July 2023 - "The Pit" Playlist - Metal Academy Radio
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/083tGvGRuasSsmN8d3Nyww?si=11e5f6bbe7d64e21
01. Slayer - “Metal Storm/Face the Slayer” (from “Show No Mercy”, 1983)
02. Seprevation – “Divine Devastation” (from “Consumed”, 2014)
03. Cavalera Conspiracy – “Morbid Visions – Re-recorded” (from “Morbid Visions (Re-recoreded”, 2023)
04. Deströyer 666 – “Australian and Anti-Christ” (from “Unchain the Wolves”, 1997)
05. Black Mass - “High Priest in Black” (from “Warlust”, 2019) [Submitted by Vinny]
06. Détente – “Shattered Illusions” (from “Recognize No Authority”, 1986) [Submitted by Vinny]
07. Tøronto – “Fast & Filthy” (from “Under Siege”, 2020)
08. Hallows Eve – “Speed Freak” (from “Monument”, 1988) [Submitted by Sonny]
09. Deathstorm – “By Sword, By Pick, By Axe” (from “Reaping What is Left”, 2018) [Submitted by Vinny]
10. Kreator – “Impossible to Cure” (from “Out of the Dark…into the Light”, 1988) [Submitted by Daniel]
11. Flotsam & Jetsam – “No Place for Disgrace” (from “No Place for Disgrace”, 1988) [Submitted by Sonny]
12. Mortal Sin – “Terminal Reward” (from “Face of Despair”, 1989) [Submitted by Daniel]
13. Terrifier – “Death & Decay” (from “Trample the Weak, Devour the Dead”, 2023)
14. Riffobia – “God of Hate” (from “Riffobia”, 2023) [Submitted by Vinny]
15. Annihilator – “Alison Hell” (from “Alice in Hell”,1989) [Submitted by Daniel]
16. Bulldozer – “Art of Deception” (from “Neurodeliri”, 1988) [Submitted by Sonny]
17. The Bleeding, James McBain – “Rise into Nothing” (from “Rise into Nothing”, 2021)
18. Grindpad – “My Name is Violence” (from “Violence”, 2020) [Submitted by Vinny]
19. Whiplash – “Snake Pit” (from “Ticket to Mayhem”, 1987) [Submitted by Sonny]
20. Metal Church – “Ton of Bricks” (from “The Dark”, 1986) [Submitted by Daniel]
21. Destruction – “Cracked Brain” (from “Cracked Brain”, 1990)
22. Dead Heat – “Endless Torment” (from “Endless Torment”, 2023)
23. Farmer Boys – “Never Let Me Down Again” (from “Countrified”, 1995)
24. Earth Crisis – “Destroy the Machines” (from “Destroy the Machines”, 1995)
25. Mokoma – “Tienraivaaja” (from “Hengen pitimet”, 2018)
26. Aggression – “Torturing the Deceased” (from “Feels Like Punk Sounds Like Thrash”, 2018) [Submitted by Vinny]
27. Drain – “Devil’s Itch” (from “LIVING PROOF”, 2023)
28. Exhibition – “Bottom Feeder” (from “The Last Laugh”, 2023)
29. Hammers of Misfortune – “Overtaker” (from “Overtaker”, 2022)
30. Jurassic Jade – “The Yellowish” (from “Gore”, 1989)
31. Hellwitch – “Torture Chamber” (from “Annihilation Intercention”, 2023)
Excellent work on the playlist once more this month Vinny. It was virtually flawless up until the Depeche Mode cover (I like the original, but this cover didn't work for me). There were a few after that one that didn't really do it for me either, which would be the more groove metal leaning material, but it did finish strongly again with the final couple of tracks.
I loved the Deströyer 666 track, but noticed that the album it comes from, Unchain the Wolves, is labelled as containing Nazi/National Socialist material on RYM. Does anyone know if this is a valid criticism of the band's ideology or not?
I had no idea that the Farmer Boys track was a cover in all honesty. It is fucking terrible though.
Destroyer 666 have some less than desirable views according to the internet. I detach the music from the person quite easily (never meet your idols, and all that) and accept that although I like their music I would probably not get along with 80% of the bands who's albums I own if I was left alone in a room with them.
I had no idea that the Farmer Boys track was a cover in all honesty. It is fucking terrible though.
Destroyer 666 have some less than desirable views according to the internet. I detach the music from the person quite easily (never meet your idols, and all that) and accept that although I like their music I would probably not get along with 80% of the bands who's albums I own if I was left alone in a room with them.
I think anyone who is serious about extreme metal has to be able to separate the art from the artist, particularly in black metal circles. Like you, I have no problem doing so, but it seems some people can't get past it. It's only like, whilst being very far idealistically from someone like Mel Gibson, I can still watch Mad Max (the original movie anyway) and love the shit out of it.
I can't imagine not listening to Burzum, Deathspell Omega, Emperor, Gorgoroth or Dissection just because they are (allegedly) knobheads. I only raised the issue because I had never seen Destroyer 666 linked with far-right ideology before and wondered if there was any basis in fact for the assertion.
I had no idea that the Farmer Boys track was a cover in all honesty. It is fucking terrible though.
Destroyer 666 have some less than desirable views according to the internet. I detach the music from the person quite easily (never meet your idols, and all that) and accept that although I like their music I would probably not get along with 80% of the bands who's albums I own if I was left alone in a room with them.
I think anyone who is serious about extreme metal has to be able to separate the art from the artist, particularly in black metal circles. Like you, I have no problem doing so, but it seems some people can't get past it. It's only like, whilst being very far idealistically from someone like Mel Gibson, I can still watch Mad Max (the original movie anyway) and love the shit out of it.
I can't imagine not listening to Burzum, Deathspell Omega, Emperor, Gorgoroth or Dissection just because they are (allegedly) knobheads. I only raised the issue because I had never seen Destroyer 666 linked with far-right ideology before and wondered if there was any basis in fact for the assertion.
Yeah, I can't give any assurance of fact based on what I have heard. Usually, when artists get asked this question directly they spend about four paragraphs of a written interview talking in smoke and mirrors. The internet is full of alleged and also bonafide knobheads I suspect. I have had to ban a few outright fascist members on my other forum because they literally just said "black metal is the music of the master race..." in their opening posts. That's the real dumb shit that is out there. There was a metal forum (may still be around) and you only got to join if a member recommended you like it was some exclusive metal community or something. When I got in there it was largely the realm of Trump supporters and white supremists so I did not last long on that board.
I had no idea that the Farmer Boys track was a cover in all honesty. It is fucking terrible though.
Destroyer 666 have some less than desirable views according to the internet. I detach the music from the person quite easily (never meet your idols, and all that) and accept that although I like their music I would probably not get along with 80% of the bands who's albums I own if I was left alone in a room with them.
I think anyone who is serious about extreme metal has to be able to separate the art from the artist, particularly in black metal circles. Like you, I have no problem doing so, but it seems some people can't get past it. It's only like, whilst being very far idealistically from someone like Mel Gibson, I can still watch Mad Max (the original movie anyway) and love the shit out of it.
I can't imagine not listening to Burzum, Deathspell Omega, Emperor, Gorgoroth or Dissection just because they are (allegedly) knobheads. I only raised the issue because I had never seen Destroyer 666 linked with far-right ideology before and wondered if there was any basis in fact for the assertion.
Yeah, I can't give any assurance of fact based on what I have heard. Usually, when artists get asked this question directly they spend about four paragraphs of a written interview talking in smoke and mirrors. The internet is full of alleged and also bonafide knobheads I suspect. I have had to ban a few outright fascist members on my other forum because they literally just said "black metal is the music of the master race..." in their opening posts. That's the real dumb shit that is out there. There was a metal forum (may still be around) and you only got to join if a member recommended you like it was some exclusive metal community or something. When I got in there it was largely the realm of Trump supporters and white supremists so I did not last long on that board.
It's one thing separating art from artists, but having to put up with assholes spouting fascist bullshit on internet forums is not something I want to be a part of. I've come across too many racist knobheads in real life to put up with their crap on the internet!
Sonny, I don't wanna go on about it in a public forum but I've had some personal experience hanging out with Destroyer 666 & let's just say that they fit the criteria mentioned above quite accurately.
Sonny, I don't wanna go on about it in a public forum but I've had some personal experience hanging out with Destroyer 666 & let's just say that they fit the criteria mentioned above quite accurately.
Right you are, Daniel. We're probably best leaving it there then.