Black Metal Book Club

Black Metal Book Club

I'm busy

Here's a lot of bands, all at once.

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Seth
Nov 16, 2023
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I’d like to only listen to music and write reviews about it. I really would. Unfortunately, for being in the infantile stages of this endeavor, I am not going to be paying any bills with my recurring subscriber income of $0/ever.

That’s not to say I don’t have any albums to recommend. Thankfully, reviews are a two-step process: the listening step, and the writing step. I can listen to music anytime, even when doing the work that does pay my bills. What’s more, it’s not hard to find a good album. Per my analysis, there’s already been at least thirty-nine black metal releases this month (only counting full-lengths and EPs), with seventy-three releases slated in total. My cup runneth over.

My review process is fairly simple, too:

  1. Is it black metal, in any way? No? NEXT!

  2. Okay, it’s black metal. Does it suck? Yes? NEXT!

  3. Okay, it doesn’t suck. But is it boring? Yes? NEXT!

    1. 98% of blackened death doesn’t make it past this step.

      Yeah, I said it. Fight me.

  4. Okay, it isn’t boring. Is it more interestin…

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