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invisibleoranges.com - 17 hours ago
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Click to enlarge by Cosmo Lee Metal-archives.com ,
metal's great database, has interesting search capabilities. I did...
searches for the total number of metal releases, full-lengths, and demos per year for the past 30 years. "Releases" constitute all media formats: full-lengths, demos, ...
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10,000 metal releases came out this year
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invisibleoranges.com - 17 hours ago
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Photo by learydotmark Review by Casey Boland Can
ass-kicking rock be intelligent? By its very nature, rock...
(and its subsets from punk to metal) is decidedly crude and visceral. Its primal instincts arguably preclude the need or desire to give it a brain. Let's face it: few fans consume ...
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Junius - The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist
invisibleoranges.com - 2 days ago
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by Cosmo Lee Hideous Gnosis, a "Black Metal
Theory Symposium," will take place on December 12 at...
Brooklyn's Public Assembly. (Details are here .) It looks to be a presentation of papers, along with moderated discussion. The presenters include Nicola Masciandaro, a university English ...
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Black Metal Symposium
invisibleoranges.com - 2 days ago
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by Cosmo Lee Gaza 's new album illustrates
the potential gulf between live and recorded music. Live,...
Gaza have a fearsome reputation. Their legendary set at Dude Fest this year involved people stage-diving into a moshpit onstage. I'm not sure what that has to do with music, but it's ...
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Gaza - He Is Never Coming Back
invisibleoranges.com - 5 days ago
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Floor - Below & Beyond Click to enlarge
At one point in my life, I was a...
box set person. I had box sets of James Brown, The Police, and Motown. They were just CD sets with extended liner notes, but they were immensely fulfilling. Now music box sets come in all sorts of packaging at all ...
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Top 10 Metal Box Sets 2009
invisibleoranges.com - 5 days ago
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The Ruins of Beverast has won nearly universal
acclaim since Alexander von Meilenwald (formerly of Nagelfar) started...
the project in 2003. The solo outfit's previous two releases, Unlock the Shrine and Rain Upon the Impure , were hailed for their musical innovation and conceptual density. ...
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The Ruins of Beverast - Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite
invisibleoranges.com - 6 days ago
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Most bands don't know when to quit. Some
call it a day too early. Such is the...
case with metal iconoclasts Burnt by the Sun . Heart of Darkness ( Relapse , 2009; reviewed here ) serves as a fitting finale for the forward-thinking group. Vocalist Mike Olender discussed the inspiration behind ...
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Interview: Mike Olender (Burnt by the Sun)
invisibleoranges.com - 6 days ago
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It's Thanksgiving, so here's Anthrax in better days,
with "Indians." Give thanks for thrash. Give thanks for...
Scott Ian's picking hand. Here's to the best mosh part ever. WARDANCE!!!!!!
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Cry for the Indians
invisibleoranges.com - 7 days ago
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If you know black metal, you probably know
Debemur Morti . The French label, along with its...
distro Eitrin Editions , has been a bastion of quality, with bands including Horna, Archgoat, Spektr, and Old Wainds. It also handles European distribution for many Moribund releases. Debemur Morti ...
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Debemur Morti: Take Five
invisibleoranges.com - 7 days ago
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Mixing genres has been a metal mainstay since
the beginning, whether it's thrash combining NWOBHM and punk...
or death 'n' roll matching groove with guttural growls. As of late, cross-genre pollination has produced some horrid stuff — "crunkcore" still makes me shudder — but ...
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The Red Chord - Fed Through the Teeth Machine
invisibleoranges.com - 8 days ago
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Belphegor "Los Angeles, are you ready for the
devillll?" I laugh. But not at Helmuth. Belphegor's vocalist/guitarist...
is dead serious. All the stage lights are red. It's dark, and it's hot. Others are smiling, too. Eyes glint. It's time for revenge. Payback for the hours burned to get ...
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Live review: Belphegor, Vreid
invisibleoranges.com - 8 days ago
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I'm so excited about Infernal Stronghold , you
don't even know. Maybe you'll know a little after...
you read this, but you won't know completely. You won't know how stuck they've remained on my iPod when it's otherwise a sieve for bands. You won't know how great it is for drowning out my ...
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Infernal Stronghold - Godless Noise
invisibleoranges.com - 9 days ago
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Pictured: L.A. Guns Despite its title, this new
column isn't a complete dis. Yes, "Jerry Bruckheimer metal"...
is slick and over-produced. I dislike the vast majority of it. But I like a little of it. Bad Boys II comes to mind. It's the most over-the-top movie I've ever seen. Actually, ...
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Jerry Bruckheimer metal #1: Epica, Forest Stream, Katatonia
invisibleoranges.com - 9 days ago
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Nuclear Assault's Handle with Care turns 20 today,
according to metal-archives.com. Back in the day, I would...
stare longingly at its longbox in record stores. I never pulled the trigger, though. Metallica and Megadeth were higher priorities. However, I now have a strange predilection for ...
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Nuclear Assault - Handle with Care
invisibleoranges.com - 12 days ago
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Image by red5standingby King Diamond has had a
big year. Mercyful Fate and King Diamond placed songs...
in Guitar Hero and Brütal Legend , respectively. A picture disc single emerged from the former. C1rca made shoes of both bands . DVD's from both bands are in the works. Finally, ...
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King Diamond reissues: The Spider's Lullabye, The ...
