Masterpieces of the metal sort.
Despite my continued protestations that I'm not all that into death metal anymore, I'm actually pretty ok with bands that play "old school death metal" (OSDM) like today's band. Sure, the brilliantly named Necros Christos …
Sometimes "black metal" is a difficult genre to pin down. While 90% of black metal pretty much either sounds like Emperor or Immortal, there is quite a lot of diversity to be found in the …
The older I get, the more my tastes in metal have relaxed. Back in the day (late 90s) I would have scoffed at even a hint of clean singing in my metal. An album like …
I try to split these MMMM posts evenly between black, death and thrash metal bands. And, for those keeping track at home, today should obviously be a death metal day. However, as Chet in Jock …
One of my favorite things about black metal is how each region of the world has their own take on the style. Russia loves flutes and lots of em. Poland loves having Rob Darken write …
The most common question one asks when it comes to Iron Maiden is not whether or not they are a great band, but rather, whether or not they are the greatest band. No other band …
Seattle death metal band Infester only had one release, but damn if it wasn't an instant classic. 1994's To the Depths (In Degradation) (featuring one of my favorite song title naming conventions (that is, of …
As the years have passed and my taste in black metal has narrowed further and further, one album has consistently remained atop my "all time greatest black metal albums of all time" list. That album …
Back in the day, when even a hint of clean singing in my metal was enough for me to roll my eyes and cry "not kvlt," I probably would have hated New Wave of Finnish …
If there is one thing I thought I knew about black metal bands, it was that they couldn't write death metal for shit (thankfully most of the Norwegian guys must have realized this and quickly …