The other night a friend of mine asked me the age-old question: why do zombies eat brains?
26 CommentsTags: cannibalism, david cronenberg, george romero, neurocannibalism, zombie
Tom Araya’s Second Amendment Pragmatism
Article by Corey M.
Recently Tom Araya, frontman of seminal and legendary extreme metal band Slayer, offered some words of encouragement to Swiss concert attendees regarding their ownership of personal firearms. He makes a case for owning guns, saying that there are invaders and enemies all over the world and in your own countries and towns, who may turn weapons against you anywhere, at any time. Because of this constant threat, owning and carrying weapons of your own is advisable, says Araya, making a pertinent point. Though he made a point to use no names, Arya mentioned events “in other countries” that resulted from people thinking they were magically immune to random violence (a transparent allusion to the Orlando, Florida shootings last month, in which nearly a hundred patrons of a nightclub were gunned down over the course of a few hours and half of those ended up dead, all because of one man with a gun).
31 CommentsTags: news, Philosophy, politics, slayer, switzerland, tom araya
Memo From Prozakhistan (07/11/16)
Greetings, fellow metalheads,
Times seem grim. The orcs have taken Osgilliath and approach the gates of the white city. Western Civilization is still dying, accelerated by democracy and consumerism, but rotten to its core with a lack of hope. Metal once gave that hope by showing us an alternate morality comprised of effective realism and epic mythos. Many of us want to live in that time again, but it will not happen through democracy or consumerism. We must choose our leaders and then all of us participate in restoring and advancing the greatness we have known.
31 CommentsTags: athame, destroyer 666, gevurahel, Grave Miasma, immolation, katharsis, Mythology, mythos, noire, order from chaos, path of samsara, profanatica, radio, restoration, The Curling Flame of Blasphemy
Garroted – In the Court of Nyarlahotep (2016)
Article by David Rosales. Occasionally our staff have differing opinions on unpristine works from upcoming or past their prime bands. The editor’s sobering take on Garroted – In the Court of Nyarlahotep was presented in Sadistic Metal Reviews: Taste the Rainbow!
A modernist acoustic guitar intro, an undefined progressive death metal tirade, cavernous vocals and death-grind guitar tones. An exquisite Old School written all over it, and yet, the young Garroted manage to avoid becoming guides in nostalgia trips. Like Colombian Condor, Garroted takes the tools from the past and forges a future strictly on the loyalty to those traditions.
16 CommentsTags: death metal, demo, Garroted, h.p. lovecraft, In the Court of Nyarlahotep, Lovecraft, review, techdeaf, Technical Death Metal
Interview: Fred Estby of Dismember
Dismember are currently in the process of reissuing their merchandise and back catalog to combat rampant poor-quality bootlegs. Brett Stevens reached out to the band for an email interview and drummer Fred Estby most graciously agreed to answer our staff’s questions:
18 CommentsTags: carnage, death metal, Dismember, Fred Estby, Heavy Metal, interview, Sweden
Back To Radio
The most recent Nielsen rates provide food for thought:
19 CommentsAlbum units overall fell 13.6 percent, with 100.3 million total sales. (more…)
Tags: funderground, music streaming, podcasts, radio, vinyl
How To Know Your Genre Is Played Out (And Suitable Only For Wal-mart Hipsters)
A recent flyer for a record label of otherwise quality states:
34 CommentsOn the one year anniversary of her critically-acclaimed, masterful debut full-length, M, Danish black metal artist MYRKUR unveils a captivating live recording from the historic Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo, Norway. (more…)
Tags: Black Metal, hipsters, Myrkur, wal-mart
Discharge Announce Rescheduled Tour Dates
Discharge announced their rescheduled tour dates after being forced to cancel their summer tour due to visa issues.
5 CommentsTags: crust, d-beat, discharge, Hardcore Punk, nuclear blast records, tour, tour dates, upcoming tours
Cryptopsy Mexico Suffer Tour 2016
Cryptopsy are coming to Mexico this year. With only one member of their prime lineup remaining in drummer Flo Mournier, they probably won’t be particularly vile.
11 CommentsTags: Brutal Death Metal, cryptopsy, death metal, mexico, techdeaf, tour, tour dates, upcoming tours
Kataxu – Roots Thunder (2000)
Article by Anton Rudrick.
Consciously transcendental, voluntarily anachronistic, causing despondent exasperation among the pretentious and the untermensch. Kataxu blends the phantasmagorical reveries of dungeon synth with brief, unidentifiable nods to the nordic triune of atmospheric evil black metal. Kataxu Roots Thunder escapes morphing into ‘flowing black metal‘, layers majestically, layers in hiding, layers hiding, forms and shapes…
8 CommentsTags: 2000, Black Metal, Kataxu, poland, Polish Black Metal, review, Roots Thunder
