Of all of the bands and all of the musicians that have come out of retirement in attempt to cash in on their past, Judas Iscariot’s Akhenetan (Andrew Harris) has been one rare exception who has truly vanished into the depths of obscurity for good. (more…)
9 CommentsTags: 1990s, Andrew Harris, Bancamp, Black Metal, blake judd, hipsters, judas iscariot, krieg, metal, moribund records, nachtmystium, reissue, thrift shops, USBM
For years, Nuclear War Now!’s forum has been the haven for life dropout D&D neckbeards searching for some form of friendship and community. But according to website tracking metrics, the site has seen a massive decline in it’s traffic over the past 6 months. While viewership of metal sites can rise and fall unpredictably on metal sites, the above statistic should frighten anyone who cares about keeping their site relevant. Sites with active forums should be doing much better than your the average blog-style metal site, so the numbers above show an unforgivable descent into irrelevancy.
But given that the site is predominantly frequented by war metal fans that have no regard for actual music, the crash in interest also proves something far bigger: war metal, as a sub genre, is in its last days.
57 CommentsTags: black witchery, blasphemy, cash grab, consumerism, hipsters, losers, Nuclear War Now, thrift shops, von, War Metal, Yosuke Kanishi
