Rob's been trying to get me on the William Elliott Whitmore train for a while now, so I wasn't entirely surprised that he picked Hymns for the Hopeless from his bag of tricks for me to listen to this week. I have thoughts about it... As
Art is not supposed to be safe. It’s been probably 20 years since I first heard that declaration, but man, does it still ring true today. We live in a timeline where for many of us, discomfort can be a choice. We can recoil into our own personal echo
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Aaron and Rob discuss Black Sabbath, Ozzy along with the following albums: Black Sabbath, Seventh Star, Cross Purposes and The Devil You Know.
It’s been almost 2 weeks since Ozzy and Black Sabbath graced the stage for (presumably) the last time, and since then I’ve had a fair amount of reflection about “Back to the Beginning”. Not just the magnitude of what the event signifies, i.e. the cessation of a
I went into this album knowing I would love it. It was just a matter of how much.
Occult doom at it's finest.
Aaron and Rob discuss our early friendship over metal, Silent Echoes, Skull 3, The Spin, and Idag.
Released in January 1986, Seventh Star was the 12th full length studio album from the mighty Black Sabbath. I’m pretty sure that I bought this record on vinyl at my local Albertson’s grocery store. My memory is hazy, but I recall that there was a cutout bin of
Fresh off of Black Sabbath’s colossal “Back to the Beginning” farewell sendoff, it’s hard to imagine a time when Sabbath wasn’t the biggest Metal band in the universe. If we rewind back to the mid/late 80’s, Black Sabbath was a mere footnote in the juggernaut
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Listening Notes
Doom in it's final form.
Listening Notes
The big bang of Heavy Metal.
Listening Notes
Dark, heavy, and emotional draining.
Blog
Music saved his life; literally: How Rob's love affair with metal started.
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A new podcast is on the horizon.