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Retrospective: Alice Cooper’s Love It To Death (1971)

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Old Disgruntled Bastard

Love It To Death saw the original Alice Cooper band emerging from the psychedelic haze of their first two albums. Under the stewardship of soon-to-be-famed producer Bob Ezrin, the band reined in their free-form tendencies in favor of a sharper, … Continue reading →

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Retrospective: Abigor – Opus IV (1996)

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Old Disgruntled Bastard

A stylistic example of shredding, ripping, lacerating 90s black metal, Abigor‘s Opus IV is a descent into veritable snowblinded madness. A challenging listen not in the sense of later Abigor works where threads of narrative development get arrogantly upended just … Continue reading →

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Abhomine – Proselyte Parasite Plague (2020)

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Old Disgruntled Bastard

Pete Helmkamp continues to snarl and rave on the latest Abhomine. His interests have always veered towards more minimalistic expressions of brutality compared to his former bandmate in Order From Chaos, Chuck Keller. Accordingly, Proselyte Parasite Plague shares the fuzzed-out … Continue reading →

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Save the cowbell, Don’t Fear The Reaper is a gothic classic

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Old Disgruntled Bastard

All our times have comeHere but now they’re goneSeasons don’t fear the reaperNor do the wind, the sun or the rainWe can be like they areDon’t fear the reaper ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper‘ is the most well-known song from Blue … Continue reading →

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Regarde Les Hommes Tomber discography review

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Old Disgruntled Bastard

Regarde les Hommes Tomber are the kind of band for which the parking-lot drinking session before going in to watch the headliner was invented: post-hardcore screamo with a djent tone on their self-titled debut, then incorporating more drone on the … Continue reading →

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Retrospective: Afterlife – Surreality (1992)

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Old Disgruntled Bastard

Afterlife was yet another in a slew of death metal bands from the American Midwest of the early 90s specializing in an eccentric, DIY aesthetic. In stark contrast with the more renowned and professional sounding music from the coasts, these … Continue reading →

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Living in a neurotic world

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Old Disgruntled Bastard

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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Farewell, Mark Shelton

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Old Disgruntled Bastard

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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Suffocation discography overview: post-reunion

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Old Disgruntled Bastard

Suffocation‘s albums since their reunion in 2003 have seen the band rein in the speed of their youth for a more simmering style. Mike Smith returned and then left again, while Guy Marchais and Derek Boyer consolidated their positions on … Continue reading →

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Pending resolutions

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Old Disgruntled Bastard

Aside from a musician’s technical-theoretical knowledge, the notes he chooses to play also reveal information about his motives and general mental character. Music of a populist nature opts for more instantaneously gratifying note choices; meaning any micro-movement, be it a … Continue reading →

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