My Entire Life Has Been A Lie / OM - Bedouin's Vigil

Until about 10 minutes ago, I thought I had listened to every single piece of music committed to tape by OM when Chris Hakius was drumming. Then I realized I had never actually listened to the Six Organs Of Admittance split.



Finding a new OM song is good enough to warrant one more post.

Unfortunately, in the process of finding this song, I also lost all grounding in my life and realized that everything I knew was a lie. Apparently, it's spelled HAKIUS and not HAIKUS. How the fuck did I, and much of the internet, get that wrong for so long? I even interviewed the guy for like an hour and still fucked it up.

Chris, if you're out there, I apologize for my unnknowledge.

What else in this world is a lie?

Electric Wizard @ All Tomorrow's Parties

In the vein of finally finishing the Chris Hakius interview, I'm finally going to finish this goddamn review of Electric Wizard. In the world of doom metal, Electric Wizard needs no introduction. If you read this blog you know them already. Seriously, their self-given title of "heaviest band in the universe" probably isn't a lie (unless there's some super gnarly heshers hanging out on fucking Pluto or something). While I wasn't lucky enough to get to properly interview the dudes, I did get to spend a little bit of time shooting the shit with Justin, Justin, Liz, and Taz. While they are all super chill people, they really come into their own on stage.

Looking over the schedule for ATP I saw that EW was going to be on the first night (my second night in the country) and I felt like a kid on Christmas eve. They haven't played a US gig in a crazy long time and since then they've put out a fuck ton of great albums, so I was stoked on having some war stories to bring back to the states. War stories would definitely be an apt term to describe the experience of seeing the Wizard in person.

Welcome to the 20th Century... Or something

So I just got spotify and bothered to start figuring out how the hell it works. If you have spotify and want to piss yourself off with heinous crap, look up user jack crank and I'll send you the most retarded playlist of songs for people who live in their mom's basement and subsist on cheetos, beating off, and D&D.

God Bless You Gwar

Herder - Self-Titled LP

Sweet fucking fuck it's been a million years since I did one of these, but I'll be goodgoddamned if this album isn't worth it. This has been on nearly constant rotation since the beginning of April (along with The Devil's Blood recently... don't ask I'm not proud of it) and it is fucking fantastic. As far as I can tell these are a bunch of guys from the Netherlands who can't help but fucking crush it. If you're on a Weedeater/Tafkata/Eyehategod kick, dive into this shit. Click the pic for the link.

A Brief Discussion on Jackassery in Metal

Metal is a wonderful fucking thing, it brings lots of people together. It's loud, it's fast, it's nasty, and it's generally all the things music should be. Even the most ridiculous D&D loving, sword wielding, blousey medieval shirt wearing costume fantasy shit can be awesome. Paraphrasing Dio (RIP), it's basically a way to get away from it all, no matter who you are. That being said, there's a lot of lame metal and complete jackassery in the metal world. A few weeks ago I was forcefully reminded of this while at a great show in Brooklyn... minus for one band. Kommandant. Let me start by saying, that yes, I understand that metal makes a point of addressing the worst shit imaginable and beyond on the regular for whatever reasons people may have. Death, dismemberment, drug abuse, mental abuse, violence, war, blahblahfuckingblah. This is good. It gives it a place to go. However, there are some things out there that are just a shitty look. Kommandant managed to bring up most of those which is a shame because it really could have been a pretty decent set. Let's start with nazism. It's fucking lame, always. Sorry, you don't get a free pass on that one. There's no, "oh, well, you know... I mean..." Nope. Doesn't work. Don't care how good your band is or how nice you are to the sound guy or whatever else. If you cop to nazi shit, you are a dickhead. Full stop. So, when a band gets onstage in full blackshirt/boots/gasmasks/black and red draped flags, and a podium it's over before it starts. In a genre (inexfuckingsplicably in my opinion) riddled with openly racist and fascist bands, why on fucking earth a supposedly non-nazi band would adopt that iconography is beyond me, and a lot of other people at the show. For serious, and this topic came up in a bunch of different conversations that night, in a genre of music (Black Metal) subscribing to basic tenets of: - Fuck society - Fuck compliance - Fuck the herd - Be different - Chaos HOW IN THE FUCK CAN YOU ALSO BE A FASCIST? IT DOESN'T FUCKING WORK YOU JACKASSES. Not even in imagery. Not even in anything. And that goes for all of black metal. So yes, I'll fully admit their imagery worked on me. It pissed me off, it made me massively uncomfortable, and it made me walk out of the fucking room during a show with some other fantastic bands (i.e. Mutilation Rites). That being said, from a significantly less intellectual level, it looked pretty fucking cheesedick and tacky. Seriously... a podium on stage?

No Explanation Needed

MDF on NPR Part Two

Here's more from my buddies Kim and Lars. Portrait of an American Metalhead

MDF's Done but the Fun's Just Begun... at least on this site

Dear NGNV Readers, sorry about the massive lapse. Never gonna promise nothin but I have a few things to post over the next few weeks so stand by. Anyways, here's a great post by Grim Kim over on NPR's site. Click the pic for the article link.

Ictus - Imperivm

Blake just turned me onto this fucking epic, in the literal sense of the word, jam. Seriously, clocking in at 39:00 even, this is like the insane Neo-Crust/Black/Thrash Dopesmoker or something. For fans of Alpinist, Black Breath, Masakari, Skeletonwitch, Burning Spirits HC, Tragedy, Martyrdod, with touches of Thou in the middle there etc.





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Jonas Akerlund, I Love You

It's a cold day in hell. This is a Rammstein post. On NGNV. What the hell.

Rammstein - Mein Land from Rammstein on Vimeo.

Sometimes I Fucking Love Halloween

Warcry at Acheron and Bike Kill both on a Saturday?

Fuck yes.

The DOH Mandates...

Spite Extreme Wing- Vltra

If you like Amebix, Ancient, Sacramentum, Vried, or Taake- this is for you. I'm a fan of all these bands (only early Ancient though) so it really hits the spot for me. Not to say that S.E.W. bite anyone's style in particular- in fact I find their particular Italian amalgamation of black metal to be quite original. But let's say you're cooking and there's something missing. This may be the spice you were looking for.

Abzu!

Shit is tight. If you didn't already know.

Hemorroid Carnage DEMO

Going to and playing shows in Japan, I've amassed quite a collection of demo CD's from bands trying to get their act off the ground. It's something I didn't experience much in NYC, so I appreciate the custom. Last night I played a gig with death metal masters Gotsu-Totsu-Kotsu (兀突骨) and it was my first time to experience them live. I may have heard a song or two by them, but I must have been multitasking or something at the time cause I had no idea what I was in for. They're a tight trio who play what they refer to as Samurai Death Metal. Needless to say, I'm suffering from the worst bangover in recent memory as I write this! After the gig, I talked with the guitarist Atsushi and he gave me a demo for his side-project called Hemorrhoid Carnage. Never before has a demo gone straight from my bag, and onto my speakers, but after last night's performance, I was definitely curious. The demo is so good, that I'm putting it right here for your listening pleasure. Go see Gotsu-Totsu-Kotsu or Hemorrhoid Carnage if you get the chance!


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Slayer Goes To Church

Lars Ulrich Exclusive Signature Snare Drum

Goddamn Dude, Arts and Crafts From Hell

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Aliens Up The Punxxx