Metal Music
Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 53: Peste Noire – Ballade Cuntre lo Anemi Francor (2009)
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 metal producing region has a distinct sound, and France is no exception. Not that there is any specific thing I…
Read MoreBattle Vests of the KVLT & TR00 3: My Pop Patch Vest
Are you looking for a custom designed battle vest, but don’t have access to a high quality print shop? Contact me HERE, and we can discuss possibly working on a unique, custom designed vest, featuring only the bands and patches you choose! Check out my other posts in this series for more examples of my…
Read MoreMid-month Metal Masterpiece 52: Glacier – Glacier (1985)
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 up across the world. In such metallically fruitful times, it was inevitable that many bands would get lost in the…
Read MoreMid-month Metal Masterpiece 51: Malevolent Creation – Retribution (1992)
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 way to make me turn up my nose and proclaim such a thing totally neither tr00 nor kvlt. Luckily there…
Read MoreMid-month Metal Masterpiece 50: Ulver – Nattens Madrigal (1997)
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 final foray into black metal, the not quite as derivative sounding as it seems, Nattens madrigal – Aatte Hymne til Ulven…
Read MoreMid-month Metal Masterpiece 49: Ulver – Kveldssanger (1996)
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 masterpiece Bergtatt. Today I’ll take a look at Ulver’s entirely acoustic follow-up, Kveldssanger (Twilight Songs), an album that admittedly might be…
Read MoreMid-month Metal Masterpiece 48: Ulver – Bergtatt (1995)
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 all arty, they put out one of the best black metal trilogies of all time with their first three full…
Read MoreMid-month Metal Masterpiece 47: High Spirits – Another Night (2011)
“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 can’t seem to get enough of that old school metal vibe. And, while there are a lot of quality “retro”…
Read MoreBattle Vests of the KVLT & TR00 2: My Heavy Metal Patch Vest
Are you looking for a custom designed battle vest, but don’t have access to a high quality print shop? Contact me HERE, and we can discuss possibly working on a unique, custom designed vest, featuring only the bands and patches you choose! Check out my other posts in this series for more examples of my…
Read MoreBest Metal Albums of 2013
I’ve never been one for new albums. Partly because my taste tends to run “old school,” and partly because there is so much older stuff that has withstood the test of time that I still haven’t heard. Still, I thought I might try my hand at making a top ten list for metal releases from…
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