Not much these days has an organizing principle, but such a thing does not need to be complicated: songs need to sound like some kind of experience, real or imagined, and all their parts need to support that vision.
No CommentsCitizen Vigilante (2026)
At some point, one is tempted by the hype, and has to check out the latest train-wreck from the movie industry. In this case, it is Citizen Vigilante, a Deathwish-style “delayed justice” flick.
No CommentsPostmodern Literature
Although it currently gets a lot of flak from the Right-wing critics that no one reads but still get paid well, postmodernism offered a simple upgrade to modernism: what if relativity influenced perspective, as well?
38 CommentsTags: don delillo, gabriel garcia marquez, italo calvino, james joyce, jose luis borges, kurt vonnegut, lifestyle, literature, michel houellebecq, postmodernism, thomas pynchon, umberto eco, william blake, william faulkner, william s. burroughs
Massacre Unleashes Tyrants of Death Demo Comp
Longstanding Florida death metal inventors Massacre intend to release a compilation of their demos entitled Tyrants of Death this year which features some of the music that contributed to the makeup of classic death metal.
25 CommentsTags: death metal, massacre
Paradigm Brewing – Tropical Precision (2026)
It is always wise to waft. Wave the air over the mug and the first notes that hit your nose are yeasty, but then the citrusy scent emerges; the first sip on the other hand conveys a champagne-like lightness and a strong hops flavor.
12 CommentsTags: beer, IPA, paradigm brewing, tropical precision
Hexbane “Nefarious Spells” Showcases Doom-Black Hybrid
We all miss the glory days of Greek black metal, and members of Rotting Christ, Emperor, Necromantia, and Electric Wizard are bringing it back with a new slower and more resonant form of metal that aims for ritual atmosphere.
13 CommentsTags: Black Metal, electric wizard, emperor, hexbane, necromantia, rotting christ
International Day of Slayer (2026)
The time has come again to enjoy the one holiday that celebrates metal culture and its power, the International Day of Slayer.
19 CommentsTags: death metal, international day of slayer, National Day of Slayer, slayer, Speed Metal, Thrash
Interview With Amorphophallus Titanum (2026)
Black metal ran off the road long ago because it said what its inventors in the early 1990s wanted to express, then watched the world catch up. As it attempts to find a new mythos, many turn to philosophy, which is how we get Texas’ Amorphophallus Titanum.
19 CommentsTags: amorphophallus titanum, Black Metal, garden gnome, goatcraft, texas
Infamous Drops New Track
Now with a Gorgoroth influence in addition to the RAC and ambient black metal. Should be a hell of an album.
20 CommentsTags: Black Metal, infamous
Desecresy – The Secret of Death (2026)
Desecresy return with more keyboards and something closer to their original approach, which seems to finely-refined jazz technique applied to ambient death metal, creating a sense of free descent in an ocean cave of ambiguity.
48 CommentsTags: death metal, desecresy
