Spheres of Madness
>Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past.[^burnt] [^burnt]:[T.S. Elliot's Burnt Norton, (No. 1 of 'Four...
View ArticleBraided Metal v2
This is an old version of the essay, see the polished piece >Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past.[^burnt] [^burnt]:[T.S....
View ArticleInner Fire (Thread 4 of Metal Manifesto)
One metal cliché I find hard to subvert is In what capacity do the blue-collar jobless and I, a rich suburban college kid, find emotional common ground? If metal is the realm of the frustrated, angry,...
View ArticleInner Peace Through METAL (early draft)
NOTE: This is an early draft of this essay >heav•y |ˈhevē| adjective ( __heav•i•er , heav•i•est__ ) 1. of great weight; • (of a class of thing) large of its kind : heavy artillery. • weighed down;...
View Article100 Words towards a definition of Metal
Components: Guitar, Strings, Pickup, Amplifier, Electricity (lots), Bass Drum x2, Snare Drum, Hi-Hat, Crash, Drum Sticks, Metronome, Bass Guitar, Strings, Pickup, Amplifier, Ear, Brain. Optional, but...
View ArticleREVIEW: “Vale” by Orden Ogan
Given the 12 years it took Orden Ogan to release two full-length albums (their first, “Tesimonium A.D.” landed in 2004), the maturity of their sophomoric release, “Vale” is only slightly less...
View ArticleInner Peace Through Metal [Revisited]
>Black is the night, metal we fight Power amps set to explode Energy screams, magic and dreams Satan records the first note. –VENOM, “Black Metal” (_Black Metal_, 1982) >When metal is viewed...
View Article62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi is no ordinary heavy metal rocker.
62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi is no ordinary heavy metal rocker.
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Foucault is METAL
A hilarious bit from a conversation with a friend about Foucault being a badass and post-modernism (whatever that is): Jack: I like postmodernism, but I usually take the radical end out and think it...
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Metal Mashup 2: Al Son del Bodom Beach Boom (Children of Bodom vs. Daddy Yankee)
This is an interesting mix of some classic melodic thrashy death metal with rrrreggaeton! Children of Bodom – Bodom Beach Terror Daddy Yankee feat. Miguelito – Al Son Del Boom (El Heredero)...
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