Posts Tagged ‘brutal tunes’

  • 5 HP Lovecraft Metal Albums

    September 1st, 2010 | brutal tunes | steff | No Comments

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    After my last set of reviews, many readers wrote and commented and said I should write more music reviews. The tribe has spoken. So I will. Originally, I was going to write reviews of 5 HP Lovecraft concept albums, but all the good ones were by non-metal bands, so I’ve decided instead to review five [...]

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  • Behemoth “Alas the Lord is Upon me”

    August 13th, 2010 | brutal tunes, metal mixtape, metal news | steff | 1 Comment

    I was going to write a metal mixtape today, but then I saw Behemoth had released their new video, and it’s pretty awesome. I thought it should get a post all of it’s own. Never heard of Behemoth? They’re the Polish blackened-death metal band responsible for getting the whole Polish extreme metal scene underway (Vader, [...]

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  • 5 Christian Metal Albums Reviewed

    July 30th, 2010 | brutal tunes | steff | 4 Comments

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    Discussion surrounding Christian metal bands can become quite heated. Many argue that the concept is an oxymoron and an affront to the metal ‘ideal’, whatever that may be. Some argue that all music should be judged purely on musical merit and nothing else, and that if a Christian band sounded good they would listen it [...]

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  • A Brief History of Christian Metal

    July 28th, 2010 | metal history | steff | 4 Comments

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    I don’t normally write posts about the history of metal genres, but considering I’m going for a “White Metal” theme this week, I thought it appropriate. While researching this article today, I’ve actually learnt a lot about this strange underground scene of Christian Metal. As I said in yesterday’s post, I’ve tended to ignore most [...]

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  • “White Metal” Exploring the Oxymoron that is Christian-themed Metal

    July 28th, 2010 | brutal tunes, tr00 metal life | steff | 12 Comments

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    WARNING: I am trying to approach this subject with a much tact and understanding as I can, but I know opinions on Christian metal are very much divided. Everyone has a strong feeling one way or the other. If you want to comment, please remember to keep your comments pleasant, and refute points, not people. [...]

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  • Learning German with JBO

    July 24th, 2010 | brutal tunes, metal mixtape | steff | 8 Comments

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    CDH and I are trying to increase our German language skills. I have a reasonabl grasp on the grammar, but I need to seriously increase my vocab, so we try to listen to a lot of German metal and translate the lyrics. I’ve been listening to Subway to Sally quite obsessively for awhile, but I’ve [...]

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