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After firing Abbath, Demonaz goes after Horgh (Immortal Dispute)

One of the most cringe aspects of extreme metal is these so-called underground bands like Immortal, who built their entire careers on being "trve kvlt" and what not, devolve into the worst aspects of Stryper and Mötley Crüe anytime money and fame are in...

Nuclear Holocausto Vengeance: "I was living with my parents when recording Beherit"

Marko Laiho, aka Nuclear Holocausto Vengeance, is known as the frontman of the bestial black metal/war metal band Beherit. While Beherit's reputation has suffered over the years, notably due to Nuclear Holocausto's insistence on "trend hopping" - going fr...

"War Metal Beast", Full Heavy Metal Book Review

Since the last few articles on this site have mostly surrounded the quite obscure and, some may even say "niche", genre known as war metal (also called "bestial black metal" for some reason), I thought it was fitting that we should conclude this epic saga...

The Downfall of War Metal into Late Stage Wannabe Hardcore

War metal was once the darkest and most violent metal genre in existence. The evil genre that put the "extreme" in extreme metal. The blackest of all black metal. In fact, it was even called "bestial black metal" at some point, very likely in reference to...

Top 10 Black Metal Influences on War Metal

In last week's post, we covered the top ten death metal influences on the war metal (or bestial black metal) genre. But that is missing the black metal elephant in the heavy metal room. After all, there is "black metal" in the name "bestial black metal", ...

Top 10 Death Metal Influences on War Metal

In the previous two posts we saw how war metal (aka bestial black metal) came from being seen as a mere offshoot of black metal, an turning into an entire extreme metal genre of its own. We also covered the origins and foundations of the bestial black met...

The Origins and Foundations of the Bestial Black Metal Genre

In the previous post, we discussed how the war metal genre diverges from its black metal "predecessor". And I use quotes around "predecessor" as war metal's ancestry is a complicated and controversial subject in and of itself, one that would necessitate a...

What is War Metal (vs Black Metal) Music?

A lot of thought when into this introductory chapter... what is war metal? And indeed, the question deserves to be answered. While many metalheads see it as a "micro-genre", not much different from your typical "slam death" or "blackgrind" excesses. Other...

Morgan: "We don't care what the media thinks of Marduk" (Interview)

Marduk is one of those bands that literally exploded out of the black metal scene in the early 1990s. After releasing two very death metal albums, "Dark Endless" in 1992 and "Those of the Unlight" in 1993, they adopted a much more black metal approach to ...

Famine: "People are obsessed with calling Peste Noire NSBM" (Interview)

Famine, the frontman of Peste Noire, is quite the controversial artist in the French black metal scene. Often, his interviews are more about controversy, polemics and black metal drama, rather than the music, as every "journalist" attempts to get an "edgy...

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