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Now, first of all, I am by no means claiming to possess anything close to John Wayne levels of tear duct control. However, I don’t tend to cry at the usual things. The beginning of Up? Not a tear. The […]

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The racist roots of the New Wave of Anti-Islamic Black Metal
March 13, 2017

No heavy metal sub-genre positions itself more firmly in opposition to Christianity than black metal--most famously seen in the wave of church burnings across Norway in the heyday of the early 90s second-wave scene.  And, Kerrang sensationalism aside, …

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Best Metal Albums of 2016
March 10, 2017

As I make these lists it is always a tricky thing to distinguish between those albums that seem excellent at face value, and those albums that are just plain exciting and/or fun to listen to. …

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OtGP 3: Mickey Spillane’s Dogeron Kelly in The Erection Set
March 3, 2017

I read many different types of books, but what I love to read the most is a truly badass book.  From the day I first opened up an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel as a child, …

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Mailbag Monday 82 – What is wrong with you?
February 27, 2017

Want to have your pressing questions answered by Isley Unruh himself? Send all queries HERE, and I will get to them as soon as I can on a future Mailbag Monday! To put any fears to the …

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Album Artwork for the Ages 1: Raven – The Pack is Back
February 21, 2017

Before one is fully able to appreciate heavy metal as a genre, one must first come to terms with the ridiculous imagery that is an integral part of the metal experience.  Through some strange alchemical process, …

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The Top Five Best Mailbag Monday Posts
February 17, 2017

Mailbag Monday was the first "monthly" feature that I created on this website.  It started when I noticed that the google search terms that were leading people here were getting more and more ridiculous (I would …

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The Top Five Best isleyunruh.com Videos
February 15, 2017

Original video content is one of my favorite things to create for this site, but it is also one of the most time consuming things to create for this site.  Turns, out, editing together a (debatably) classic …

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Best of isleyunruh.com: 2009-2015
February 14, 2017

To give a little history, this website started as a Myspace blog in 2006 before moving on to become the internet sensation you have before you now. Actually, it technically started in 2005 as a …

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The Glorious Return
February 8, 2017

From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be site that was broken, The server again can you ping. Russian hackers might be the reason our democracy can no longer have nice …

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