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Blitzkrieg #4: Hell’s Human Remains vs. Sir Laurence Olivier’s Richard III
I have some pretty strange thoughts while listening to metal. I try to share as many of them as I can here at THKD. I often wonder if anyone else has a thought process that is even remotely similar,...
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Blitzkrieg #6: Metal’s Cult of Regression
I’m tired of metal nostalgia. I’m tired of new bands trying so hard (and often failing miserably) to sound and look like old bands. I’m especially tired of seeing two of my favorite bands, Mercyful...
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Blitzkrieg #8: Oooh Baby I Like it Raw (from the Trashmen to Transilvanian...
In a recent conversation about music, my wife pointed out that I tend to gravitate towards stuff that is very raw and simplistic. I believe “garagey” was the term she used. She’s absolutely right. I...
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I fucking love Motörhead and so should you.
I’m pretty sure I first heard Motörhead via Headbanger’s Ball, around the time of the March or Die and Bastards albums. I distinctly remember the video for “Hellraiser” from March or Die making quite...
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RIP Clive Burr (1957 – 2013)
Clive Burr joined Iron Maiden in 1979 and went on to play drums on three of the best and most influential albums in the history of heavy metal: Iron Maiden, Killers and of course the godly Number of...
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Where’s THE RIFF?!
I’ll be thirty-four this year; just short of halfway to forty. But I’ve never felt like I was getting older as a metalhead until recently. It occurred to me a few weeks ago when I was attempting to...
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That (Fucking Awful) Metal Show and how to fix it.
Somehow, VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show has been running for twelve(!) seasons. If you haven’t seen this show, let me give you a brief rundown: two horrifically unfunny comedians (Don Jamieson and Jim...
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Venom – From the Very Depths (Spinefarm, 2015)
Yes friends, I realize that hating on any Venom album that isn’t Welcome to Hell, Black Metal or At War with Satan is the cool kid thing to do. But, I’ve never been one of the cool kids, and as such...
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