Steff Metal

I – and many others – await with eager anticipation the new Burzum album, which has changed titles from Den Hvite Guden (The White God), to Belus. The name change has come about because of the racist connotations of the previous name, which apparently Varg had “no idea” would be misinterpreted. Accident or deliberate publicity stunt? I’ll leave it to you to decide.

Belus

Belus will be released March 8 from Byelborg Productions. All the details of the track listing, lyrics and ordering info are now available. You can hunt around on Youtube and find a few previews, and I bloody love what I hear.

I have said it before, and I will say it again: I abhor Varg’s racist and political views. Reading his website gives me the creeps, but his music sends shivvers up my spine – the good kind of shivvers. He creates this world inside your head – a play of light and shadows, melody and static, order and chaos, which I suppose is a little like him.

Filosofern is probably one of my all-time favorite albums, ever. He captures something beautiful and primal in that static. I’m not a fangirl, I won’t ever stick up for his opinions, but I do believe he has unquestionable talent for creating beautiful music.

You can read about Varg’s earlier article about the release and his forthright opinions on the modern black metal scene on the Burzum website.

The album will be an exploration of Varg’s interpretation of the White God (Belus, Apollon, Baldr, Belenus, Bragi, Byelobog, Jarilo …) and the events that mark his yearly life.

Den Hvite Guden – like the other Burzum albums – will also feature releases of older tracks. “Urak-hai”, from 1988-89, and “Dauði Baldrs” from 1993, although both have lyrical and stylistic changes to match the new concept.

Black Speech

In other Burzum news, Varg has approved a book by Antony Cummius called Burzum: Black Speech, which is a collection of fantasy stories based around Burzum lyrics, and as soon as I get my hands on a copy, a review will appear. Varg is also now in Urban Dictionary. he’s moving up in the world.

I went to the Auckland ACDC show with CDH and our friend Liz last night. It was rather enjoyable, to say the least.

Rock n' Roll train - AC/DC cashes in on Steampunk

The show kicked off with a wicked, anime style train cartoon, which ended with a massive live locomotive steaming onto stage, while ACDC launched into “Rock n Roll train”, from their new album. Johnson’s first note was perfect, setting the stage for a great show. Angus Young stole the show with his typical onstage antics – a delightful striptease during “She’s Got the Jack”, and an extended solo in “Let there be Rock.”

I love the way they’ve cashed in on the steampunk trend, in good old rock n’ roll style. The giant evil black train puffed smoke and had devil horns. The stage was outlined in cogs and gears. The only thing that spoiled the effect was two giant blowup “viking” helmets with the letter ‘A’ stamped on them. I’m not entirely sure how they contributed to the overall aesthetic?

Perhaps I’m overthinking this.

A WHOLE lotta Rosie

They played the old favorites – Back in Black, Highway to Hell and For Those About to Rock (the encore, of course), Dirty Deeds,High Voltage, TNT and Whole Lotta Rosie – during which an immense blowup woman with breats the size of a the millenium falcon )I’m trying to think of something really large and round) descented from the roof and sat astride the steampunk caboose. She wobbled there for the entire song while the band cowered under her enormous boobies. It was brill.

CDH and I had a lengthly debate about whether AC/DC counts as metal. We’ve still not come to a final conclusion.

On the one hand, AC/DC is what people who aren’t into metal think metal is. CDh noted most of the entire crowd consisted of “rockers” who thought they were “metalheads”, but wouldn’t know Amon Amarth from Iron Maiden. He said, sure they’re important to metal’s history, but so is Led Zeppelin and Uriah Heep – would you consider them metal? They also self identify as “rock n’ roll”, not metal.

Brian and Angus

However, AC/DC are incredibly important to increasing the popularity of metal the world over. I said they’ve stuck with a winning formula and with their steady rise in popularity comes the rejection from the undergound which inevitably turns a band from metal to the ambiguous “rock”. Just look at Metallica, who were considered “rock” after the black album, despite the fact the black album is still really a metal album. And I’d call Death Magnetic a metal album, too. But Metallica can no longer be a metal band. Just because AC/DC aren’t blasting out double bass rolls at 250 BPM doesn’t mean they’re not metal. And, if AC/DC aren’t metal, does that mean Manowar aren’t metal, either? Because they’re not all that dissimiliar. I’m sure they’d have words to say about that.

Also, I’ve always thought of Uriah Heep as the first progressive power metal band.

Also, also, if they put on a great show, does it matter? Not really, but CDH and I will discuss it anyway.

Thoughts?

Steff

Awhile back I saw a great post on Problogger, asking readers to submit lists of the blogs in their niche to watch out for in 2010. Although I was too busy being awesome to get mine in on time, I’m posting it anyway, for those of you who might like a little more metal in your daily interweb perusing:

1. Positively Bleak by E. Bleak

Emily Bleak is a self-proclaimed proud pretentious metalhead, obsessive horror junkie and hobbyist blasphemer, among other titles. Her blog focuses on heavy metal lifestyle topics, like Getting the GWAR Off and On Dressing for the Frozen Wastelands. Also, she’s awesome. 

2. Reign in Blonde by Julia and Elise

Winners of the unofficial “most kickass blog name of all time” competition. Reign in Blonde is written by two tall, blonde chicks who bring the metal. They went to an Ashlee Simpson show together and yelled “Slayeeerrr!” over the heads of a bunch of nine year olds – they’re those kind of girls. They write awesome content and think Gabe Garcia is hot, which makes them alright by me.

3. Baroque, Bleak, Brutal by Eric

An epic name for an epic blog. Baroque Bleak Brutal seeks to explore and pay homage to all of the complexity, barrenness, and savagery of metal. I don’t usually read album reviews, because I find them quite boring and subjective, but I read theirs. Check out their As the Palaces Burned features.

4. Metalographer by Danielle

Part of the essence of being metal is taking pictures of quote “epic shit” unquote. A recent discovery, Danielle photographs scenes, objects, spaces, places, animals and people she considers aptly “metal”. She’s bloody grymm. And she’s obsessed with Alice in Wonderland …

5. NO CLEAN SINGING by Islander, Alexis and IntoTheDarkness

No Clean Singing exists on the premise that 1) all popular music sucks, 2) metal doesn’t suck, unless it’s metal with clean singing, in which case it probably does suck, 3) Some metal with clean singing doesn’t suck, but that’s an exception to the rule and 4) Some metal with no clean singing also sucks, but that’s also an exception to the rule. They then proceed to do a steller job of backing up these statements with writing and plenty of pictures of long-haired dudes staring contemptuously at the camera.

I have discovered SO MANY epic new bands through them. These guys deserve major horns for supporting Steff Metal, but aside from that, they’re a great source of really in-depth metal discussion and growly grymness.

6. Rakk and Ruin by Rakk and Ruin

A blog of grymm and epic fashion pictures. Everything is way too expensive and designer for me, but it’s an excellent source of inspiration. You can also get some epic (and incredibly budget-conscious) jewelry at the Rakk and Ruin shop.

7. Metal From Finland by Tero and others

Most of my favorite metal at the moment comes from Finland, so I love a blog that keeps my up-to-date on the Finnish metal happenings, and that’s exactly what MFF does. You will see regular HIM updates, which are irksome, but trust me – most of their content is grand. And they have Perkele t-shirts!

8. The Palpable Obscure by Ana

I’ve been reading Ana’s blog for ages, centuries even, back when it was called Kvlt Fashion. She was the first blogger to ever inspire me to post daily outfit photos. A tall leggy blonde with impeccable style and a love of Wolves of the Throne Room, Ana’s always posting inspirational fashion shoots from around the globe.

9. Metal as Fuck by Leticia and various contributors

Called by some “the world’s most obliterating metal zine” metal as fuck is the moonchild of Leticia Supple, and includes some great pieces from Kay of Enter the Goatlady. They employ contributors from all over the world, for real global coverage of everything – and I do mean everything – metal. It is one of the BEST metal zines in the world, period. The quality of the writing blows most magazines out of the water. Read their interviews. Right Now.  

10. Cosmic Hearse by Aesop

Ever since I started reading Cosmic Hearse, I’ve been drowning in underground metal and Japanese crazy. Not a day goes by CDH doesn’t walk past my office, stop, turn around and cry “what the fuck are you listening to?” For that reason alone, you should check out this blog. Cosmic Hearse shares hard-to-find and special recordings from various metal and underground projects. The recordings span the genres – it’s not all tr00 kvlt kreig grymm nekro eeevil black metal here. Aesop places each album contextually within metal and underground music as a whole – sometimes they are rare EPs from popular bands, sometimes scratchy recordings of barely musical noise. And Cosmic Hearse takes nothing away from the artist – all these tracks are legitimately found.

and secret number 11.

Steff Metal by Steff (that’s me!)

Why should you read it? Well, you tell me :)

What are you reading this year?

Horns up! \m/
Steff

In three days time CDH and I journey down the country to spend the holiday with my parents. Since they’re still on dial-up (my dad doesn’t believe in the internet), you won’t see many posts from me until after New Years. To sate your lust, here’s many, many great links from around the itnerwebs.

I am doing some edits to the website (in readiness for my product launch early next year). You might have noticed two new pages have appeared: Steff Metal’s Publications and the Steff Metal Archive. I haven’t got everything quite perfect yet, but feel free to peruse.

E. Bleak writes Positively Bleak: Grinning back from the Abyss – another fantastic heavy metal lifestyle blog. Read The Positively Bleak Guide to Metal Hair and Getting the GWAR off for some kreig advice.

Terry Border’s The Secret Life of Everyday things explores the idea of our possessions getting up to mischief while we’re a-sleeping. Border started by posting the photos of his little “bent objects” on his blog, but they became so popular he’s turned 70 of his funniest photographs into a book.

Apparently, it’s not impossible to pull down a six-figure salary selling crafts on Etsy. But it doesn’t sound like much fun.

No Clean Singing is writing a series of posts on the most brutal countries in the world. First on the block is Germany. In fact, Germany is so brutal, it gets two posts.

Things that go Hump in the Night.

Monster Cereal. Why yes, it is an entire blog dedicated to monster-themed cereal. Totally makes me giggle.

Spragwerk’s new jewelry collection – called “Tools of the Trade” – features meat hooks, torture implements and cleavers for Africa. Awesome.

Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want.” Anne Lappe

This awesome billboard was erected by our very own St Matthew’s in the City. The billboard was meant to inspire critical thinking of the literalness of the Christmas story.

In other NZ news, the NZ Athiest Bus Campaign has raised over $20 000 to have it’s slogan “There’s Probably No God, so Stop Worrying and Enjoy Your Life” painted on the side of NZ buses. I wholeheartedly support this campaign, not because I’m an atheist but because I love the positivity of the message and I don’t believe it’s deliberately antagonistic towards those who do believe.

Yes and Yes encourages us to Give the gift of non-stuff. I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Go to Metal Fairy Tales right now, and buy this:

Told in the fashion of a Grimms Fairy Tale, and originally written as a heavy metal musical (hell yes!), ‘The Windowmaker, the Codpiece and the Sex Gods from Planet Metal’, tells the story of Nestor, windowmaker to the King who’s enchanted codpiece is stolen by an evil wizard. After befriending some brave knights, the Sex Gods from Planet Metal, Nestor then embarks on a fantastic adventure to retrieve it, battling monstrous vegetables along the way and saving the Kings daughter from peril in the process

A fashion blog honours the metal jacket.

If you love Beatallica (and I do) you might get a kick out of For Whom the Bell Joels. Yes, that is heavy metal covers of Billy Joel songs. Apparently even Liberty Devitto (Joel’s drummer) thinks they’re fantastic, although we all know drummers don’t know shit about music.

Sparkle Mistress Tarina Tarintino’s steampunk collection. If you want to look like Gala Darling with a bit of an edge, this is for you.

There you go, my pretties! Merry Metal Christmas to you and a Headbanging New Year! \m/

Steff Metal

” Maybe it’s not on top of the charts, but we’re still standing strong. So we’ll be here forever. United and hard we stand. “

On this day, five years ago, Pantera/Damageplan guitarist and metal legend Dimebag Darryl was tragically shot down in the middle of a concert. Dimebag was one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time – with a sound and style completly his own. But more than that, he was a humble, fun-loving metalhead. He was one of us, and he is sorely missed.

Born August 20, 1966, Darryl Lance Abbot picked up the guitar at age 12. He went on to win a series of local music competitions. One of the prizes was a Dean ML guitar. This guitar and his Randall amplifier (another contest prize) became part of his signature sound.

Darryl and his brother Vinnie Paul formed Pantera in 1981. Back then, Pantera was a glam metal band (can you believe it?) but the thrash metal influence of Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth had rubbed off and by the late 80s Pantera had created their own signature sound – known affectionately as “groove” metal. They gained commercial success and critical acclaim for their 1990 album Cowboys from Hell, followed in 1992 by Vulgar Display of Power.

Pantera broke up in 2003, mainly due to tensions arising from Phil Anselmo’s drug habit. Not keen to give up metal, Vinnie and Dimebag formed Damageplan, with former Halford guitarist Pat Lachman on vocals, and Bob Zilla on bass. Damageplan released their debut album, New Found Power, in Feb 2004.

“When I tried to play something and screwed up, I’d hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it. “

Dimebag was shot onstage during a Damageplan concert at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. The shooter – Nathan Gale – also killed the band’s head of security, Jeff “Mayhem” Thompson, employee Erin Halk and audience member Nathan Bray, who was shot while trying to give Dimebag CPR.

Nathan Gale suffered from paranoid schitzophrenia and his personal writings reveal he believe the band could read him mind and steal his thoughts. Incidentally, December 8 also happens to be the day Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon.

Those who knew him remember a friendly and truly kind-hearted man, with a fierce love for metal, guitars, alcohol and friends . He had a tremendous respect for his fans, always taking time to hang out with them after shows.

Dimebag is buried alongside his mother at the Moore Memorial Garden Cemetery, in Arlington, Texas. He was buried in a Kiss Kasket, with Eddie Van Halen’s Charvel Hybrid VH2, also known as “bumblebee”. A Hammer truly fit for a metal god.

You can honour Dime’s memory by:

• Wearing a Pantera shirt to work
• Attending one of the many tribute shows, and banging your head off
• Making a Black Tooth Grin, the cocktail invented by Dimebag. One shot “Crown Royal Whisky”, a shot of Seagrams 7 whiskey (optional), and just enough Coke to darken the whiskey’s colour. 
• Or create a Black Tooth Grin burger, like Grill owner Bob Moseley.

“I start with a half pound of black angus chuck and grill it in whiskey, soaked in whiskey!” Moseley writes in an e-mail. “Then I grill sweet red onions in Coca-Cola to caramelize them. Topped with a thick slice of cheddar cheese, served with old fashioned crinkle cut fries with my own special seasoning.”

•  Watching all your favorite Pantera videos. The Devil Music has a great selection, as does Metal Hammer.
• Buying Pantera CDs for all your non-metal family and friends for Christmas. Grandma will love Vulgar Display of Power, trust me.
•  Blasting Cemetery Gates at your local cemetery.
• Read about Sebastian Bach’s memeories of Dimebag. Especially the last paragraphs. If this doesn’t make you teary-eyed, you’re not human.
• Teach a child some guitar riffs. Dimebag felt this was important. 
• Dedicate a song to Dimebag at your next concert.
• And, of course, listening to Pantera, Damageplan and Rebel Meets Rebel.

  RIP, metal brother. Your legend lives on.

Horns up \m/
Steff

The Prince of Darkness, looking quite devilishly handsome.

Raise your horns, metal friends, and drink to one of our great masters. On this day, 61 years ago, in the smoky, industrial town of Birmingham, England, John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne burst forth upon the world.

In 1968, Ozzy helped form Black Sabbath, the most important heavy metal band of all time. Metalheads say that no new riffs have been written since 1968. Every metal riff is just a sped-up, slowed-down, played-backwards version of a Black Sabbath riff.

Pounding, crushing, dooming, thought-provoking music. Black Sabbath started it all. Without them, metal might not ever have come to be.

And that isn’t Ozzy’s only claim to metal fame. After being booted from Sabbath in 1979 for drinking and smoking and snorting too much (and this was the seventies, so it must have been a LOT), Ozzy formed a solo band, and recorded some of the wickedest albums to date, like 1980’s Blizzard of Ozz. He recruited former Quiet Riot guitarist Randy Rhoads.

Ozzy – along with his long-suffering wife, Sharon – created the Ozzfest, an american heavy metal festival to rival the Wacken’s of Europe. It’s now a bit too nu-metal, but once it was a great and mighty beast. He helped break Metallica into the mainstream, by having them open for him when they toured Master of Puppets. And lastly, his foray into reality TV with the Osbournes, which remains to this day, one of my Dad’s favorite TV shows.

Happy Birthday Ozzy, here’s to many more years of metal mayhem \m/

We’ve finally moved in, and it’s wonderful to have our own space again. The house seems way too big for two people and a cat, but I’m hoping we’ll get used to it. CDH has declared it will take him the entire WEEK to set up his drumkit into it’s new configuration (how this differs from the old configuration, I’m none the wiser) so I’m busy arranging my office.

I just found out that Nick Cave and Warren Elis have joined forces again to write the score for the film adaption of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. My favourite musician and one of my favourite books = awesome. Read more on the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds website.

Rakk and Ruin hangs with the goats. Totally metal.

The internet is abuzz with Twilight-related mayhem. I’ve yet to see the new movie, so I reserve judgement on that particular iteration. However, I’ve read the books, and I do think the dynamic of Bella and Edward’s relationship is not one I find attractive, and the popularity of the books speaks volumes about what teenage girls want in a relationship. See io9’s report on Bella and Edward’s abusive relationship. See also Ew Moon: Why Twilight continues to hurt America, and 20 unfortunate lessons teenaged girls learn from Twilight.

Oooh, and Harry Potter vs Twilight.

Figuring Out How to Live, by No Impact Man. This really got to me. Have a read.

An entrepreneurial community in Sommerset, England (population 800), created this phone-box library after losing both their local phone box and their local library in the same week.

This year, Wacken Open Air have created a heavy metal advent calendar, to announce their 2010 lineup. Each day, a new band is announced, along with a clue to the following day’s band. Collect all the clues and you can win kickass prizes.

Ronnie James Dio has cancer. That really sucks.

The following statement was released on Dio’s website:

“Ronnie has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer. We are starting treatment immediately at the Mayo Clinic. After he kills this dragon, Ronnie will be back on stage, where he belongs, doing what he loves best, performing for his fans.

Thanks to all the friends and fans around the world that have sent well wishes. This has really helped to keep his spirit up.

Long Live Rock and Roll, Long Live Ronnie James Dio”

Corduroy Skirts are a Sin: I love this article about student Chris Pesto, and the positive, non-violent, non-angry action he took against a girl holding a “Homosexulatiy is a Sin” sign on his campus.

Family Guy is at it again: Something Something Something Darkside movie trailor.

Oxford University – yes, THAT Oxford University – now has a Gryffindor house. Man, now I kinda wish I’d done my masters after all.

Phew, I’ve given you a mammoth linking horn this week, to make up for possible light posting for the rest of the week. My computer is buried under the seventy boxes of books stored in my office. Sigh.

Have you ever been walking around, minding your own metalhead business, when you notice some idiot throwing the horns at his friends? This person wears no black t-shirt, knows not Behemoth from Beyonce and has never set foot inside a metal concert.

Have you ever seen a non-metal friend complete a mundane activity, like washing his car or feeding his cat, and throw the horns upon completion of said task, as if celebrating the supreme kreigness that is his life?

I call horns misuse! What is this shit? That is not a grymn and frostbitten picnic!

Have you ever seen pictures of non-metal celebrities like Hannah Montana abusing the goat?

Miley Cyrus misappropriating the metal horns

Disney's Serena Gomez misusing the horns

I have seen these things, and they are a terrible injustice upon our sacred symbol. And this behavior will stop.

Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider – a man renowned for fighting the good metal fight – has dedicated himself to taking back the metal horns. In the mission statement for this worthwhile project, Dee lays out his complaints:

What was once a symbol of solidarity and rebellion exclusively for a community of metal heads, has now become a casual symbol, signifying any modicum of success at anything or just something to do with your hands in any photo that isn’t a wedding picture or a mug shot (though I have seen the horns thrown in one or two wedding photos).

This is wrong!  Name one thing the metal community has appropriated from any other genre.  Okay, we took the denim and leather jackets from the biker community…but they’re cool with it.  I think.  But other than that?  Exactly!

Well, enough is enough.  It’s time we–the heavy metal community–take our horns back!  We need to lay down the law and reclaim that which is rightfully ours.  Let’s identify the perpetrators/violators and let them know that they are treading on sacred ground!  Let’s post photos of celebrity violators on this website and send them e-mails, citations and letters calling them out on their misuse and demanding they cease Metal Horn usage!  We will let them know that we know…and we don’t like it.

And as far as, Joe and Jane Non Headbanger go, we need to publicly call them out and shun them (there’s nothing quite like a good shunning) for their misuse of the horns and issue them warnings against any future use. (You will find an easy to print form available on this site.)  We must let them all know that we–the heavy metal community–are watching…and we’re not gonna take it anymore! (I had to get that in there somewhere.)

Users have already uploaded hundreds of “horny” pictures and you can rate them metal or not. CDH spent two hours last night rating all the pictures and got so angry about the misue of horns his mother had to tell him to shut up. He’s still mumbling under his breath about Hannah Montana stealing his “cultural identity”.

There’s a forum to connect with other pissed-off metalheads and great articles written by Dee on the origin and correct usage of the metal horns.

So if you’re a metalhead concerned about the misappropriation of your cultural symbol, or you just think Miley Cyrus and emos shouldn’t be allowed to throw the horns, check out Dee’s site.

Horns up \m/

Steff

A veritable feast of Halloween goodies for you, loyal Steff Metal readers:

The Creepiest Stuff on the Web. I beg to differ, but there you go.

A great article from Metal From Finland’s Leila about WOA 2009. Right on, sister!

Offbeat Bride has been featuring Halloween Weddings all month, and you can read about our Haunted Heavy Metal Viking Wedding of Epicness. While you’re there, check out some of the other wicked Halloween, Gothic and Heavy Metal weddings.

Ex-Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen performed 4 songs at a Halloween Concert this weekend, including the world premiere of two songs from her forthcoming 2nd album. Check out the video for Witch Hunt.

 I love this story:

A little boy (maybe 5 years old) wrote to Maurice Sendak telling him how much he loved his books, his drawings, everything about him. As you might imagine, Sendak gets a lot of fan mail, but he was so moved by this one that he wrote the boy back and enclosed an original drawing, just for him

The boy was so overjoyed when he received the drawing that he ate it, the entire thing, every last shred of pulp and ink

His mom wrote back to the author, telling him the story. Sendak was thrilled, saying that that was the greatest compliment he had ever received

21 Halloween Costumes that will NOT get you laid from the Frisky. Sad, but true.

Yes and Yes goes on a Zombie Pub Crawl. What a wicked idea, which I am totally going to steal.

For the cozy Halloween night by the fire, you need one of the Burning Cities Firescreens. Check out fire-ravaged Rome, circa 64AD, and the Great Fire of London in 1666 – I read it was started by a baker’s oven.

Jonah Samson Photography presents Pleasentville – miniature scenes of disturbing happenings.

What other spooky goings-on have been happening around the internets?

Super Snuggles and Shoggoth Kisses
Steff

Hot off the presses. The recently-released Varg Vikernes (Count Grishnakh) has written nine new songs and will be recording and releasing a new Burzum album, probably in 2010.

He told the Norwegian Dagbladet paper the album “will be metal, and the fans can expect to hear some real Burzum.”

Varg Vikernes, circa 1990

The newspaper goes on to report Varg’s other wanderings. While serving 16 years of his prison sentence for killing fellow black-metaller Euronymous, Varg has been writing a book about his side of the story, which he hopes to release via a publisher. He’s acquired a farm in the municipality of Bø in the Telemark county, where he now lives with his French wife, and son.

It is so beautiful up here. Here we can be by ourselves. But there is a lot of work that is required to maintain the house, lawn and garden.”

Varg today

I will be buying this album for sure. While I would not in any way condone Varg’s actions as a murderer / arsonist, or his racist tendencies, I adore his music. He is truly a man that finds beauty in dark places.

Metalheads all over the internet are bemoaning the upcoming Lords of Chaos movie, slating it’s release with the death of black metal as a form of underground music. Get over it, guys.

My current favorite quote regarding everyone’s bitching about what the Lords of Chaos movie will do to black metal comes from Cinerary, a user on the Metal Archives Forum:

Just because every Linkin Park fan knows about Dragonforce doesn’t stop “Sonic Firestorm” from being a good album. Same shit here.

I agree, Cinerary. I totally agree.

Super Snuggles and Shoggoth Kisses
Steff