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The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (The Deeper Cuts) Part 1
Beginnings The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (hereafter NWOBHM) was heavy metal’s first sub-genre. It was primarily a British movement but that is not to say that good heavy metal wasn’t being produced around this time elsewhere. AC/DC and Accept are good examples of this. The music was initially influenced by what we…
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Discovering New Bands Through Surveys (Orbit Culture)
I was curious as to what are the most popular bands that people are currently listening to? I wondered how many metal bands on the charts are well known? I don’t usually pay attention to charts, but I wanted to know how many bands have I not heard of that are popular to others? I…
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Vosforis – Cosmic Cenotaph
As a lover of both black metal and outer space, I was super excited to check out Vosforis. Labeled as “industrial black metal” in the metalhead’s bible, Cosmic Cenotaph is Vosforis’ debut album, released on April 19th, 2024 through Inner Hell Records. The mastermind behind the UK-based band is Simon White, who joined forces with…
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Satan – Songs in Crimson Review
Formed in 1981, Satan were, for a brief period, the hardest and fastest of the NWOBHM bands releasing, in 1983, the magnificent Court in the Act. The promise the band showed back then was off the scale and many a young metal fanatic, myself included, assumed that they would be ‘the next big thing’. However, like…
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Kanonenfieber – Die Urkastrophe Review
Whew! I can say that Die Urkastrophe is Kanonenfieber’s best work yet. This album will definitely be in my top albums of 2024. With that said, let’s get into it! If you aren’t familiar with this band, I’m going to give a quick rundown. Kanonenfieber is a German anti-war melodic death/black metal band. Noise (of…
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Winterfylleth: The Imperious Horizon Review
Winterfylleth are an English Atmospheric Black Metal band. They have in the past called their music English Heritage Black Metal and certainly use England’s rich history as inspiration for their music, as well as England’s beautiful countryside, particularly Cumbria, in Northern England. The Imperious Horizon is their 8th album and the first one in four years,…
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The First Wave of Black Metal… or was it?
Beginnings I remember the day well. An incredibly cold, steel grey day, Tuesday, 1st, December, 1981. I had struggled on to a freezing bus, faced a wind chill factor of -4C on the ferry, and then a twenty minute walk against the piercing wind. My purpose? To buy Venom’s Welcome to Hell on the day it was…
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Concert Review – Manual Manic Procedures Tour
Featuring Upon Stone, Stabbing, Balmora, 200 Stab Wounds This past Friday, I had the opportunity to see a spectacularly brutal show at White Oak Music Hall in Houston, The Manual Manic Procedures tour – featuring Upon Stone, Stabbing, Balmora, and 200 Stab Wounds. I met up with my friend Brandon from The Metal Block Podcast,…