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Nihil Admiral – The Axes, the Flesh Hooks and the Spits Review By Grin ReaperVeiled in mystique, Nihil Admiral proves elusive as details about them dance outside my reach. Lacking a traditional landing page on socials or the Archives,1 I’m forced to draw conclusions and inferences without the comfort of cross-reference materials I usually take for granted. I’m not flying completely blind, though, as Nihil Admiral’s promo materials mention that this Trondheim, Norway troupe features members from Misotheist, Corroder, Goat the Head, and others. While no specific band members are mentioned in the press kit, the Bandcamp page for single “Life’s Lower Phase” offers a few names, though it’s unclear whether they’re all full-time members of Nihil Admiral’s debut. Regardless, involvement doesn’t necessarily beget quality, so let’s dive in and test how sharp The Axes, the Flesh Hooks and the Spits really are.
From the gritty production to the grainy, snowbound album art, The Axes could only be raw black metal. And as you might expect from a name like Nihil Admiral, the atmosphere is rife with lawlessness and wiolence. Given the raw aesthetic the band perpetuates, Nihil Admiral recalls early Darkthrone and Satyricon seen through the lens of Paysage d’Hiver. Misotheist supplies another suitable reference point, as The Axes’ furiously driving compositions remind me of the most aggressive moments in Misotheist’s discography, even if Nihil Admiral’s song lengths better map to crossover thrash. Given the high regard these inspirations engender, it should be no surprise that from moment to moment Nihil Admiral delivers wonderfully wicked black metal.
Rime-ridden, icy fury whips at each track on The Axes, defining the black metal onslaught permeating Nihil Admiral’s debut. Rabid tremolos fill scant runtimes along with manic blast beats and coarse, deathly roars (“The Axes, the Flesh Hooks, and the Spits”), which submit a welcome contrast against the requisite blackened rasps.2 Nearly every track launches its assault with frenzied riffs and an ugly barrage of snare ‘n’ kick abuse, and Nihil Admiral does it convincingly. “Stare” begins with a thrashy lick guaranteed to get heads banging while a scorching guitar gallops past with Hellrippering speed and riffcraft. Conversely, penultimate track “Southern Cross” enters with a slower, synth-forward build before loosing the tempestuous fury Nihil Admiral commands so well. Over eight lean tracks, The Axes, the Flesh Hooks and the Spits slash and skewer with keen edges.
However, despite the murderous precision of Nihil Admiral’s instruments, The Axes leaves more impression than impact. The band sounds properly pissed off, but I struggle to remember any of The Axes’ songs besides the back half of “The Eye of Logic,” and that’s only because of its similarity to Ramin Djawadi’s Game of Thrones title sequence. Otherwise, The Axes, the Flesh Hooks and the Spits’ meager runtime passes by in a scathing yet fleeting flurry. And speaking of the runtime, Nihil Admiral’s twenty-five minutes aren’t enough to satisfy. I usually applaud a less-is-moar approach, but given that The Axes doesn’t do enough to develop their arrangements, such a concise runtime suggests a lack of ideas that would have been better off marinating rather than serving half-baked. Closing track “Its Own Beyond” provides an apt example, where horns subtlety support guitar trems as they blur into an exciting mixture before the song just… ends. Potential abounds, and refining the songwriting to intentionally mold tension would have gone a long way towards delivering a more effective conclusion to The Axes, and applied across the album would have manifested a better experience altogether.
Though I’m left disappointed by Nihil Admiral’s debut, I’m excited by their potential. Captivating second-wave worship lives here, with glimmers of originality shimmering through the cracks. Unfortunately, the album is held back by an abrupt duration that doesn’t allow tracks to mature into their best possible forms. The Axes, the Flesh Hooks and the Spits doesn’t shy away from remorseless music subscribed to nihilism, but neither do these deadly implements hook me with their blackened burs. Even though The Axes miss their mark, with more deliberate songwriting I’m confident that next time Nihil Admiral wrests the reins of chaos, they can seize listeners with an experience worthy of their rank.
Rating: Disappointing
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DR: 10 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Rekviem
Websites: Bandcamp3
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‘Up Against It’ Review: Antonio Banderas Stars in a British Family Dramedy That Ignores Its Own Conundrums
#Variety #News #Reviews #AntonioBanderas #TorontoInternationalFilmFestival #TrudieStyler #UpAgainstIthttps://variety.com/2026/film/news/up-against-it-review-1236860045/
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Reimagining ‘WoW’ Original, Reboot Title ‘Forever’ Launches November 5
‘World of Warcraft: Forever’, a reboot of the original World of Warcraft, was unveiled today (13th) at BlizzCon…
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Reimagining ‘WoW’ Original, Reboot Title ‘Forever’ Launches November 5
‘World of Warcraft: Forever’, a reboot of the original World of Warcraft, was unveiled today (13th) at BlizzCon…
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Gen.G Defeats Hanwha Life Esports to Claim 7th LCK Title
©INVEN Gen.G lifted their seventh LCK trophy, defeating Hanwha Life Esports 3-1 to claim a sweet victory. Pushed…
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Fighting Fire with Fire… Gen.G Sharpens Aggression to Strike Back in Game 2
©INVEN In Game 2, Gen.G struck back. With a more aggressive composition and playstyle, they completely washed away…
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1201552/ Huawei releases tablet with 2.8K 144 Hz OLED display, 12 GB RAM, and 512 GB storage #10 #100MAh #144Hz #28KDisplay #Benchmarks #GraphicsCard #HarmonyOS61 #Huawei #KirinT93B #KirinT93C #laptop #MPencilPro #MatePadAir #MatePadAir2026 #MatePadAirEnjoyEdition #netbook #notebook #OLEDDisplay #processor #reports #Review #Reviews #Tablet #Technology #test #tests #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.alojapan.com/1538902/konami-and-netmarble-reveal-tokyo-game-show-2026-lineup/ Konami and Netmarble reveal Tokyo Game Show 2026 lineup #benchmarks #CastlevaniaBelmont'sCurseTGS2026 #GraphicsCard #KonamiTokyoGameShow2026Lineup #laptop #netbook #news #notebook #processor #reports #review #reviews #ShangriLaFrontierTheSevenColossiPlayableDemo #SilentHillTownfallStageSession #SuikodenSTARLEAPLiveStream #test #tests #Tokyo #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 ⓘ Konami.com Official key visual for Silent Hill: Townfall, featured in Konami
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https://www.alojapan.com/1538902/konami-and-netmarble-reveal-tokyo-game-show-2026-lineup/ Konami and Netmarble reveal Tokyo Game Show 2026 lineup #benchmarks #CastlevaniaBelmont'sCurseTGS2026 #GraphicsCard #KonamiTokyoGameShow2026Lineup #laptop #netbook #news #notebook #processor #reports #review #reviews #ShangriLaFrontierTheSevenColossiPlayableDemo #SilentHillTownfallStageSession #SuikodenSTARLEAPLiveStream #test #tests #Tokyo #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 ⓘ Konami.com Official key visual for Silent Hill: Townfall, featured in Konami
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Rareview Conversations with Mazwebhubesi: Exploring the Sun Xa Experiment
SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA — Music journalism does not always have to stop at reviewing an album. Sometimes, it can become a conversation — an opportunity to unpack the stories, ideas and emotions behind the music. This is the thinking behind Rareview Conversations with Mazwebhubesi, an independent spoken-word music project that brings together music, journalism, broadcasting and cultural storytelling. The latest edition, “Rareview Conversations: Sun Xa Experiment Music Review,” sees […] -
Rareview Conversations with Mazwebhubesi: Exploring the Sun Xa Experiment
SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA — Music journalism does not always have to stop at reviewing an album. Sometimes, it can become a conversation — an opportunity to unpack the stories, ideas and emotions behind the music. This is the thinking behind Rareview Conversations with Mazwebhubesi, an independent spoken-word music project that brings together music, journalism, broadcasting and cultural storytelling. The latest edition, “Rareview Conversations: Sun Xa Experiment Music Review,” sees […] -
Rareview Conversations with Mazwebhubesi: Exploring the Sun Xa Experiment
SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA — Music journalism does not always have to stop at reviewing an album. Sometimes, it can become a conversation — an opportunity to unpack the stories, ideas and emotions behind the music. This is the thinking behind Rareview Conversations with Mazwebhubesi, an independent spoken-word music project that brings together music, journalism, broadcasting and cultural storytelling. The latest edition, “Rareview Conversations: Sun Xa Experiment Music Review,” sees […] -
Rareview Conversations with Mazwebhubesi: Exploring the Sun Xa Experiment
SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA — Music journalism does not always have to stop at reviewing an album. Sometimes, it can become a conversation — an opportunity to unpack the stories, ideas and emotions behind the music. This is the thinking behind Rareview Conversations with Mazwebhubesi, an independent spoken-word music project that brings together music, journalism, broadcasting and cultural storytelling. The latest edition, “Rareview Conversations: Sun Xa Experiment Music Review,” sees […] -
Rareview Conversations with Mazwebhubesi: Exploring the Sun Xa Experiment
SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA — Music journalism does not always have to stop at reviewing an album. Sometimes, it can become a conversation — an opportunity to unpack the stories, ideas and emotions behind the music. This is the thinking behind Rareview Conversations with Mazwebhubesi, an independent spoken-word music project that brings together music, journalism, broadcasting and cultural storytelling. The latest edition, “Rareview Conversations: Sun Xa Experiment Music Review,” sees […] -
‘Vintage Violence’ Review: Too Much Is Never Enough in Eugene Kotlyarenko’s Overstimulating Crime Comedy
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #EugeneKotlyarenko #Festivals #Film #Reviews #TIFF #VintageViolencehttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/vintage-violence-review-eugene-kotlyarenko-1235216464/
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‘Vintage Violence’ Review: Too Much Is Never Enough in Eugene Kotlyarenko’s Overstimulating Crime Comedy
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #EugeneKotlyarenko #Festivals #Film #Reviews #TIFF #VintageViolencehttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/vintage-violence-review-eugene-kotlyarenko-1235216464/
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‘Vintage Violence’ Review: Too Much Is Never Enough in Eugene Kotlyarenko’s Overstimulating Crime Comedy
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #EugeneKotlyarenko #Festivals #Film #Reviews #TIFF #VintageViolencehttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/vintage-violence-review-eugene-kotlyarenko-1235216464/
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‘Vintage Violence’ Review: Too Much Is Never Enough in Eugene Kotlyarenko’s Overstimulating Crime Comedy
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #EugeneKotlyarenko #Festivals #Film #Reviews #TIFF #VintageViolencehttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/vintage-violence-review-eugene-kotlyarenko-1235216464/
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‘Vintage Violence’ Review: Too Much Is Never Enough in Eugene Kotlyarenko’s Overstimulating Crime Comedy
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #EugeneKotlyarenko #Festivals #Film #Reviews #TIFF #VintageViolencehttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/vintage-violence-review-eugene-kotlyarenko-1235216464/
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‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Peter Farrelly’s Sensational Biopic Of The Making Of Stallone’s Classic Is Just As Inspiring As The Original Movie Itself – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #AnthonyIppolito #IPlayRocky #PeterFarrelly #Rocky #SylvesterStallone #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/i-play-rocky-review-peter-farrelly-biopic-tallones-classic-1237100498/
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‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Peter Farrelly’s Sensational Biopic Of The Making Of Stallone’s Classic Is Just As Inspiring As The Original Movie Itself – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #AnthonyIppolito #IPlayRocky #PeterFarrelly #Rocky #SylvesterStallone #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/i-play-rocky-review-peter-farrelly-biopic-tallones-classic-1237100498/
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‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Peter Farrelly’s Sensational Biopic Of The Making Of Stallone’s Classic Is Just As Inspiring As The Original Movie Itself – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #AnthonyIppolito #IPlayRocky #PeterFarrelly #Rocky #SylvesterStallone #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/i-play-rocky-review-peter-farrelly-biopic-tallones-classic-1237100498/
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‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Peter Farrelly’s Sensational Biopic Of The Making Of Stallone’s Classic Is Just As Inspiring As The Original Movie Itself – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #AnthonyIppolito #IPlayRocky #PeterFarrelly #Rocky #SylvesterStallone #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/i-play-rocky-review-peter-farrelly-biopic-tallones-classic-1237100498/
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‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ Review: Faith, Family, and Firearms Drive Bassam Tariq’s Intriguingly Strange Action-Drama
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Is The Whole Show In Chris Rock’s Sizzling Hollywood Portrait Of A Down And Out Emmy Winner Whose Career Is On The Skids – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #AdamDriver #AnnaKendrick #ChrisRock #DanielKaluuya #MistyGreen #RosalindEleazar #TopherGrace #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/misty-green-review-rosalind-eleazar-chris-rock-hollywood-1237099694/
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Is The Whole Show In Chris Rock’s Sizzling Hollywood Portrait Of A Down And Out Emmy Winner Whose Career Is On The Skids – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #AdamDriver #AnnaKendrick #ChrisRock #DanielKaluuya #MistyGreen #RosalindEleazar #TopherGrace #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/misty-green-review-rosalind-eleazar-chris-rock-hollywood-1237099694/
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Is The Whole Show In Chris Rock’s Sizzling Hollywood Portrait Of A Down And Out Emmy Winner Whose Career Is On The Skids – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #AdamDriver #AnnaKendrick #ChrisRock #DanielKaluuya #MistyGreen #RosalindEleazar #TopherGrace #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/misty-green-review-rosalind-eleazar-chris-rock-hollywood-1237099694/
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Is The Whole Show In Chris Rock’s Sizzling Hollywood Portrait Of A Down And Out Emmy Winner Whose Career Is On The Skids – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #AdamDriver #AnnaKendrick #ChrisRock #DanielKaluuya #MistyGreen #RosalindEleazar #TopherGrace #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/misty-green-review-rosalind-eleazar-chris-rock-hollywood-1237099694/
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Chris Rock Tells the Story of a Party-Girl Actress, Brilliantly Played by Rosalind Eleazar, in The Best Movie About Hollywood in Years
#Variety #Reviews #AdamDriver #AnnaKendrick #ChrisRock #DanielKaluuya #MistyGreen #RosilandEleazarhttps://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/misty-green-review-chris-rock-rosiland-eleazar-1236859541/
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Stuns in Chris Rock’s Raw but Unfocused Hollywood Character Study
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #Film #MistyGreen #Reviews #TIFFhttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/misty-green-movie-review-chris-rock-1235216282/
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Stuns in Chris Rock’s Raw but Unfocused Hollywood Character Study
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #Film #MistyGreen #Reviews #TIFFhttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/misty-green-movie-review-chris-rock-1235216282/
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Stuns in Chris Rock’s Raw but Unfocused Hollywood Character Study
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #Film #MistyGreen #Reviews #TIFFhttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/misty-green-movie-review-chris-rock-1235216282/
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Stuns in Chris Rock’s Raw but Unfocused Hollywood Character Study
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #Film #MistyGreen #Reviews #TIFFhttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/misty-green-movie-review-chris-rock-1235216282/
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Stuns in Chris Rock’s Raw but Unfocused Hollywood Character Study
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #Film #MistyGreen #Reviews #TIFFhttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/misty-green-movie-review-chris-rock-1235216282/
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‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Anthony Ippolito Channels Sylvester Stallone in Peter Farrelly’s Cleverly Crafted Crowd-Pleaser About the Making of ‘Rocky’
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‘The Surgeon’ Review: Michelle Yeoh Goes All John Wick Taking Her Scalpel To The Bad Guys – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #DrRoshanSethi #MartinFreeman #MichelleYeoh #TheSurgeon #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/the-surgeon-review-michelle-yeoh-toronto-film-festival-1237099602/
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‘The Surgeon’ Review: Michelle Yeoh Goes All John Wick Taking Her Scalpel To The Bad Guys – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #DrRoshanSethi #MartinFreeman #MichelleYeoh #TheSurgeon #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/the-surgeon-review-michelle-yeoh-toronto-film-festival-1237099602/
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‘The Surgeon’ Review: Michelle Yeoh Goes All John Wick Taking Her Scalpel To The Bad Guys – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #DrRoshanSethi #MartinFreeman #MichelleYeoh #TheSurgeon #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/the-surgeon-review-michelle-yeoh-toronto-film-festival-1237099602/
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‘The Surgeon’ Review: Michelle Yeoh Goes All John Wick Taking Her Scalpel To The Bad Guys – Toronto Film Festival
#Festivals #News #Reviews #DrRoshanSethi #MartinFreeman #MichelleYeoh #TheSurgeon #Toronto #TorontoFilmFestivalhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/the-surgeon-review-michelle-yeoh-toronto-film-festival-1237099602/
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‘NAZA’ Review: Israeli Military Accused Of Depraved Indifference To Palestinian Life, Using AI To Kill In Gaza – Venice Film Festival
#Documentary #Festivals #News #Reviews #Naza #RachelSzor #Venice #VeniceFilmFestival #YuvalAbrahamhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/naza-review-venice-film-festival-1237100430/
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‘NAZA’ Review: Israeli Military Accused Of Depraved Indifference To Palestinian Life, Using AI To Kill In Gaza – Venice Film Festival
#Documentary #Festivals #News #Reviews #Naza #RachelSzor #Venice #VeniceFilmFestival #YuvalAbrahamhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/naza-review-venice-film-festival-1237100430/
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‘NAZA’ Review: Israeli Military Accused Of Depraved Indifference To Palestinian Life, Using AI To Kill In Gaza – Venice Film Festival
#Documentary #Festivals #News #Reviews #Naza #RachelSzor #Venice #VeniceFilmFestival #YuvalAbrahamhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/naza-review-venice-film-festival-1237100430/
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‘NAZA’ Review: Israeli Military Accused Of Depraved Indifference To Palestinian Life, Using AI To Kill In Gaza – Venice Film Festival
#Documentary #Festivals #News #Reviews #Naza #RachelSzor #Venice #VeniceFilmFestival #YuvalAbrahamhttps://deadline.com/2026/09/naza-review-venice-film-festival-1237100430/
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‘Babies’ Review: Lauren Miller Rogen Film Is A Witty, Heartfelt Exploration Of Childless Adulthood & Chosen Family – Toronto Film Festival
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The bit that you skip #255: Brand New – Degausser
Before youtube, the only chance you had to catch a video was either MTV (or any of its knock offs) or waiting ages to download on dial-up or any P2P program like limewire, bearshare, and the like.
There were a couple of websites in the early 00s where you could download videos with reasonable quality. Besides getting whatever was hot, you could find new bands. Through HDPvideos I found Strapping Young Lad and Brand New. Strapping I downloaded as a friend in Nottingham highly recommended them, Brand New I downloaded just by the title of the song: the quiet things that no one ever knows.
I loved the title, but the song wasn’t what I expected. So I never bothered with them.
Years later, in late 2007, I was supposed to move to Sheffield, but a company that liaised with the University of Sheffield lost my papers (blaming it on the floods), so I lost the beginning of the academic year and had to wait for another year.
I had insomnia due to this, so I used to drive late at night, or walk. I also would spend the night reading magazines. One particular music magazine had an article about a band’s heavy usage of pedals on the studio. It was Brand New and the album was The Devil and God are raging inside me. So I “acquired” the album and was floored by it. I was obsessed with the interweaving storyline, the instrumentals, the screaming, the children’s chorus in Degausser, the brutality of the lyrics. I bought the album, paying through the nose for a copy with an extra track.
Jesus Christ, the archers bows have broken, and Degausser are my all time fave Brand New songs and inspired me to write a novel about a tragedy. And tragedy befell the band in 2017, when Jesse Lacey got hit with two sexual misconduct accusations. The band split and only recently reunited.
I know a lot of people who were much greater fans of Brand New than me that took it really bad. People who had tattoos of their intense emocore lyrics. I know it affected me, as the album was integral to my novel, but it’s not as much as these people I know were affected. And really, in the end, it’s the victims who are really the most damaged here, so our particular love of band is but a mere afterthought when there’s people whose life was inexorably changed.
I still listen to Degausser on a regular basis. I find it cathartic and I always want to scream along. Life is hard, and I need a song as intense as Degausser to let it all out. I’m conflicted, though.
-Sam J. Valdés López
#BrandNew #Degausser #music #Review #Reviews #Rock #TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe #writing -
The bit that you skip #255: Brand New – Degausser
Before youtube, the only chance you had to catch a video was either MTV (or any of its knock offs) or waiting ages to download on dial-up or any P2P program like limewire, bearshare, and the like.
There were a couple of websites in the early 00s where you could download videos with reasonable quality. Besides getting whatever was hot, you could find new bands. Through HDPvideos I found Strapping Young Lad and Brand New. Strapping I downloaded as a friend in Nottingham highly recommended them, Brand New I downloaded just by the title of the song: the quiet things that no one ever knows.
I loved the title, but the song wasn’t what I expected. So I never bothered with them.
Years later, in late 2007, I was supposed to move to Sheffield, but a company that liaised with the University of Sheffield lost my papers (blaming it on the floods), so I lost the beginning of the academic year and had to wait for another year.
I had insomnia due to this, so I used to drive late at night, or walk. I also would spend the night reading magazines. One particular music magazine had an article about a band’s heavy usage of pedals on the studio. It was Brand New and the album was The Devil and God are raging inside me. So I “acquired” the album and was floored by it. I was obsessed with the interweaving storyline, the instrumentals, the screaming, the children’s chorus in Degausser, the brutality of the lyrics. I bought the album, paying through the nose for a copy with an extra track.
Jesus Christ, the archers bows have broken, and Degausser are my all time fave Brand New songs and inspired me to write a novel about a tragedy. And tragedy befell the band in 2017, when Jesse Lacey got hit with two sexual misconduct accusations. The band split and only recently reunited.
I know a lot of people who were much greater fans of Brand New than me that took it really bad. People who had tattoos of their intense emocore lyrics. I know it affected me, as the album was integral to my novel, but it’s not as much as these people I know were affected. And really, in the end, it’s the victims who are really the most damaged here, so our particular love of band is but a mere afterthought when there’s people whose life was inexorably changed.
I still listen to Degausser on a regular basis. I find it cathartic and I always want to scream along. Life is hard, and I need a song as intense as Degausser to let it all out. I’m conflicted, though.
-Sam J. Valdés López
#BrandNew #Degausser #music #Review #Reviews #Rock #TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe #writing -
The bit that you skip #255: Brand New – Degausser
Before youtube, the only chance you had to catch a video was either MTV (or any of its knock offs) or waiting ages to download on dial-up or any P2P program like limewire, bearshare, and the like.
There were a couple of websites in the early 00s where you could download videos with reasonable quality. Besides getting whatever was hot, you could find new bands. Through HDPvideos I found Strapping Young Lad and Brand New. Strapping I downloaded as a friend in Nottingham highly recommended them, Brand New I downloaded just by the title of the song: the quiet things that no one ever knows.
I loved the title, but the song wasn’t what I expected. So I never bothered with them.
Years later, in late 2007, I was supposed to move to Sheffield, but a company that liaised with the University of Sheffield lost my papers (blaming it on the floods), so I lost the beginning of the academic year and had to wait for another year.
I had insomnia due to this, so I used to drive late at night, or walk. I also would spend the night reading magazines. One particular music magazine had an article about a band’s heavy usage of pedals on the studio. It was Brand New and the album was The Devil and God are raging inside me. So I “acquired” the album and was floored by it. I was obsessed with the interweaving storyline, the instrumentals, the screaming, the children’s chorus in Degausser, the brutality of the lyrics. I bought the album, paying through the nose for a copy with an extra track.
Jesus Christ, the archers bows have broken, and Degausser are my all time fave Brand New songs and inspired me to write a novel about a tragedy. And tragedy befell the band in 2017, when Jesse Lacey got hit with two sexual misconduct accusations. The band split and only recently reunited.
I know a lot of people who were much greater fans of Brand New than me that took it really bad. People who had tattoos of their intense emocore lyrics. I know it affected me, as the album was integral to my novel, but it’s not as much as these people I know were affected. And really, in the end, it’s the victims who are really the most damaged here, so our particular love of band is but a mere afterthought when there’s people whose life was inexorably changed.
I still listen to Degausser on a regular basis. I find it cathartic and I always want to scream along. Life is hard, and I need a song as intense as Degausser to let it all out. I’m conflicted, though.
-Sam J. Valdés López
#BrandNew #Degausser #music #Review #Reviews #Rock #TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe #writing -
The bit that you skip #255: Brand New – Degausser
Before youtube, the only chance you had to catch a video was either MTV (or any of its knock offs) or waiting ages to download on dial-up or any P2P program like limewire, bearshare, and the like.
There were a couple of websites in the early 00s where you could download videos with reasonable quality. Besides getting whatever was hot, you could find new bands. Through HDPvideos I found Strapping Young Lad and Brand New. Strapping I downloaded as a friend in Nottingham highly recommended them, Brand New I downloaded just by the title of the song: the quiet things that no one ever knows.
I loved the title, but the song wasn’t what I expected. So I never bothered with them.
Years later, in late 2007, I was supposed to move to Sheffield, but a company that liaised with the University of Sheffield lost my papers (blaming it on the floods), so I lost the beginning of the academic year and had to wait for another year.
I had insomnia due to this, so I used to drive late at night, or walk. I also would spend the night reading magazines. One particular music magazine had an article about a band’s heavy usage of pedals on the studio. It was Brand New and the album was The Devil and God are raging inside me. So I “acquired” the album and was floored by it. I was obsessed with the interweaving storyline, the instrumentals, the screaming, the children’s chorus in Degausser, the brutality of the lyrics. I bought the album, paying through the nose for a copy with an extra track.
Jesus Christ, the archers bows have broken, and Degausser are my all time fave Brand New songs and inspired me to write a novel about a tragedy. And tragedy befell the band in 2017, when Jesse Lacey got hit with two sexual misconduct accusations. The band split and only recently reunited.
I know a lot of people who were much greater fans of Brand New than me that took it really bad. People who had tattoos of their intense emocore lyrics. I know it affected me, as the album was integral to my novel, but it’s not as much as these people I know were affected. And really, in the end, it’s the victims who are really the most damaged here, so our particular love of band is but a mere afterthought when there’s people whose life was inexorably changed.
I still listen to Degausser on a regular basis. I find it cathartic and I always want to scream along. Life is hard, and I need a song as intense as Degausser to let it all out. I’m conflicted, though.
-Sam J. Valdés López
#BrandNew #Degausser #music #Review #Reviews #Rock #TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe #writing -
The bit that you skip #255: Brand New – Degausser
Before youtube, the only chance you had to catch a video was either MTV (or any of its knock offs) or waiting ages to download on dial-up or any P2P program like limewire, bearshare, and the like.
There were a couple of websites in the early 00s where you could download videos with reasonable quality. Besides getting whatever was hot, you could find new bands. Through HDPvideos I found Strapping Young Lad and Brand New. Strapping I downloaded as a friend in Nottingham highly recommended them, Brand New I downloaded just by the title of the song: the quiet things that no one ever knows.
I loved the title, but the song wasn’t what I expected. So I never bothered with them.
Years later, in late 2007, I was supposed to move to Sheffield, but a company that liaised with the University of Sheffield lost my papers (blaming it on the floods), so I lost the beginning of the academic year and had to wait for another year.
I had insomnia due to this, so I used to drive late at night, or walk. I also would spend the night reading magazines. One particular music magazine had an article about a band’s heavy usage of pedals on the studio. It was Brand New and the album was The Devil and God are raging inside me. So I “acquired” the album and was floored by it. I was obsessed with the interweaving storyline, the instrumentals, the screaming, the children’s chorus in Degausser, the brutality of the lyrics. I bought the album, paying through the nose for a copy with an extra track.
Jesus Christ, the archers bows have broken, and Degausser are my all time fave Brand New songs and inspired me to write a novel about a tragedy. And tragedy befell the band in 2017, when Jesse Lacey got hit with two sexual misconduct accusations. The band split and only recently reunited.
I know a lot of people who were much greater fans of Brand New than me that took it really bad. People who had tattoos of their intense emocore lyrics. I know it affected me, as the album was integral to my novel, but it’s not as much as these people I know were affected. And really, in the end, it’s the victims who are really the most damaged here, so our particular love of band is but a mere afterthought when there’s people whose life was inexorably changed.
I still listen to Degausser on a regular basis. I find it cathartic and I always want to scream along. Life is hard, and I need a song as intense as Degausser to let it all out. I’m conflicted, though.
-Sam J. Valdés López
#BrandNew #Degausser #music #Review #Reviews #Rock #TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe #writing