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A Happy Valentine’s Day from The Black Laser!

February 14, 2011 |

About Music, Music and Thoughts

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Because I do love you all so very, very much and want to let you know on this beautiful, false holiday, I’ve prepared a little mix for you to enjoy. I was originally just going to post a Carcass video and be done with it, but that felt a little cheap so I spent the last hour and a half preparing a heart warming Valentine’s Day mix for all my readers.

1. Acid Bath “Paegan Love Song”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/01-Paegan-Love-Song.mp3|titles=Paegan Love Song|artists=Acid Bath]

2. Anal Cunt “In My Heart There’s a Star Named After You”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/02-In-My-Heart-Theres-A-Star-Named-After-You.mp3|titles=In My Heart There’s A Star Named After You|artists=Anal Cunt]

3. Neaera “Definition of Love”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/03-Definition-Of-Love.mp3|titles=Definition Of Love|artists=Neaera]

4. Pig Destroyer “Girl in the Slayer Jacket”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/04-Girl-in-the-Slayer-Jacket.mp3|titles=Girl in the Slayer Jacket|artists=Pig Destroyer]

5. Network “Love on the Lips of a Whore”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/05-Love-On-The-Lips-Of-A-Whore.mp3|titles=Love On The Lips Of A Whore|artists=Network]

6. Agents of Oblivion “Dead Girl”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/06-Dead-Girl.mp3|titles=Dead Girl|artists=Agents of Oblivion]

7. Gwar “Rock N’ Roll Never Felt So Good”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/07-Rock-N-Roll-Never-Felt-So-Good.mp3|titles=Rock N Roll Never Felt So Good|artists=Gwar]

8. Converge “Heartless”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/08-Heartless.mp3|titles=Heartless|artists=Converge]

9. Pantera “This Love”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/09-This-Love.mp3|titles=This Love|artists=Pantera]

10. The Red Chord “Love on the Concrete”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/10-Love-On-The-Concrete.mp3|titles=Love On The Concrete|artists=The Red Chord]

11. Carcass “No Love Lost”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/11-No-Love-Lost.mp3|titles=No Love Lost|artists=Carcass]

12. Biohazard “Love Denied”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/12-Love-Denied.mp3|titles=Love Denied|artists=Biohazard]

13. As I Lay Dying “Empty Hearts”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/13-Empty-Hearts.mp3|titles=Empty Hearts|artists=As I Lay Dying]

14. Pro-Pain “Make War (Not Love)”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/14-Make-War-Not-Love.mp3|titles=Make War (Not Love)|artists=Pro-Pain]

15. Slayer “Love To Hate”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/15-Love-To-Hate.mp3|titles=Love To Hate|artists=Slayer]

16. Cannibal Corpse “Infinite Misery”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/16-Infinite-Misery.mp3|titles=Infinite Misery|artists=Cannibal Corpse]

17. Agoraphobic Nosebleed “The Newlyweds Are Raped”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/17-The-Newlyweds-Are-Raped.mp3|titles=The Newlyweds Are Raped|artists=Agoraphobic Nosebleed]

18. Unearth “Black Hearts Now Reign”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/18-Black-Hearts-Now-Reign.mp3|titles=Black Hearts Now Reign|artists=Unearth]

19. The Hope Conspiracy “Defiant Hearts”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/19-Defiant-Hearts.mp3|titles=Defiant Hearts|artists=The Hope Conspiracy]

20. Morbid Angel “Nothing But Fear”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20-Nothing-But-Fear.mp3|titles=Nothing But Fear|artists=Morbid Angel]

21. Emperor “Ensorcelled By Khaos”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/21-Ensorcelled-By-Khaos.mp3|titles=Ensorcelled By Khaos|artists=Emperor]

22. Celeste “Il y aura des femmes à remercier et de la chair à embrocher”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/22-Il-y-aura-des-femmes-à-remercier-et-de-la-chair-à-embrocher.mp3|titles=Il y aura des femmes à remercier et de la chair à embrocher|artists=Celeste]

23. Killswitch Engage “My Last Serenade”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/23-My-Last-Serenade.mp3|titles=My Last Serenade|artists=Killswitch Engage]

24. Deicide “Till Death Do Us Part”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/24-Till-Death-Do-Us-Part.mp3|titles=Till Death Do Us Part|artists=Deicide]

25. DMX Crew “You Can’t Hide Your Love (Hidden Love Mix)”

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/25-You-Cant-Hide-Your-Love.mp3|titles=You Can’t Hide Your Love (Hidden Love Mix)|artists=DMX Crew]

There you have it! 25 unrelenting tracks of pure Valentine’s Day LOVE.

And in case you want to download the whole thing and listen to it at home, at work, in the car, at the gym, while making love, in jail, on a spaceship, while fighting orcs, or anywhere else you need a Valentine’s Day soundtrack, you can get it here: Valumtime’s Day 2011

> Continue reading...A Happy Valentine’s Day from The Black Laser!

Morbid Angel’s Domination

March 8, 2010 |

About Music and Music

In a day when there were only two cores—hard and grind— and before anyone crabwalked their way through a music video, before there was a scene for which there could be hair, before anyone auto-tuned the clean vocals in their songs, Morbid Angel released an album called Domination. The year was 1995 and I was 13 years old. I had been listening to Morbid Angel for some time at this point. I owned 1989’s Altars of Madness and 1991’s Blessed Are The Sick, but it was their third album, 1993’s Covenant that was the important one. I have no idea how many times I’ve listened to this album, but it must be in the healthy triple digits. The count was probably into the triple digits when Domination came out in 95. It was right up there with Vulgar Display of Power and Chaos A.D.

I listened the living hell out of that record. In case you are somewhere around my age and are unfamiliar with Covenant but you were around to see Beavis & Butthead, then you might recognize this video.

Pretty killer song right?

I know it is.

And then Domination came out and for some reason I thought they’d gone soft on me. I was disappointed with the album and it never really enter heavy rotation the same way that Covenant had. The songs were weak and soft. They basically made a fucking pussy ass country record I thought. I felt betrayed, so Domination was lodged into the back of my brain as Morbid Angel’s failed mid-career attempt at selling out.

Then a few weeks ago, I decided I’d give their “new” record a shot. Of course, this was early 2010, 15 years after its release. Morbid Angel had released three records afterward, yet in my head, for whatever reason, Domination was still the “new” one. Weird how that happens.

And, wow. Was I wrong in my opinions of the album. Domination fucking SLAYS. Perhaps you’d be interested in hearing the song that pretty much convinced me that Morbid Angel had gone soft on this record? Here it is.

What the hell? Was I serious? Something in me thought that this wasn’t heavy enough? “Where The Slime Live” is an amazing song, yet 13-year-old Joe thought it was total pussy crap. I was an idiot! In all likelihood I still am!

In case the sample wasn’t enough, here are a couple more tracks from the record I had dismissed as not heavy enough.

[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/01-Dominate.mp3|titles=Dominate|Artists=Morbid Angel] [audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/05-Nothing-But-Fear.mp3|titles=Nothing But Fear|Artists=Morbid Angel] [audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/10-Inquisition.mp3|titles=Inquisition (Burn With Me)|Artists=Morbid Angel] [audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/11-Hatework.mp3|titles=Hatework|Artists=Morbid Angel]

Yeah. I know. Totally soft right?

I think I’ve proven myself here. If you’ve got some old records around that you maybe didn’t get into the first, give them a listen. You might be pleasantly surprised by what you hear.

> Continue reading...Morbid Angel’s <i>Domination</i>

New Old School Death Metal (NOSDM)

January 20, 2010 |

About Music and Music

Today I learned about a genre of metal called “New Old School Death Metal” or NOSDM. While I think the resurgence of old school style Death Metal is awesome, I’m a little surprised by it. Had it really gone anywhere? I was always of the opinion that since its inception, there have been dudes playing Death Metal the same way. Sure, the bands change and the members of the bands change, but hasn’t there always been a core of old school Death going on somewhere?

Did I miss out on something? Was I too busy listening to Old Old School Death Metal (OOSDM) records to notice?

Did Death Metal change so much that we’re experiencing a revival of the classic form much in the same manner as thrash suddenly became huge again about three years ago? Do we refer to Municipal Waste and Toxic Holocaust as “New Old School Thrash Metal” or NOSTM? Are all these labels really necessary? If we didn’t call these new DM bands NOSDM, but just plain called them Death Metal, would it be so hard to understand? Would it be wrong?

Let’s posit that Death Metal in its traditional form peaked about 1994, to be superseded by the Swedish style that dominated the later 90s and early 00s. (No, nü-metal doesn’t fucking count.) The earliest known uses of the term “Death Metal” were found somewhere around 1984, giving Death Metal a 10 year run. Now, if a style falls out of favor but does not disappear completely, can we really call its resurgence by a new name? Composers wrote Baroque music for 160 years. It’s not like when Baroque first showed up, went through a wave of initial popularity, decreased slightly in public opinion, and then showed up again they called it New Old School Baroque Music (NOSBM), did they?

The whole thing, and really the extreme fragmentation of metal subgenres in general, seems pretty silly to me.

And, because I am such a caring person, I won’t let you go without some examples.

Let’s do a chronological survey of some of my favorite Death Metal, shall we?

1987’s “Beyond the Unholy Grave” – Death
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/11-Beyond-The-Unholy-Grave.mp3|Artists=Death|titles=Beyond The Unholy Grave]

1987’s “Bleed for the Devil” – Morbid Angel
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/1-07 Bleed For The Devil.mp3|artists=Morbid Angel|titles=Bleed for the Devil]

1989’s “Sacrificial Suicide” – Deicide
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/02-Sacrificial-Suicide.mp3|artists=Deicide|titles=Sacrificial Suicide]

1990’s “Burden of Evil” – Monstrosity
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Burden Of Evil.mp3|artists=Monstrosity|titles=Burden of Evil]

1991’s “Jesus Wept” – Suffocation
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/09 Jesus Wept.mp3|artists=Suffocation|titles=Jesus Wept]

1992’s “Hammer Smashed Face” – Cannibal Corpse
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Hammer Smashed Face.mp3|artists=Cannibal Corpse|titles=Hammer Smashed Face]

1993’s “Preacher of Sodomy” – Broken Hope
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Preacher of Sodomy.mp3|artists=Broken Hope|titles=Preacher of Sodomy]

1994’s “Born Headless” – Cryptopsy
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Born Headless.mp3|artists=Cryptopsy|titles=Born Headless]

1995’s “Nothing But Fear” – Morbid Angel
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Nothing But Fear.mp3|artists=Morbid Angel|titles=Nothing But Fear]

1996’s “Permanently Disfigured” – Dying Fetus
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Permanently Disfigured.mp3|artists=Dying Fetus|titles=Permanently Disfigured]

1997’s “Save To The Cross” – Deicide
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Slave To The Cross.mp3|artists=Deicide|titles=Slave To The Cross]

1998’s “Flame To The Surface” – Cryptopsy
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Flame To The Surface.mp3|artists=Cryptopsy|titles=Flame To The Surface]

1999’s “Blowtorch Slaughter” – Cannibal Corpse
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Blowtorch Slaughter.mp3|artists=Cannibal Corpse|titles=Blowtorch Slaughter]

2000’s “Christians To The Lions” – Behemoth
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Christians To The Lions.mp3|artists=Behemoth|titles=Christians To The Lions]

2001’s “Blind The Vision That Shatters” – Neuraxis
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Blind The Vision That Shatters.mp3|artists=Neuraxis|titles=Blind The Vision That Shatters]

2002’s “Dead Sea Scroll Deception” – Lock Up
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Dead Sea Scroll Deception.mp3|artists=Lock Up|titles=Dead Sea Scroll Deception]

2003’s “History Is Rotten” – Misery Index
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/History Is Rotten.mp3|artists=Misery Index|titles=History Is Rotten]

2004’s “Sensual Sickness” – Decapitated
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Sensual Sickness.mp3|artists=Decapitated|titles=Sensual Sickness]

2005’s “The Victorious Reign” – Hate Eternal
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/The Victorious Reign.mp3|artists=Hate Eternal|titles=The Victorious Reign]

2006’s “The Crawl Inside Me Uninvited” – Coldworker
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/They Crawl Inside Me Uninvited.mp3|artists=Coldworker|titles=They Crawl Inside Me Uninvited]

2007’s “Rebirth In Blood” – Blood Red Throne
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Rebirth In Blood.mp3|artists=Blood Red Throne|titles=Rebirth In Blood]

2008’s “Slaughtering The Will To Live” – Bloodbath
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Slaughtering The Will To Live.mp3|artists=Bloodbath|titles=Slaughtering The Will To Live]

2009’s “Carrion Sculpted Entity” – Cannibal Corpse
[audio:https://www.theblacklaser.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Carrion Sculpted Entity.mp3|artists=Cannibal Corpse|titles=Carrion Sculpted Entity]

Sorry, for some reason I don’t have any Death Metal from 1988 on my iPod right now. I’ll fix that oversight when I get home tonight.

Now, listen to the bands on an article by Decibel Magazine about NOSDM. It seems to me that besides some basic evolution in the quality of the productions, that Death Metal has been alive an well since at least 1987. So, do we need this new label at all? Can we not just keep calling it Death Metal? Do we need OOSDM, MEOSDM (Mid-Era Old School Death Metal), and NOSDM? What happens when NOSDM becomes Old New Old School Death Metal (ONOSDM)?

For the initiated and uninitiated out there who take the time to read and listen to this, what do you think? Comment away.

> Continue reading...New Old School Death Metal (NOSDM)