November 10, 2008

Noism -

by Cosmo Lee Metal is like a drug – repeated consumption leads to higher tolerance. Fast becomes slow, and strong becomes weak. Virtually all of what’s called “extreme metal” now is hardly extreme. Behind the yelling/growling/shrieking and blastbeats, calcified templates are at work. Extremity by numbers is oxymoronic. It’s ironic that so much metal is...