By Keith Kahn-Harris, 2007 Reading ‘Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge’ in 2022 is an odd experience, juxtaposing the quaint with the prophetic. Quaint that there was once a time when such an academically thorough survey of extreme metal was even possible within one compact volume. Prophetic because extreme metal – ever the... Continue Reading →

Táltos: Érezd hogy élszOut 4th August, self-released The latest EP from this Hungarian outfit presents a rich sonic brew of dissonant black metal, tribal rhythms, throat singing, didgeridoos, and unusual percussive philosophies, at least within a metal setting. It takes seriously the folk and regional connections forged by extreme metal movements over the decades, and... Continue Reading →

The UK never had much luck with death metal. There is a sincerity that sits as a hidden requisite beneath the delivery of this artform that the Brits never really nailed. The big three in Carcass, Napalm Death, and Bolt Thrower were all infinitely more interesting when playing less structured forms of grindcore and punk.... Continue Reading →

Heilung: DrifOut 19th of August on Season of Mist With the amount of clutter that surrounds this artist it is tempting to review any new release from the perspective of the hype rather than the actual output. But given the inflated sense of their own worth, amplified by their many high profile cheerleaders, addressing the... Continue Reading →

DeathSlaughter: Passing Through the Valley of SodomitesOut 3rd August on Cianeto Discos/Timeworn Records Viscus primordial beginnings give rise to rich symphonic aspirations on the second album from the Brazilian outfit known as DeathSlaughter. ‘Passing Through the Valley of Sodomites’ exemplifies black metal as interpretated by artists from the hotter climbs of Southern Europe and South... Continue Reading →

The further listening series Running in tandem to the familiar narrative of popular music from the 1950s onwards – with its inextricably complex relationship to evolving youth identities – was a parallel development in what could loosely be referred to as “sound art”. Despite the technological and economic conditions that were required to make the... Continue Reading →

#53 – Jarno Nurmi (Serpent Ascending, Desecresy): Jarno from Serpent Ascending, Desecresy, Nerlich, Slugathor, etc joins today to discuss the new Serpent Ascending album Hyperborean Folklore as well as Finnish metal and culture. Hyperborean Folklore is truly from left field and casts nowadays metal convention to the wind. Shelley from www.hatemeditations.com and Metalegion Magazine returns as cohost.

#52 - On the Metaphysics of Death: Philosophical roundtable on the metaphysical and ontological side of reality in terms of the inevitable expiration date, correlations to metal, the human condition, and so forth. There’s a lot to unpack in this episode. Brett Stevens from http://www.deathmetal.org and the author of “Nihilism: A Philosophy Based in Nothingness and... Continue Reading →

#51 - Dead Space Chamber Music: Coming soon to a crypt near you! Ellen and Tom from the avant garde early music industrial quartet Dead Space Chamber Music join the program to discuss their philosophy, motives, and perspectives. Their music is hard to categorize yet very accessible. Ellen and Tom grant much insight into the... Continue Reading →

#50 - Mike Hill (Tombs, Scorpion Throne, Everything Went Black): Mike Hill from USBM bands Tombs, Scorpion Throne, and the progenitor of Everything Went Black Media joins for today’s episode. Topics include the enigmatic nature of Tombs, Mike’s assimilation of influences into his expression, as well as other topics such as elitism. He is a... Continue Reading →