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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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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Stalaggh/Gulaggh: A Window into Suffering and The Necessity for Transgressive Art
There’s no denying the stigma that mental health carries with it. As someone who’s been fighting...
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The Trials and Tribulations of …And Justice for All (1988)
Few bands possess a more polarizing reputation than Metallica. To some, they’re the forebearers of...
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Stag Films – When Gregory Dark Met the Melvins
Despite the fact that the term “transcending genre” has perhaps itself already become a cliché, at...
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Strange This Song of Mine – Psychotic Waltz’s A Social Grace at 30
One of the more unfortunate pieces of historical revisionism propagated by various mainstream...
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Divine Intervention: Slayer attacks the 90s
There’s no denying the impact that Slayer made during the 1980s. All these years later and we’re...
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