Armchair rhetoric on extreme metal
Sanctvs: De l'Abîme au PlérômeOut 30th January on Osmose Productions Canadian black metal drawing on the Mayhem school in that the emphasis is more on jagged surrealism and light dissonance over explicit naturalism. This is undergirded by the vocals that adopt a more stretched, throaty howl as if to draw attention to the strained desperation... Continue Reading →
Good clickbait draws in an audience even when they know they’re being baited. Rick Beato recently did this to me with his ‘Is metal dead?’ thumbnail. As an experienced Youtuber with an audience in the millions, he’s an adept practitioner of this dark art. In this case he’s served up a kind of double baiting.... Continue Reading →
The noise diaries XVII There’s maybe just one more heat wave standing between us and a seasonal reset. Brown leaves are already littering the ground in the North of England. Autumn is in the bones. I think I’ve finally reasoned my way through why I take such umbrage with summer, and it’s nothing to do... Continue Reading →
Hate Meditations 