Random music news for Monday, December 11, 2023
Listen, I’m a Star Trek fan, too, but I’m not sure this is awesome or cheesy. Still, if someone wanted to get me something, I’d take it. Just nothing in red, okay? (Via
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Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the term “death metal”
Death metal is one of the most extreme forms of music in the universe with its crunch guitars, driving beats, and insane vocals. But who came up with the term “death metal?” That’s…complicated.
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If the world comes to an end, at least our music will be safe. Introducing the Global Music Vault.
If you check the Doomsday Clock (the indicator from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists that shows how close the world is to nuclear annihilation), it’s sitting at 90 seconds to midnight. It’s never
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Ongoing History Daily: More fun with black metal
So you think that today’s music is a little lightweight and lacks real rebellion, do you? Perhaps then you need to get into black metal from Norway. You might wish to start with
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If you’re into intense music–and I mean intense–then maybe you need a little Norwegian death metal, specifically a band called Mayhem. Here are some highlights from their history: (1) In 2003, a fan
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: The ultimate digital music storage site
Somewhere on an island in northern Norway, a company called Elire Management Group is building a hardened vault designed to store the world’s digital music. It will be hardened against all possible conditions,
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Weird album alert! (I think I’ll pass on this collectible, though.)
Norway. Land of fjords, Vikings, black metal…and this album.
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: When The Ramones were banned in Norway.
Here is one of the stranger examples of guilt by association. Back in the early 90s, it became fashionable for Scandinavian black metal musicians and fans to burn down churches. In 1994, a
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This guy’s first-ever song hit the top of the Spotify charts in Norway, so he did this. Er, wow.
Mads Hansen used to spend most of his time as a midfielder for a Norwegian soccer team. But then the creative muse struck him and he turned to music. He promised to some
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Random Music News for Friday, December 15, 2017
Hoi An to Da Nang to Bangkok today. As much as I love noodles and stirfry, I really want some prime rib. And now, the music news for December 5. #MeToo allegations are
Read MoreRandom Music News for Tuesday, March 21, 2017
The first full day of spring! Bring it ON! And now, the music news. If you’re concerned about the music venue crisis currently facing Toronto, read this. Canadian album sales are about even where
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