Tag Archives: black metal
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Anatomia, Dissected Humanity
Leave a commentDecember 14, 2011 by hhbrady
Vibrant Japanese death metal band– playing doom metal. Opener “Carnal Mutilation”= straight ahead death metal until about 2 minutes in, …
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Micro: Witchery, Witchkrieg
2December 11, 2011 by hhbrady
I had never heard of Witchery until Decibel’s recent thrash metal hall of fame issue (their Restless & Dead was #42); I instead bought …
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Acid Witch, Stoned
Leave a commentNovember 14, 2011 by hhbrady
Well, they’re waaaaay detuned… a fifth down, to the Most Satanic of Keys, B standard– and in addition…? They’re ugly, …
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Skeletonwitch, Forever Abomination
10October 29, 2011 by hhbrady
This is one of the blurbs that came with the advance of Skeletonwitch’s Forever Abomination: Skeletonwitch has been called every …
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Blackened Hardcore vs. Hardcored Black Metal: Is there a difference? What YOU need to know! [Featuring Dead in the Dirt's "Fear," Early Graves' "Goner" and Craft's "Void."]
2October 15, 2011 by hhbrady
Did the headline work? Did you read it and immediately think, without logically evaluating anything, “Holy Christ! Why the goddamn …
Continue readingCategory: Album Review, Metal | Tags: Album review, black metal, crust punk, Darkthrone, Dead in the dirt, Death metal, Early Graves, fear, Goner, Hardcore, Hardcore punk, Hunter Thompson, Music, rock, Sludge, sludge metal, Star Trek
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Micro: City of Steel, Untimely Demise
Leave a commentSeptember 22, 2011 by hhbrady
Canada’s Untimely Demise, are, essentially, Skeletonwitch– if they were more interested in bay-area thrash metal, ca. 1987, than in Iron …
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Marduk, Iron Dawn EP
Leave a commentJune 4, 2011 by hhbrady
Begin the ritual: get some time to yourself, put on a good stereo or good headphones, and put the volume …
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Ogen, Black Metal Unbound
Leave a commentApril 24, 2011 by hhbrady
Nice production (i.e., bass), very cool chord changes (in track, or “traccia” one, and two), blast beats used sparingly, but …
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Dragged Into Sunlight, Hatred For Mankind
3April 24, 2011 by hhbrady
Dragged Into Sunlight are King Diamond become more black metal, with D-beat groove, baby sludgy detuned black metal, with basement (dungeon?)-esque production …
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Ulysses-era James Joyce and his impromtu impressions of SepticFlesh’ The Great Mass
3April 21, 2011 by hhbrady
Sillie Billes: mob of young cubs yelling their guts out. [Regarding "The Vampire of Nazareth"] Forthwith, choir boy opines messages …
Continue readingCategory: Album Review, Dead Guest Writers, Metal | Tags: black metal, Death metal, Great Mass in C minor, Greece, Guinness, James Joyce, Metal, Music, Religion and Spirituality, Satan, Season of Mist, Septicflesh, symphonic metal, The Great Mass, Ulysses