Yer Metal Is Olde

Yer Metal Is Olde: Nifelheim – Servants of Darkness

By Mark Z. on August 1, 2020 in Yer Metal Is Olde, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, 13 comments

“There’s something immensely satisfying about listening to musicians who are utterly devoted to their craft. In the realm of blackened thrash, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who fits that description more than Nifelheim’s founding members, Swedish twins Erik “Tyrant” and Per “Hellbutcher” Gustavsson. These are the guys who apparently kicked out their first guitarist for being “wimpy” enough to have a girlfriend, the guys who once claimed that Venom is the most recent band they actually like.” Trve darkness.

Yer Metal is Olde: ISIS – Celestial

By Carcharodon on July 26, 2020 in Yer Metal Is Olde, Post-Metal, Sludge, 25 comments

“ISIS were a gateway band for me and they, along with a handful of others, are largely responsible for shaping my musical ‘tastes’ as they exist today. Originally introduced to ISIS by way of their unfuckable-with sophomore album, Oceanic, I then discovered that the fundamentals of ISIS’ iconic, oft-copied-but-never-bettered sound were already fully formed on their debut LP, 2000’s Celestial.” Star breakers.

Yer Metal is Olde: Dying Fetus – Destroy the Opposition

By Saunders on July 19, 2020 in Blog Posts, Yer Metal Is Olde, Death Metal, Slam, 17 comments

“An album released in the year 2000, celebrating a 20th anniversary, makes yer metalhead feel rather olde. However, time and age has done naught to diminish the power and lightning in a bottle creativity marking the monumental third album from Maryland death metal legends, Dying Fetus.” 20 years of destruction.

Yer Metal Is Olde: Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell

By Huck N Roll on July 18, 2020 in 2020, American Metal, British Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Yer Metal Is Olde, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, 98 comments

“Hello, controversy! In all of metal, one of the most controversial topics is Black Sabbath with and without Ozzy. Passions are inflamed and regrettable words are spewed in both directions any time this debate comes up. Being a human completely lacking in emotion or empathy, I don’t care about it. I want good albums period, and let’s be honest, this record’s predecessor was Never Say Die!, undoubtedly one of the band’s least finest moments, with or without their infamous leading man. No matter what came next, it was a low bar.” Vintage evil.

Yer Metal Is Olde: Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath

By Dr. Fisting on February 27, 2020 in 2020, British Metal, Heavy Metal, Yer Metal Is Olde, 80 comments

“Black Sabbath’s eponymous 1970 debut might well be the ultimate Yer Metal is Olde entry. Besides being unquestionably metal, it’s also as Olde as Yer Metal can possibly get. Because, despite what a small minority of Coven and/or Blue Cheer fans might say, the release of Black Sabbath marks the birth of heavy metal itself as both a sound and a fully-formed aesthetic.” No metal is olderER!

Yer Metal Is Olde: Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden

By Huck N Roll on February 7, 2020 in 2020, British Metal, Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Yer Metal Is Olde, Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, 58 comments

“From my perspective, this is a big year for Yer Metal Is Olde pieces, and it starts off with this piece of work. Iron Maiden wasn’t my first purchase by these legends: that would be The Number of the Beast, when it came out back in 1982. But after being blown away by that album as a twelve-year-old, I quickly gobbled up whatever else I could find – which wasn’t much. A few months later I grabbed my cassette copy of Killers, then the Maiden Japan EP, and finally their debut. So by the time I’d worked my way to this album, well, it confused me a bit. Why?” Eddie is olde.

Yer Metal Is Olde: Pantera – Far Beyond Driven

By Saunders on January 11, 2020 in 2019, American Metal, EastWest Records, Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Yer Metal Is Olde, Groove Metal, Southern Metal, Thrash Metal, 101 comments

“Few bands in the history of metal earn such massive amounts of acclaim and disdain across the broader metal community than Pantera. The Texan legends dominated the mainstream metal scene throughout the ’90s, after reinventing themselves from their questionable glam roots, developing into a testosterone-fueled juggernaut of thrash-based groove metal.” Driven to excess.

Yer Metal Is Olde: In Flames – Colony

By Dr. Wvrm on November 26, 2019 in 2019, Melodic Death Metal, Nuclear Blast, Swedish Metal, Yer Metal Is Olde, Melodic Death Metal, 50 comments

“There is no part of me that would trade away the pain and disillusion of losing a childhood idol, of walking out on shitty setlist after shitty fucking setlist if it meant losing In Flames’ impact on my life, Colony in particular. It isn’t their best album; it certainly isn’t their most successful. Perhaps though, Colony encapsulates everything In Flames could and would become better than any other record could.” Burning playgrounds and scar diaries.

Yer Metal Is Olde: Incantation – Mortal Throne of Nazarene

By Kenstrosity on August 27, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Relapse, Yer Metal Is Olde, Death Doom, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 28 comments

“I am likely the least qualified individual here when it comes to the ways of Olde and yet, here I stand, holding in trembling hands my second YMIO article for the year. Rest easy, weary traveler, for this isn’t another block of top-shelf sympho-cheese. You see, I do listen to other genres, unlike some people (ahem, Twelve).” Well, he’s not wrong.

Yer Metal Is Olde: Morgion – Solinari

By Grymm on August 10, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Blog Posts, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Relapse, Yer Metal Is Olde, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 40 comments

“Let’s face it, peeps; 1999 sucked for metal as a collective whole. Nü-metal sank its black-nail-polished talons into our favorite genre, with heroes trading speed and heft for JNCOs and wildly-colored dreadlocks while jumpingdafuckup over a DJ and 7-string guitars. And doom? Well, Anathema started their shift from doom metal darlings to prog rock just a year prior with Alternative 4. Paradise Lost dabbled with da Mode with One Second but went Full Gahan on Host. And My Dying Bride were roughly 34.788% themselves before righting the ship with The Light at the End of the World.” Wow, what the hell happened?