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I'm back baby and I <3 all my fans.

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:51:28 -0400

I must apologize to all the metal heads, hipsters, soccer moms, and wine connoisseurs who were undoubtedly <3broken by the lengthy albeit temporary death of this excellent blog. I became rather dis<3ened after the powers that be raped the internet and made it impossible to link all my favorite music (that you should fucking like because I DO) to the masses. Nevertheless, after some serious soul searching (in mecca?) I realized my vanity (fair?) requires that I continue to force my limited knowledge of music down people’s throats. Even if I cannot provide this music in mp3 format, the common people (the proletariat?) will benefit from the knowledge of its existence alone. Therefore, without further ado, here are some metal songs I’ve been really digging. I guess you’ll just have to find them on your own (spotify).

Bestial Mockery - Slut Fuck Cult

(found this one by accident and it was just what I was itching for - really fucking evil thrashy black metal. Not for extreme feminists or those who are easily offended by lyrics about demons fucking sluts in hell.)

Absu - Pillars of Mercy

(THE FUCKING DRUMS!)

Forefather - Brunanburh

(English folk metal perfection. Seriously perfect. Although at this point I’ve listened to it at least one hundred times and I’m getting pretty tired of it. Fuck.)

Hate Eternal - The Creed of Chaotic Divinity

(I could pretty much pick any Hate Eternal song and say it fucking slays, but this one is particularly awesome in my opinion.)

Quo Vadis - To The Bitter End

(Some nice techy death for yas)

Ex Deo - Caligvla

(There was a time when I would have dismissed this band as too cheesy and mainstream, but now I just don’t give a fuck about all that. If I am entertained, then the music has done its job. Maybe it makes me a huge nerd, but symphonic death metal centered around tyrannical roman emperors is extremely entertaining to me, especially when done this well. This is seriously epic shit. Too bad I can’t find the full album anywhere. Maybe I’ll actually have to buy it. FUCK!)

Ulver - Wolf & Fear

(What can I say? I love wolves and I love ulver. Classic song from a classic album.

Trist - Vabeni Pokojne Tmy

(Hypnotic)

"That night a green, sickly light seeped from under the hospital doors, a transparent green swimming..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:25:00 -0400

“That night a green, sickly light seeped from under the hospital doors, a transparent green swimming pool light, and an orderly smoked a cigarette, standing on the curb, and among the parked cars there was one with its light on, a yellow light as in a nest, though not just any nest but a post-nuclear nest, a nest with no room for any certainties but cold, despair, and apathy.”

- 2666

Today Is The Day - Willpower (1994)

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:29:18 -0400

The opening Goodfella’s sample. Lorraine Bracco screaming “I LOOK IN YOUR FACE AND I KNOW THAT YOU’RE LYING!” An auditory catharsis. A sense of dread that no kafkaor sartreordostoevskyoratwoodordanielewski novel could manage. This is it, kids. Finding it difficult not to call sonic youth a bunch of pussies upon listening. Love sonic youth. But this goes harder. Nothing’s wasted. Nothing’s spared. A riff here, a riff there. A riff everywhere. A brief melody interposed between seas of musical bedlam. A wicked classic recahd.

Yelle - Safari Disco Club (2011)

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:37:53 -0500

On the metacritic page for this record, I noticed a certain critic’s remarks that insisted Yelle’s Universal appeal suffers from her choice to again sing en français on her second studio LP.While I agree it is undoubtedly true that Yelle has potentially blocked herself access to global mainstream success (doesn’t this sound shitty anyway?), I think a critic gain’s nothing in discussing a particular artist’s commercial viability. This is nothing else than a semi-decent excuse to avoid what should and must be discussed: the fucking music. Oh yeah, maybe I should talk about that.

The French singing happens to be crucial to the sound Yelle has developed since her first release, Pop Up. As a speaker of French, I can say confidently that the fluidity and the very timbre of the vocals would suffer tremendously from a switch to English. The French thing aside, the beats and vocals are beautifully restrained compared to those of La Roux or Robyn while remaining edgy and weird. Wild intros and breaks that sometimes get into glitch-territory. Definitely danceable.

I do not only like metal.

Highlights: Title track, Comme Un Enfant

d0wn10ad - Can’t find one. Spotify it!

Belphegor - Necrodaemon Terrorsathan

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:36:39 -0500

I only have a few minutes to write this so I’ll be brief. This band is incredible. I have a soft spot for blackened death metal done right and these guys… Well let’s just say I’ve been struggling to find another record that compares in heaviness. This album is absolutely relentless. Austrian’s who like satan and hate christ and shred.

d0wn10ad

Soundtrack to The Apocalypse: 5 Metal Albums You Just Cannot Die Without

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:52:00 -0500

Taking into account all the apocalyptic, folkloric bullshit surrounding this new year, I assume people will soon helplessly start seeking just the right kind of music to set the mood for one of or some of or all of the doomsday-scenarios alleged to occur by the end of the year. Do not fret. I have the antidote. Here are some old school heavy metal goodies to get you pumped for the Earth’s end.

Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

Fuck the Dio haters. The first album to feature Sabbath’s second vocalist is one of their very best, despite the general disgust most fans of the band feel towards this era. Give it a chance. For me. Just check out that album cover. How can you say no to angels smoking cigarettes?

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Bathory - Bathory

The classic viking/black metal band’s debut album has a much more blatant thrash feel than their later efforts and sounds a lot more evil IMO. If Kreator and Venom had a baby this is what it would sound like, and it would look despicable.

d0wn10ad

Toxic Holocaust - Conjure and Command

I know, this is a fairly new band, but they happen to play thrash metal and despite their commendable innovations they still sound like they belong in the 80’s. This is hardly ever a bad thing and the band pulls it off tremendously well. If you likey check out: Skeletonwitch, Havok, and Destroyer 666

d0wn10ad

Beherit - Engram

There are so many black metal bands that would suit the purpose of this list, but Beherit may be the perfect choice. It’s hard to say no to a metal album that begins with the spoken words, “Because, I just fucking hate this world.” Beherit welcomes the apocalypse.

d0wn10ad

Kreator - Extreme Aggression

Although Slayer is a no-brainer, Kreator may be the next best thing when it comes to 80’s thrash. This album slaaays.

d0wn10ad

disma - towards the megalith

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:14:22 -0500

Every once in awhile I will stumble upon a record that is so fucking heavy that I cannot help banging my head and playing air guitar throughout every song. Disma’s latest record is one of these metal masterpieces. Although this might not be an immediately obvious comparison, the buzz-saw riffs that dominate this album remind me of death’n’roll era Entombed. Disma is a lot slower though, and there is certainly no melody to be found in the vocals, which achieve the now difficult task of being absolutely terrifying. The production of “Towards The Megalith” is definitely spot on. Grimy, but not too lo-fi. Old school sounding without abandoning a slight modern edge. The drums never get too fancy, but they are mixed perfectly and sound amazing. All this makes for one heavy sounding product. Did I mention the songwriting, or riff-writing, is outstanding as well? \m/>.<\m/

d0wn10ad

wrenslastlaugh: file under: insane tshirts i need to own...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:05:38 -0500

wrenslastlaugh:

file under: insane tshirts i need to own immediately

The Undisputed Best Tracks of 2011

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:31:00 -0500

As the year approaches its terminus, and the apocalypse becomes so close we can taste it, it is tempting to compile this year’s best tunes for those squares who often forget that there is new listenable music other than Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep.” Like those posers who wasted no time in buying supreme hats after the release of “Yonkers” in an effort to be just like the OF frontman, you will all presently be blasting the following tracks through your headphones in an effort to be like me:

Yelawolf - Hard White (Featuring Lil Jon)

Thou - Bonnet Carre

Zomby - Witch Hunt

Wolves in the Throne Room - Subterranean Initiation

The Doozies - Touch Touch

Trap Them - Evictionaries

Endstille - The Deepest Place on Earth

Skeletonwitch - This Horrifying Force (the Desire to Kill)

Rustie - After Light

Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Even in Dreams

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:53:00 -0500

Despite the popularity of the first song on this record, “Spellbound,” the second track, “Into The Light” is without question the standout tune on the band’s fourth record. When Siouxsie twice repeats the second syllable of “when” in the chorus it is a mystery that this band isn’t as much cherished for their catchiness as for their edginess. Even if the rest of this album is trippy as fuck…

downl0ad

Negator - Panzer Metal

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:43:00 -0500

This album is definitely not for the light of heart. This is black metal at its fastest and heaviest. The album title is probably an ode to Marduk’s classic “Panzer Division Marduk” and the music definitely bears a resemble to the ferocious speed and intensity of the beloved swedish band. About two minutes into the second track, “Alte Werte” the music stops for an instant and is traded for the sound of a gunshot before the band proceeds with its tumultuous assault. Brutal. A+

downl0ad

a better time…

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:20:01 -0500

a better time…

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:15:00 -0500

I’m fairly certain that the main reason PJ Harvey isn’t considered a rock hero the likes of meatheads like Eddie Vedder is because she is a woman. Plain and simple - c’est la fin. Which is bullshit because “Rid Of Me” is awesome in so many ways. The album constantly toys with the soft/loud dynamic and PJ Harvey’s affinity for the Pixie’s oeuvre is clear throughout. However, Harvey’s execution of this dynamic is far more inventive and this record achieves a quirkiness whose honesty is not as likely to be questioned. Frank Black’s vocals sound empty and false in comparison. Highly underrated and highly recommended.

http://www.mediafire.com/?8wswcag2tdo

leechmilk - guilty of sloth

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:09:00 -0500

In thinking about what to write about for my first EXTREME (disclaimer: If you can’t handle it, just move on. No need for indignation here.) music review, I thought it would be ideal to choose a record that was as extreme as possible. Extreme to the fucking nth. And so here I was thinking, and I’m thinking, “there is nearly nothing as repugnant to the human psyche as a leech. this is an album by a band with leech in their name.” This was an exciting discovery. I mean, come on. Does this not excite you as much as it excites me? Not to mention the music is wonderful.

There is very little about this band on the internets and I’m not scouring tr0nland all night to find the vocalist’s name so this shit can seem official. Anyway, the vocalist sounds like an utter demon. The ubiquitous samples (from movies? television? again, I will not look this up) tend to be spot on in their outrageous irony. The album cover is so very terrifying, that the majority of listeners will be moved to the most helpless trepidation, before even attempting to expose themselves to the auditory horror contained within the tortuous grooves of the record (it’s not likely that you’ll be able to find this pup on vinyl though - strictly metaphor du fromage.) Throw in those southern-tinged hardcore/sludge guitar riffs and you’ve got a delicious pizza. So evil that the three or four people who read this will not listen to it.

the thing: http://www.mediafire.com/?c88zsllzg4jsk7h

The Horrors - The Horrors

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:50:00 -0500

The Horrors are self-proclaimed Cramps fanatics, but their grimy garage rock debut sounds more like a mummies record in its downright trashiness, than the psychobilly mind-fuck of the cramps. Don’t get me wrong, this is definitely not a problem, and this album is its very own mind fuck. Guitar that is so filled with treble and feedback that it rivals Psychocandy in its ability to make your ears spew blood all over the inside of your fucking headphones. Il déchire comme rien d’autre. Je suis sincère. I can’t find a mediafire link for this album, and I’ve been listening to it on Spotify myself so I guess you’re on your own, people.

Acid Tiger - Self Titled

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:26:00 -0500

An amalgam of hardcore punk, progressive rock, and even elements of classic rock, which at its best sounds somewhat like the swedish post-hardcore giant, Refused, and at its worst, well, about that… There are moments in most songs when the vocals tred dangerously into screamo territory, (in the really awful From Autumn To Ashes way) and others where the vocals take on the throaty yet squeaky quality that anyone familiar with the sub-par hardcore band Blacklisted has already been exposed to. These annoyances, all of which are related to vocals, (if you haven’t noticed) and the shitty band name aside, this is a pretty solid, but definitely not inventive debut album.

http://www.mediafire.com/?uirzmqoymiw

Heatmiser - Dead Air

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:02:00 -0500

As far as I know, this is the first ever record to feature Elliott Smith, and it really sounds nothing like Smith’s later solo albums. The bands three LP’s (especially this one) are way more up front about the angst that drives the music. This can partly be attributed to the influence of Neil Gust, the other major creative force in the group, but in reality, I think it’s simply because no one really wanted to hear anything that wasn’t loud and distorted in 1993. Elliott Smith has been quoted as being, although not regretful, a bit dissatisfied with the music he made with heatmiser. Anyone who is familiar with Smith’s later works can understand this conflict of interest. Nevertheless, even the heaviest Smith written Heatmiser tracks have a higher element of pop sense that just isn’t present in the majority of alt-rock songs of the early 90’s. Additionally, Smith’s lyrics are already as biting and emotional as they were at the height of his career. On the track “Blackout” he croons, “asked your permission didn’t I, to self medicate once in awhile?” This first and rawest Heatmiser album, Dead Air, delivers despite some weaker tunes sung by Gust, and should thoroughly satiate fans of Elliott Smith and 90’s rock alike.

downl0ad: http://www.mediafire.com/?wmjdmzmzww1

Rustie - Glass Swords

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:26:00 -0400

Since Rustie came onto the scene he has been labeled by critics and listeners alike as dub-step. Yet there are none of those fartsy wobble bass lines that dubstep has so unfortunately become known for, to be found anywhere on the Glasgow native’s new release, Glass Swords. This is dance music in its most intricate, catchy, and genre-defying form. The record borrows from a mind-bending amalgam of old school jungle, r&b, dirty south, house, trance, and well yes, dubstep too. A.D.D. electro that makes skrillex sound like Celine Dion. The sheer ambitiousness of this record is reason to be skeptical, but Rustie delivers such tremendously ferocious hooks so consistently that any doubts one might have about him pulling it off are quickly diminished. Check out the song “hover traps” on youtube if you need some audio to convince you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsMVbv7IPmA

The Guiltiest Pleasure: Top Ten New Wave Songs

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:20:27 -0400

I will by no means equivocate or dance around the fact that the following list is permeated with songs from an unfairly stigmatized, and nearly universally laughed-at decade — this decade being no other than the 80’s. These songs are hand picked by yrs truly based on the fact that they all have scored a 10/10 [(100%)(A+)] in shimmeriness, and glimmeriness - the cream of the crop of the chronically feared and hated new wave genre. The list is not a pretentious one, and contains both tunes that most are sure to recognize (and probably find irritating,) and others that are a bit more obscure. So please, put on some neon slacks and enjoy.

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) - Telegraph

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

The Cure - Close To Me

Blondie - Heart of Glass

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound

Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels (this band is surely good enough to be on here twice)

Depeche Mode - Strangelove