Author Archives: Old Disgruntled Bastard

Medieval Steel

Posted on August 30, 2018

“Beyond the sands of time, in the realm of the mind, there is a land where life and death are ruled by steel.” Of gigantic mirth and gigantic melancholy, Medieval Steel‘s eponymous song is the finest they ever wrote. It … Continue reading →

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Living in a neurotic world

Posted on August 28, 2018

How does one keep their wits about in a neurotic world? All lives have their troubles, but it seems to me that the notion of suffering in solitude, with grace and dignity, has gone entirely out of fashion. Instead of … Continue reading →

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Condemner – Burning The Decadent (2018)

Posted on August 26, 2018

Condemner – Burning The Decadent Condemner return from a brief hiatus with a debut full length that tries to balance the chromatic progressiveness of Omens Of Perdition with the insistent simplicity and brutality of American bands like Embalmer, Cardiac Arrest, and … Continue reading →

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Magnum Itiner Interius – Interspaceframe (2018)

Posted on August 23, 2018

Magnum Itiner Interius – Interspaceframe Interspaceframe is The Chasm frontman Daniel Corchado’s first real exploration of a non-metal medium. The textures found on this recording share much in common with Vangelis, Brian Eno‘s Apollo recordings, Carbon Based Lifeforms, and 80s … Continue reading →

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Into Oblivion – Paragon (2018)

Posted on August 16, 2018

Into Oblivion – Paragon The death that lurks within is the war that sets you free – Beyond The Golden Throne Paolo Girardi’s depiction of a bustling portside city from Roman times, complete with Doric-Tuscan facades and triremes, instantly and … Continue reading →

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Farewell, Mark Shelton

Posted on August 10, 2018

Like so many before him, Mark Shelton has passed on. As we grow older, they whose music we admired, whose ideal we saw fit to emulate in whatever meagre way we could, drift off into that great and final sunset … Continue reading →

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Nocturnal Graves – Titan (2018)

Posted on June 30, 2018

Nocturnal Graves‘ move to Season Of Mist and their subsequent change of style to a more sinister and restrained blackened death might make many cautious. A scroll down the label’s current roster reveals genre epithets like “post”, “sludge”, “progressive”, and … Continue reading →

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Morgengrau – Blood Oracle (2018)

Posted on June 26, 2018

Morgengrau – Blood Oracle Morgengrau play a scene-setting brand of death metal on Blood Oracle; here premises are introduced, developed, and concluded with logic and visceral intent. Debut Extrinsic Pathway was held back by frequent recourse to speed metal technique … Continue reading →

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Pseudogod – Deathwomb Catechesis (2012)

Posted on June 22, 2018

[Condemner main songwriter Paul Bacque has an alternate take on Pseudogod’s notorious debut full length ‘Deathwomb Catechesis’] There’s a certain class of album that has to appear simplistic and off the cuff, even if it really isn’t, in order to … Continue reading →

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Is metal unique to a specific culture?

Posted on June 22, 2018

One of the chief thrusts of Oswald Spengler’s magisterial Decline Of The West is that all cultures are unique entities unto themselves, representative of the equally unique, racial constitution of the individuals comprising those cultures. This uniqueness is seen in … Continue reading →

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