Benjamin J. Penwell

I thought about reading it a while back out of curiosity but I don’t want Varg to have any of my money and I couldn’t find a used copy. Sounds like I didn’t miss much.

What a terrible comment section

Out of the last 7 presidents only 3 of them have had major cognitive impairment so we’re doing pretty well

I’ve been into vinyl and cassettes since the mid 2000s and I never thought my CD nostalgia should come back but I’m feeling the urge to buy some CDs.

Corporate algorithms can be useful but relying on them for all of your new music discovery leads to endless sameness and mediocrity because that’s what they’re designed for.

Black Label Society and Sons of Anarchy occupy the exact same cultural space.

I grew up in Oregon so I had that stuff around me as I was getting into extreme metal and I miss being out there. I moved to Boston and then Chicago and a lot of really cool bands out there are small and just do west coast tours.

It’s definitely narrow in focus but like you said it’s an amazing collector’s item.

Cascadian Black Metal is so good and it makes me genuinely proud to be from the PNW

I remember checking this out from the library years ago and I’ve been meaning to buy it ever since but just haven’t. Maybe today’s the day!

Every time someone refers to music as “content” a part of my soul dies.

Witch Vomit and Bewitcher can open!

NONE is one of the best recent depressive BM bands out there. It’s such good music.

Great poster

Ethereal Shroud is top notch

I actually have that very doc bookmarked on my computer! I’ve been referencing it a lot because I’m collecting a bunch of patches for a battle jacket. It’s one thing to privately listen to a band and then disappointedly find out later they’re sketchy, it’s another thing to rock their merch.

Oh that sucks, I’m not familiar with Disma but I am with Akitsa and that’s disappointing. Being an antifascist black metal fan sucks sometimes because there’s so many sketchy connections all over the place.

Album of the day: “Songs of Blood and Mire” by Spectral Wound, released 2024. Black metal from Montréal, Quebec. One of the best modern examples of straightforward black metal out there right now.

I haven’t seen them since fairly early in their career when I lived in Oregon, but I’ve kept up with them. Plus they’re signed to Profound Lore which is just a great label full of excellent releases.

I love metal band names because someone will say “do you listen to Funeral Mist?” and you say “yes, unless I’m getting them confused with Dark Funeral or Funeral Stench or Funeral Dawn or Funeral Rites or Funereal Winter or Funeral Pyre or Winter Funeral or Hate Funeral or Funeral Throne or Thy Fun…

I love this band, I was just ordering a patch from them!

#Guitarists that use amp modelers, what product do you use? What do you like/dislike most about it?

That does sound effective

Spectral Wound is such an amazing band

Just joined here, how do I make #metalhead friends?

Went to a gig at a place with a solid concrete floor and it hurt my poor bones

Awesome playing. I love those headless Ibanez guitars too, they’re so light and sleek.