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Book Review - "The Death Metal Bible" by AG

You want to learn about death metal music? You prefer the physical format to reading a screen? You will enjoy the "Death Metal Bible", the most comprehensive book on death metal and its history. This will be the third book review in our series. After t...

A History of the Death Metal Band Morbid

In a galaxy far away, long before they became a cornerstone of death metal's dark tapestry, Morbid was just a ragtag group of Stockholm teenagers with a taste for the macabre and a hunger to push extreme metal's boundaries. Yes, indeed, in this article we...

Emperor, the Most Overrated Black Metal Band?

Maybe Emperor are a parody band. If so, they are operating on a level of irony so far beyond any satire band in the past, that one can only admit to the possibility that they are in fact effective trolls. I read somewhere that Emperor were considered a...

A Review of the "Real Satanic Black Metal" Book

Engaging with an art form is an intensely personal endeavor. For some, immersion comes through direct experience; for others, contextualization — via books, documentaries, and critical discourse — serves as the conduit. Personally, I have always found...

Who Are The "Big Five" of Black Metal?

Black metal, as both an aural and philosophical manifestation, constitutes one of the most esoteric yet impactful movements in the annals of extreme metal music. Emerging from its embryonic form amidst the primordial chaos of the speed metal and proto-und...

The 5 Most Evil Albums in Black Metal History

Black metal, as a genre, is known for its evil and debauched atmosphere. Even more so than death metal, grindcore, or any other form of extreme heavy metal music, if you want to hear some really evil riffs and music, it's black metal you are looking for. ...

Top 5 Death Metal Songs With The Most Brutal Riffs

Death metal is a genre known for its instrumental technicality, deep growled vocals, shocking themes, heavy distortion, gory lyrics, blasting drumming... but also for its sheer brutal riffs. To call death metal brutal is almost redundant, in a way. Sur...

The Main Difference Between Swedish and Norwegian Black Metal

A post I came across recently pretty much sums up the debate of Swedish vs Norwegian metal, and black metal in particular, and also answers the eternal question: why was 1990-1994 Norwegian black metal so good, and subsequent Swedish BM so bad. This got m...

What is Wrong with the "Bestial Black Metal" Genre?

Bestial black metal, also known more colloquially as simply war metal, is quite the controversial style of music, even in a genre so accustomed to infamy as black metal. Born from the release of Warkvlt's debut album "Bestial War Metal" in the late 90s...

Who Are The "Big Four" Of Death Metal?

We all know the "Big Four" of black metal music consists of Mayhem, Burzum, Phantom and Darkthrone. But, which bands would comprise the "Big Four" of death metal music? It's a great question, because there are so many legendary DM bands who could potentia...

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