the great beast

listen to the words and poems, glisten in the faithful dark...in her i live in my dancing moment in the sun, a grain of salt tossed passion in the sea

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Abruptum....

IT and All were two very fucked up people. They were peripherally involved in the Swedish Black Metal, in as much as they love Euronymous. They strove to embody the musical essence of evil, and I must admit that they may have at least paved the cobbled road for bands like Anaal Nathrakh.

I love Abruptum for the pure expression of hatred they embody.

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the Axis of Perdition

This is one of those bands that turned my ear on it's ear: a conflagration of two fellows in a basement churning out evil tones and gurgling blasts centered on destruction, building up these huge artifices only to break them down into pieces as we watch. Axis of Perdition is almost a spectator sport. They've chewed up Death and Black Metal in much the same way as countrymen Anaal Nathrakh have, but the end-result is so stultifyingly different it beggars the question: what the fuck is in the water in the UK that allows this sort of thing to perpetuate? I'd guess it's loads of heavy metals and industrial by-products. That's the only way I can explain the existence of this band.

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I've always wanted people to...

...appreciate music in the same visceral, no-nonsense way that I do. When I find a band or artist that I truly appreciate, I latch on to that motherfucker like a momma lamprey, eager to earn the salt and food for her young. I satiate myself until the vein has run its course and then I abandon the tapped vein, much as a fledgling vampire might dispose of its initial kill. But, I always return. This isn't the case with a band like Sleep. I'm no Nosferatu supping at the ever-gushing vein of genius that is this band. I sip, silently partaking of a mountainous char, bereft of all feeling yet still yearning for another dose of sludge and vermin. This band has brought me to my metaphorical knees more than once, and I want to share that with other ppl. Like it or not, download it. I paid for it, now you can share in my clandestine joy.

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