Monthly Archives: August 2015

Non-extreme, traditional heavy metal is a curious beast in that it relies on a mix of accessible musicality and recognizable vocal-lyrical patterns to communicate feeling. But even while doing so, it doesn’t quite degenerate into what is commonly thought of … Continue reading →

There are a few extra-stylistic qualities that I believe should be a part of someone who writes about heavy metal: Honesty and courage: Every sane person knows just why he thinks a particular way. The difficult part lies in confronting … Continue reading →

Chupacabra‘s debut The Abject is not a metal album and would undoubtedly be better written about by more knowledgeable, well-rounded music fans but the point of this post is to expose this strange, underground project to a hopefully wider audience. … Continue reading →

The more one observes people – and maybe this pertains specifically to my country of birth – the more obvious it seems that there has to be a caste system of some sort. Nobody is perfect, but I look around at … Continue reading →

The sitar is not a guitar but Cult Of Fire betray their hand by using it as just such on the very first song on Ascetic Meditation Of Death. Blasting strains of black metal – though let it be stated in … Continue reading →

[Someone, somewhere said that they ‘had the right’ to be entitled to so and so…] Rights are artificial, social constructs. You have rights only as long as you exist inside society. There is no such thing as a right to live … Continue reading →