Metalheads tend to be wary of punk, recognizing it only for its role as an influence on metal. This attitude obscures the fact that the best of punk is worth exploring on its own terms and merits, starting with perhaps the greatest influence of punk technique and heightened aesthetics in that genre, hardcore punk‘s The Misfits.
49 CommentsTags: Crossover, Earth A.D., glenn danzig, Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, punk, punk rock, the misfits, Thrash
Brazilian black metal band Mystifier outed themselves as avowed socialists, black supremacists, and evolution deniers in an unpublished interview from 1999 posted years ago to the Nuclear War Now! forum by the interviewer Werwolf.
50 CommentsTags: Black Metal, Brazil, fascism, homosexuality, hypocrisy, interview, mystifier, national socialism, Nazism, racism, sjws, social justice warriors
Metalcore blog MetalSucks have gone after Dave Mustaine’s daughter after Mustaine called them pariahs and told them to fuck off. Commissar Rhombus tried to poke fun at her failed attempts at a pop music career:
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Tags: communists, Dave Mustaine, metalgate, MetalSucks, sjws, social justice warriors
Asphyx are touring the west coast for a bit prior to their appearance at the social justice warrior Maryland Deathfest. Yes, yet another west coast tour posted about today on Death Metal Underground. Hopefully Asphyx won’t play too much of their new deathpunk garbage.
No CommentsTags: asphyx, death metal, tour dates, upcoming tours, US tour
Demilich are using their appearance at California Deathfest 2016 to tour the west coast with Hooded Menace and Vastum as openers. Demilich are mesmerizing live; check them out if you live nearby.
4 CommentsTags: california deathfest, death metal, Demilich, tour dates, upcoming tours, US tour
The original lineup of Canadian speed metal band Exciter is performing together for the first time since 1985 at the 2016 Calgary Metalfest.
No CommentsTags: canada, Exciter, festivals, Heavy Metal, reunion, Speed Metal
Italian black metal band Mortuary Drape are embarking on a short tour of the North American West Coast next week.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, mortuary drape, tour dates, upcoming tours, US tour
Hipster metal blog Invisible Oranges, who put women bragging about how attractive they are over the music, have posted an interview with Fred Estby of Dismember. Fred reveals pertinent information about the drum recording conditions in Sunlight Studios and the small knobs amidst the fluff. Invisible Oranges also included a version of that one promotional picture of Fred that’s seemingly attached to every interview with him.
5 CommentsTags: Dismember, Fred Estby, interview, Invisible Oranges
Humans are by nature delusional. They overestimate their importance and demand that reality fit their simple expectations. And yet, they are very good at mastering known skills, so they are highly proficient, but void of purpose. This hollowness is the left side of the metal Bell Curve, and to separate it from the good stuff, we have Sadistic Metal Reviews!
12 CommentsTags: ananku, autokrator, Cortege, meterosexuality, sadistic metal reviews, Serpent Ascending, todenlebend
For some time, Negra Modelo has been my go-to beer. The shelves are stuffed with variety, but much like metal, most of it straight-up fails by being too proficient.
9 CommentsTags: art, beer, economics, Heavy Metal, negra modelo
