Search results for: “extreme metal”
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Black Metal takes Norway’s Everyday Racisms to the Extreme
Black metal’s nationalistic racism can be seen as an “extreme” reflection of the xenophobia and cultural nationalism proliferating throughout Norwegian…
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Extreme Death Metal as Purveyors of Modern Escapism
Although there are some Death Metal tracks and portions of songs that have what could be termed moderate or slow…
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Szpajdel’s ‘Oracles In Black’ Gathers Unseen Metal Logos
Heavy Music Artwork issues Christophe Szpajdel’s second logo collection beside a reissued ‘Archaic Modernism,’ documenting decades of metal lettering.
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Mork Raises a Monument to Black Metal Severity on ‘Monolitt’
Nine tracks from Halden’s Thomas Eriksen arrive June 19th on Peaceville Records — a principled act of refusal against the…
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Spiros Antoniou of Athens Made the Face of Dark Metal
A formally trained Athenian painter, Spiros Antoniou has made his art famous through metal and kept it hidden behind it.
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Medellín’s Ultra Metal Captured the Sound of Death During the 1980s Cartel Wars
In the crossfire of the cartel wars, the heritage of Colombian black metal history emerged from a generation designated “No…
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Abysmal Dawn: A Human Requiem for Metal’s Soul with ‘Cradle of Affliction’
The Los Angeles death metal veterans return with a poignant tribute to At The Gates’ Tomas Lindberg, reaffirming their melodic…
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Tomas Lindberg: The Pained Howl That Shaped a New Language for Metal
The influential frontman of At The Gates, Tomas Lindberg’s intellectual lyrics and pained vocal style redefined melodic death metal. With…
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Thron: ‘The Serpent’s Path’ Sheds a New Burden of Black Metal’s Past
With their latest single, the German quintet Thron offers more than just a new song. They deliver a potent artistic…
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No Fashion Records: The Chaotic Swedish Label That Unleashed Metal’s Bleakest Classics
While Britain danced to the optimistic sounds of Britpop, a chaotic Swedish record label gave birth to the bleak, melodic…
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Fleshgod Apocalypse: On ‘Opera,’ a Brush With Death Becomes a Masterpiece of Metal
Italian extreme metal band Fleshgod Apocalypse transforms personal trauma into artistic triumph on ‘Opera,’ their sixth studio album. Following frontman…
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Cacophonous Records: The Devil’s Bargain that Made Metal Weird, and Paid the Price
The story of Cacophonous Records is a parable of art versus commerce. It shows how a label built on anti-establishment…
