Blog: INVISIBLE ORANGES - THE METAL MP3 BLOG

France's Merrimack aren't that old. They formed in the mid-'90s and saw sporadic action until three albums in the '00s. But on Grey Rigorism [ Moribund / Osmose , 2009], they've matured. In black metal, "maturation" is hazardous. It usually involves slicker production and signing to bigger labels. Part of black metal's appeal was its youth — kids who didn't know whether to praise Satan or Odin; who had crappy equipment and crappier musicianship; and whose hormones found expression in chaos. Now instead of Frankensteined hybrids of punk and metal, [...]

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