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Besatt – Heading for Salvation Lyrics Analysis
Guest Article By Fiello What is the creative cornerstone of black metal? Black metal shares among other styles of music the element of mimesis, one which this subgenre is often…
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Recessive Alleles: Melodic Development in Brutal Death Metal
Guest article by Fiello This short article will focus on a specific style of songwriting that consists of the extensive use of melodic development to create an abrasive sound that…
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The Alien Medieval World of Abigor’s Channeling the Quintessence of Satan
Guest Article by Ollie Smart [I began writing this essay before the passing of P.K., and it is dedicated to his legendary art] Channeling the Quintessence of Satan (1999) is…
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Regurgitation – Tales of Necrophilia (1999)
Guest Article by Malus After the death of the classic death metal scene, more extreme and experimental types of death metal were arising in the late 90s and early 00s.…
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Consume the Forsaken and the Bastardization of Brutal Death Metal
Brutal death metal, one of the many death metal subgenres that is consistently trashed by “purists” just like genre siblings melodic death metal and technical death metal. Among the critiques…
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Spawn of Possession – Cabinet (2003)
In 2003 while death metal was redundant and for the most part stagnant the world was struck by an album that brought the technical death metal genre to another level;…
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Serpent Ascending – Hyperborean Folklore (Review)
Having interviewed Finnish archeologist and musician Jarno Nurmi from solo project Serpent Ascending last year (here) and having had a multitude of adult beverages with him in Helsinki last week…
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Interview with Thoth of Anubi
What sparked your interest in music? Which instruments do you play? It depends about which time period and music we are talking about. Vinyl records were played since birth at…
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Interview: Theomachia
Theomachia’s debut EP, “The Theosophist”, is a treat for the discerning listener. Hailing from Rome, the music is deemed “gnostic black metal” and draws influences from a vast array of…
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Midnartiis – Sinew of Sol (2021)
Digitally released on the last day of 2021, thus bypassing the social signaling of year-end lists, Midnartiis' new album Sinew of Sol presents an incredibly gratifying listening experience. An intuitive…