en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal The Last.fm journal for Conservationist. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/09/16/5lyywn_death_metal_underground Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:56:47 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/09/16/5lyywn_death_metal_underground New group for the Death Metal Underground web site, which is the home of many classic death metal, black metal, grindcore, thrash, speed metal, power metal, doom metal, heavy metal, modernist classical, classical, baroque classical, romantic classical, neoclassical, dark ambient, noise and related reviews:

1. Death Metal Underground Last.fm Group

]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/08/02/5k76lg_chick-fil-a_faces_nationwide_boycott_for_intolerance_of_black_metal_supergroup Thu, 2 Aug 2012 02:37:39 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/08/02/5k76lg_chick-fil-a_faces_nationwide_boycott_for_intolerance_of_black_metal_supergroup Chick-fil-A put itself in the middle of another controversy on Wednesday by announcing that it would not support indie-metal supergroup Twilight now that Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth has joined the band.

http://www.examiner.com/article/chick-fil-a-faces-nationwide-boycott-for-intolerance-of-black-metal-supergroup]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/07/03/5izfq9_black_metal:_european_roots_&_musical_extremities Tue, 3 Jul 2012 16:15:37 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/07/03/5izfq9_black_metal:_european_roots_&_musical_extremities

From the snow-covered environs of Norway and secluded graveyards of England to the dark forests of Germany and remote woodlands of Poland and Ukraine, an unstoppable Black Metal beast has dominated the extreme end of the musical scale for more than two decades.

Black Metal is an aesthetic, an emotion, an attitude and, for many, a way of life. Exposing the inner workings of your delicate eardrums to unbridled screams of primeval fury, an unending torrent of galloping rhythms and indomitable wall of buzzing guitars is like being thrown head-first into the whirling eye of a chthonic vortex. Black Metal can be disturbing, invigorating, provoking and empowering. One persistent and enduring image that is often associated with Black Metal is that of semi-comedic corpse-paint, futile church-burnings and Satanic ritual; but the genre itself can often take on a decidedly political and cultural form and many of its exponents have controversial views and opinions that are frequently overlooked by the commentators of the underground music industry.

We aim to examine some of those tendencies in Black Metal: European Roots & Musical Extremities. Contributors include Troy Southgate, Tony 'The Demolition Man' Dolan (Venom/Atomkraft/M-Pire of Evil), Jeff 'Mantas' Dunn (Venom/Mantas/M-Pire of Evil), Hendrik Möbus (Absurd), Alex Kurtagic (Supernal Records), Jarl von Hagall (Der Stürmer), Alexander Wieser (Uruk-Hai), William Vithólf (Fanisk), Gareth Giles (Hrafnblóð), Matt Kay (Wodfreca Records), Vijay Prozak (Deathmetal.org), Elena Semenyaka, Erik Proft, Smierc Polarstern, Neil Hiatt, Nils Wegner and Chris G. Hicks.

Signed copies of Black Metal: European Roots & Musical Extremities are now available to pre-order. The book will be around 200 pages in length and costs just £15 with free postage to anywhere in the world. The Paypal address is: blackfrontpress@yahoo.co.uk

(source)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/06/06/5htj06_international_day_of_slayer_-_june_6,_2012 Wed, 6 Jun 2012 03:26:01 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/06/06/5htj06_international_day_of_slayer_-_june_6,_2012

If they can have a "National Day of Prayer,"
We can have a National Day of Slayer!

Culture is something you can inherit, or choose. We choose metal as our culture, and Slayer as our ambassador. No other band captures the spirit of metal with such intensity. Every year on June 6, we celebrate the International Day of Slayer to hail this spirit.

How to Celebrate

1. Listen to Slayer at full blast in your car.
2. Listen to Slayer at full blast in your home.
3. Listen to Slayer at full blast at your place of employment.
4. Listen to Slayer at full blast in any public place you prefer.

DO NOT use headphones! The objective of this day is for everyone within earshot to understand that it is the National Day of Slayer. National holidays in America aren't just about celebrating; they're about forcing it upon non-participants.

Taking that participation to a problematic level

1. Stage a "Slay-out." Don't go to work. Listen to Slayer.
2. Have a huge block party that clogs up a street in your neighborhood. Blast Slayer albums all evening. Get police cruisers and helicopters on the scene. Finish with a full-scale riot.
3. Spray paint Slayer logos on churches, synagogues, or cemeteries.
4. Play Slayer covers with your own band (since 99% of your riffs are stolen from Slayer anyway).
5. Kill the neighbor's dog and blame it on Slayer.

http://www.nationaldayofslayer.org/]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/06/01/5hm8bt_birds_are_brilliant Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:23:25 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/06/01/5hm8bt_birds_are_brilliant Do you love excellent design? Beauty? Clarity? Power?

Then birds are critters to watch.

Several ornithological groups have collaborated to provide you with birdie cams that show you a new nest of the following species, free to watch and usually far more inspiring, amusing, entertaining and enlightening than television:

1. Great Blue Heron
2. Red Tailed Hawk
3. American Kestrel
4. Osprey
5. Pacific Loon

Repost if you love nature and want more of it!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/05/30/5hid00_social_networking_for_outsiders Wed, 30 May 2012 14:48:33 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/05/30/5hid00_social_networking_for_outsiders New social networking site for those who like tradition, philosophy, realism, occultism and/or art.

http://www.primordialtraditions.net/prime/network/Default.aspx]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/04/21/5fmgfg_beherit_-_celebrate_the_dead Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:13:27 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/04/21/5fmgfg_beherit_-_celebrate_the_dead Beherit - Celebrate the Dead



This KVLT release is the demo Beherit recorded in July 2008 in Helsinki and Bangkok. This demo was sent to Spinefarm records, who then agreed to release what became Engram. KVLT wanted to release the demo, and since Holocausto felt the demo versions were better than the final studio production, even though the drums on the demo were sampled, he agreed to this vinyl-only release.

1. Beherit - Celebrate the Dead (Examiner)
   
2. Beherit - Celebrate the Dead (DeathMetal.org)

]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/04/21/5fmflm_imprecation_-_jehovah_denied Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:59:41 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/04/21/5fmflm_imprecation_-_jehovah_denied Imprecation - Jehovah Denied



Much like spinoff bands Blaspherian and Morbus 666, and fellow old school death metal worshippers War Master, Imprecation makes violent death metal that is not especially fast so much as it is varied in dynamic and tempo. These songs approach like a vaporous ghost, then enclose the listener and then clench them into tight sequences of dark cadence. Simple power chord riffs fit together like an apocalyptic Jenga puzzle and bring the listener through labyrinthine contortions to a place of inner clarity and, quite honestly, Satanic hatred.

1. Imprecation - Jehovah Denied (Examiner)
2. Imprecation - Jehovah Denied (DeathMetal.org)

]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/04/20/5fkhtx_winglord_-_the_chosen_one Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:28:49 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/04/20/5fkhtx_winglord_-_the_chosen_one Winglord - The Chosen One



"The Winglord style of ambient neofolk combines the infectious power of old industrial and synthpop, the ideas of black metal, the atmosphere of neofolk and the grandeur of movie soundtracks. If a Vangelis or Poledouris soundtrack ever took your breath away, you have an idea of the kind of emotional surge that this music imparts on a regular basis."

http://www.winglord.com/

Relevant to fans of:

* Danzig - Black Aria
* Beherit - Electric Doom Synthesis
* Burzum - Hlidskjalf
* Dead Can Dance
* Tangerine Dream
* Arcana
* Blood Axis
* Ildjarn - Landscapes
* Basil Poledouris
* Vangelis
* Hans Zimmer
* Howard Shore
* Kreuzweg Ost

Reviews in the media:

1. Winglord - The Chosen One (Amerika)
2. Winglord - The Chosen One (Examiner)
3. Winglord - The Chosen One (DeathMetal.org)

]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/03/31/5eb2e2_burzum_-_umskiptar Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:56:07 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Conservationist/journal/2012/03/31/5eb2e2_burzum_-_umskiptar

The new Burzum album, Umskiptar, has just been released to the press. Our short review: it's boring; the parts are good but they don't fit together into a whole. Our larger take on this: it's a cynical album, designed for manipulation of the easy minds and not the explorations of consciousness that earlier Burzum albums were. It's sad but this is the work of an embittered man who just wants his money, which is a lot like the method of the modern society he hates. Don't pay attention to the experience or the ideal, only the material result.

Burzum - Umskiptar review]]>