Mid Month Metal Masterpiece 10: Cryptopsy – Blasphemy Made Flesh

Welcome back to Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece, where I discuss a different classic Thrash, Death, Black or just plain “Heavy” metal album on the 15th of each month. Of course, I’m an old school fellow, so don’t expect to see a lot of stuff post-1996 or so. Each installment will be accompanied by several short sound…

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Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 9: Ildjarn – Forest Poetry

Welcome back to Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece, where I discuss a different classic Thrash, Death, Black or just plain “Heavy” metal album on the 15th of each month. Of course, I’m an old school fellow, so don’t expect to see a lot of stuff post-1996 or so. Each installment will be accompanied by several short sound…

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Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 8: Megadeth – Killing Is My Business

Welcome back to Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece, where I discuss a different classic Thrash, Death, Black or just plain “Heavy” metal album on the 15th of each month. Of course, I’m an old school fellow, so don’t expect to see a lot of stuff post-1996 or so. Each installment will be accompanied by several short sound…

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Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 7: Deicide – Deicide

Welcome back to Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece, where I discuss a different classic Thrash, Death, Black or just plain “Heavy” metal album on the 15th of each month. Of course, I’m an old school fellow, so don’t expect to see a lot of stuff post-1996 or so. Each installment will be accompanied by several short sound…

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Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece 6: Gorgoroth – Under the Sign of Hell

Welcome back to Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece, where I discuss a different classic Thrash, Death, Black or just plain “Heavy” metal album on the 15th of each month. Of course, I’m an old school fellow, so don’t expect to see a lot of stuff post-1996 or so. Each installment will be accompanied by several short sound…

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Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece 5: Venom – Black Metal

Welcome back to Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece, where I discuss a different classic Thrash, Death, Black or just plain “Heavy” metal album on the 15th of each month. Of course, I’m an old school fellow, so don’t expect to see a lot of stuff post-1996 or so. Each installment will be accompanied by several short sound…

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Mid Month Metal Masterpiece 4: Carcass – Symphonies of Sickness

Welcome back to Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece, where I discuss a different classic Thrash, Death, Black or just plain “Heavy” metal album on the 15th of each month. Of course, I’m an old school fellow, so don’t expect to see a lot of stuff post-1996 or so. Each installment will be accompanied by several short sound…

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Burzum Returns – A double review of Belus.

I think it is fair to call Burzum the greatest Black Metal band of all time.  The one man project of Christian “Varg”/”Count Grishnakh” Vikernes, Burzum pushed a very narrow genre to its artistic peak.  With his albums Hvis Lyset Tar Oss and Filosofem, Varg crafted two of the most fully realized Black Metal masterpieces.  Unfortunately,…

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Mid Month Metal Masterpiece 3: Emperor/Enslaved – Hordanes Land Split

Welcome back to Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece, where I discuss a different classic Thrash, Death, Black or just plain “Heavy” metal album on the 15th of each month.  Of course, I’m an old school fellow, so don’t expect to see a lot of stuff post-1996 or so.  Each installment will be accompanied by several short sound…

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Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece 2: Slayer – Hell Awaits

Welcome back to Mid-Month Metal Masterpiece, where I discuss a different classic Thrash, Death, Black or just plain “Heavy” metal album on the 15th of each month.  Of course, I’m an old school fellow, so don’t expect to see a lot of stuff post-1996 or so.  Each installment will be accompanied by several short sound…

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