tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26530573182919416212024-02-21T06:48:56.440-08:00Impenetrable Sphere Of PowerHeavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-39895754964913900882022-12-26T19:57:00.011-08:002023-01-16T23:59:40.061-08:00Torn Flesh - Crux of the Mosh<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGkMgrXcJbJ8BEq_dKY_OtDwS3dpkRJIN34z_qdmxu8E90PVOUFY5hV9GpuarR-45yLXRr78cktstxUM2aqpmb0Z4XbC5HHiPcF2BZrle6MBT1xPwhPGUl5GyywpraKMLbJ3z91lb3EhqVCEShET-aYDPjdbCVV--aY-B7LLnfUdB0NOE0CiOZWa6/s365/tornflesh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="365" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGkMgrXcJbJ8BEq_dKY_OtDwS3dpkRJIN34z_qdmxu8E90PVOUFY5hV9GpuarR-45yLXRr78cktstxUM2aqpmb0Z4XbC5HHiPcF2BZrle6MBT1xPwhPGUl5GyywpraKMLbJ3z91lb3EhqVCEShET-aYDPjdbCVV--aY-B7LLnfUdB0NOE0CiOZWa6/s320/tornflesh.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've long been curious about this album, since ages ago I read it was purported to be an example of Christian crossover thrash, and really, who wouldn't be interested in an evangelical version of D.R.I. or Cryptic Slaughter? Plus, every picture of the band made them look like gang member extras from the set of <i>Death Wish III </i>(I'm really hoping the one fellow fully committed to an actual nose-to-ear piercing chain like Jane Child or the Skid Row guy, but I suspect it's a clip-on).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sadly, aside from "Kill the Dead," closer "The Ultimate Finale," and a few other spots here and there, nothing really maintains crossover energy or velocity consistently--they're clearly quite a punkish band, but it comes off more like a thrash band that listened to too much Fear. Despite not being all that fast or vicious or even possessing exceptional metal songwriting skills, just as punky thrash, there's a somewhat pleasant genericness to the music. But then there's the issue of the vocals, one of the strangest stylistic choices I've heard in metal. They're done in a very affected gruff voice which sounds like a cross between a Trey Parker character (I hear mostly Mr. Garrison) and a toned down, less macho version of the vocals on Dead Serios' "<i>Who's Your Buddy?</i>" album. The vocalist typically tries to cram as many words into as compact of a space as possible, often sounding like an irate middle aged man rambling incoherently over the music. Even when he's not as motormouthed, the vocals are belted out with little regard to how their timing or cadence fits the music. Unique, yes, but it makes it hard to listen to this conventionally and not just as a quirky novelty spin.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not going to dwell on the lyrics too much--I appreciate the straightforwardness despite it being Christian stuff and there being some dorky examples of metaphorical lyrics. Fundamentally it's not more preachy than some Sacred Reich or Nuclear Assault songs. Besides, if you're on this blog, you should be wearing your adult pants (unless you happened to be perusing the Lee Aaron post, in which case they might be off). The opening verse to "Innocent Eyes" is pretty hilarious though (lyrics include "Happy baby is being spoon-fed/Patted on the back and placed into bed"), especially since the underlying music sounds like something off of Anal Cunt's <i>Picnic of Love</i>. Oddly, they chose to put "(Time to mosh)" in the lyrics sheet at the end of a song dealing (rather mildly) with child exploitation (in the actual song, it's a rather un-rageworthy instrumental reprise).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From what I understand the band was formed by youth ministry members as a reaction against secular music, which isn't a big surprise. Compared to the other Christian crossover albums released in 1989, this is less aggressive and feels more contrived than The Lead (to be fair, the opening riff to "Kill the Dead" is by itself better than anything The Lead ever did) or The Crucified. Doesn't seem like those odd vocals did much good for them, although would things have been much different had they been swapped out? Who knows...just another weird tale of metal.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-48770640784506608532022-08-01T02:41:00.005-07:002022-09-21T04:27:03.883-07:00Bestial Lust (random metal musings)<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNTW3rX2yWnIlVmD9RqdGGvCINtMN8lhttAIq6tR6p2eKHf-2svEAUQw786aMEcWPzVnOzQvO4RBPDYRN_4bwyeBRwX60NmS1j-Kqs64iE5nyf6H6O-MObV7NB-8GisaR-9ZoRbsWEhQ8vDcBkh_j2KFQ8oHiyYMNPx7mt8Ii9UhzdoHKUKEGl1M2/s497/bathory.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="497" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNTW3rX2yWnIlVmD9RqdGGvCINtMN8lhttAIq6tR6p2eKHf-2svEAUQw786aMEcWPzVnOzQvO4RBPDYRN_4bwyeBRwX60NmS1j-Kqs64iE5nyf6H6O-MObV7NB-8GisaR-9ZoRbsWEhQ8vDcBkh_j2KFQ8oHiyYMNPx7mt8Ii9UhzdoHKUKEGl1M2/w400-h261/bathory.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><b>I can't wait for my sweet AliExpress t-shirt.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Recently found a copy of <i>The Return......</i> for $2. It's a particularly cheap-looking later CD version with uncrisp layout graphics, although I was happy that it had the original LP cover on the back, since my older disc only has a plain tracklist. I don't dislike it, but it's certainly my least favorite out of the first 3 Bathory albums, and even out of the first 5 depending on whether I'm in a <i>Blood Fire Death</i> mood or not.</p><p>A few vintage magazine reviews (mostly UK reviews, one of which I'm almost certain was from <i>Metal Forces</i>) referred to this as death metal. Certainly some of this had to do with the unfamiliar waters and nebulous boundaries of the embryonic extreme metal scene, so new as to lack much codification. But since the album is very bestial and even brutal in its approach, I wonder if it partially had to do with trying to describe them in a way that somewhat differentiated them from Venom (ironically, I think "Bestial Lust" is one of the purest examples of Venom worship ever done--if the English in the lyrics was cleaned up a bit and it had the <i>Black Metal</i> production, it would be a Venom track).</p><p>I'm far from the first to suggest the idea, but I don't really see <i>The Return......</i> mentioned much as a foundational influence for all of the bestial black/death and war metal stuff. I remember immediately thinking of aspects of the album's aura and production choices when I heard Bestial Warlust and Blasphemy for the first time, and even some in the Conqueror demo too. At the same time, I also hear production aspects and the relentless approach as an influence in a lot of the faster blastbeat ridden Scandinavian styled black metal (think all the <i>Panzer Division Marduk</i> and <i>Pure Holocaust</i> type stuff), only taken to an unfortunately monotonous extreme (also makes me wonder how much of an influence the second Bathory was on Von's <i>Satanic Blood</i>, since there's a certain trance-like monotony to the simplistic, compact songs, although there it's a positive aspect). </p><p>Coincidentally, one of my pet peeves with the album is the weak rerecording of "The Return of the Darkness and Evil." Yes, it has a faster tempo and more "brutal" approach, yet it lacks all the wonderful charismatic touches of the original like the drum intro and the ultra evil reverb drenched vocals. Applied on a much larger scale, these are the same reasons why a lot of the extreme metal scene kind of disinterested me after the late '80s and early '90s--like that new version of "The Return of the Darkness and Evil," it seemed more sterile. And less metal.</p>Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-80876805659594217652021-10-10T17:33:00.007-07:002021-11-17T05:52:07.553-08:00Females are Clueless About Metal, Vol. 4.<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84_q7Q5O0ixYxJLQgj2GdhtICrW21eKWv5uUHkzzxc_818p1AxarE6plVEBjKWZyuMCRojB_XQi9PbgQKU96a1FIjLx8_DN5ISc3PlvcXPGUbfZeNEomLxijoxHr6mRNm06Y5XOEk6MA/s527/clueless1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="527" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84_q7Q5O0ixYxJLQgj2GdhtICrW21eKWv5uUHkzzxc_818p1AxarE6plVEBjKWZyuMCRojB_XQi9PbgQKU96a1FIjLx8_DN5ISc3PlvcXPGUbfZeNEomLxijoxHr6mRNm06Y5XOEk6MA/s16000/clueless1.jpg" /></a></p><p></p><p>Maybe it's unwelcoming because you're kind of a dum dum?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk04JJIAg1_qnzVKLkvvNDxOxVJzZuCYdNWJ2KiKITdYWTL5T2PBE1AOFoU-zkbA0s8W4TYeEsDdDioca40ta_cf0TG9kZZ8Qgy8FB3asIvUZGAXthtt_4d2l_bKIuDUIE4Gd6tSpXpWY/s540/Image2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk04JJIAg1_qnzVKLkvvNDxOxVJzZuCYdNWJ2KiKITdYWTL5T2PBE1AOFoU-zkbA0s8W4TYeEsDdDioca40ta_cf0TG9kZZ8Qgy8FB3asIvUZGAXthtt_4d2l_bKIuDUIE4Gd6tSpXpWY/s16000/Image2.jpg" /></a></div>It seems like the, uh, research for this article was done by playing a game of telephone. Why not just copy/paste from the Wikipedia article on Mayhem?<div><br /></div><div>Also, if anyone is aware of any NSBM bands who actually wore SS uniforms and the like, please let me know so I can check them out! I'm only aware of bands either following fairly standard BM aesthetic tropes, or looking like football hooligans.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7alCFEuzUVZzL1n5Se3pBpmxzEfYLsCv_r23apHplxl3HpQ2n-tgUA9G3DNim6XHKYKZru7SmbVEszloqJ1LQQaNxPJ8Vnf9I2nr6OONObxopmhLem_N8cCgR1edAv1OIHbGwdjxCJMI/s738/Image3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="738" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7alCFEuzUVZzL1n5Se3pBpmxzEfYLsCv_r23apHplxl3HpQ2n-tgUA9G3DNim6XHKYKZru7SmbVEszloqJ1LQQaNxPJ8Vnf9I2nr6OONObxopmhLem_N8cCgR1edAv1OIHbGwdjxCJMI/w400-h159/Image3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Thankfully, her "music" and "journalism" endeavors seem to have ended a while ago.<div><br /></div><div>Archive of original article <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210506055018/https://bedfordandbowery.com/2017/04/how-a-pansexual-pervert-metal-band-ended-up-in-the-proud-boys-crosshairs/" target="_blank">here</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div>I will add I have no particularly strong opinions about Pink Mass. I remember before actually hearing them, they were often presented as some sort of war metal parody band, but in reality they primarily seem to be middling grindcore. Just throw on some Naked Whipper instead (or for superior aesthetics coupled with better music, Tsatthoggua or Shitfucker).</div>Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-55371916277722472282021-05-06T03:06:00.006-07:002023-07-29T21:19:17.148-07:00After the Fall from Grace<p>I've been aware of Savage Grace's reactivation, and while I don't really have any particular expectations, I do think it has the potential to be more interesting than the 2010 gigs considering Chris Logue will be on guitar again. I was web surfing earlier and what I was unfortunately not aware of is that THE SAVAGE GRACE WEBSITE IS FUCKING INSANE.</p><p>As a huge Savage Grace fan (well, at least of their '80s stuff<span style="color: red;">*</span>), I don't mean that in a smarmy SJW-esque way either. Despite me being terribly late on this, as soon as I saw some of the crazy shit on there, I knew I had to make a blog post. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MbxpvwgeQopmmUHP8_95EB-h1Tym21goS3kwwbFYWNIjJhPQSFEwxt8doawfTMskcTGuIIER_EhOil0KQ0jN9s8oJt5iw-tYoq5xnWIvhzECHwAPscl_rIMqhFfO0rw6z6qqqMDLuSY/s816/Image1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="51" data-original-width="816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MbxpvwgeQopmmUHP8_95EB-h1Tym21goS3kwwbFYWNIjJhPQSFEwxt8doawfTMskcTGuIIER_EhOil0KQ0jN9s8oJt5iw-tYoq5xnWIvhzECHwAPscl_rIMqhFfO0rw6z6qqqMDLuSY/s16000/Image1.jpg" /></a></div><p>Eh, as much as I love <i>Master of Disguise</i>--it's almost (but not quite<span style="color: red;">**</span>) neck and neck with <i>Skeptics Apocalypse</i> as my favorite US speed metal album--this is some terribly overzealous embellishment at best. I subscribe to what I think is a pretty standard view: Priest, Accept, and Anvil having early examples of individual speed metal tracks, and the Exciter debut being the first overall speed metal album. As for the US? Never really thought about it too much. I consider <i>The Dominatress</i> and the early SG stuff to be far more USPM than speed metal anyway. Perhaps the '82 Exodus demo, or the Abattoir or Sceptre demo stuff?</p><p>Then there's the book:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3IYvw9RplA8ArplgNB26VfNj1u8sFkIqlD213Yler9PZSSFxtkw2r4w2cTwqi_hyphenhyphenpgf4OiMcj-RpsNIG4hHy4kc_38_XsCo9c5Jnd8nBSd9qHFaLU7KbQjTIsxy4GZLx4X8FTOp-9dA/s470/Image1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="312" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3IYvw9RplA8ArplgNB26VfNj1u8sFkIqlD213Yler9PZSSFxtkw2r4w2cTwqi_hyphenhyphenpgf4OiMcj-RpsNIG4hHy4kc_38_XsCo9c5Jnd8nBSd9qHFaLU7KbQjTIsxy4GZLx4X8FTOp-9dA/s320/Image1.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This is a bit confusing, as the book is marketed for "men of honor and conviction"--isn't that kind of contradictory with that Ian Astbury looking cover? The "reviews" are fantastic and made me laugh in much the same way as I did when hearing the vocals in a certain Countess song for the first time. Alas, I doubt I'll be joining the affiliate program. The $19.95 price for a .pdf is a bit too steep, particularly since the site doesn't specifically mention if there's anything in there about Peter Knutson or Logue's <a href="https://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/08/ozone-therapy-homeopath-and-savage.html" target="_blank">illustrious medical career</a>. For that price I want several hundred pages of how the <i>Master of Disguise</i> cover was conceived and executed (and why they didn't get a, uh, perkier gal for the cover).<div><br /></div><div>Be sure to check out the photo gallery, lots of classic (and other) stuff. Considering anything semi-recent, probably the best classic metal bandsite photo gallery after Nasty Savage's.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPWT-YAwcZkluCx2HeTcylG-VNiAMYZJ5egjq2YmqhYQcDJhpubr3KVnluxmJXidTs6gNXOpCaAJb0HU_8OwrybbbNT-IGZho-GI5XnrB96NG-lJ0cb60-8A_3RT-Hcj_D_Ftl-Luaws/s1204/Image2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="1204" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPWT-YAwcZkluCx2HeTcylG-VNiAMYZJ5egjq2YmqhYQcDJhpubr3KVnluxmJXidTs6gNXOpCaAJb0HU_8OwrybbbNT-IGZho-GI5XnrB96NG-lJ0cb60-8A_3RT-Hcj_D_Ftl-Luaws/w640-h158/Image2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>I love it.</div><div><br /><p><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Crazy Saturday Night" is musically decent, but most of that lame early '90s hard rock shit they did makes me want to sing "HE'S THE JUDAS OF US ALL...BE-TRAYAAAAAAAH! BE-TRAYAAAAAAAH!"</span></p><p><span style="color: red;">**</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Don't feel bad. Cyriis was clearly a gift to metal from extraterrestrial forces.</span></p></div>Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-64070306448005117842021-04-30T20:24:00.004-07:002023-12-05T03:30:47.930-08:00And that band was called Hiroshima.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GMJmhhFdJH0" width="320" youtube-src-id="GMJmhhFdJH0"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzJjiDOdC5yvDTeAh7dPXZTgK4IAEZyxwnOy9bWfinuP8Yjs9K8wnn6reTO2dDWjYc4TybSk7USgjk2nbeVNsVHuCQAJ67M9yF7aSmLsmpAXylpBgvIcrEq5826l-llg3h8bSQqSYac4/s292/Image1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzJjiDOdC5yvDTeAh7dPXZTgK4IAEZyxwnOy9bWfinuP8Yjs9K8wnn6reTO2dDWjYc4TybSk7USgjk2nbeVNsVHuCQAJ67M9yF7aSmLsmpAXylpBgvIcrEq5826l-llg3h8bSQqSYac4/s0/Image1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzRaj4A1gs8xD5wV672nwGAvZQrDV8RvIYnMqo4zovT8AvK6Iq0fLqhg0lNUFTQz7RIfuojCCHcHBb6CBF4CA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>I suspect the majority of Priest fans worked backwards to the <i>Rocka Rolla</i> era from whatever their JP initiation was. Anachronistically, I started with it, as "Dying to Meet You" was the first track on <i>The Best of Judas Priest</i> with their Gull material. It was the first time I had ever really sat down and seriously listened to metal, let alone Priest. My young self had a very nebulous idea of metal based almost solely on aesthetics and mid '80s pop culture portrayals, and of course, like a dork, I had christened myself a fan before I had even really heard any actual music.<div><br /></div><div>Initially, I found "Dying to Meet You" very disappointing--it lacked the sizzle, the power, and the excitement I was expecting. It was very morose and lethargic compared to my preconceptions. I recall making some vague associations with whatever mental concept I had of old progressive rock at the time, but I'm sure that I had such limited grasp of genres and musical styles, the term really wouldn't have meant much to me. Were someone to tell me that's what heavy metal was, I would have moved on to something else. Then the galloping "hero, hero" part kicked in, everything clicked, and my destiny was set. And while I won't claim to have taken any particular notice of the drumming back then, John Hinch was still involved, in some small way, in things that set my life trajectory.</div><div><br /></div><div>The post title and audio clip<span style="color: red;">*</span> come from the John Hinch interview responses from the "Insight Series" versions of <i>The Best of Judas Priest</i>.<span style="color: red;">**</span> They're available to hear on YouTube. While Mr. Tipton is sadly not a fan, anyone interested in Gull-era Priest or the state of pre-NWOBHM British hard rock should give them a listen.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">UPDATE: Apparently it doesn't work, and I have even less interest in fixing technical issues with this blog than I do in technical death metal. Listen to the interview stuff and you'll figure out the clip.</span><br /><p><span style="color: red;">**</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">The expanded edition of the CD with the Hinch tracks holds the distinction of being one of only two CDs I've ever bought at a Wal-Mart (and which are the only times I've ever gotten music at a regular department store, in fact). Wondering what the other was, aren't you? The <i>Eternal Masters</i> Black Sabbath tribute with Cadaver and Cannibal Corpse.</span></p></div>Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-39579172876325794732021-04-22T22:22:00.001-07:002021-04-23T04:25:33.998-07:00Warfare, Noise<p>I recently came across this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RZ0LbPOPfL0" width="320" youtube-src-id="RZ0LbPOPfL0"></iframe></div><p>The visuals are obviously entertaining, but the music, not so much. This could use some overdubbing with something more thematically appropriate like Holocausto (speaking of which, I have yet to hear <i>Diário de Guerra</i> yet and don't have very high hopes for it, but the artwork is FUCKING KILLER. Reminds me of a Ghanaian movie poster version of the <i>Persecution Mania</i> cover).</p><p>In fact, there are a slew of high budget vids (I'm not going to bother linking them all):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jjPfxMkfmBY" width="320" youtube-src-id="jjPfxMkfmBY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qWIShAMimV8" width="320" youtube-src-id="qWIShAMimV8"></iframe></div><p>The corpsepainted Tommy Wiseau/Pete Sandoval hybrid is the father of the younger fellow, which makes total sense in context. Offhand I can't think of any examples of metal nepotism resulting in anything great, only things like a garbage Omen album. In addition to this, there are also vids for the duo's punk project and some extremely cheap looking short film stuff, which all seemingly exist to showcase the son's production, edting, and CG, uh, skills.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lPAxAz4o7xA" width="320" youtube-src-id="lPAxAz4o7xA"></iframe></div><p>While I wholeheartedly support the impalement of Fenriz, of course the great irony here is that pointlessly generic lo-fi black metal and dorky corpsepaint are themselves metal fads that desperately need to be summarily executed. This almost reminds me of how Beelzeebubth from Mystifier seemed staunchly traditionalist and against stereotypical Norwegian BM trends--very sensibly so--in past interviews, but rather than the nighttime Christ-abusing maniacs of the debut, his current bandmates look like a laughable appropriation of '90s Scandinavian BM aesthetics by middle-aged men.</p><p>I was pleasantly surprised to find that some of the older songs posted on YouTube are more listenable, with less ridiculous vocals and the semblance of something like actual drums. Sadly, the associated videos are far less visually exciting.</p><p>There's also a track which Metal-Archives claims is from 1991, long before the son was involved:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W6motBeFmKA" width="320" youtube-src-id="W6motBeFmKA"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>I don't think they should have expected a phone call from Cogumelo based on this, but as dismal black/death (with that endearingly sloppy soloing), it sounds right in line with the old Brazilian demo scene and is fairly enjoyable.<br />Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-23529609848576010932020-12-08T02:25:00.029-08:002023-01-16T23:54:51.749-08:00Lee Aaron - Two Masculine Names, One Mediocre Album<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07VdLqRdgczBhRAv4hYeDfExGvk1cq29M34NanL087KD2mLEVAg2SmlUa_zwF_o9wBucmftzUEC_JicT6tKjo6135JniFxal5J7kAiLvindIV9Y2hT-Pedkqd3PBYbLG2zWUQs5wDD3A/s1072/darktales.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="784" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07VdLqRdgczBhRAv4hYeDfExGvk1cq29M34NanL087KD2mLEVAg2SmlUa_zwF_o9wBucmftzUEC_JicT6tKjo6135JniFxal5J7kAiLvindIV9Y2hT-Pedkqd3PBYbLG2zWUQs5wDD3A/s320/darktales.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">I'm not going to comment on the pic, since Mses. Pesch and Greening aren't looking their best here, and besides, it's not like I would have turned down a sexual favor from either. However, if you were excited about Lee Aaron's inclusion over any of the other bands whose logos appear on the cover, you are a truly sick individual and should leave this blog immediately.</span></h4><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYpI5RgI7GuXbhMXz3zJxNxypA2lK8dtyOyCv7iCBzNLrNsqLKmhfsshyGuFCnyEJXhGAMDOuwpsHfXviGessG-Ua7fy1UcsbiTYzTFOd4XUT_PMs9sP8YdE5mB76MCJiGGkRL3UQTpw/s298/lee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYpI5RgI7GuXbhMXz3zJxNxypA2lK8dtyOyCv7iCBzNLrNsqLKmhfsshyGuFCnyEJXhGAMDOuwpsHfXviGessG-Ua7fy1UcsbiTYzTFOd4XUT_PMs9sP8YdE5mB76MCJiGGkRL3UQTpw/s0/lee.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br />One of my eventual plans for this blog is a regular feature based on brutally honest reviews of females in metal bands (particularly '80s), both in terms of looks and music (Spoiler alerts: Acid and Holy Moses are terribly overrated, one of the greatest female contributions to metal ever was done by a pop/rock songwriter under a pseudonym, and you're probably safe from <strike>valid criticism</strike> withering misogynist attacks if you're in a deathdoom band). This post could be considered somewhat of a precursor to that, except, well, <i>Metal Queen</i>...isn't very metal. Sure, there's some present, and given Lee's musical output both before and after, it's surprisingly heavy at times. But I suspect those who overpraise this and take the album title literally are more likely to consider Helix and Kick Axe to be classic '80s Canadian metal than Exciter and Anvil.<br /><br />I never thought of Lee Aaron as a world-class beauty, but she was attractive in her 20s, and certainly hotter than most females associated with rock music. It could be argued that Lee's topless photos for <i>Oui</i> are more interesting than her music ever was, but given her smallish tits and severely overdone hair/makeup, I never found them all that titillating. Unfortunately, she remained clothed in later pictures with less exaggerated coifs, although she still had a penchant for odd photoshoots--posing with truck exhaust stacks, wielding a crowbar, and of course the whole <i>Metal Queen</i> budget barbarian thing.<br /><br />The album's guitar sound may lean towards the heavy--yet polished--side, but there are only two actual metal tracks on <i>Metal Queen</i>. The solemn intro and epic aspirations of the title track initially point to Dio, although it clearly also wants to be a simplistic, catchy Twisted Sister/Quiet Riot-type anthem (complete with gang vocals in the chorus). The solo section is genuinely great, and I also hear some Thor undercurrents in the main riff--with some minor tweaking, it wouldn't sound terribly out of place on <i>Only the Strong</i>. "Deceiver" is the album's speedy tune; it opens like Loudness circa '85 and then settles into the Priest veneration typical of the heavier strain of '80s mainstream metal. <br /><br />As for the rest of the album, well, "Lady of the Darkest Night" is pretty catchy, and "Steal Away Your Love" is notable <strike>for its valuable information on dealing with rapists</strike> since Lee <i>really</i> sounds like Leather Leone at some points. The rest is rather unspectacular chorus-driven hard rock. "Shake It Up" is a upbeat, goofy rocker that seems to take a mildly anti-disco lyrical stance. The Cars' song of the same name is far more menacing. The exceedingly corny "We Will Be Rockin'" may as well be titled "C'mon Rawkers Let's Rawk."<div><br />Lee would have been quite a formidable female metal vocalist had she had consistently heavy stuff to sing on. She reminds me of Jan Melanson from the first Reckless album (ironically, another Canadian release that typically has its metalness greatly exaggerated) mixed with Ann Boelyn and Leather Leone (though not quite as gritty and husky as either).<br /><br />The two metal songs are solid quality-wise (PROTIP: get the Australian promo 7" if you want all killer, no filler) and I wouldn't hesitate to throw them on for some occasional variety. They were never in the running as contenders for truly great metal songs, though--female-fronted or otherwise.<br /><br />Finally, the video of the title track:<div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0TXQaGt9j8U" width="320" youtube-src-id="0TXQaGt9j8U"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The monk being set ablaze by the sort of flame-spewing prop you'd see at the end of a monster truck show is pretty neat, but the laughable green laser effect almost immediately negates it. A certain level of schlockiness should be expected and even welcomed with any larger budget '80s videos, but this is frankly just C-grade shit compared to videos such as "Holy Diver," "Last in Line," or "Fear No Evil."</div></div>Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-57799164524060638502020-12-05T03:51:00.014-08:002020-12-07T03:27:17.726-08:00AMON GUITARIST ASSAULTS DRUNKEN RAPE ROCKER<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Tyg1VLRBvs" width="320" youtube-src-id="1Tyg1VLRBvs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Here's the full Deicide set; Duce appears during "Carnage in the Temple of the Damned" at 18:51:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0WvnVYaKTUU" width="320" youtube-src-id="0WvnVYaKTUU"></iframe></div><p>Never seen Glen address this incident. I would assume it was a non-event for him, but he definitely seems like someone who would have appreciated the Mentors. On the other hand, I get the impression that the Hoffman brothers tend to be the humorless sort (although really, how true can that be if you allow someone named Jechael in your band?).</p><p>Of course, this wasn't the only Deicide-related drama during the '92 Metalfest--according to Ted Kirkpatrick, Deicide threatened not to play if Tourniquet wasn't knocked off the bill. Yeah, in theory it's kind of lame, but it's hard to be sympathetic given Tourniquet's output after their first three albums. Tourniquet wasn't the only no-show listed on the flyer, as Cirith Ungol had dissolved months before the fest; if I remember correctly, they were still listed on Metalfest promotional material for a deceptively long time.</p><p>The rising popularity of death metal combined with pay-to-play logistics and overstuffed band lineups made the 1992 iteration feel like an oddly transitional fest even before multi-stage antics. Previous Metalfest rosters were largely thrash dominated and unerringly metal-focused for the most part, aside from weird genre-nebulous outliers (Last Crack) and the smattering of more HC/punk-associated bands (yeah yeah, I guess Ludichrist, '88 Cro-Mags, Impulse Manslaughter, etc. are defensible enough, but if you're the type of oddball who would prefer seeing Murphy's Law over a New Renaissance Rec. signee, why are you even here?). By 1992, the focus was clearly on death metal, although as the musical extremity increased, so did the amount of non-metal acts. The plot gradually shifted to a largely death metal fest with some odd shit added; by the mid '90s, it seemed less like a decent metal festival and more like a gauntlet of numerous opening sets to be endured in order to catch Venom, Sodom, Exodus, or some semi-interesting mid-tier band. I skipped on the final years, and while the lineups concentrated heavily on death and black metal, the bands were largely mediocre, either from their inception or through hanging around past their primes long enough to wear out their welcome (on the plus side, it seems like the overtly non-metal stuff was toned down, or at least seemed more diluted due to the huge volume of bands).</p><p>I didn't intend for this to be a general Milwaukee Metalfest post, but I wanted to get some thoughts down, as unfortunately I don't anticipate scraping together enough material for a separate dedicated post. A reason for this is the lack of documentation--even after a few minutes of searching, I found nothing online about UFO's ridiculous 1995 soundcheck and the ensuing clusterfuck. I feel reasonably certain Michael Angelo Batio played a quad guitar one year, but that also yielded nothing (was it ever documented by a primitive Geocities or Angelfire site that has been lost to time, or was it merely a Nitro-induced fever dream in my mind?). </p><p>They may not be able to carry a post on their own, but witnessing Cronos' neat stripey pants and that weird version of Destruction fronted by the alternative rock-looking guy are metal memories to cherish and enjoy nonetheless.</p>Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-11521022546234087022020-03-28T03:03:00.002-07:002022-12-01T17:06:42.290-08:00Commercial Metal, Vol. 10 (part 2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WFP1NPlflCo" width="320" youtube-src-id="WFP1NPlflCo"></iframe></div><br />
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Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-1887556817148765612019-09-12T07:38:00.001-07:002019-09-12T07:38:27.934-07:00Of the Ephemeral<div>
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Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-47129821765528371592019-08-10T19:39:00.002-07:002020-01-09T21:01:18.366-08:00Because There's No Shame in Reusing a Good Idea, Vol. 4 - Hellfire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So back <strike>In a Time of Blood and Fire</strike> in the mid-late '90s, during that first retro-thrash wave, two of the Nocturnal Rites guys (rendered nearly unidentifiable thanks to thrashpervert mustaches) decided to worship <i>Endless Pain</i> musically. Exactly why isn't a tale of mystery requiring much imagination--OLD KREATOR IS OBVIOUSLY KILLER. While there are plenty of Kreator influences--particularly vocally--abound in death/thrash and more violent strains of thrash, I can't think of that many examples of truly focused and undiluted classic Kreator emulation.<span style="color: red;">*</span> And as far as bands paying homage to the debut in any significant way? Only the Guillotine demo and debut album come to mind; <i>Under the Guillotine</i> also personally ranks as my favorite retro-thrash album and ties for my favorite Necropolis Rec. release.<span style="color: red;">**</span><br />
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Typically when music is tagged as "Kreator worship," it's a gross exaggeration. Most often it seems to be used as a cheap marketing tactic to compare (usually far lesser) recordings to <i>Pleasure to Kill</i>, but it's also fairly common to see anything remotely thrashy with raspy vocals get a Kreator comparison. Guillotine have something in their favor though:<br />
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Yes, the main reason this is so <i>Endless Pain</i> sounding is--suprise, suprise--a good deal of the material is based on slightly changed <i>Endless Pain</i> riffs and chord patterns. "Executioner" is clearly derived from "Living in Fear," "Leprosy" from "Tormentor," and "Guillotine" from "Bone Breaker." The individual song homages are kind of dispensed with by the middle of the album (though the chorus of "Total Mayhem" definitely evokes "Pleasure to Kill"<span style="color: red;">***</span>), and instead there are multiple variations on [Kreator's] "Tormentor" mixed with slightly broader Teutonic thrash influences.<br />
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As much as these tracks sound like debut-era Kreator, Guillotine doesn't quite emulate the entire <i>Endless Pain</i> album as a whole. Unfortunately, there's no attempt at Ventor-style caveman vocals, and while Spider's snarling vocals work just fine, they aren't particularly Mille sounding, either. There are also sadly no Guillotine equivalents for some of the more speed metal-influenced songs such as "Son of Evil" or "Cry War." <i>Under the Guillotine</i> is tighter and more streamlined than <i>Endless Pain </i>and vicious in its own way, but also less barbaric. There's a wonderful atmosphere of embryonic extreme metal savagery to the Kreator debut; it's not quite as untight as early Sodom or some of the South American stuff, but there are definite moments where the band seem to be about to go off the rails. Frankly, Guillotine is a bit too musically proficient to really replicate that effectively.<br />
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In most cases, clone bands are good at mimicking the sound and style of the target band, but end up writing far more mediocre (or worse) material. I'm not going to pretend Guillotine are always fully on par with old Kreator, but simply dismissing them due to unoriginality is to overlook some fine thrash. They are especially good at coming up with killer choruses ("Violence," "Night Stalker"), and Guillotine's own "Tormentor" is a surprisingly great non-'80s addition to the songtitle's legacy.<br />
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As if having a whole album of old Kreator sounding tracks wasn't enough, the '80s veneration even extends to the CD layout and disc face. The Grim Reaper on the cover could have easily adorned a volume of <i>Metal Massacre</i>, the inner booklet tracklisting looks like it came straight off a cheapo LaserLight CD, and there is a page dedicated to CD care and handling instructions (thoughtfully provided in several languages). REMEMBER TO USE A CLEAN CLOTH AND WIPE FROM CENTER TO EDGE. Unfortunately, the Necropolis website/email info on the back ruin what is otherwise an impeccably done retro layout.<br />
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As with the whole Scandinavian '90s retrothrash movement as a whole, the album seems to be a bit divisive. I can understand decrying its pure unoriginality to certain extent, but then again, that's the entire point, and hardly a quality indicator. Amusingly, <a href="https://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/Albums-EPs-Demos/G/GUILLOTINE--1499.html" target="_blank">the band name alone is apparently quite triggering</a>. I'm also confused as to why <a href="https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Bestial_Desecration/20156" target="_blank">sloppy lo-fi Destruction emulation is acceptable</a> but Kreator emulation is not, or how someone sober could conclude Desekrator's <i>Metal for Demons</i> is a superior album. Perhaps these people don't like old Kreator, which is a concept I have trouble grasping. For the record, I've never been particularly bothered by musical emulators, clones, homages, or ripoffs, as long as the results were good. There are exceptions, of course, but I feel there's a lot more good metal coming from bands trying to emulate old sounds and aesthetics than from bands trying to be "original" and push boundaries. I am far more interested in enjoying a quality listening experience than broadening my musical horizons.<br />
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Yep, I <i>finally</i> got around to watching the Anvil documentary (much like the official Treblinka boxsets, better late than never!). I enjoyed it for what it is, but it wouldn't rank among my top movie-watching experiences, so forget about a formal review. It being about Anvil is a bit of a double-edged sword--certainly, I was positively predisposed towards the film just from liking their music. On the other hand, it doesn't go into much depth about the band or their history, and it's not a metal documentary per se; it's obviously framed as a human-interest documentary about two aging bandmates trying to persevere. Clearly the intent was to appeal to a much wider demographic than metal fans, which is no issue in itself.</div>
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It's hard for me not to be cynical about the portrayal of the band's situation. A major narrative here is the little guy--er, band--overcoming the odds and succeeding, but the documentary makes Lips and Robb seem like overexaggerated underdogs. Now, I'm not privy to their record sales or their post-Attic relationships with labels and management, but they were consistently releasing albums (and licensing foreign pressings<span style="color: red;">*</span>) on established labels, so clearly things were not as dire as they're made out to be in the film. Perhaps they were not getting the visibility and recognition they desired, but there were bands far worse-off and/or crippled by obscurity than Anvil. They wrote songs about the value of autonomy and not succumbing to trends, so it's difficult to believe they were that naive about the state of metal and the music industry 15+ years after having any significant commercial attention. I realize Sacha Gervasi had to create a compelling story for viewers whose prior knowledge of Anvil was nonexistent, so a lot of a the footage maximizes sympathy for the band out of not-that-uncommon band situations such as low gig turnout or label rejection letters. Maybe it's the film, maybe it's his stubborn doggedness, maybe it's a mixture of both, but Lips unfortunately comes off as a bit oblivious and Spın̈al Tappish.</div>
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I wonder if the film really had that much of a lasting impact on the band's status. I remember the expected temporary spike in interest back when it was released, but the band appear to have been too heavy and cartoonishly lewd for even the VH1 Classic/<i>Heavy Metal Parking Lot-</i>20-years-later demographic. I've personally never met or heard of anyone who became a fan of Anvil (or metal in general) just from watching the film; several non-metal fans have told me they really liked the documentary and people in it--but not the band's actual music. It seemed to me like <i>Juggernaut of Justice</i> had a higher profile upon release than any of their albums since the '80s (though that impression largely comes from all those advance 2-song CD-singles ending up in the sale bins), and around 2010, one of my local record stores suddenly stocked copies of the <i>Metal on Metal </i>reissue. Perhaps the visibility helped them get a Japanese licensing deal again, as coincidentally <i>This is Thirteen</i> and subsequent albums have all had Japanese pressings (the previous 3 did not).</div>
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Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-19513834377369756032018-12-04T04:25:00.002-08:002019-04-13T16:58:42.312-07:00Scott Ian - Swearing Words in Glasgow DVD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Q&A yields some okay material, but there are a lot of predictable softball questions about Jeff Hanneman's then-recent death, Anthrax's <i>Married... with Children </i>appearance, and the biggest asshole he's dealt with in the music biz (Blackie Lawless). No questions about stagediving senior citizens in Bochum or what he thought about Belladonna's solo albums, though. Unsurprisingly, these came from a pretty dumb looking audience--the entire front row looked to be geeky casual metal "fan" detritus who never went beyond fellating the big four (or whatever the UK equivalent of the average Ozzfest attendee/Hot Topic customer is). Alas, not a Holocaust shirt to be seen.</div>
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This is one of those times.Heavy Metal Perverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09141728040173872920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653057318291941621.post-19572970812538593252018-01-26T21:07:00.006-08:002023-10-06T17:21:27.532-07:00Whereabouts of: The Ultimate Revenge interviewers & Major MayhemLook, let's not pretend otherwise--<i>The Ultimate Revenge </i>"Whereabouts of:" posts I'm aching to do are for the most colorful characters from the crowd scene. If some breakthrough happens, great, but I'm also realistic--how do you verify any information on homeless black dude, tit-flashing two-tone hair glam slut, or "UPSTATE MUTHAFUCKAH!" guy easily? Their few seconds of VHS fame continue to amuse and entertain, but perhaps they're forever doomed to anonymous obscurity.<br />
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Yep, the Slayer interviewer with the leathervest. I remember looking him up randomly years ago, and the infamous Slayer interview was actually mentioned among his journalistic exploits on some sort of now-defunct bio or resume page. Although originally from New Jersey, he moved to Colorado--sadly, I doubt it had anything to do with being closer to Jag Panzer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Update:</b> I've edited the post a bit--previously, the only metal-related info I had on him was a Facebook post he wrote about Fast Eddie Clarke's passing and how he liked Motörhead in his youth. Social media reveals that he still goes to Anvil concerts and has been known to occasionally sport a Slayer eagle logo tee, so he's a good egg in my book. Thanks for defending the faith!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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As it turns out, Paul Aaronson was just the sales manager at Important/Relativity. Deep down, that's even what I expected; it's the most logical cost cutting measure--<i>who better budgetwise to do it than an employee?</i>--but it's still anticlimactic to find out it wasn't a metal superfan or a kooky DJ/voice-over guy or some Zazula-type character. </div>
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Apparently he now owns Solid Sender Records, which seems to be a brick-and-mortar place ( doesn't seem to specialize in metal, unfortunately), although all the info I could find online was about him as a dealer at NY area record fairs. I fantasized for a couple seconds about going to one, finding him, and shouting quotes at him in the voice ("OH MY GOD, SO HIDEOUS, EVEN I DON'T GET TOO NEAR THEM!") until realizing I'd probably be forcibly ejected from the hotel conference room or VFW Hall or wherever. The walk of shame past gawking vendors and their milk crates full of overpriced LPs doesn't bother me so much--I'd throw out one last "RIDE WITH THESE GUYS, AND THE DEVIL IS YOUR CO-PILOT!" for good measure--as losing an admission fee better spent on bargain bin death metal. Oh yeah, Paul apparently met Quorthon during his promotional visit to NYC for the first Bathory album. Quite enviable.</div>
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<i>Video Underground</i> (based out of Lansing, MI) did a series of, uh, interviews with Michigan Deathfest III bands, which fortunately were put up on YouTube for posterity. No doubt you will notice some recurring themes with the, uh, host.<br />
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<b>Gorguts</b> - In hindsight, the severe lineup changes and mention of a new sound should have been huge warning indicators for terrible things to come. The band even seemed fine at the fest--Luc sported a desleeved Ripping Corpse tee, with no clear signs of nonsensical avant-gardeness to be seen.<br />
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<b>Coat Hanger</b> - Never heard them, and I don't think these guys ever released anything. The super-young drummer angle is interesting for about 5 seconds until you realize the Deathkids kid was even younger on their first CD (and also had the advantage of a dad who looked like Glen Benton). Plus, wasn't Andy Galeon like 11 when he played on the first Death Angel demo? Anyway, of course I wanted to find out what became of the precocious youngster in the video, one Uriah Baker; he looks like a meth addict now, which is probably beneficial since he plays in a band of the "hobocore" genre.<br />
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<b>Fourth Kingdom</b> - One demo and done. Good DM but not as interesting as drummer Dion Leal's previous thrash band Infect. I'm shamelessly namedropping them in hopes that a chain reaction will be started that leads to a CD reissue of their demos.<br />
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HOLYSHIT! THE DEICIDE PRONUNCIATION SHIRT! SWEET!<br />
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Never heard this incarnation of the band; liked the Disgust demo, though.<br />
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Admittedly, the vampire fangs and onstage infant sacrifice conjure up much worse expectations than the decent-but-generic DM their sole demo ends up being. I found it amusing that the demo title and cover hint at stronger evil/anti-Christian themes than the tape ends up having--the first 3 songs are about Clive Barker's <i>Night Breed</i>, getting tattooed (yep, really), and Jeffrey Dahmer respectively. A couple riffs and "The Summoning" interlude track may have been attempts at an Acheron type vibe (that fall quite a bit short), but that could just be wishful thinking on my part.<br />
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Much better slow. Wish they had scrapped the more straightforward DM stuff and gone 100% death/doom. Surprised <i>Massacre...</i> hasn't been put on CD yet amidst all the reissue mania.</div>
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<b>Dysphoria</b> - The bald fellow trying desperately to be more annoying than Ray and succeeding wonderfully is a younger Nick Hernandez of Kommandant/Stone Magnum fame. You can see the early flair for overblown theatrics that worked well when he was in Kommandant, but he doesn't have the podium, suspenders, or spiffy jackboot uniform here, so it's mostly corny.</div>
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<b>Subconscious</b> - Several years prior to anally raping Mary and shitting in the mouth of Christ, Lord Typhus was the unassuming death metal bassist you see here on the left. JL America stopped putting out releases in '94, so unfortunately the compilation mentioned in the vid never happened.</div>
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<b>Exhumed</b> - Not to be confused with the east coast Exhumed or the "other" California Exhumed that released the <i>Severely Rotted Dead</i> demo, this is apparently a 4th US Exhumed from Michigan. I've never seen or heard of them apart from this vid, and they don't seem to have released anything.</div>
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