NINE BOOKS I LIKED THIS LIFE IN LIST FORM
Maybe it's the winter. Maybe it's the war. Maybe it's me sitting in this winter and in this war listening to Bell Witch. Whatever the case may be, I thought this could be… להמשיך לקרוא
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Gaza, Israel, and the Death of Reading: A Tribute to Drew Hays
These lines are charting a strange course. At times the path will be narrow, personal, and perhaps, to some, familiar. At others the path will widen, broaden to address some bigger events or… להמשיך לקרוא
MACHINE MUSIC PRESENTS: THE BEST METAL OF 2023
If you haven't partaken in the Machine Music AOTY Shitshow™ before (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), then it's basically a huge list of ridiculous categories that I made up, from which I choose the… להמשיך לקרוא
TRACK PREMIERE: UNDEATH, VILE RITUAL MEMBERS JOIN FORCES TO CRUSH YOU WITH SULFURIC HATRED
From amid the shouldering ashes of real life, it's my honor and privilege to present smoldering ashes of a musical kind. In my humble, often silly experience with extreme music it sometimes seems… להמשיך לקרוא
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Ascend the black metal mountain with Brazil's Vestígio
Out of the bowels of a personal low-point come rays of high-point light. It's been a while since I've had time to do anything but (barely) publish the weekly post, let alone premiere… להמשיך לקרוא
Album Premiere: Drown in the Lush Bleakness of Dark Ambient Project Silence & Strength
I said I was making my slow, slithering re-introduction into a semblance of sanity, and what proof is there of that then taking the time to welcome some spectacular new music into the… להמשיך לקרוא
Track Premiere and Interview: Get Wholly Eviscerated by Black Metal Project Moray
It's been a while since I've published anything but my weekly musical ramblings, but when the cause is righteous then so is…. I actually don't know where I was going with that. It… להמשיך לקרוא
Album Premiere: Get Crushed under the Wheel of Death Metal menace Cenobite
A couple of years ago, Russian death metal band Cenobite released a demo that seriously damaged my soul. It was crushing, it was dynamic, and it had a quirky, atmospheric side to it… להמשיך לקרוא
Album Premiere: Drench Yourself in Demented Darkness with Noise Nightmare Offerbeest
Maurice de Jong is one of the most relentless music minds of our generation. Not only is he the mastermind, or perhaps obsessive mastermind, behind a myriad of extreme sonic adventures – Gnaw… להמשיך לקרוא
The War Inside My Head: An Interview and Track Stream with diSEMBOWELMENT's Renato Gallina
This interview series, for the uninitiated, was meant as a way for me to allow some of my favorite artists to geek out on the music that inspires and moves them. Most of… להמשיך לקרוא
PREMIERE: Descend into The Basement of the Soul with Black Metal Experimentalists Ayyur
There is that dark corner in one's soul, the one that feels like it's encased in moss and mould, where old pictures of vaguely remembered loved ones hang on the wall, and where… להמשיך לקרוא
Track Premiere: Let the Cosmos and Megalith Levitation Engulf Your Soul
As far back as I can remember, I don't think I have ever premiered or featured a band that would fall under the general heading of "psych doom" or "stoner." Mostly, well, because… להמשיך לקרוא
Track Premiere and Interview: Let Cave Moth's Grinding Violence Squash You Like a Bug
First of all, let it be known that this write-up will not include the words "melting," "crushing," or "chaotic," and sure as hell won't include that most problematic of terms – "dissonant." I… להמשיך לקרוא
Track Premiere and Interview: Derhead Plunges the Depths of Black Metal
Ever since Derhead's 2020 EP Irrational I crashed into my head (and tape deck), the Italian one-man experimental black metal project has grown roots into my damp soul. Whether it be the unnerving… להמשיך לקרוא
Machine Music Presents: The Best Metal of 2022
What a year. What. A. Year. It was a great year for music, it was a fucking horrible year for basically anything else, and at times one that brought on that uneasy feeling… להמשיך לקרוא
MACHINE MUSIC'S ALBUM OF THE YEAR: AN INTERVIEW WITH SkyThala
Artist: SkyThala Album: Boreal Despair Label: Moonlight Cypress Archetypes / I, Voidhanger Records Favorite Song: "Variegated Stances of Self Mockery" The Bare Bones: Boreal Despair is the debut album from American black metal/classical project SkyThala, featuring members… להמשיך לקרוא
