by Bram Teitelman | Oct 28, 2014 | News, Television, Video
We don’t watch The Blacklist, an NBC drama starring James Spader. However, it’s not every day black metal appears on prime time network TV. It’s even less often that the black metal in question is by Brooklyn’s Liturgy. And it’s even...
by Metal Insider | Sep 30, 2014 | Dissident Aggression
Black metal has taken a lot of twists and turns over the last twenty years. (Hard to believe that the great second wave of black metal is over twenty years old now.) From avant garde minimalism to crust and punk influences, black metal has fragmented into a veritable...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 15, 2014 | Video
If you think about it, Easter is a pretty metal holiday. A crucifixion, followed by the guy coming back to life a few days later? Pretty intense, especially if you’ve seen Mel Gibson’s torture porn film The Passion of the Christ. Writer/director Ansel...
by Metal Insider | Apr 11, 2014 | Dissident Aggression
The remaking of Celtic Frost was one of the great triumphs of the 2000’s in the metal world. Their Monotheist album was a goldmine of nasty riffs and doom-laden musical sorcery. They toured extensively, including a trip across North America, and there was talk...
by Metal Insider | Jan 13, 2014 | Dissident Aggression
Black metal has never been known to be a poppy genre. Never has anyone confused black metal with being upbeat or jocular in its delivery. Even black metal bands like Cradle of Filth who’ve found some modicum of mainstream success still don’t inspire...