Let’s talk perfection. Let’s talk Danzig’s second album Lucifuge. Of its 11 tracks, an amazing 10 are pure perfection, and the remaining one track – Pain In The World – is “just” pretty damn awesome. Regardless of what you think … Continue reading From the Vaults #9: Lucifuge
When someone my age listens to The Ink Spots, an all-black US vocal group who had their heyday in the 1940’s, one can relatively safely assume they are also a fan of the Fallout video game franchise. And yes indeed, … Continue reading From the Vaults #8: The Best Of The Ink Spots
Back in the late 90’s, when I started getting into extreme metal, a significant method to discover new acts was to peruse through the catalogues and ads in various magazines. Metal Hammer was essentially worth fuck all and our local … Continue reading From the Vaults #7: Apokalypse & Origo Regium 1993-1994
As with most people my age into metal, Iron Maiden was one of the very first bands I started listening to. However, this was in the mid-90’s, and their most recent album then was X Factor, so my introduction to … Continue reading From the Vaults #6: The Best Of Bruce Dickinson
Black Sabbath’s Technical Ecstasy is a document of a band losing its way, lost in a maze of fame, success and above all: drugs. Already their previous album, 1975’s Sabotage started showing some serious cracks in the mirror, but on … Continue reading From the Vaults #5: Technical Ecstasy
Do you remember the first CD you ever bought? Do you remember when it was? I certainly remember mine. It was Babylon Zoo’s The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes, in the summer of 1996. Our family had just bought our … Continue reading From the Vaults #4: Dehumanizer
I didn’t use to like punk. It was – well, I don’t know what it was. Too snotty? Too crude? Probably it just wasn’t metal, which was why I didn’t like it when I was younger. That despite the fact … Continue reading From the Vaults #3: Bad Brains
For those growing up and getting into extreme metal now, in the age of streaming services and much of all recorded music ever published being available anywhere, at any time from a mobile device in yer pocket, the 90’s probably … Continue reading From the Vaults #2: Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
“Synnyin tappamaan/Aiheuttamaan tuhoa/Tuottamaan tuskaa/moderni messias” So begins Vitutuksen multihuipennus, the first track proper of Finnish black metal act Impaled Nazarene’s third album Suomi Finland Perkele from 1994. And to me, like many kids of my age, it was my introduction … Continue reading From the Vaults #1: Suomi Finland Perkele
Only Death Is Real 