Welcome to the final episode of the year! This week we go over what happened in the metal world in 2015, both in terms of our favorite albums of 2015, happenings in the scene, and some articles we published this year that we thought were noteworthy. Also, one “weekly happening”, which is Thy Art Is Murder vocalist CJ McMahon leaving for financial reasons, and the fallout in the community surrounding that. At the end, we have a bonus discussion about our favorite movies and video games of the year!
Episode 10: Of 2015 And Blog
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Show notes:
Intro/Outro – Aftermath/Closure, Just as Planned by NYN
Why Did Everyone Claim to Enjoy Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’?
Maximum Cavaleration: Ranking 31 Years Of Max Cavalera Albums
Nick’s article on aggregating lists from mainstream metal sites
Nick’s article on Conde Nast’s acquisition of Pitchfork
Me and Eden on anti-intellectualism against criticism
Eden’s prognotes on Remedy Lane
The big editorial on misogyny in metal (part 2)
“What’s in a name”, Eden’s piece on black metal elitism against Myrkur
Axiom Verge OST (the game is great too!)
-NT