Hubris, Megalomania, and Bombastic Presentation: Guns N’ Roses and the Art of the Music Video
The Use Your Illusion (1991) double album from Guns N’ Roses recently turned thirty. Considering...
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Electronic Voyager: In Praise of Ruth White
“Through the Unknown, we’ll find the New.”Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal Pioneers are a...
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Why Can’t I Wither Inside This Dream? The Outré Sounds of Nuclear Death’s The Planet Cachexial (1996) and Harmony Drinks of Me (2000)
To the untrained ears, all forms of extreme metal might sound a bit experimental. At least in the...
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Heavy Medications Lapse: Eyehategod’s A History of Nomadic Behavior (2021)
When asked in February of 2020 if there was any secret to his bands 30+ years worth of longevity,...
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Slave to the Grind (1991): Skid Row and the Discontent of Social Classes
The term “hair metal” is one that I find misleading and wildly inaccurate. All too often it’s used...
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Brazillian Metal and the use of Subversion and Satanic Imagery in Defiance of Oppression
As someone who lives in the United States, I look back to the era of what’s often called “Satanic...
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Metallica (1991) and the art of introspective pop-metal
Often referred to as the “black album”, Metallica’s 1991 self-titled release has garnered...
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South of Heaven and Beyond Expectation
Whether someone had been following Slayer since the beginning of their career or had recently been...
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Rapper/Screenwriter R.A. the Rugged Man Talks About Movies and Music
I thought it might be fun to talk to R.A. about his favorite films, working with Frank Henenlotter, aspirations of directing, and of course his new album.
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LaVey, The Church of Satan and Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar.
The philosophical agenda behind Antichrist Superstar is simple: highlight the horror of the...
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Slayer: The Metal Blade Years (1983-1985)
No other band has become more synonymous with extreme metal than Slayer. While Reign in Blood...
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A Look Back at the Colorful Life of Ennio Morricone: Maestro of the Cinema Score
“From Ennio I ask for themes that clothe my characters easily. He’s never read a script of mine to...
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