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Toronto, Canada’s Schizoid has been doing underground extreme electronics ever since 1998, mixing a lethal combination of hardest technoise and blackened grindcore styles, along the way dabbling in ambient, drone, black metal and other genres. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/punk/2202-schizoidToronto, Canada’s Schizoid has been doing underground extreme electronics ever... more
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As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not all that obsessive over metal, heavy or otherwise. Don’t hate it — in fact, I like the beat and the aggression and the flights into epic, audio assault — it just doesn’t take priority when I’m programming my Pandora stations. Nevertheless, I’m happy when one year brings us two very good docs about the genre. However, one of the big differences between the earlier ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL and this month’s UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US is that Anvil’s brand of party-hearty, American (Canadian, if you will) metal doesn’t quite grab me as much as the darker, more adventurous black metal bands of UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US.
Another difference is that debuting directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell (he’s better known as a musician; she’s an art director and previously produced a narrative comedy) have decided to bring an artist’s intuition to the telling of black metal’s twisted history, a tale that includes accusations of Satanism, arson, suicide, and murder. With a prime focus on two of black metal’s most prominent and controversial practitioners — one, Varg “Count Grishnackh” Vikernes, was filmed while finishing out his sentence for arson and murder; the other, Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell, survived the turbulence of the 90’s and has, with great reluctance, made cautious accommodations towards the mainstream — the result is an impressionistic presentation that better conveys the genre’s complexity and rebellious, and occasionally genuinely dangerous, attitude.
I was able to talk with Aites and Ewell about how one reaches out to artists who have been previously buffeted by the mainstream press, and why this form of music is best served by an iconoclastic filmmaking style. Click the link to hear the interview:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-persons/emmighty-movie-podcastem_b_380808.htmlAs I’ve mentioned before, I’m not all that obsessive over metal, heavy or... more
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Heavy new music due out the week of September 29th, 2009! Great stuff from Alice in Chains, Hatebreed, Om, The Gates of Slumber, Doomriders, Evergreen Terrace, Revocation, Dethklok, Austrian Death Machine, Black Cobra, One Without, and more!Heavy new music due out the week of September 29th, 2009! Great stuff from Alice in... more
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According to Blabbermouth, teen heartthrob Jackson Rathbone, of the Twilight series and upcoming M. Night Shyamalan venture The Last Airbender, has signed on to play Burzum mastermind Vikernes (aka Count Grishnackh) in an upcoming film production of Michael Moynihan/Didrik Soderlind's 1998 novel Lords of Chaos. This was the "true" account that documented the rise of Norway's black metal scene and ensuing drama that resulted in notorious murders, church burnings, rivalries and prison convictions, most notably Vikernes's 16-year sentence.
As with the novel, the Lords Of Chaos film will depict — or at least be based on — controversial events that occurred during the early '90s. Await Vikernes's comments on the film and Rathborne's portrayal, as he had the following to say about the book, circa 2004, on Burzum’s website:According to Blabbermouth, teen heartthrob Jackson Rathbone, of the Twilight series... more
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look out Norway Count Grishnackh (Varg Vikernes) is to be released from prison. He once murdered Mayhem's guitarist and set three churches on fire!!
Crikey!look out Norway Count Grishnackh (Varg Vikernes) is to be released from prison. He... more
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"In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called black metal has emerged in Norway. It's roots stem from a heady blend of horror films, extreme heavy metal music, Satanism, pagan mythology, and adolescent angst. In the early-mid 1990's, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. What started as a juvenile frenzy came to symbolize the start of a war against Christianity, a return to the worship of the ancient Norse gods, and the complete rejection of mainstream society.
I have spent the last 7 years photographing in this insulated and secretive community. " (site cite)
Here's the website of Peter Beste, an amazing photographer who documented, explored, and exposed the world of black metal artists in Norway with a touring photo exhibition so sharp and poignant that anyone who listens to this genre or value the art of macabre imagery can fully appreciate.
Everyone else can take a look and just have a good chuckle."In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called black... more
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Gordy's yard features BMX dirt jumps, fire pits, pentagrams and strobe lights. Awesome.Gordy's yard features BMX dirt jumps, fire pits, pentagrams and strobe lights.... more
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