By Andrew Wilhelm (Denver) and Van Damned (SATX)The most amazing thing about last weekend's Rites of Darkness III festival in San Antonio was that it actually happened. The venue opened its doors, people showed up and bands played. "No shit, y'all, bands are supposed to show up and people are supposed to come." You're right, but the prognosis wasn't looking healthy for Rites of Darkness. Shrouded
Black metal in Raleigh. Sorry if you missed out cause it RULED. Old Painless , Double Negative and Inquisition played at Six Forks Pub Dec. 5 for a last minute show put together by some excellent people in Raleigh. [...]
I don't think I'm alone in saying that Monday's show by legendary black metallers Inquisition at a cramped sports bar in North Raleigh will go down as one of the weirdest, and most awesome, shows I've ever seen. It was a last minute show. Word went round on Facebook late last week that the band had an open date and wanted to play in the area. Ira Rogers, who books a lot of punk house shows in the area and who ended up putting the show together, told me the story: "I got a [...]
Every single Wednesday without fail, your hosts post a suitably stale video clip that we think needs to be revisited. Click here for more Crusty Clips. Got a clip you think we should post? Send it to crustcake@gmail.com. This weekend, Andy and Van will be perverting churches and nuking crosses at the third (and likely final) Rites of Darkness festival. By now, you might have caught ill wind of
by BBG Inquisition @ The Studio Inquisition are on their way to the crumbling four-day Texas festival known as Rites of Darkness , where they'll join-up with an ever decreasing number of bands. Since "finalizing" the lineup earlier this year, a staggering 20 of the 54 bands, most of them headliners and exclusives, have all fallen off of the lineup due to an issue with Paypal . [...]
Uh-oh. It's started. It's not even December yet and yet the great Season Of Lists is upon us. As 2011 slowly creeps to a close, every man, woman, magazine, website, and radio station is publishing their Albums Of The Year List. Of all the major players, Decibel Magazine - America's only monthly metal magazine, and [...]
by BBG Disma at Saint Vitus ( more by Greg Cristman ) Mortuary Drape have unfortunately cancelled their entire US tour with Inquisition , including their appearance at Rites of Darkness and their 12/2 date at The Studio at Webster Hall with Negative Plane who has also dropped off of the bill . Inquisition is still playing though and the new-look 12/2 show will NOW instead also include appearances from Disma and [...]
Pictured: Wolves in the Throne RoomBy Andrew Wilhelm (Denver)If The New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones was looking to stir the cauldron with his recent piece on U.S. Black Metal, he no doubt succeeded.When one writes about a chronically misunderstood topic such as black metal in a nationally prominent publication, there is a delicate balance that will ensure volatility if upset. Most New
by BBG Inquisition at Maryland Deathfest ( more by BBG ) NYC's Studio at Webster Hall will soon host a trifecta of black metal greatness! Inquisition will headline the venue on December 2nd with a rare appearance from Mortuary Drape and Negative Plane . Tickets are on sale. Italy's Mortuary Drape and Inquisition will then [...]
Strike Anywhere frontman Thomas Barnett and Rob Huddleston( Ann Beretta , Foundation ) have announced a special performance this week to benefit the Richmond branch of Industrial Workers of the World . Along with opener Billy the Kid and the Southside Boys, Huddleston will be performing a solo acoustic set, and Strike Anywhere will perform a special acoustic set. Barnett And Huddleston will then perform an acoustic set of songs from their seminal hardcore project Inquisition , who last performed back in 2007 . The benefit show [...]
This is the final Haunting The Chapel. In case you missed my earlier tweet , I accepted a position at Pitchfork, where I'll be returning as an Editor on Monday, 8/1. "Returning," because I worked there as a Contributing Writer from 2003 to 2008, writing 200+ reviews and then launching the site's metal column Show No Mercy in 2006. To answer what a number of folks have been asking: Yes, Show No Mercy will be back, made better with some things I learned while working on Haunting The Chapel. Since starting Haunting The Chapel at Stereogum [...]
Follow Abe Beame down the rabbit hole........(II)....... In the late 90s, prior to Napster and the slightly more meritocratic system of Internet rap, there was a type of album that would drop roughly once a quarter. A rapper you'd never heard of before would suddenly make his presence known in the Source and radio with a big, payola fueled lead single. These albums were splashy major label debuts featuring notable guest appearances and blue chip production prominently displayed in the advance billing. They'd sound like a product of their time - they'd replicate rather than anticipate, [...]
Last year (and the year before) I got way too busy with this thing called life and missed out on a lot of quality music. I am here to rectify the error of my ways, month by month. Here are the June 2011 releases that got under my skin, burrowed their way into my brain, made [...]
words & photo by BBG Inquisition After Cathedral and Neurosis on days one and two respectively, Voivod headlined the large outdoor stage at Maryland Deathfest on Saturday (5/28), with Inquisition heading up the indoor stage at Sonar. Though there are no pictures of Masakari , Mammoth Grinder , Creative Waste , Cretin , & Blood Freak , I did [...]
I admit it. I'm getting a little old. I keep my hair short, the volume down and I've secretly started listening to music where people sing. I especially don't go to fests anymore. Why? I don't like standing in one place for 8 hours. Wears on the knees. But come May 26, I'm gonna dust ...
. . . Are people still listening to this record? It arrived in a flurry of underground hype, which I still don't quite get ( review ). But I do appreciate its huge tones and hypnotic jangles. In this interview , frontman Dagon (evidently unmasked) talks about his Fernandes guitar and its effect on his tone. Hells Headbangers has gone all-out with its vinyl pressing of Ominous Doctrines . Pressings come in three flavors, all 45RPM double LPs with a laser etching on side four, and with a poster included. [...]
To start things off today I've got a simple house jam from Prince Club to set the mood. This one comes off of the 12th installment of Snatch Records along with two other supa-beats from the duo. Just in case I haven't hammered this point into your heads enough, these Canadians are ones to watch out for.Prince Club - Body Holly (Original Mix)Fellow German techno wizards Boys Noize and Housemeister
As March gets closer and closer, I begin to experience a feeling that only comes once a year. Festival season is beginning to fill the air and I couldn't be more excited. March is without a doubt my absolute most favorite month of the year and it's looking like this year is going to be no different. After finally buying my Ultra tickets and booking the hotel in South Beach, things are starting to get crazy. Here's to the second of half of February and hopes that March will come just a little bit faster. - Whiteface [...]
Inquisitive sent me over this rad edit of Laidback Luke and Steve Aoki 's new track Turbulence yesterday and I couldn't help but post it. The track isn't due out for another week or so, but if you can't wait until then this edit will more than tide you over. It's got all the elements of the original plus a little Inquisitive flare on top. And thankfully Lil' Jon isn't yelling ridiculousness throughout the track so you'll actually be able to play it out and even enjoy it! [...]
Last year (and the year before), I got way too busy with this thing called life and ignored this other thing called metal. As a result, I missed out on a lot of quality music. I am here to rectify the error of my ways, month by month. Hopefully. Here are the January 2011 releases [...]
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