What I’ve come to realize is that you can’t always put everything into boxes. We all try because that’s what our minds want to do. We want to be able to describe things and that usually requires some categorization. Just look at how we understand animals. Cows belong in the…
There are, in my mind, two months in the standard calendar year that are the ripest for black metal: January and February. The early winter months, stuffed with family gatherings and holiday cheer, make it somewhat difficult for me to truly bask in the shadows cast by metal’s most sinister…
Let’s start 2019 by negating a column! Well, that’s not entirely what we’re doing here, but stay with me. Last year, I wrote a piece about how Testament should be considered a Big 4 band. To me, their sound fit the vibe a bit more than Anthrax. Anthrax just really…
