It’s not often I find new material in mid-December, usually this is the time of year I am reflecting on what the year had to offer and comparing year-end lists to see if there’s anything I missed. But Chelsea Wolfe came to my attention when Stereogum posted a article titled A Few Chelsea Wolfe...
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Agalloch – Marrow of the Spirit This is going to be the soundtrack of my winter. Agalloch‘s new album of atmospheric black metal came at a perfect time in the year. The dark comes early, the frost covers everything in the morning and there is the constant threat of a huge storm coming over...
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The Darkness Reborn Tour brought two Norweigen black metal bands to town; two bands I have been listening to a lot recently. Enslaved’s excellent new album, Axioma Ethica Odini, has been on repeat since I downloaded it and Dimmu Borgir‘s Abrahadabra provided me with a gateway to their older material. Out of all the...
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Blackest of the Black is Danzig’s answer to Ozzfest. He felt the corporate festival booked nothing but shitty nü-metal bands and decided to create his own, non-corporate, DIY event. Not exactly a festival, Blackest of the Black is a full night of some pretty dark metal. This year’s line-up was arguably one the weakest...
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Warning, this is not for the sensitive…religious or otherwise. I expected to be a distant observer at the Watain show at Marquis Theater last night, but somehow found myself smashed against the stage when the Satanic Swedes took the stage covered in goat blood. Struggling with mixed feelings…‘I don’t belong here’, ‘I am a...
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Traveling thousands of miles to perform in front of a couple hundred people would put a lot of artists off. Especially when you spend all that time putting on your make-up. But the sparse crowd at the Marquis didn’t seem to bother Switzerland‘s extreme metal pioneer, Tom G. Warrior (and his new band Triptykon)...
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Dimmu Borgir – Abrahadabra Taking symphonic metal to a new level, this album features more than 100 musicians including the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and Schola Cantorum Choir. This might be my favorite extreme release of the year. Dimmu Borgir – Gateways Reviews: Absurd History 4.5/5 Metal Storm 8.0 Angry Metal Guy 3.5/5 Iron Maiden...
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Every month I will recap the albums and songs I can recommend under the Re-Up heading. Click on each album cover for more information and song link to play the song. Right-click and ‘Save Link As’ to download song. Albums: Metal: R&B/Rap: Songs: Alejandro Escovedo – Anchor (from Streets Songs of Love out now)...
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Nightbringer – Apocalypse Sun Some heavy black metal from right here in Colorado. Nightbringer – Serpent of the Midnight Sun Reviews: Infernal Masquerade 5/5 Mishka Bloglin B Metal Psalter Ludicra – The Tenant You’d never know that this San Francisco-based black metal band is fronted by a female lead singer. She growls and screams...
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Nachtmystium – Addicts: Black Meddle, Part II Not your father’s black metal…or is it? This album seems to be influenced more by Trent Reznor and Roger Waters than it does by Varg Vikernes or the corpse-painted Norwegians. These guys from Illinois are labeled psychedelic black metal, but I swear some of these songs are...
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In the past weeks I have posted the 10 Live acts YOU Have to See and 15 Albums YOU have To have . This week I will recommend some extreme albums that are worth your time. I have tried to include an album from each of the subgenres (progressive, death, black, doom, stoner, thrash...
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