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Ivar Bjørnson "Enslaved Was Never a Black Metal Band!" (Interview)

Enslaved has always been one of those bands like Emperor and Satyricon, who, on one hand, you want to call "trend hoppers", but on the other, you have to respect the fact that unlike 90% of modern clowns who talk about "old school" black metal, they were ...

Attila Csihar Interview: "Things Were Getting Weird with Mayhem"

Attila Csihar is best known as the man who performed vocals on Mayhem's legendary "cult" album, "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas". Incidentally, he's also Mayhem's - or The True Mayhem, as they call it now - current vocalist. But he was hardly the first pers...

Ihsahn Interview - "People Used to Beat the **** Out of Me and Nobody Cared!"

Ihsahn, the frontman and vocalist of the early Norwegian black metal band Emperor, was always the odd one out. Not because he is a latecomer or a poser - unlike trendcore bands like Gorgoroth and Dimmu Borgir, who claim to be "true" for marketing purposes...

5 Conflicts Between Euronymous and Mayhem Members

Whatever you think of the man, Euronymous was a musical genius and a leading figure in the rise of the second wave of Norwegian black metal - alongside Varg Vikernes of Burzum, Fenriz of Darkthrone, Abbath of Immortal, and you know the rest. Whether in...

The Secret Story Behind Chuck Schuldiner and Death Metal

Chuck Schuldiner is often regarded as the "godfather of death metal", and plays a role similar to that of Euronymous, who was posthumously granted the titled of "godfather of black metal". You could even say both men are in many ways mirrors of each other...

George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher Mocks Chris Barnes (ex-Cannibal Corpse)

There has always been bad blood between the current vocalist of the band Cannibal Corpse, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, and his predecessor, the "dinosaur" Chris Barnes (as he is now called by Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz). While there wa...

Chris Barnes Fires Back At Cannibal Corpse, George Fisher

Chris Barnes, the original vocalist of Cannibal Corpse, has been openly critical of George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and the modern incarnation of Cannibal Corpse in multiple interviews. While he is not a "well liked" artist by any stretch of the imaginat...

The Secret Terrorizer Interview (Jesse Pintado and Pete Sandoval)

As many of you know, today marks the 20 year death anniversary of the legendary guitarist Jesse Pintado of the no-less legendary grindcore band Terrorizer. This interview, originally published in "Slaves to the Grind: The Complete History of Grindcore ...

How Modern Grindcore Became a "Dumb Joke"

One of the most intriguing stories in the entire extreme metal cannon is that of grindcore, and particularly its fall from grace in mid to late nineties. While the genre originally started out as a serious style of metal featuring titans such as Terror...

Black Witchery Interview: "BURZUM is the best Norwegian Black Metal"

In the realm of bestial black metal, a sub-genre of black metal that focuses more on outright atmosphere and aggression than melody, few bands can claim to be as influential as Black Witchery, aside maybe from Warkvlt, Morbid and a select few others. F...

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