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Still from “Happiness in Slavery” “Crush my soul, make me feel” definitely applied to Bob Flanagan. He was a BDSM performance artist; Wikipedia says BDSM stands for “bondage & discipline,” “dominination & submission,” and “sadism & masochism.” I know virtually nothing about these things, and what little I’ve seen of Flanagan’s work makes me wince. […]

Conqueror Hydra Head2007 I can’t believe this is happening. I’m listening to an album by Justin Broadrick, and I can’t wait for it to end. This has never happened before. Even Hymns, arguably the weakest Godflesh album, had some brilliant peaks. But Conqueror – it bores me. By normal standards, it’s a good album. The […]

KLF is gonna rock you I won’t go into the history of The KLF, as many others have already done so. Suffice it to say that Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty were two strange guys with a brilliant knack for publicity. Their stunts included burning a million pounds (true) and allegedly doing sonic weapons research […]

Occasionally, I will post about music that’s not metal, but that metalheads might like. That includes things like noise, dark ambient, industrial, techstep, and so on. Basically, if it’s dark and nasty enough, it stands a chance. This compilation from Cold Spring definitely fits the bill. Cold Spring is a UK label that’s been around […]

Speaking of Anaal Nathrakh, Mick Kenney and Dave Hunt are also in filth grind outfit Mistress. Kenney and Mistress bassist Dirty Von Donovan are in rocka rolla band Exploder. Napalm Death’s Shane Embury played on the last Anaal Nathrakh album. Embury and Kenney run Feto Records, who put out Exploder’s debut. Kenney does artwork for […]

Over time, Anaal Nathrakh’s sound hasn’t changed that much. The template now is much the same as before – relentless industrial black metal with occasional electronics, wall-of-sound production, ridiculous song titles, and an obsession with the apocalypse (“eschaton” means “end times” or “last things”). However, this album (on Season of Mist) brings out melodic elements […]

Another Napalm Death album??? These guys have been ridiculously productive since they left Earache after 1999’s Words from the Exit Wound. Since then, they’ve had a release of some sort each year, including four albums, two Leaders Not Followers covers collections, and the awesome Noise for Music’s Sake compilation. This is almost oversaturation, but Smear […]

Mastodon and Iron Maiden reviews are now up at Stylus.