What is our purpose? Resurrecting a dead genre via natural selection, which means promoting the good, smiting the bad, and ignoring and accepting everything else.
79 CommentsJudas Priest – Invincible Shield (2024)
Judas Priest came out of the era that melded Black Sabbath with Led Zeppelin and came up with some of the most creative guitar riffology in history, raising the standards by which any new album will be judged, and Invincible Shield tries to balance their past with multiple career peaks.
56 CommentsTags: Heavy Metal, judas priest, NWOBHM, power metal
Sammath in the Midst of Worldwide Texas Tour
Hybrid death, war, and black metal band Sammath is currently raging across Texas as part of its worldwide Texas tour. Clubs are 21+ but seem perfect for intense underground shows.
47 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sammath, texas
Death Official Merchandise Acknowledges Soft Pink Side of Chuck Schuldiner
As if to acknowledge that Chuck Schuldiner died of AIDS on Valentine’s Day, the official merchandisers for Death have introduced a new line of Death merchandise featuring pink and kittens.
93 CommentsTags: death, death metal, reddit
Varg Vikernes Releases Second Volume of Burzum Saga My Childhood Story
As predicted, Mr Vikernes returns with another segment of the saga of his introduction to metal and his unique take on the genre that became one of the pillars of black metal, which increasingly looks like the last interesting thing to come out of music.
47 CommentsTags: Black Metal, burzum, History, varg vikernes
Varg Vikernes Pens Book About Black Metal History
Notable Burzum composer, Mayhem member, church burner, and antagonist of all things dualist/Abrahamist Varg Vikernes released his most recent effort, a 150-page history of the black metal experience in Norway as he experienced it from 1991 to 1993.
84 CommentsTags: Black Metal, burzum, Norwegian Black Metal, varg vikernes, weges
Graveland Introduces Covers Album and New Album
Ancient necrotic evil warband Graveland plans to release two new works, a compilation with covers and a full album, following its issue of a wooden box edition of Thousand Swords which seems to have found an audience for the classic era of Graveland yet again.
22 CommentsTags: Black Metal, graveland, infernum, no colours records, rob darken, thunderbolt, veles
Introducing the Stevens Method of Packing Flake Pipe Tobacco
Reputable sources tell me that the best way to get popular on the social media and catalog search engine driven internet is to be a dumpster fire of a human who wails about problems and attracts drama. This post tries the opposite: an easy solution to a long-term problem.
99 CommentsTags: flake pipe tobacco, pipe smoking, pipe tobacco, pipe tobacco smoking, the stevens method
Where the Music for the First Doom Originated
What else does one do when grinding through an edit? Listen to DRI of course, the thrash band that back in 1982 kicked off a lot of what every other band since would be emulating. And not just bands, apparently, but video game soundtracks.
100 CommentsTags: doom, DRI, video game OST
Tom Gabriel Warrior Announces Triumph of Death – Resurrection of the Flesh
Original proto-death/black metal act Hellhammer created a handful of demos and compilation tracks before vanishing into obscurity, but using what sounds like period equipment and the new Tryptikon lineup, founding member Thomas Gabriel Warriors gives these songs a new life as a live album.
24 CommentsTags: celtic frost, hellhammer, proto-death, thomas gabriel warrior