Blackened Death Records’ Richard Weeks explores how the underground has marched on through the digital age.
Tag: thinkpiece
Islamophobia Ist Nicht Krieg: Stop Making Black Metal Excuses for Real-Life Racism
Islamophobia remains one of the metal scene’s most prevalent problems.
NAMM 2019: The Problem with Dean Guitars’ Sexist Marketing
Svalbard’s Serena Cherry has some choice words for sexist marketing strategies in the music industry.
A Blaze in the Western Sky: The New Wave of Anti-Fascist Heavy Metal
2019 could potentially be the most pivotal year in the metal scene’s continued growth.
Matt Tuck: Out of Touch, or Has Metal Really Gone Stale?
Is there some merit to Tuck’s claims, or is he just trying to sell a product?
Marduk’s Viktoria is the Latest Landmark in a Long-Standing Pattern of Far-Right Sympathy
Panzer Division Alt-Right.
Opinion: Buzz Bands, Satanic Pomposity and Why Ghost are Good for the Metal Scene
Disregarding question marks over personal taste and originality, there is an ironclad reasoning why Ghost are a modern hard rock treasure.
Amplified Pessimism: Gibson and the So-Called Death of the Guitar
Gibson may be dying on its feet, but that doesn’t mean the guitar, or rock, is.
The Spark That Lit the Inferno: An Open Tribute to Thou
“You need to listen to ‘Free Will’…” came the response from my friend Max after enquiring if I’d ever listened to Thou. Having exhausted myself to the point of boredom and growing tiresome of my […]
Honey Buckets, Colossi of Destiny: What Happened to the Melvins?
They’re one of the most influential bands in the history of grunge and sludge, so why does no one seem to care about the Melvins?