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Terminus Episode 156 - BURZUM

Hark! What's that on the distant horizon? Could it be a Very Special Episode of Terminus? It certainly is, one brought out for that most special of occasions--a new Burzum... album? Compilation? Collection of thematically related tracks? That's just one of the many, many questions this record inspires. Burzum is back to metal-- or something like it, at least-- and it's certainly an unusual take on the style. Combining neofolk, doom, ambient, and black metal, Burzum's new record suggests an entirely new model of folk music-- one that attempts to bring the past alive in a more literal sense than most.

(A quick note: another episode will be released this week. We decided to make this a solo episode because, c'mon, it's Burzum!)

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:07 - Burzum - The Land of Thule (Byelobog Productions)

1:15:01 - Outro - Burzum - “Glemselens Elv,” fr. Belus (Byelobog Productions, 2010)

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Terminus Episode 155 - Knocked Loose, High on Fire

Welcome back to Terminus: Extreme MetaHEY WHATTAYA DOIN' THERE! Yep, it's one of THOSE episodes, where we explore the furthest fringes of our established content, this time featuring two bands near and dear to our respective co-hosts hearts. In one corner: TDMG reps his set for Knocked Loose, which features a spirited discussion of the past, present, and future of metalcore, the usage of nu-metal technique, and what the band's success means for the broader world of heavy music. In the other corner: TBMG rides in on a powerful steed to present the new High on Fire, including a full discussion on the band's discography, the role of extreme metal in Matt Pike's work, and opportunity for more dimension in metal drumming.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:04:44 - Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise)

Interlude - 1:08:40 - Thell Barrio - “A Toda Madre” (Independent, 2017)

1:12:01 - High on Fire - Cometh the Storm (MNRK Heavy)

2:03:54 - Outro - The Murder City Devils - “I Drink The Wine,” fr. In Name and Blood (Sub Pop, 2000)

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Terminus Episode 154 - Adversarial, Tsatthoggua

Continuing this year's ongoing theme of triumphant returns come two excellent records--one highly anticipated, and the other utterly unexpected. Side A: the return of Adversarial, a TDMG favorite whose brand of death-fueled war metal smashes contemporaries with a flail of technicality, extremity, and potent atmosphere. Side B: the shocking return of Tsatthoggua, German blasting black metal legends whose new record picks up almost exactly where the band left off a quarter century prior. Put on your gimp mask--it's time to party.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:59 - Adversarial - Solitude With the Eternal… (Dark Descent Records)

0:49:23 - Interlude - Allfather - “Evolution to Supremacy,” fr. Weapon of Ascension (Invictus, 2005)

0:51:42 - Tsatthoggua - We Are God (Osmose Productions)

1:50:37 - Outro - “Bless Thee for Granting Me Pain,” fr. Blackdoor Miracle (Regain Records, 2004)

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Terminus Episode 153 ft. Jiub of Radio Free Innsmouth - Crucifier, House of Atreus, Brazen Horde

On this very special episode of Terminus, your intrepid hosts are joined by a mysterious guest many of you may be familiar with: the notorious Jiub of Radio Free Innsmouth, extreme metal aficiando, deep-dive podcaster, and wonderful kisser. After an intro salvo from TBMG featuring the debut demo of Brazen Horde with its back-to-the-roots Slavic drone, we encounter two new releases from Iron Bonehead. First: the new full length by Crucifier, which reinterprets multiple riffing styles through the prism of primitive US blackdeath ala Profanatica, showing the new kids how it's done. Second: The return of House of Atreus, whose style of Arghoslentian melodeath strays closer and closer to Swedish territory. But maybe, that can be.... a good thing?

0:00:00 - Intro/Brazen Horde - Demo (Independent)

0:28:41 - Crucifier - Led Astray (Iron Bonehead)

1:13:33 - Interlude - Autopsy - “Fleshcrawl/Torn From the Womb” fr. Mental Funeral (Peaceville Records, 1991)

1:17:27 - House of Atreus - Orations (Iron Bonehead)

1:48:52 - Eucharist - “My Bleeding Tears” fr. A Velvet Creation (Wrong Again Records, 1993)

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Terminus Episode 152 - Diocletian, Heresiarch

After a brief torpor in recovery from our epic (in the true sense of the word) dissection of the Spite Extreme Wing discography, Terminus returns with a tight episode featuring, quite specifically, two New Zealand war metal bands with highly anticipated returns. In this corner: Diocletian, with a record that returns to their roots, provoking a sometimes contentious reponse from their audience. In the other: Heresiarch, who come back with a substantially altered sound leaning into the more progressive strains of black/death.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:00:57 - Diocletian - Inexorable Nexus (Nuclear War Now!)

0:53:57 - Interlude - Gospel of The Horns - “Chaos Bringer,” fr. A Call to Arms (Invictus, 2002)

0:58:15 - Heresiarch - Edifice (Iron Bonehead)

1:36:10 - Outro - Niden Div. 187 - “Genocide,” fr. Impergium (Necropolis Records, 1997)

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Terminus Episode 151 - MONVMENTVM - The Spite Extreme Wing Discography

In one sense, this episode took two weeks to record - in another, it took nearly twenty years. Terminus Extreme Metal Podcast is proud to present MONVMENTVM - our full examination and critique of the discography of one of the bands most central to the podcast's artistic vision, Spite Extreme Wing. From the earliest demos to the final notes of Vltra, join your intrepid hosts as they perform the first ever English-language deep dive on one of the finest bands that heavy music has ever produced.

0:00:00 - Intro/Background/History

0:29:44 - Magnificat compilation (Beyond…. Productions, 2003 / Behemoth Productions, 2007 reissue)

1:11:53 - Non Dvcor, Dvco (Behemoth Productions, 2004)

2:13:55 - Kosmokrator [Magnificat II] (Behemoth Productions, 2005)

3:10:11 - Vltra (Avantgarde Music, 2008)

4:11:31 - Outro - “Il sole di notte e la rivolta / The sun in the night and the revolt,” fr. Non Dvcor, Dvco

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Terminus Episode 150 - Rostorchester, Ad Mortem

On today's installment of Terminus we get two dramatically different sides of Teutonic black metal, both of unquestionable interest to all burly, woodcutting Terminators. First: the return of Rostorchester, whose brand of heavily emo and punk-infused black metal achieves its full potential- mostly by becoming primarily an emo band!* Next: the debut full length of Ad Mortem, who follow closely in the footsteps of friends Totenwache in refreshing the Sargeist style with a steelier and more stoic German countenance- when they're not partying, of course.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:04:10 - Rostorchester - Der Zinnen Sang vom Niedergang (BergStolz)

0:53:43 - Interlude - A Pregnant Light - “Babychain,” fr. Broken Play (Colloquial Sound Recordings, 2019)

0:59:39 - Ad Mortem - In Honorem Mortis (Purity Through Fire)

1:37:59 - Outro - Mavorim - “Krieger, Voran!,” fr. the Verbrannte Erde split w/ Totenwache (Independent, 2018)

*CORRECTION: At the start of the Rostorchester review, we refer to a Youtube comment by Antimessiah. This was actually a fake account! See the thread on the Rites of Pestilence upload, where the real Antimessiah drops in to set the record straight.

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Terminus Episode 149 - Mutiilation, Brodequin, Coffins

On today's installment of the world's only extreme metal podcast, we come with three triumphant returns by three favorites of the show- this is one for the record books, folks, with one of the strongest lineups of records in a single episode we've ever featured. First up: the shocking return of Mutiilation, whose 17 year absence seemingly never occurred as Meyna'ch presents six tracks of caustic and necro French black metal in a style nearly forgotten.* Next up: another massive comeback by Brodequin, whose custom brand of blast-oriented brutal death is expanded upon with clearer production and a more pronounced sense of melody. Rounding things out: Coffins returns with more Coffins. No further explanation is required.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:54 - Mutiilation - Black Metal Cult (Osmose Productions)

1:04:31 - Interlude - Hell Militia - “Born Without Light” fr. Last Station on the Road to Death (Debemur Morti Productions, 2010)

1:10:22 - Brodequin - Harbinger of Woe (Season of Mist Underground Activists)

1:56:25 - Interlude - Cinerary - “Undying” fr. Rituals of Desecration (Deepsend Records, 2001)

1:59:48 - Coffins - Sinister Oath (Relapse Records)

2:48:28 - Outro - Grudge - “Altar of Asphalt,” fr. D.D.D.H. - Doomed to Death, Damned in Hell split w/ Coffins and Anatomia (Grindmind Records, 2007)

*CORRECTION: When discussing Mutiilation's weird choice of cover art, TBMG misattributes the Baphomet statue to the Church of Satan (Anton LaVey). He meant to say "The Satanic Temple," a social justice NGO that's only been around for about a decade.

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Terminus Episode 148 - Anahata, Syndexioi, Uppstigning

After an impromptu spring break (caused by technical issues, sorry guys), Terminus is back with an alumni-focused episode for the dedicated fans. After a mini-review by TBMG on noble dungeon synth barbarian Uppstigning, we revisit two bands near and dear to the show's cold, black heart. First: the return of Anahata, whose burly, powerlifting heavy/power metal has been infused with a tremendous dose of prog and a massively increased structural scope. Next: Syndexioi, who emerge slightly from the caverns with a sound louder, larger, and much more immediate than their first. Listening recommendation for this episode: clench your fist out in front of you at roughly eye level and roar.

0:00:00 - Intro/Uppstigning - Rite of Passage (Independent)

0:18:44 - Anahata - Syncretic Sovereignty (Independent)*

1:12:37 - Interlude - 3 Inches of Blood - “Axes of Evil” fr. Advance and Vanquish (Roadrunner Records, 2004)

1:17:06 - Syndexioi - Devouring Slumber (Independent)

2:00:18 - Outro - Elffor - “Infernal Woods” fr. Son of the Shades (Northern Silence Productions, 2008)

*CORRECTION: Anahata's drums were NOT programmed.
**FUN FACT: Uppstigning also contributed the synth intro / outro on the Anahata record. We had no idea!

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Terminus Episode 147 - They Came From Visions, Convulsing

In this 2020-style installment of Terminus, we check in on two bands with unique methods of incorporating various post- materials into extreme metal. First: the return of They Came From Visions, who we covered in 2020, back with a much matured sophomore recording which takes traditional, folkish Slavblack and laces it with biting, anxious dissonance. Speaking of dissonance: the new record by Convulsing, a favorite of The Death Metal Guy, whose direct and forceful style of dissodeath belies a prog metal heart and a brutish OSDM sense of rage.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:05:09 - They Came From Visions - The Twilight Robes (Eisenwald)

0:48:22 - Akercocke - “A Skin for Dancing In,” fr. The Goat of Mendes (Peaceville, 2001)

0:55:40 - Convulsing - Perdurance (Independent)

1:39:30 - Haunter - “Shrouded Moor” fr. Thrinodίa (Red River Family Records, 2016)

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