Music with guitars that have some bite.
National Socialist Black Metal is a touchy subject, even (especially) among black metal fans. And while I fall into the camp that an artist's personal ideological beliefs should have no effect on your enjoyment of …
Sodom, even more so than Kreator (covered here a few months ago), was probably the most brutal of the early German thrash bands. Their music always towed the line between thrash and death metal (especially …
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 …
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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 …