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This blog is dedicated to exposing new and interesting music to people who otherwise might never ventured outside of the realm of popular music, or their preferred genre. The music I will try to review a mix of all different types of music, with a focus on genres I like (metal and experimental music).

I encourage everyone reading this blog to give each of the albums I review a listen, even if you don't think you'll like it, and try to open your mind to new sounds and consents. It might be very rewarding.

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Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report

From just looking at the cover, this album might not seem like much. I mean, just look at it! It looks like some kind of lazy bootleg, or the cover to some official document. However, despite its looks, this is one of the most important albums ever made. This is because this is the debut album of the first ever industrial band, Throbbing Gristle. Without this album or band, more famous industrial bands and groups such as Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Marilyn Manson, and Death Grips would never of been created! Old photo in front of TG's lightning bolt logo When you first look at the track list of this album, the first thing you might notice is that there are a lot of repeated songs. In fact, out of the 9 tracks on the album, there are 3 tracks called Slug Bait and 4 called Maggot Death. This is because almost all of these repeated tracks are live recordings from different shows. Despite this, all of the repeated tracks sound ...
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Big Black - Atomizer

        Ok, here's Atomizer by Big Black. Big Black was a very influential band in the 80s, fronted by Steve Albini. This is a very hard band to put in any specific category, but I've seen the band called noise punk or post-hardcore. The band's music is fast, abrasive and tackles politically and culturally loaded topics like murder, rape, arson, child abuse, pedophilia, racism, and misogyny. The lyrics were written by Albini to purposely be controversial, but also to serve as commentary and criticism. These controversial themes were very unusual and shocking for the time, and had a huge influence on the lyrical themes of punk and similar bands of the time. Big black and Steve Albini also hated the rock bands and corporations of the mainstream music industry, and worked to separate themselves from it by playing their unique sound and by keeping complete control over all aspects of the band (refusing to sign contracts, paying for their own records, plann...
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Opeth - Blackwater Park

        The last few bands I've reviewed were somewhat obscure, but the next album I picked, "Blackwater Park" is by a famous progressive death metal band, Opeth. Progressive or prog metal is a very hard genre to define since it describes a certain sound that the music has. Prog is often marked by complicated riffs and solos, sudden changes in the melody, and weird, often changing timings and rhythms that give the listener a feeling like they are falling into the music, but I'd really recommend just listening to some prog, because this description doesn't quite do the genre justice.         One thing I really like is when a band picks a cover for an album that gives you a good idea what the music is going to sound like, and this album does just that. The picture appears to be of a dark foggy swamp with what appears to be human forms in the background, obscured by the fog. The album cover looks dark and gloomy, and t...
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