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THIS MONTH IN METAL No. 14: Zeal & Ardor’s “Stranger Fruit”

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The Legacy TMIM works typically celebrate anniversaries in increments of five years, but this one makes a major exception.  While today only marks the second year of Zeal & Ardor's sophomore album Stranger Fruit's existence, the nature of its subject is ripe for today's social and political climate.  If there's one subgenre that has sprouted … Continue reading THIS MONTH IN METAL No. 14: Zeal & Ardor’s “Stranger Fruit” →

THIS MONTH IN METAL No. 12: Rest in Power, Peter Steele

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The Legacy "Forgive her... for she knows not what she does." I'm not catholic, but as soon as those words are oozed out at the beginning of Type O Negative's nine-minute-long Christ-fetishizing track Christian Woman, I'm ready to take communion.  And if Jesus Christ did look like Peter Steele as he so claims at the … Continue reading THIS MONTH IN METAL No. 12: Rest in Power, Peter Steele →

THIS MONTH IN METAL No. 10: Black Sabbath’s “Black Sabbath”

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The Legacy It all had to start somewhere.  On Friday the 13th of February 1970, a prophecy was told.  There were warning signs; the occult was nothing entirely new to rock at the time.  Coven wailed of Satanic masses, Steppenwolf's distortion was said to sound like a motorcycle made of "heavy metal," and let's not … Continue reading THIS MONTH IN METAL No. 10: Black Sabbath’s “Black Sabbath” →

THIS MONTH IN METAL No. 9: Lingua Ignota’s “Caligula”

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The Legacy Jesus Christ.  If Kristin Hayter of sound-defying experimental music project Lingua Ignota has taught us nothing else, it's that you don't need to adhere to a category.  With enough emotion and vast cultural inspiration, you can create a terrifying force of nature that can deeply move, and frankly upset anyone.  Lingua Ignota's CALIGLUA was … Continue reading THIS MONTH IN METAL No. 9: Lingua Ignota’s “Caligula” →

THIS MONTH IN METAL No. 7: Ministry’s “The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste”

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The Legacy ...And now for the chaos.  Last month we looked at the burgeoning assimilation of industrial influence into the mainstream with Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine, fueled by songs of heartbreak and self pity.  The second half of this industrial miniseries within TMIM flips the rusty iron switch back to the metal track of … Continue reading THIS MONTH IN METAL No. 7: Ministry’s “The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste” →