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Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Third run of a new podcast focusing on extreme metal. This time, we get into DSBM's rocknroll problem, obsess over the finer points of death metal riffing, respond to Rauta's review of Azath, and reveal the future of mystical kvlt BM. Features Malazan's draconic Eleint (Azath) and Lovecraft's cavern-lurking Ancient Ones (Ancient Gate).
00:00 - Introductory bullshitting / rundown of bands and labels
04:05 - Forgotten Tomb, Nihilistic Estrangement. Awkward hard rock vs. graceful art-goth.
29:02 - Putrid Pile, Revel In Lunacy. Die-hard one-man death metal from before everyone had a one-man metal band.
50:11 - Interlude: "Chicken Walk," Hasil Adkins
52:18 - Azath, Through A Warren of Shadow. Celtic vs. Gothic font. Reply to Rauta: the glories (or perils?) of high-speed stock riffage and really loud snare.
01:14:55 - Ancient Gate, Empire Beyond Dusk. Reawakening the spirits of early Blut Aus Nord and Judas Iscariot. Necrotic BM mastery -- blending bite and beauty.
01:40:25 - Hellenic BM, meet... melodeath?? Ft. Varathron, Crowsreign ("There Is No God"), and a lot of rambling about melodeath, Fear Factory, Napalm Death, etc.
Saturday May 30, 2020
Saturday May 30, 2020
Second run of a new podcast focused on extreme metal. Today, it's blasting war metal vs. brutal death metal -- which will reign supreme? What is the art of deliberately obnoxious music? How can a band move forward without compromising on primitive noise? What's the difference between BM and DM extremity?
00:00 - Introductory bullshitting / rundown of bands and labels
04:45 - Revenge, Strike. Smother. Dehumanize. Stomps, pick slides, and clearer production.
19:35 - Axis of Advance, Strike. Revenge returns to their melodic roots?
32:28 - Impiety, Versus All Gods. Fast hybrid riffs, the problem with thrash, Shyaithan Stays True.
53:45 - Surrender of Divinity, Oriental Hell Rhythmics. Southeast Asian Extremity. Swords vs. sledgehammers.
59:35 - Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, Adoration of Decaying Innocence. What makes a good slam? Why don't people count this stuff as avant-garde?
01:15:45 - Other nasty, antisocial music (Mutiilation, Ildjarn)
01:21:10 - Encenathrakh - Live. Art guys do brutal DM right. Music as "object" vs. music as "process." Death metal inhumanity vs. black metal inhumanity.
Friday May 29, 2020
Friday May 29, 2020
First run of a new podcast focusing on extreme metal. Today, we debate the merits of four new albums: Winterfylleth - The Reckoning Dawn; Horn - Mohngang; Kruelty - A Dying Truth; and Paradise Lost - Obsidian.
00:00 - Introductory bullshitting / record labels / one of your hosts saying "um" and "uh" a lot.
7:43 - Winterfylleth, The Reckoning Dawn: Awakening the wrath of the (Saxon? Norman?) tyrant, or burying riffs in time and dust?
41:07 - Horn, Mohngang: Leitmotifs / beautiful blast riffs / beer-hall marches (cool or not-cool?) / black metal turning into folk.
1:11:25 - Kruelty, A Dying Truth: crushing beatdowns and beastly grunts / Straight Savage Style and Coffins and Shattered Realm / when and how should a band use stock riffs? / what makes a sick beatdown/breakdown?
1:44:00 - Paradise Lost, Obsidian: Peaceville and working-man's doom / Type O Negative and Sisters of Mercy / 80s goth influence done right / strong and varied vocals / sick melodic leads
2:03:15 - End ranting: melodic death metal that doesn't suck / final album verdicts / old UK doom-death as Britain's version of Second Wave BM.