Tape Wyrm

Concerning Ghost Alright, before we begin. I feel strange putting Ghost in an introduction when I can just as easily talk about it in a regular section. I feel this occult rock group is somehow not as new or not as recommendation worthy as the other selections. I find this...

Atmospheric Sludge / Post Metal (1999-2002) I wanted to do a post metal article for a while. I also wanted to really find out what atmospheric sludge was and if it differed from post metal. Post metal, quite simply, is the combination of heavy metal and post rock. If you...

Heavy Metal China ..and the swarm of atmospheric and depressive black metal. This article was originally suppose to be another Asian survey on the development of heavy metal outside the western commercial market. Much like my article on the New Wave of Indian Heavy Metal and Heavy Metal Singapore (1988-1996),...

Alright. Show is over. Everyone leave. Fuck. Look at the time. It’s mid-February. Enough being hazy headed from the end of the year, it’s time to stop lollygagging and get back into whatever swing you were in and get going. Go on. Get moving. No more rubbernecking. Back to the...