Extreme Death Metal as Purveyors of Modern Escapism
Although there are some Death Metal tracks and portions of songs that have what could be termed moderate or slow tempos, Death Metal is mostly an incredibly rapid and violent form of music
View ArticleWidespread “Satanism” in Black Metal and its Demons
Satanism has been openly professed while blending traditional demonological fantasies with horror fiction while putting the demonic out in the open
View ArticleBlack Metal Traditional Connection with LaVeyan Satanism
Since those opposing Satanism have been beguiled by the horror stories promoted in popular culture and have been less inclined actually to study Satanism, they have created a particular image of...
View ArticleConceiving Death Metal While Confronting the Human Animal
In 1995, Chuck Schuldiner, an animal-lover with a habit of wearing a shirt decorated with kittens during interviews, lamented that he had never really intended to create the genre known as Death Metal
View ArticleBlack Metal takes Norway’s Everyday Racisms to the Extreme
Black metal’s nationalistic racism can be seen as an “extreme” reflection of the xenophobia and cultural nationalism proliferating throughout Norwegian society and of the “everyday” racisms these...
View ArticleThe Strange Connection Between Politics and Extreme Metal
From Slayer’s ‘Angel of Death’ in the 1980’s to the Norwegian black metal scene in the 1990’s to the current strain of National Socialist Black Metal on extreme politics have played a role in extreme...
View ArticleStarting a Band: The Four Cities You Should Visit for Inspiration
Music transcends across countries, continents, cultures, and language barriers, and cuts right to the heart and soul of people, and no matter what genre of music someone connects to, the fact is that...
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