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Analyze It To Life: Black Sabbath – God Is Dead?
I’ve been listening to “God Is Dead?”-the first single off Black Sabbath’s new album 13, since yesterday. It’s really good and really Sabbath. I’m obsessing. And maybe I’m a rabid fan who’s lain in...
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Black Sabbath – 13
Black Sabbath’s new album, 13, is a marvel. The first single “God Is Dead?” didn’t adequately prepare me for the experience of the whole work. This album contrasts the old sound and the new sound. The...
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Amon Amarth – Deceiver of the Gods
Fans of Amon Amarth will find their latest offering Deceiver of the Gods to be a solid continuation of the band’s heavy and bloody recapitulation of Norse mythology, albeit a little less heavy and a...
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The importance of experiencing local metal
Fields of Elysium. Some time ago, Jon Wild relayed a local news write-up about Amarillo-based death metal band Abolishment of Flesh. I am a part of Death Metal Underground, and I live in Amarillo....
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Analyze it to Life: Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
The resurgence of Black Sabbath following the success of their new album 13 presents an ironic success when compared with the more substantial legacy of their earlier work. Without the first five...
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The Theory of Metal Relativity
The conclusion of the final West Texas Death Fest leaves me with many questions. Jess and Ramon Cazares — the driving force behind The Fest — will relocate soon, and that not only means that this...
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Analyze it to Life: Yes – Close to the Edge
Ok, so, I was listening to the YES album Close to the Edge with my best friend Rick Ossian yesterday, and as is usually the case when we listen together, I started to contemplate its deeper meaning...
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The Iommi Paradox
I was listening to “Sign of the Southern Cross,” from the album Mob Rules, and it reminded me of the long-time paradox I’ve contemplated about it. Let’s call it the Iommi Paradox. “Sign Of The...
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Deathfests went wrong way on Disma
Nothing makes a big deal out of something faster than making a big deal out of it.”-Martin M. Jacobsen, Ph.D. It’s old news that the Maryland Deathfest, California Deathfest, and the Netherlands...
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