Dr. Death Metal

@theunshored.bsky.social

professor + heavy metal researcher. media studies. ballet. weird filmmaking. queer metal. I make heavy music in The Unshored and Sallah. he/him.

Amazing lineup playing at the hotel that was the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. It is expensive, but if you pay with a credit card and then freeze to death in the hedge maze afterward it’s free!

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The 9 stages of getting into black metal: 1. This fucking sucks 2. lol is this a joke 3. This is so stupid 4. This is so stupid (complimentary) 5. This riff is actually sick 6. *plays album again* 7. *plays album 5 times in a row* 8. *Looks up Burzum on Metal Archives* 9.

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It is objectively awful that Mario from Gojira couldn’t travel to the U.S. because of immigration issues It is objectively hilarious that a drummer named Mario was replaced by a drummer named Luigi

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So that tiny desk concert reminded me of how good this song is (and how out of character for the band). What other bands sound like this? Sort of like what, post-punk mixed with extreme metal? I’m familiar with Shane’s project in this vein, Tronos, but what else?

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