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Hollenthon – Opus Magnum

So I have finally gotten my hands on the new Hollenthon record, and it is fucking great.

I’ve been a huge fan of Hollenthon for a long time; they put out two records, one in 1999 and one in 2001, that were just thoroughly fantastic. Really groovy, well-written death metal with a fantastic array of samples […]

Strange excerpts

So I finally went through one of my old and full notebooks and transcribed all the interesting parts onto my computer. I think of an entire Moleskine there were ten bits worth reading. I guess that’s not a terrible ratio, all things considered.

Anyway, among them were these two short notes that have something to say […]

I will tell you this: pizzicato violins will get a man every time.

We all live within Time, and Time is a series of concentric circles nestled within each other, each its own size, wheels with gears in the gears of greater wheels

The Smashing Pumpkins have a new song, and somehow it seems pretty good. Somewhere, across this city, what is going through the mind of Hunter Hunt-Hendrix? And what is the weight of our bodies, and what are the sizes of the dents they make as they move through space?

Just Like Gardening

So this weekend one of my little mini-projects was transferring my iTunes library from my old external hard drive to my new one (750GB!)1 When all that was through, I finally had the space to import the 5- or 6-and-a-half GB of music that had been steadily accumulating on my desktop, and then process it—getting […]

THIS JUST IN.

LET ALL BE ADVISED that on Wednesday, The 9th Day of May in the 2007th Year of Our Lord, I, your humble correspondent, will be broadcast over the airwaves by means of aetheric network radio transmission.

I’ve got a podcast, like. Internet radio show. It’s part of DJ Porkcube’s new internet radio station. He’s basically putting […]

A Short Review of Randomly Selected Metal Band Names and Song Titles

“War is My God”, by Draugr

Rather good, I think. It makes a statement, which is a rare thing. It also employs metaphor, which shows that they’re putting a little bit of effort in—unless it’s actually about being a worshipper of the Greek god Ares, which is something I could never fault anyone for.

Hidden Hand (band […]

Deadtide.com

Let it be known to all that your humble correspondent has become the newest reviewer for the metal reviews site, Deadtide.com. You all should check out the site—it’s really nicely designed, the dudes there can write actual English sentences, and honestly, it deserves to be more prominent than it is. What originally drew me to […]