Bathory’s Hammerheart trades Satan for sagas and shrieks for sea spray. It’s the sound of one man building a genre, a myth, and an emotional anchor—lo-fi, flawed, and absolutely perfect.
Venom kicked the door in. Bathory set it on fire and snarled something unholy into the smoke. This isn’t just a history lesson—it’s the moment black metal stopped pretending and started whispering. Lo-fi filth, demon vocals, punk bones. Quorthon didn’t follow—he built the altar. And I’m standing at the edge, listening.
Venom’s 1981 debut didn’t just make noise—it started a movement. From Satanic shock tactics to proto-thrash mayhem, Welcome to Hell kicked the gates open for extreme metal.
Metallica are overhyped, Hetfield hunts bears, and Lars is Lars. But their debut album Kill ’Em All? Ugh. It’s annoyingly good. Fast, filthy, and just thrashy enough to earn a place on my shelf.
Exploring the legacy of W.A.S.P. and the voice of Blackie Lawless—from glam metal shock rock to power ballads that punch you in the heart. Spoiler: I’m still not okay.
A wild dive into the chaos and legacy of Motörhead—how Lemmy Kilmister helped birth thrash metal, pissed off parents, and proved that staying loud and weird is the most metal thing of all.