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Music News 

Ukrainian black metal vs. Vladimir Putin

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Metal, Invasion, Russia, Ukraine

Everyone in Ukraine is pushing back against Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked attack. A week into the war, Russia is attacking civilian

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: More fun with black metal

November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Metal, Gorgoroth, Norway

So you think that today’s music is a little lightweight and lacks real rebellion, do you? Perhaps then you need

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Fun with black metal

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Metal, Burzum, Norway

If you’re into intense music–and I mean intense–then maybe you need a little Norwegian death metal, specifically a band called

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: When The Ramones were banned in Norway.

April 28, 2021April 27, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Metal, Church Burning, Norway, Ramones

Here is one of the stranger examples of guilt by association.  Back in the early 90s, it became fashionable for

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, December 5, 2020

December 5, 2020December 4, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Black Metal, Dogs, Foals, Glass Animals, Instagram, iOS, Music Fans, Ozzy, Santa, Scott Weiland, Technics SL-1200, TikTok

For reasons unknown, this earworm has been going through my head for a week. Think very carefully before you click

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Here’s a black metal song about the importance of wearing face masks

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Black Metal, COVID-19, Face masks

What’s so hard about wearing a face mask during the time of pandemic? Just do it, you anti-mask dickheads. Here’s

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, February 12, 2020

February 12, 2020February 13, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Black Metal, HBO, Justin Bieber, Lyme Disease, Michael Jackson, Piano, SiriusXM, Soundcloud, Strokes

Good news, Virginia! It’ll soon become legal for unmarried heterosexual people to have sex! Yes, you read that correctly. And

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, April 13, 2019

April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Podcasts, Black Metal, Boris Johnson, Canada Goose, Frank Sinatra, Game of Thrones, Guns 'N Roses, Izzy Stradlin, John Lennon, Morrissey, My Way, Nipsey Hussle, Pop Will Eat Itself, PUP, Record Store Day

It was on this day in 1970 that Apollo 13 mentioned to Houston that they had a problem. And it’s

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, February 14, 2019

February 14, 2019February 13, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Avril Lavigne, Black Metal, Fortnite, Frank Zappa, Grammys, Hologram, Lars Ulrich, Lords of Chaos, Metallica, Music Piracy, Ozzy, Smart Watch, Spotify, TikTok

Valentine’s Day. Yuck. Sorry. I’ll focus on music news for February 14, 2019 instead. Ozzy is officially out of the

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Movies 

Anyone up for a real-life black metal horror movie?

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Metal, Euronymous, Lords of Chaos, Macauley Culkin, Mayhem

If you’re familiar with Norwegian black metal, I need not go any further because you know how this story ends.

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, December 26, 2018

December 26, 2018December 26, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Artwork, Black Metal, Heidi Klum, Mariah Carey, No Doubt, Taiwan, Tokio Hotel, Tony Kanal, Twenty One Pilot, Wu Tang

Did you know that Boxing Day is now the third busiest shopping day of the year? The busiest is the

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