Monthly Archives: May 2017
Retrospective: Morbid Angel’s Gateways to Annihilation (2000)
I demand to know the light of a promised land I demand to see this corrosion wiped away – Morbid Angel, ‘Summoning Redemption’ Morbid Angel evolved without pause until Heretic, developing technique and songwriting in a manner that had no … Continue reading →
Neocaesar – 11:11 (2017)
Year 2017 presents an interesting clash between former cohorts in death metal. Sinister, containing only Aad Kloosterwaard from the original lineup, have released Syncretism; Neocaesar, on the other hand, are a band formed from some of the most significant personnel … Continue reading →
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Tagged 11:11, death metal, neocaesar, Netherlands, sinister
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On suicide
There is one school of thought which deems suicide to be the ultimate display of cowardice. No one is excused from the troubles of life, as disparate and unjust as the degrees to which they are inflicted on various people … Continue reading →
What is the essence of metal? Part I
British philosopher John Locke in his seminal Essay Concerning Human Understanding wrote at length on the subject of essence or that which is immanent in an idea. To give the briefest of primers, ideas, according to Locke, can be classified as simple … Continue reading →
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Tagged empiricism, heavy metal, john locke, what is the essence of metal
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My take on elitism
This blog at times has been accused of promoting mediocre music. If such has been the case, then that would lie at cross purposes with the many vituperative posts previously published here, ranting against the rot plaguing the metal scene, … Continue reading →
Solstice – To Sol a Thane (Demo, 2016)
It is a fool’s gold that makes rich a man now and your truth will buy you only the lonely walk to our hungry gallows – Solstice, ‘White Horse Hill’ For those in the know, Solstice have been one of … Continue reading →
Posted in Doom Metal, Heavy Metal
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Tagged Doom Metal, Epic Heavy Metal, morris ingram, new dark age, simon kearns, solstice, the handsome family, through the trees, to sol a thane
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Where dead angels lie
Destiny calls To leave these walls For only the fleece Can bring us peace I am to rule A king not a fool The prophecy I will defend And sail to the worlds end [Chorus] Fear the children slain of … Continue reading →
Do Skonu – Hell (2016)
What is it that one means when they use a geographical association to describe a piece of music? North American death metal and its subsets, Norwegian black metal as opposed to Finnish black metal, and then further beyond that ambit, … Continue reading →
Iron Maiden and plagiarism
Mark my words my soul lives on Please don’t worry cause I’ve have gone I’ve gone beyond to see the truth When your time is close at hand Maybe then you’ll understand Life down there is just a strange illusion … Continue reading →
Posted in Heavy Metal, Thoughts
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Tagged beckette, brian quinn. bob barton, hallowed be thy name, Iron Maiden, life's shadow, nomad, plagiarism
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Horn – Turm am Hang (2017)
At this point in time, Horn is an identity unto itself, heedless of whatever genre constraints one wants to impose on it. Unabashedly melodic but in all the right ways, unafraid to refer to styles on the peripheries of black … Continue reading →
Posted in Black Metal, Heavy Metal
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Tagged Black Metal, germany, Horn, KOnflikt, Nerrath, turm an hang
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Old Disgruntled Bastard 