One nice thing about the slowly growing infestation of really racist bands in the extreme music underground is that, by and large, they all pretty much objectively suck. I mean, even that Peste Noire album …
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Mid-month Metal Masterpiece
Masterpieces of the metal sort.
One thing I love about black metal is how it takes on different characteristics based on its country of origin. While all black metal bands work with the same (narrow) set of influences, each black …
Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 52: Glacier – Glacier (1985)
April 15, 2014
In the metal heyday of the mid-80s, with everyone energized by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, all kinds of new genres like power metal, thrash, even the beginnings of black metal were springing …
Death metal has progressed a great deal over the years, adding new layers of sophistication to the compositions and performances. Of course, adding new layers of sophistication to the compositions and performances is a sure-fire …
Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 50: Ulver – Nattens Madrigal (1997)
February 17, 2014
Welcome back to the final day of the Ulver holiday weekend! On Saturday I covered, their black metal masterpiece Bergtatt, on Sunday I covered their easy listenin' acoustic album Kveldssanger, and today I'll cover their …
Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 49: Ulver – Kveldssanger (1996)
February 16, 2014
Welcome to day 2 of my Mid-month Metal Masterpiece coverage of Ulver's classic series of releases otherwise known as The Trilogie - Three Journeyes through the Norwegian Netherworlde. Yesterday we talked about their black metal …
Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 48: Ulver – Bergtatt (1995)
February 15, 2014
Ulver is one of those rare bands that loves to change their style completely from album to album. Which is to say, I tend to dislike about 90% of their discography. However, before they got …
Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 47: High Spirits – Another Night (2011)
January 15, 2014
"Retro metal" has made a bit of a comeback in recent years. Bands like Black Trip (who graced my best metal albums of 2013 list) market that "classic" metal sound to a fan base that …
Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 46: Impetigo – Horror of Zombies (1992)
December 15, 2013
It should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with my taste in black metal that I rather love Impetigo's Horror of the Zombies. It is a type of death metal that eschews technicality for …
Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 45: Summoning – Nightshade Forests (1997)
November 15, 2013
Summoning is a band both loved and ridiculed in black metal circles. While it is a fact that 98% of all black metal bands have taken their names from The Lord of the Rings, Summoning …