by Bram Teitelman | Apr 28, 2014 | Metal Memes, News
The last time we wrote about a foreign animal that had metal in it’s blood, it was a goat, and sadly, it was an obituary. That’s why we’re happy to bring you some more positive news, this time from Norway, the capitol of black metal. Meet Batlam,...
by Chip McCabe | Feb 28, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
“Metal” is a word than can be applied to a very broad array of music. We as a musical community have spent the last 30+ years slicing and dicing bands up into genres and sub-genres and even sub-sub-genres. This sort of categorization, both mentally and...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 24, 2012 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBISfxoORj0[/youtube] Here’s another reason why Norway is awesome. In America, when bands play TV shows, it’s usually a middle of the road act like Taylor Swift or Bruno Mars. Last week, Enslaved played a TV show in...
by Zach Shaw | Nov 3, 2011 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJk9Ul1K_V0[/youtube] Back in August, Mayhem bassist Jørn Stubberud (aka Necrobutcher) had an exorcism performed on him by American radio and television evangelist Bob Larson for Norway’s NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)...
by Zach Shaw | Aug 9, 2011 | Television
Guess watching Nergal on the Polish version of The Voice isn’t as weird as this. It was revealed yesterday that Jørn Stubberud, bassist for Norwegian black metal band Mayhem, will be exorcised on Norwegian television. American radio and television evangelist Bob...