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The Exile of Satan from Heavy Metal Design: the art of Seldon Hunt, Stephen O’Malley & Aaron Turner

Posted on Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Sunn O))) Monolith's & Dimensions Cover

Those “heavy metal” bands that debuted during that first palmy MTV generation sound like nontoxic pop compared to today’s vast offerings of subaltern metal genres, where intricate is the new heavy, and glacially slow is far more radical than hyperfast. Metal has evolved in such diverse directions—drawing from and crossing over with punk, math rock, noise, and avant-garde musical threads—that perhaps the real surprise is how audiences who never thought of themselves as metalheads are now exploring bands with names like Baroness, Gojira, Isis, and SUNN O))).

Read more at The Exile of Satan from Heavy Metal Design.

Tags: aaron turner, Seldon Hunt, Stephen O'Malley
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Thorr’s Hammer Reunion confirmed for Tom Warrior’s Only Death is Real

Posted on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The recently reunited Thorr’s Hammer will be playing Tom Warrior’s Only Death Is Real at Roadburn 2010, set to be held on Friday, April 16th. Having witnessed some downright incredible events in music this year, the recent Thorr’s Hammer reunion gigs at Birmingham’s own Supersonic Festival and London were among ...read more