Posts tagged with ‘metal’

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    The Melvins Live

    Nude with Boots

    Nude with Boots

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...
  • There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people
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    There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

    There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

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    Heathen Metal

    Celestiial and Blood of the Black Owl

    Celestiial and Blood of the Black Owl

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

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    10 min

    Terminal Dreams: Voivod

    Voivod's Schizometal

    Voivod's Schizometal

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

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    Guilty Viking Pleasures

    Pumping Iron Maiden

    Pumping Iron Maiden

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

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    Japanese Prog Rock: Ghost

    The almighty Japanese progrock of Ghost

    The almighty Japanese progrock of Ghost

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

  • Articles and Essays

    Master of Reality

    John Darnielle's metal redemption

    John Darnielle's metal redemption

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

  • Music
    5 min

    Only a Northern Song

    Blessed By the Night: The Dark Metal Compilation and Opeth's Blackwater Park

    Blessed By the Night: The Dark Metal Compilation and Opeth's Blackwater Park

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

  • Music

    Endtimes Metal, pt 1

    Thor's hammer is made of metal

    Thor's hammer is made of metal

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

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    Led Zep’s Mofoship

    Levee me stairways!

    Levee me stairways!

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

  • Music

    Eco-Metal

    Wolves in the Throne Room

    Wolves in the Throne Room

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

  • Music
    5 min

    Hare Krishna Hardcore

    The cross-over of Krishna consciousness and the American hardcore scene

    The cross-over of Krishna consciousness and the American hardcore scene

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

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    Hammer of the Goddess

    The proggy metal act Isis

    The proggy metal act Isis

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

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    Endtimes Metal, take two

    Bardo blast beats

    Bardo blast beats

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...
  • “Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster
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    “Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster

    “Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

  • Music

    Amon Amarth Live

    Viking Metal's Rules

    Viking Metal's Rules

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...
  • But what if the medium is the message?
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    But what if the medium is the message?

    But what if the medium is the message?

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

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    Magic Men: Led Zep

    Reminiscences of an adolescent Zephead

    Reminiscences of an adolescent Zephead

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...

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    Arena of the Gods

    The Overlords Return

    The Overlords Return

    “French rock” is as about as disturbing a category of cultural goods as “English food.” That said, one of the most powerful metal acts I’ve heard in a while is an act founded in the seaside town of Bayonne over a decade ago by the Duplantier brothers, Joe (vocals, gtr) and Mario, a phenomenal drummer who plays like a jazzbo born in a Uruk-hai’s body. The Way of All Flesh is only their fourth record, and it is darker and...