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Disma combines American power riffing with Swedish melody for a winning underground old school death metal demo. With members of Incantation, Funebrarum, and Assuck.

Disma - The Vault of Membros

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Best heavy metal of the decade 1999-2009

This decade brought out the best and worst of metal. Starting off with a few stragglers from the underground metal explosion of the 1990s, the decade fell into a confusion of metalcore and bad indie emo pretending to be black metal.

Luckily for us, however, there are still some excellent releases during that time. We list 20 of our favorite metal albums from the last 10 years, reminding you that quality is better than quantity and reality is better than appearance.

Best heavy metal of the decade 1999-2009

Bands discussed:

* Opeth…

Until the Light Takes Us tells the story of black metal. Part music scene and part cultural uprising, black metal rose to worldwide notoriety in the mid-nineties with a rash of suicides, murders, and church burnings.

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The documentary goes behind the highly sensationalized media reports of "Satanists running amok in Europe" to examine the complex and largely misunderstood principles that led to this rebellion against both Christianity and modern culture.

he result is a poignant, moving story that's as much about the idea that reality is composed of whatever the most people believe, regardless of what's actually true, as…

An FYI to all metalheads who might be passing through Texas:

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Rites of Darkness
February 27, 2010
450 Soledad St 78205

NUNSLAUGHTER
OBEISANCE
SPICULUM IRATUS
and three special guests

For more information, go to the Rites of Darkness myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/ritesofdarkness

Press coverage here:

http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d30-Rites-of-Darkness-festival-announced

BANDS:

* Nunslaughter
* Obeisance
* Spiculum Iratus

Any of you others out there like modern classical, best known by Richard Wagner and Anton Bruckner?

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Join us in the Bruckner group:

* http://www.last.fm/group/Anton+Bruckner

You might like the music of Anton Bruckner if you like:

* Richard Wagner
* Basil Poledouris
* Conan the Barbarian soundtrack
* Lord Wind
* Hans Zimmer
* Dead Can Dance
* Camille Saint-Saens
* Johannes Brahms
* Franz Schubert
* Ottorino Respighi
* Burzum

So the AV Club decided to get all wise on us about metal:

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If there’s one thing in the world more head-slammingly dull than reading a bunch of online Realness Police argue about what constitutes real hip-hop, it’s reading similar web manifestos by metal’s “trü-kvlt” militia. Did they happen to spot a Mastodon album at Best Buy? Must be “hipster metal.” Did they read an interview with Boris in which Wata expressed enthusiasm for pop music? Must be “hipster metal.” Did they spot a guy enjoying The Sword who had an ironic T-shirt or thick-framed cheaters? Must be “hipster…

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"World Painted Blood is both a return to form and transition for Slayer. The heavy riffs are back, but the songs are written more like AC/DC would write them. The result is a toe-tapping, fist-pumping, blasphemy-screaming ride through hell on an economy ticket. It's not the progrock-influenced epic style of older Slayer, but it's a quick study and a ripping terror: simple but effective."

- Brett Stevens, Examiner.com (Slayer - World Painted Blood: "Simple but effective")

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Metal writer, DJ and nihilist philosopher Vijay Prozak speaks with The Right Hand Path, a metal news source and collection of esoteric but vital metal bands.

Vijay Prozak interview

We've finally joined the cretinous social media revolution, but it means easier access to Dark Legions Archive updates and events.

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Check us out and enter to win a free kidney harvested from a political dissident!

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After hearing positive reports of this old school death metal band when they opened for BLASPHERIAN and IMPRECATION a month ago, I found the demo at Sound Exchange and was able to hear all three tracks in full and was impressed. WAR MASTER were kind enough to take the time to chat with us about their demo, sound and future.

WAR MASTER interview, Houston old school death metal

Also, Hells Headbangers now has the demo for $5.

For fans of:

* Bolt Thrower
* Incantation
* Obituary
* Insect Warfare
* Deicide

Not for fans of:

* Dream Theatre…