So, neither W nor I have been posting a whole lot lately. Unfortunately, linking posts like this are necessary when the writers of the site have pressing day jobs and/or kids/families/duties to our land. This is another of those posts. We’ll get back to it as soon as real life allows. It’ll happen. Sooner rather … Continue reading
The Black BULLETin is a column in which we (mostly W, but sometimes Q…maybe) post shit that we think is awesome in the world of black metal. Deal with it. Guess what? Gorgoroth are in the news again. Seriously, I saw this on CNN! No, I didn’t. But, I did read a story on the Blabs about … Continue reading
I used to go to shows. I used to see things that came to my town and even travel outside the walls (but, not north of The Wall) of my comfort zone to see plenty of awesome stuff. But, it’s been a while. A loooooong while. Every time a metal tour hits the road, I … Continue reading
Not much to say that hasn’t been said. It’s nearing the end of the day and every major news outlet in this country has put it on the front page. They’re free. 18 fucking years of bullshit. Yes, they had to plead guilty and, yes, that is ridiculous. But, they’re free.
The story of the West Memphis Three is about as metal of a story as there is. If you don’t know it, the short version is that three little boys were brutally murdered and the cops didn’t have a suspect. So, they turned to three guys who listened to metal, dressed in black and had … Continue reading
Atriarch already have quite a bit of cred before their debut album, Forever the End, is released. Decibel is streaming it and called it “A towering, grief-stricken album, these four songs are able to balance a fierce rawness with swells of atmosphere that keep pushing songs forward without turning towards prissy symphonics,” giving it a … Continue reading
So, The Bled broke up. Bummer. Normally, when any insert-core band breaks up, I couldn’t give half a shit. But, I did go through a ‘core phase in the early/mid-00s and a few of those bands have stuck around and continued to enjoy a few rotations now and then. The Bled are one of those … Continue reading
The battle between Vince of MetalSucks and Century Media over CM’s decision to pull their music from Spotify has been heating up. Everyone else on the metalnets is chiming in (including Spotify). Now, Vince’s and CM’s arguments are both worth reading. Head over to MS and check them out. Both sides of the argument contain … Continue reading
For the first time in the history of this blog (which is fairly extensive, although very short as a metal-only thing), I’ll soon be taking on a second writer. He’ll be covering some things that he’s more knowledgeable on and some things that I just hate writing and he doesn’t. It’s going to rule. He’s … Continue reading
I don’t really do news on this site. I’ll comment on news articles and slobber my 100% correct opinion all over them, but I really don’t break news stories (unless they’re local WV things) like some of the better blogs out there…or like the self-proclaimed CNN of metal news, Blabbermouth. This was a conscious decision … Continue reading
It’s the Skeletonwitching hour and there’s a new song from the total badasses with whom I was late in familiarizing myself. Not late as in today, but they’d already released two albums before I heard them. But, they rule. The new song is on Soundcloud (and below). The intro is really reminiscent of post-Liberate Zao. … Continue reading
This post will not be relevant to anything current. I love Between the Buried and Me. These fuckers put such a sideways spin on metal that other prog bands have never been able to do for me. They blow me away with every album. Their last domination of awesome was their EP, Parallax: The Hypersleep … Continue reading
MetalSucks (topic of my most recent post), recently said that we, the metal community, should “cut the shit and stop supporting Burzum“. I disagree completely. This argument is ages old and holds no water. The basis is that Varg Vikernes is a psycho racist and a convicted murderer, therefore by enjoying his music and maybe … Continue reading
The Blabbermouths aside, MetalSucks was really my internet cherry popper for metal blogs. I’d never really gotten into some of the other shit out there…whatever that shit was. I don’t have a timeline in front of me and I’m not sure who started what when. But, a few years ago, I started reading MetalSucks for some … Continue reading
Whilst browsing new articles on No Clean Singing, one of my most favoritest of blogs, I watched this video. I’m kind of new to Fleshgod Apocalypse. I’m a dad with a job, so new metal comes to me sometimes immediately, but oft times delayed. Regardless (or “irregardless” if you’re retarded), this song and video fucking … Continue reading
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