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
Heavy metal proves hit-or-miss for most death metal fans; it too easily slips into what pop and rock are, which is a musical utilitarianism that likes color notes, melodic minor slips, and bouncy rhythms. The rare band captures both a mood and a transition through contrast.
10 CommentsTags: Heavy Metal, state of mind
Amebix always had something that other crust bands lacked, a sense of the mystical or something existing beyond the consumerist, political, atomized, and individualistic modern world. It seemed to be connecting to something both ancient and futuristic.
5 CommentsTags: amebix, crustcore, Hardcore Punk, Heavy Metal, Industrial, tau cross
Life assembles itself from opposites; what is a strength in one area is a weakness in another. Confess: An Autobiography serves as a great history of Rob Halford, but misses what his audience would like, which is a history of Judas Priest in which Halford discusses his own progress as well as that of the band.
5 CommentsTags: Heavy Metal, judas priest, NWOBHM, rob halford
Revolutionary but traditional metal/punk band Tau Cross — continuing, among others, the legacy of legendary hardcore band Amebix — unleashes its forthcoming album Messengers of Deception on December 4th, but has released a teaser track for the song “Burn With Me,” featuring a video by Jakob Moth which showcases some of the imagery and aesthetics behind the band. This continues the search for a single voice between punk, metal, and hard rock that avoids both commercialism and indecisive polyglot, instead creating a powerful sound of dissent and exploration.
12 CommentsTags: amebix, crustcore, Hardcore Punk, Heavy Metal, tau cross
The fine line between “quirky” and eccentric proves hard to spot, but with this NWOBHM revival with added melodic punk touches and yet a very old school sense of melody, Dead Express makes itself eccentric in a way that the quirky hipsters probably cannot appreciate, but might discover some quality music if they did.
No CommentsTags: dead express, Heavy Metal, punk rock
For those of us who have never been Deep Purple fans, the following analysis of their roots shows us the utility of classical music in making great heavy metal:
11 CommentsTags: Bathory, burzum, Classical, classical music, deep purple, Heavy Metal
After ending Absu earlier this year in response to an attempted political guilt related seizure by a transsexual guitarist, Proscriptor McGovern has relaunched the band with a similar logo, biography, and approach as “Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû.”
11 CommentsTags: absu, agonia records, apsu, Heavy Metal
Apparently heavy metal slays more than poseurs. Nepal Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Ghanshyam Bhusal stated that in response to a swarm of parasitic locusts eating everything in sight and then demanding free government benefits, heavy metal would be collected and deployed to slaughter the invaders.
5 CommentsTags: Heavy Metal, locusts, nepal
In nature, populations improve when a small group breaks away, develops new traits, and then is partially or completely absorbed by the original group, spreading those beneficial traits to the whole group. Heavy metal is now absorbing death metal and black metal through power metal.
2 CommentsTags: acerus, daniel corchado, Heavy Metal
