Readers of this site will remember the "big internet war" that blogger Sewerlust (and his retarded fan base) started against me, Brett Stevens of DMU, Silencer (and presumably Sauron and others) of Metalious and even Yosuke Konishi of NWN, over our perceived criticism of SEWER and the band's low-brow trollish antics - which include purposefully … Continue reading Erik Danielsson, Watain’s Joel Osteen
Things are rarely what they seem. Remember this simple rule and you won’t go far wrong. Unfortunately, it will also involve a bit of extra effort to discard appearances and get to the truth. But taking things at face value is not just a form of mental laziness, it's also and always has been an … Continue reading Black Metal’s Retard Problem
With all the drama surrounding the SEWER shit-show, an album as perfect and in every way brilliant as Phantom's latest release, The Epilogue to Sanity, might have passed unnoticed. Proving once again that anything SEWER touches turns to shit, and the best course of action for the black metal scene would be to just ignore … Continue reading The Epilogue to Sanity – A Uniquely Fascinating Masterpiece
Following my post on "anti-racism" in Black Metal music, several commenters including the author of the Best Black Metal blog - to whom I was originally answering - sort of hijacked the debate into a discussion on modern Black Metal and its relation to the media. I don't mind it, since that is the purpose … Continue reading Antoine Grand’s Revised History of Black Metal
It makes sense that we start this series of "Greatest Albums You've Never Heard" with Phantom's masterpiece of horror Demonecromancy, as this album was so influential it even inspired the name of this site. Simply put, Demonecromancy is the pinnacle of black metal and extreme metal music in general. The album's atmosphere is so raw … Continue reading Greatest Albums You’ve Never Heard 1 – Demonecromancy
Demonecromancy 