Judas Priest – Stained Class
Stylistically and in terms of execution, this is perhaps the most important album that Judas Priest made. Some will argue that the Sad Wings Of Destiny album from 1976 was the record that encapsulated...
View ArticleSeptember 30th – October 2nd, 2010 – Sadistic Demigod Ritual
Once again the streams of ancient songcraft from the kantele of Finnish past extended their freezing grasp across the ages to bring death-skalds from around the world to gather in a morbid mass of...
View ArticleIf Metal was a Painting
The other day I looked up Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. I had seen it before a couple of times and heard it was important. It’s basically some chicks from a brothel with bodies deformed by...
View ArticleA Legend Out of Control
Bathory’s relation to the band’s fanbase is an infected story of contradictory interests concerning very human desires for truth and meaning. Oftentimes fans and creator pulled in opposite directions,...
View ArticleA Short History of Underground Punk and Metal Music
We can only know the present by knowing the past. In the case of heavy metal, it is a murky past obscured by both the grandiose rockstar dreams of individuals and the manipulative fingers of a...
View ArticleSpeed metal history through sound
Here at the DMU, one of our goals is chronicling the history of metal, from its dual origins in hard rock & classical music up to its current form of diverse genres. The Heavy Metal FAQ is the...
View ArticleDialogue with a reader
An interested reader wrote in, and so we continue our discussion of whether modern metal is important at all, and whither the future of metal. So, metal music is over? Or do you that have a big journey...
View ArticleThe danger of obscurity bias
Obscurity bias arises from our desire to discover hidden essential influences in the past. In metal, it is the search not only for concealed gems but for lost ancestors of our favorite music. This...
View ArticleDeath metal albums of which I will never tire
Early death metal (Bathory, Slayer, Hellhammer, Sodom, Master) emerged as an aggregate of the past, comprised of speed metal (Metallica, Exodus, Nuclear Assault, Testament, Megadeth), late hardcore...
View ArticleThe early days of metal online: the Metal AE
Before there was high speed access, or even AOL and dial-up, or even access through your favorite local educational institution, there was a network of hackers and metalheads who traded information...
View ArticleThe controversy over Abominations of Desolation
Back in 1986, one lineup of Morbid Angel recorded what that lineup considers the first Morbid Angel album, Abominations of Desolation, which was later re-released on Earache Records in 1991. But three...
View ArticleHow to get into black metal
An experienced music listener who is new to black metal asked for a doorway into the genre. This raises the question of how to appreciate black metal, which like most things in life is mostly mental...
View ArticleNecrofun #1
Jubertus Dauphiné Witch Trials, 1428-47: Johannes Cunalis had a book of necromancy [librum it nigromanda], and that when he who spoke opened this book at once there appeared to him three demons, one...
View ArticleThe Decline of the Compact Disc & Music Industry
By the 1990s, the CD reigned supreme. As the economy boomed, annual global sales surpassed 1bn in 1992 and 2bn in 1996, and the profit margins were the stuff of dreams. The CD was cheaper than vinyl...
View ArticleHeavy Metal Heroes: JFC Fuller and Alexander the Great
The British historian JFC Fuller brought a metal outlook to both his military career and his career as an historian. As clear-sighted observer of reality he was able to understand the physical and...
View ArticleEndless War : The Similarities Between Metal and Wrestling
Wrestling is the oldest sport in existence. One can find it in any culture on earth, Egyptian hieroglyphs depict various techniques, Islam recognizes it as one of the main sports for preparation in...
View ArticleFor Metal And Rock, The 2010s Are A Lost Decade
This article serves as a stone cold warning to younger musicians: your band has no hope of being as big or as popular as the bands you love. There is something happening in music that no one is...
View ArticleThe danger of obscurity bias
Obscurity bias arises from our desire to discover hidden essential influences in the past. In metal, it is the search not only for concealed gems but for lost ancestors of our favorite music. This...
View ArticleDeath metal albums of which I will never tire
Early death metal (Bathory, Slayer, Hellhammer, Sodom, Master) emerged as an aggregate of the past, comprised of speed metal (Metallica, Exodus, Nuclear Assault, Testament, Megadeth), late hardcore...
View ArticleThe early days of metal online: the Metal AE
Before there was high speed access, or even AOL and dial-up, or even access through your favorite local educational institution, there was a network of hackers and metalheads who traded information...
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