TERMINUS: extreme metal podcast

What happens when you record an all-timer? What happens when you permanently alter the course of an entire genre of music? What happens when a set of very precise techniques enter the basic DNA of an entire generation? On this episode, TDMG and TBMG discuss Sargeist, a band whose influence is so vast it's nearly unnoticed, taking a look at their seminal 2010 record Let the Devil In and their brand new release, Flame Within Flame. Can the band ever achieve the heights of the past? Or, more importantly: should that even be the goal?

0:00:00 - A history of Sargeist, their influence, and Franco-Finnish Black Metal

0:34:55 - Let the Devil In (Moribund Records/World Terror Committee, 2010)

1:36:06 - Interlude - Sargeist - “Let The Devil In,” fr. Let The Devil In (Moribund / WTC, 2010)

1:40:13 - Flame Within Flame (World Terror Committee, 2025)

2:35:11 - Outro - Bekhira - “The Devil and the Sorcerer” fr. L'élu du mal (Aura Mystique Productions, 2005)

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TDMG returns with the (somehow) highly anticipated second installment of Balaclava Books, and the second installment of his investigation into Peter Sotos' Total Abuse. This time, we take a look at Tool, the notorious eight-part work which displays Peter Sotos finding his footing in his own style and plumbing ever-deeper depths of human despair and cruelty. Listener discretion strongly advised.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:11:33 - Tool. and Total Abuse

0:19:30 - One (Quality Time)

0:38:36 - Five

0:56:06 - Two and Three

1:11:36 - Six and Seven

1:21:31 - Four and Eight

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Thought we were dead? You fucking wish! Terminus is back with a hot one long in the making, where your hosts take a look at the seminal mid-00s work of Enmity and Last Days of Humanity while drawing out broader ideas of brutal death metal's proximity to noise. If black metal without heavy metal gets you Blazebirth Hall, what happens when a similar concept is applied to death metal? Only the most extreme music ever made. After the reviews, stick around for a guided tour of some of TDMG's favorite obscurities from this scene and beyond.

0:00:00 - Intro/A Conception of Noisedeath

0:14:58 - Enmity - Illuminations of Vile Engorgement (Permeated Records, 2005)

0:59:54 - Interlude - Intestinal Engorgement - “Fetal Extraction Anal” fr. Putrefying Consumption of Dismemberment (Amputated Vein Records, 2022)

1:02:53 - Last Days of Humanity - Putrefaction in Progress (Bones Brigade, 2006)

1:40:12 - Interlude - Foetopsy - “Spilling of Blood and Urine Into the Body Cavity” fr. Dyspartum (Barbarian Records, 2003)

1:41:28 - Other fascinating records

2:11:40 - Outro - Masturbation - “Gutted and Incinerated In the Insanity of Your Thoughts” fr. Putrified Vaginal Infibulation (Brutalized Records, 2006)

What, you want a cute little description of the episode? It's BOLT THROWER.

0:00:00 - Intro / a brief history of Bolt Thrower and stenchcore

0:38:48 - Realm of Chaos (Slaves to Darkness) (Earache Records, 1989)

1:43:49 - Interlude - Bolt Thrower - “World Eater 94” fr. Who Dares Wins (Earache Records, 1998)

1:49:57 - The IVth Crusade (Earache Records, 1992)

3:16:28 - Just Before Dawn - “The Gulf of Tonkin” fr. A War Too Far (Raw Skull Recordz, 2023)

HERESY CORRECTIVE: In a moment of warp-tainted hubris, TBMG misidentifies the Space Marine chapter on the cover of WH40K 1st Edition. It is the CRIMSON Fists, NOT the Imperial Fists. The Inquisition has been notified.

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In the inaugural episode of a new series on extreme literature, TDMG explores the earliest work by the infamous Peter Sotos, plunging headlong into the most perverse incarnation of so-called "true crime" writing in the beginning of an effort to explore the real power within one of the world's most scorned authors. Listener discretion strongly advised.

0:00:00 - Peter Sotos

0:19:50 - Total Abuse

0:28:41 - Pure

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On the newest episode of I Hate Video Games and Never Play Them, your host tackles a game almost universally played but rarely taken seriously: Peggle, the physics puzzler that marks the apex of Popcap Games- and maybe casual games as a whole.

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A spectre is haunting black metal- that of the industrial black metal style of the late 90s and early 00s. Foremost among that cadre is Aborym, Italian stallions of legend now forgotten in the revised zeitgeist of 2025. Join your hosts as we examine Aborym's first and third records, discovering that not only are they not just "an industrial black metal band," but that they actually created some of the best and most forward-thinking extreme metal of the era. What, are you "too cool" for The Matrix now?

0:00:00 - Kali Yuga Bizarre (Scarlet Records, 1999)

0:56:06 - Interlude - Coil - “Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)” fr. Horse Rotorvator (Force & Form, 1986)

1:02:29 - With No Human Intervention (Code666 Records, 2003)

1:45:42 - Outro - Project Deviate - “Not My Kind” fr. Not My Kind/Flash! (Fusion Records, 2006)

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On the new bite-sized episode of I Hate Video Games and Never Play Them, your host takes a look at A Short Hike, a tiny game about a little bird on a medium-sized adventure with big pixels.

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In 2025's first assault, the plucky doughboys at Terminus investigate an obscure gem of 90s black metal: Niden Div. 187. Best known for featuring members of a host of Swedish death metal bands, the project stands on its own as a truly remarkable artifact of the era, far ahead of its time in melody and experimental structures. Sit back, relax, and enjoy an episode longer than the band's entire discography.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:06:28 - Niden Div. 187

1:21:45 - Outro - Zyklon-B - “Mental Orgasm” fr. Blood Must be Shed (Malicious Records, 1995)

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For the first volley of non-musical content, The Death Metal Guy starts a new program: I Hate Video Games and Never Play Them, a series of deep dive, essayistic critiques of games in the style you know and (hopefully) love. This time, he takes a look at Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, a 2017 third person action/puzzle game from Ninja Theory best known for its deep themes and striking presentation- but does it live up to the hype? Listen and find out. But also, no.

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