jpOct 29
Iron Maiden’s “Aces High” never lands—it lives in the loop between story and song. A four-minute dogfight where tension replaces resolution, and history becomes adrenaline. ✈️⚡️
#IronMaiden #AcesHigh #Powerslave #HeavyMetalHistory #MusicAnalysis #Songwriting #RockHistory #BattleOfBritain #BruceDickinson #SteveHarris #ClassicMetal #MusicEssay #MetalCulture
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/the-loop-of-combat-form-and-function-in-iron-maidens-aerial-anthem/
The Loop of Combat: Form and Function in Iron Maiden’s Aerial Anthem

Iron Maiden’s “Aces High” (1984) is what happens when a songwriter is caught between the desire to tell a complete story with a beginning, a middle, and an ending and the compulsion to stay within …

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jpOct 11
Darkthrone’s Astral Fortress aims for cosmic poetry and lands somewhere between the abyss and an ESL workbook. When does black metal’s broken language stop making sense—and start sounding profound?
#Darkthrone #BlackMetal #MetalWriting #MusicCriticism #AstralFortress #MetalCulture #NorwegianMetal
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/darkthrones-astral-fortress-it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-kevork-of-times/
Darkthrone’s Astral Fortress: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Kevork of Times

Darkthrone’s 2022 Astral Fortress album boasts a few awkward, English-as-a-Second-Language turns of phrase that aim for surreal imagery and land dangerously close to non sequitur. Song titles such …

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jpAug 12, 2025
Slayer nailed Mengele but botched Purgatory. "Raining Blood" sets up a theological impossibility—and misses the chance to tear religion down from the inside. Know your enemy, or risk just playing dress-up.
#Slayer #RainingBlood #AngelOfDeath #MetalHistory #ThrashMetal #MusicCritique #ReligiousStudies #PunkEthos #MetalAnalysis #KnowYourEnemy #MusicWriting #MetalCulture
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/slayer-raining-blood-missing-the-point/
Slayer: Raining Blood, Missing the Point

According to Slayer songwriter Jeff Hanneman, “Raining Blood” (1986) is “about a guy who’s in purgatory ’cause he was cast out of heaven. He’s waiting for revenge and wants to fuck that place…

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🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘Jul 22, 2025

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The Hard Times

https://thehardtimes.net/music/battle-vest-passes-drunk-old-metalhead-guy-outside-of-venue-inspection/

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GreengoatJun 26, 2025

🌑 It's the end of the world...again.
A constant apocalypse that scares us into numbness making us believe there’s no future. But if we give in to fear there won’t be one for sure. That’s why music is more necessary now than evere because even the smallest piece of art can spark an idea in somebodies’s mind.

#music #art #metalcommunity #metallife #greengoat #blog #contentcreator #digitalartist #indieartist #metalheads #art #musicblog #supportartists #creativejourney #metalculture

GreengoatJun 19, 2025

🌑 Tribe! We have a new blog post rethinking the internet and art’s survival in it.
Read here ⬇️

https://greengoatband.com/index-blog.htm

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TheMetalDogSep 14, 2024
#TheMetalDogArticleList #louder "I love being a poser!" Five minutes with Fernanda Lira of fast-rising Brazilian death metallers Crypta www.loudersound.com/features/fer... #FernandaLira #Crypta #MetalHammer #Beyonce #KingDiamond #MetalMusic #Poser #MetalCulture
🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘Sep 14, 2024

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"I love being a poser!" Five minutes with Fernanda Lira of fast-rising Brazilian death metallers Crypta
Can you be TRVE while rocking a Beyonce tattoo? According to Fernanda Lira, hell yeah

https://www.loudersound.com/features/fernanda-lira-five-minutes

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"I love being a poser!" Five minutes with Fernanda Lira of fast-rising Brazilian death metallers Crypta

Can you be trve while rocking a Beyonce tattoo? Accoridng to Fernanda Lira, hell yeah

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🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘Feb 26, 2024

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Every Thrash Metal 'Big 4' Album Ranked From Worst to Best
Four brilliant discographies get put to the real test.

https://loudwire.com/every-big-4-thrash-metal-album-ranked/

#Big4 #ThrashMetal #AlbumRanking #Metalhead #MusicHistory #HeavyMetal #ClassicAlbums #MustListen #MetalLegends #MetalCulture #MetalEssentials

Every Thrash Metal 'Big 4' Album Ranked From Worst to Best

Four brilliant discographies get put to the real test.

Loudwire
🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘Jan 20, 2024

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70 Intense Photos That Will Make You Miss Ozzfest
From rain-soaked bands to unruly fans, we dug up some of the best photos from Ozzfest

https://loudwire.com/best-ozzfest-photos/

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70 Intense Photos That Will Make You Miss Ozzfest

From rain-soaked bands to unruly fans, we dug up some of the best photos from Ozzfest

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