Presenting what you haven't heard but should.
The Metallomusikum podcasting team of Derek and Mary haven't done a podcast together in a while, but since we were both headed to the same show at the Sidebar last night we decided to get there a little early and see if we could record one on the fly among the goings on. It turned …
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There are many bands labeled as American black metal, but few in the USBM scene that present a full-fledged occult ritual the way Pact does. The Moribund Cult Records group perfectly blends traditional black metal aesthetics and symbolism with the pummeling grind and growl of death metal. The Erie, PA group will headline Metallomusikum's first-ever …
I'm staying in Queens for Martyrdoom Fest in Brooklyn. Why am I staying in Queens? Because Brooklyn is too expensive. Anyway, our little gang recorded a podcast. It's not that good but hey, we had fun. Featured guests are: Joker Lokison and D. Luathca of black metal band Ptahil and Jim Singleton of black metal …
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One thing’s for certain in this world: If it’s a Watain show, there will be blood. The Plan Four of us planned to attend the Watain show June 15 at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar: my Metallomusikum podcast partner Derek, his significant other, Mandi, and Hope, a woman I had met when Watain played in Baltimore …
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The fifth studio album for Baltimore's Misery Index, The Killing Gods, pushes the band into new melodic territory while remaining true to their death metal/grindcore roots. The group also recently performed twice during Maryland Deathfest XII, once at the Ottobar pre-fest show and their main performance at the Edison Lot stage on Sunday. Among one …
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Erik Danielsson of Sweden's black metal legion Watain spoke via email with my photographer friend Kassandra Carmona a few months ago during the group's initial tour for the album "The Wild Hunt."Â Kassandra recently sent the interview to me for publication here, even though she had posted it on her own blog. Now that Watain …
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It is taking me forever to go through some of my photos from Maryland Deathfest XII. But I wanted to get some of them out there, because I got some really good ones. I also wanted to mention that this was, by far, my most fun MDF. I saw 37 bands! That's amazing!! I thought …
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Here's our final installation of our Maryland Deathfest podcasts. We made it and no one died! We determined that Derek won MDF with most bands seen (47); most merch purchased, out latest, at the rail or in the pit for most bands seen and most unshowered (honorary crust award). William came in second with most …
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Saturday was the big death, thrash and grind day at Maryland Deathfest. What did we think of it? What crazy stuff happened to us? You will have to listen here to the podcast to find out. This time we spend more time talking about the fest and a little less time talking about poop or …
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We stayed up till 3:30 a.m. making this podcast about the events of Maryland Deathfest XII from Wednesday to Friday. This needs no introduction. Just listen to it. We spent a lot of time on not editing this at all. Everything you hear is true. Guests include: Mary Spiro, Derek Beam, Sam Vietmeier and William …
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