Get this fucking guy a drummer

Sometimes I question if the explosion of Black Metal releases over the last ten years is due to the introduction of passable recording technology. Insurmountable barriers of the past, such as a four track, mics, and something resembling a drum kit are smashed by the forced march of progress. Every idea is now capable of […]

Nausiat March 2021

March Playlist A mix of Black/Punk, Death, Doom, and Thrash. Please support the artists: Black Knife – https://blackknife.bandcamp.com/album/murder-season Labored Breath – https://laboredbreath.bandcamp.com/album/dyspnea Speedwhore – https://speedwhore.bandcamp.com/album/clutch-of-the-sea-single-free-download Reaver – https://reaverdeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/butchery-from-beyond True Love – https://truelovebm.bandcamp.com/track/pushing-the-pendulum Lionoka – https://oldmillartifacts.bandcamp.com/album/tides-of-triumph Jurassic Witch – https://jurassicwitch.bandcamp.com/album/black-masses-and-ashes Crossspitter – https://crossspitter.bandcamp.com/album/dry-grinding-mouth Public Acid – https://beachimpedimentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/condemnation-ep Fossilization – https://transylvaniantapes.bandcamp.com/album/fossilization-he-whose-name-was-long-forgotten Negativa – https://negativa0.bandcamp.com/album/mmxv

Medium-Well Fucking Vomit

Like the Northern Caspian, Black/Thrash is rather wide genre, and one that is equally as shallow. Stuffed to the gills with bands that score high marks on style and low on doing much more than aping Whipstriker, the name of the game is often speed and fury rather than expanding the sonic palette. It is […]

You can’t unplug the haunted landline

Metal, for all it’s posturing and attitude, is above all a celebration of tropes. A love affair with sawed off sine waves, blurred fretwork, and a handful of drum patterns. Enduring for over half a century based solely on the pure and unabashed love of it’s fans, it’s chiefly concerned with repeating images and minute […]