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Human Burial And Dealing With The Undead And Ghosts

https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/human-burial-and-dealing-with-the-undead-and-ghosts/

Human Burial And Dealing With The Undead And Ghosts

https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/human-burial-and-dealing-with-the-undead-and-ghosts/

#POSSESSED #HELLFEST Avant que le death metal ne devienne un genre à part entière, il y avait Possessed. Rencontre avec de vértiables légendes sur la scène du Hellfest. Dès le début des années 80, le groupe de la Bay Area pose les bases d’un son plus sombre, plus violent et plus radical que tout ce qui existe alors. Avec Seven Churches, sorti en 1985, les Californiens signent un disque…

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#POSSESSED #HELLFEST Avant que le death metal ne devienne un genre à part entière, il y avait Possessed. Rencontre avec de vértiables légendes sur la scène du Hellfest. Dès le début des années 80, le groupe de la Bay Area pose les bases d’un son plus sombre, plus violent et plus radical que tout ce qui existe alors. Avec Seven Churches, sorti en 1985, les Californiens signent un disque…

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Published some new #WhiteroomReviews items:

Photo reports of:
- #Possessed + #Sinsaenum | @baroeg.bsky.social
- #Cavalera + #BLOID | #Victorie

News items regarding:
- #Deadnate announced as support for #Baest
- A new #Hulder single | #SeasonofMistrecords

Here are some photos of the #sinsaenum and #possessed gig that took place last night at #baroeg

#deathmetal

First time in the new #Baroeg #Rotterdam building, and wow... what a beautiful venue it has become!
Had an amazing night and it was great to see so many people there. 💕
🎥📷 Of #Possessed & #Sinsaenum will be online soon!

Let #deathmetal beat the Tuesday blues! The newly rebuilt #baroeg in #rotterdam hosted #sinsaenum and #possessed No neck was spared! Much of what we call Death Metal today wouldn’t be the same without Jeff and Possessed, we are always grateful to hear these tunes live. Both the band and the crowd had a great time.
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Let #deathmetal beat the Tuesday blues! The newly rebuilt #baroeg in #rotterdam hosted #sinsaenum and #possessed No neck was spared! Much of what we call Death Metal today wouldn’t be the same without Jeff and Possessed, we are always grateful to hear these tunes live. Both the band and the crowd had a great time.
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Eyeshadow?

#commentbelow #dankmemes #memes #funny #horror #eyeshadow #possessed

After being attacked in dreams, Jeana experienced full blown possession. Her story doesn’t end there, praise God for that! #supernatural #possessed #demon #testimony #Christian

Of all the discouraging and difficult elements contributing to people having appallingly bad taste not being into metal, the biggest sticking point has got to be the vocals. As inoffensive as we might find, for example, vintage Dave Vincent (Morbid Angel) or early Possessed, going all the way back to the genre roots, casual listeners find themselves appalled by what started out as gravely growls and has evolved into full retching and intestinal spew. While desensitization through repeated listens is the obvious solution, some bands solve the problem wholesale by eschewing vocals at all. I’ve been let down lately by some of my favorite genres, and while perusing the almost picked-clean promo pit, my eyes were caught by a bit of a rare tag around these parts: “Instrumental black metal.” Osmium Gate have arrived with a platter devoid of any vocals, a curious name, and some gorgeous artwork to emphasize the atmospheres within. Let’s strap in for a carnivorous adventure!

Cannibal Universe is a melodic release, heavy on atmosphere and beauty filtered through the requisite heavy sheen. Though ostensibly described as black metal, the overall production and tone sidesteps fuzzed-out tropes or crystalline polish with a sound more reminiscent of modern death metal but utilizing black metal composition techniques. This imparts a thicker flavor to the requite snare-and-bass trem heavy riffing (“Booming Dunes”, “Blood Rain”) while adding extra brass knuckles to some atypically chug-heavy movements (“Waters of Natron”). A heavy focus on sustained open chords for big mood and pathos is a major tool in Osmium Gate’s wheelhouse, with slower, emptier sections that feel tailor-made for amphitheater reverb rather than the blistering assault typically found in blackened wares.

Cannibal Galaxy by Osmium Gate

Instrumental music needs to have a dollop of “busyness” to justify the lack of vocals, and at their best Osmium Gate have the chops to get the job done. “Sailing Stone” features a fantastic spot of noodlage where a lead runs interlocked with a separate rhythm for a full and complex emotive experience. Cannibal Universe spots a decent amount of such highlights, where fun leads and overlapping time signatures summon the spirit of Scale the Summit or Plini. Fret not, the occasional thunderous blast or vintage Intervals chug is never far away to remind you that there’s nothing “post” about this album. Title track “Cannibal Universe” throws everything into the kitchen sink, sculpting doom-tempo’d plods into an avalanche of chord progressions which immediately scale back into a dollop of Odious Mortem melody with infinitely better production. But the real climax comes in mid-album cut “Nacreous.” This is the jewel of the album, running a wistful, melancholic lead under blast beats, which are worked in more atmospheric conjuncture with the slow-moving melodies. Such a highlight is an easy contender for song of the year, channeling genuine catharsis and summoning up enough feelings to bring some mist to even Tyme‘s crusty, battle-hardened eyes.

It may be a strange critique given the genre, but the only real stumbling block facing Osmium Gate is that not all the songs warrant an instrumental presentation. There’s no cut across this album that is bad, and much that is quite enjoyable, perfect for stargazing or late-night drives under the moon. But the band’s insistence on using large open chord structures across the album leaves a great deal of unbusy, open space where I found myself instinctively expecting vocal lines to fill the void. These particular cuts (“Waters of Natron”) aren’t definitively poor in any real sense as much as feeling incomplete, with the chord structures telling a partial story and lacking a sense of fullness elsewhere in the album. Bands like Animals As Leaders and their ilk nail the instrumental presentation by ushering the listener from one passage to the next without leaving any space for extra flair, where literally and metaphorically the music does all the talking. Here, Osmium Gate make real effort and grasp the goal more than once, but not consistently across the album. Tellingly, the tracks that throw off such restrictions are the least traditionally black metal sounding, as it’s when the songs sound the most typical that they sound the most unfinished.

Still, I’ve enjoyed my time with Cannibal Universe as a nice detour from my usual brutal and blackened fare. There’s genuine chops and promise here, and you owe it to yourself to at least listen to “Nacreous”. Osmium Gate have offered up a delicious platter of melodic black metal with limitations entirely surmountable. I’m not necessarily encouraging them to go out and get a vocalist (though I have no doubt they’d be capable of making a good album with one), but to push their songwriting to match the highlights here across an entire platter. Nevertheless, this album has moments worthy of note and any lover of instrumental metal should find something worthy of interest to be devoured…

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Self-Release
Websites: Album Bandcamp
Releases Worldwide: March 13th 2025

Of all the discouraging and difficult elements contributing to people having appallingly bad taste not being into metal, the biggest sticking point has got to be the vocals. As inoffensive as we might find, for example, vintage Dave Vincent (Morbid Angel) or early Possessed, going all the way back to the genre roots, casual listeners find themselves appalled by what started out as gravely growls and has evolved into full retching and intestinal spew. While desensitization through repeated listens is the obvious solution, some bands solve the problem wholesale by eschewing vocals at all. I’ve been let down lately by some of my favorite genres, and while perusing the almost picked-clean promo pit, my eyes were caught by a bit of a rare tag around these parts: “Instrumental black metal.” Osmium Gate have arrived with a platter devoid of any vocals, a curious name, and some gorgeous artwork to emphasize the atmospheres within. Let’s strap in for a carnivorous adventure!

Cannibal Universe is a melodic release, heavy on atmosphere and beauty filtered through the requisite heavy sheen. Though ostensibly described as black metal, the overall production and tone sidesteps fuzzed-out tropes or crystalline polish with a sound more reminiscent of modern death metal but utilizing black metal composition techniques. This imparts a thicker flavor to the requite snare-and-bass trem heavy riffing (“Booming Dunes”, “Blood Rain”) while adding extra brass knuckles to some atypically chug-heavy movements (“Waters of Natron”). A heavy focus on sustained open chords for big mood and pathos is a major tool in Osmium Gate’s wheelhouse, with slower, emptier sections that feel tailor-made for amphitheater reverb rather than the blistering assault typically found in blackened wares.

Cannibal Galaxy by Osmium Gate

Instrumental music needs to have a dollop of “busyness” to justify the lack of vocals, and at their best Osmium Gate have the chops to get the job done. “Sailing Stone” features a fantastic spot of noodlage where a lead runs interlocked with a separate rhythm for a full and complex emotive experience. Cannibal Universe spots a decent amount of such highlights, where fun leads and overlapping time signatures summon the spirit of Scale the Summit or Plini. Fret not, the occasional thunderous blast or vintage Intervals chug is never far away to remind you that there’s nothing “post” about this album. Title track “Cannibal Universe” throws everything into the kitchen sink, sculpting doom-tempo’d plods into an avalanche of chord progressions which immediately scale back into a dollop of Odious Mortem melody with infinitely better production. But the real climax comes in mid-album cut “Nacreous.” This is the jewel of the album, running a wistful, melancholic lead under blast beats, which are worked in more atmospheric conjuncture with the slow-moving melodies. Such a highlight is an easy contender for song of the year, channeling genuine catharsis and summoning up enough feelings to bring some mist to even Tyme‘s crusty, battle-hardened eyes.

It may be a strange critique given the genre, but the only real stumbling block facing Osmium Gate is that not all the songs warrant an instrumental presentation. There’s no cut across this album that is bad, and much that is quite enjoyable, perfect for stargazing or late-night drives under the moon. But the band’s insistence on using large open chord structures across the album leaves a great deal of unbusy, open space where I found myself instinctively expecting vocal lines to fill the void. These particular cuts (“Waters of Natron”) aren’t definitively poor in any real sense as much as feeling incomplete, with the chord structures telling a partial story and lacking a sense of fullness elsewhere in the album. Bands like Animals As Leaders and their ilk nail the instrumental presentation by ushering the listener from one passage to the next without leaving any space for extra flair, where literally and metaphorically the music does all the talking. Here, Osmium Gate make real effort and grasp the goal more than once, but not consistently across the album. Tellingly, the tracks that throw off such restrictions are the least traditionally black metal sounding, as it’s when the songs sound the most typical that they sound the most unfinished.

Still, I’ve enjoyed my time with Cannibal Universe as a nice detour from my usual brutal and blackened fare. There’s genuine chops and promise here, and you owe it to yourself to at least listen to “Nacreous”. Osmium Gate have offered up a delicious platter of melodic black metal with limitations entirely surmountable. I’m not necessarily encouraging them to go out and get a vocalist (though I have no doubt they’d be capable of making a good album with one), but to push their songwriting to match the highlights here across an entire platter. Nevertheless, this album has moments worthy of note and any lover of instrumental metal should find something worthy of interest to be devoured…

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Self-Release
Websites: Album Bandcamp
Releases Worldwide: March 13th 2025

Repost #Baroeg:
🆕 Op 16 juni keert #Possessed terug naar Baroeg. Met Possessed halen we een legendarische band in huis. Vooral het debuut ‘Seven Churches’ uit 1985 is een cruciale plaat.

➡️ Tickets: www.baroeg.nl/possessed

If you want to get bred by an actual demon, my Beast is right here and he's trained to get me #possessed on command during sex. 😈💦

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#AngieHarmon

Baywatch Nights 2x11 - Possessed

#RandomBaywatch #lvdlpx #Baywatch #BaywatchNights #Possessed

2/ #eindhovenmetalmeeting day two. We finally got to see #nightfall live. Later on the bigger stage, #deathmetal OGs #Possessed had the crowd in the palm of their hand with classics from their genre defining #SevenChurches album.

#AngieHarmon #DavidHasselhoff

Baywatch Nights 2x11 - Possessed

#RandomBaywatch #lvdlpx #Baywatch #BaywatchNights #Possessed

Fish tank trouble

#AngieHarmon as Ryan McBride

Baywatch Nights 2x11 - Possessed

#RandomBaywatch #lvdlpx #BaywatchNights #Possessed