Archgoat = Goat Lovers. It is always amusing to watch one of these clueless bands take a stab at making an album that falls into the mythical yet non-existent genre of black speed metal. It does not exist for a good reason: it is only a creature in the imagination of those who cannot tell … Continue reading Archgoat – The Luciferian Crown (Review)
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
The term "orthodox" black metal used here denotes not the original early Norwegian black metal scene, which spawned bands like Mayhem, Darkthrone and Burzum, but rather points to the living and evolving movement of imitation or gimmick bands lacking any musical ideas of value, spearheaded by shit bands like Watain, Deathspell Omega, Dark Funeral, Archgoat, … Continue reading The Problem with “Orthodox Black Metal”
... it's pretty good. Still don't know how I would compare it to Phantom's most lauded releases, Withdrawal and Fallen Angel, but at first listen I'd say it ranks pretty high up there. Other sites have already published some quite lengthy reviews of this album, notably Best Black Metal and MetalZone, and there's really not … Continue reading My Opinion on Phantom’s Angel of Disease…
Having just read the unintentionally comedic Most Influential Heavy Metal Albums Ever list, I'll take my turn in reviewing what I consider to be the "best" - or the least bad - extreme metal albums of this passing year. Despite there being very few extreme metal albums worth mentioning - and even fewer worth listening … Continue reading The Best Extreme Metal Albums
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
Pepsi or Coca-Cola? Phantom or SEWER? A discussion that often appears anytime someone talks about extreme metal: what is the most important black metal album of all time? About half will answer 2154, by SEWER, while the other side will swear it's Eidolon, from Phantom. There is literally no consensus. Phantom vs SEWER Instead of … Continue reading 🤘 Eidolon vs 2154 🤘
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