This week's pick is a watershed moment in extreme metal. The album is hailed as a cornerstone of its sound and it casts a massive influence on the direction of heavy metal for generations to come. At The Gates – Slaughter Of The Soul Released November 5, 1995 via Earache Records My Favorite Tracks – …
Tag: death metal
Incantation – Deliverance Of Horrific Prophecies
Today's single is a relic, both of my collection of the death metal renaissance of the early 1990's. I originally purchased this record via mail order in 1992 or '93, not sure exactly. And it's in my collection today, though it spent a very long time not in the collection. It's a story I'll tell …
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Autopsy – Horrific Obsession
Today's single is from one of the heaviest bands in the world and is a very interesting prospect – the group had split 14 years before the single's release. The single marked the return of a death metal institution, with the band still going today. Autopsy were an early force on the death metal scene …
Album Of The Week – May 16, 2022
This week's album comes from 1993 and when extreme metal looked like it might be poised to be big business. This album marked a stylistic departure for one of Sweden's pioneering death metal acts and also served as an ill-fated marketing ploy on the part of an opportunistic record label. The unedited, original version of …
Album Of The Week – April 11, 2022
Thrash metal was in a bad way during the 1990's. The twin killings of grunge and Metallica's style shift left the thrash movement clawing for any shred of relevance through the decade. Many bands broke up, went on hiatus or explored various other musical styles with varying results, none of which were commercially viable. Extreme …
S-Tier Songs, Vol. 8
I'm now into the 8th edition of S-Tier Songs. These are songs I consider the best of the best. For more information as well as a list of prior “inductees,” head to this page. Today it's high time I included an extreme metal tune in the mix. Rock is great and all but there have …
Tales From The Stage – King Diamond, 2005
It's time for another concert recap, this time I'm going back to 2005 when I went to see one of metal's legends live. It was my first and to date only time seeing him. The tour was supported by 3 bands that have gone on to become bigger names in the extreme metal community. There …
Memories – Straight To Hell
I'm winding down the main crux of my Memories series now. There is only really one more part to go after this one. This page recounts my older posts about what I've listened to over the years. This time I'm going to get into the years 2006-2010, which brought a very radical series of changes …
To The Extreme
I've worked through a fair bit of my earlier memories in terms of music in earlier posts. These "memories" posts are piling up now so I won't back-reference every one, but the “Memories” tab in Categories on the sidebar will direct you to any older ones you may wish to peruse. For today, I'll pick …
My First Concert
As I grew up I went hard into music. I've discussed some of my earliest memories here, and a bit about my time with hair metal here. And more are coming, I'm building up to that pivotal year of 1991 where everything went wide open for me (and it might require more than one post …
The Crooked Wanderer 