commercialization, dark organization, david hall, deafheaven, metal, selling out, tragedy of the commons, War Metal
