The Northern Cold - Podcast

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New albums from two of black metal's old guard are coming out in March.

Darkthrone sail against the tides of trend and disposable metal; uncompromising and defiant as ever – an ideology expanded upon by Fenriz when explaining the meaning behind the title:

"The new metal decade starts with our album. It is a message to the Invaders of our metal domain to circle their wagons!!!

With our own brand of heavy metal/speed metal-punk we are a constant ambush on the modern overground metal traitors. Join us in our fight against instant gratification.... and let's see who stands when the smoke clears...

Album by album we gnaw away at the overwhelming mass of so-called raw metal out there - well, the only time i saw something raw wrapped in plastic was when it was DEAD meat. And so in the long run, all raw bands with old raw sound WINS – and your plastic paradise instant gratification sound vanishes with time".

It's been 11 long years and now the world will see the return of Burzum. The highly anticipated new album is entitled "Belus" after the name of the ancient European solar deity of light and innocence.

"Belus" is not a religious album or an anti-religious album, nor is it a political one, but an attempt to explore the myths about Belus and unveil the oldest roots of our cultural heritage. The album deals with the death of Belus, his sombre journey through the realm of death and his magnificent return. In essence the album and the story of Belus is meant to be an entertaining story about something that once upon a time played a major role in the forming and shaping of Europe.

In honour of the mew Darkthrone and Burzum I start the podcast out with tracks from their new albums.

Rounding out the rest of the podcast are a collection of some of my old favourites as well as some new stuff.

Track List

0:00 - 5:25 Darkthrone - Black Mountain Totem
5:25 - 14:00 Burzum - Morganroede
14:00 - 21:22 Lucifugum - Zhivi I Dalshe
21:22 - 27:07 Satan's Almighty Penis - Perishing Jehovah
27:07 - 32;23 Utlagr - Verden
32:23 - 37:00 Operation Winter Mist - Frostbitten Northern War
37:00 - 42:08 Goathemy - New Era Of Disgust
42:08 - 46:11 Urgehal - Through Thick Fog Til Death
46:11 - 50:42 Slavland - Wedrowka Wzgardzonej Swiadomosci
50:42 - 55:55 Huldrefolk - Eeuwenhout
55:55 - 1:03:05 Salvation666 - Oderint, Dum Metuant

http://www.thenortherncold.com/2010/02/28/february-28-2010-podcast/
 
Last night I went to the Megadeth/Testament/Exodus show. It was a speed thrashing trip down memory lane.

Exodus didn't do much for me since I stopped listening to them around Impact Is Imminent. The "new" singer just can't fill Steve Souza's shoes in my opinion. But, they did whip the crowd into a frenzy and got an old school circle pit going during Toxic Waltz.

Next up was Testament! The mighty Testament! Chuck Billy was amazing and it was great to see how well he's bounced back from his cancer. My only complaint was they didn't play Practice What You Preach or Souls Of Black. I'd love to hear those songs live.

Then Megadeth hit the stage! It was great to see Dave Ellefson back in the band! Every song was perfect! And it was so awesome to hear Rust In Peace played from beginning to end! I can't believe it's been 20 years since it came out. It's just as fresh and brutal as when it was released.

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Last week I picked up the book Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces. I am usually pretty wary of books written about metal but I have to say this book is great! The book is made up of interviews with band members who recorded the albums. How can you go wrong with interviews with Napalm Death, Entombed and Repulsion?

So, combining the book with the show last night I am in a nostalgic death/thrash metal mood and it's reflected in this week's podcast!

Track List

0:00 - 3:55 Megadeth - Lucretia
3:55 - 7:16 Testament - Souls Of Black
7:16 - 12:10 Morbid Angel - Chapel Of Ghouls
12:10 - 14:15 Repulsion - Radiation Sickness
14:15 - 17:53 Exodus - A Lesson In Violence
17:53 - 22:27 Death - Forgotten Past
22:27 - 26:52 Dark Angel - Merciless Death
26:52 - 32:12 Entombed - Morbid Devourment
32:12 - 37:02 Hellwitch - Viral Exogence
37:02 - 41:16 Possessed - Satan's Curse
41:16 - 46:02 Dismember - Deathevocation
46:02 - 50:45 Autopsy - Impending Dread
50:45 - 54:43 Atheist - I Deny
54:43 - 1:00:30 Obituary - Body Bag
1:00:30 - 1:05:17 Sepultura - Screams Behind The Shadows

http://www.thenortherncold.com/2010/03/07/march-7-2010-podcast/

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March 20, 2010

The last few podcasts have focused a lot on death and thrash metal. Mainly due to some shows I'd attended and recent album purchases I'd made. Well ... my new batch of purchases have pushed me firmly back into black metal.

I've been really getting into tapes (yeah .. cassette tapes!) lately and put in a couple big orders to Propaganda Records in the Ukraine. Right now I've got around 40 tapes! I've come across a few gems that I would never have heard if not for tapes. A lot demos are out there and the only medium they are available on is tape. I am not in a position to start ripping tape to mp3 so I can't really play any of them on my podcast... yet.

The new Rotting Christ album Aealo is out and my uber limited edition metal tin arrived. It kind of looks like a cookie tin and inside it has a t-shirt, car sticker, metal bracelet, belt buckle, CD and DVD. VERY cool!

Also in the past couple weeks I got an order in from Deathrash Armageddon (Japan). The highlight of the order was a band called Mourning Forest. Very grim black metal out of France.

I've also been on a big Bathory kick lately so I end the podcast with Nordland.

0:00 - 2:55 Slavia - The Ancient Light
2:55 - 12:39 Drudkh - Ars Poetica
12:39 - 21:54 Agalloch - Not Unlike The Waves
21:54 - 27:18 Mourning Forest - Scornful Darklord
27:18 - 38:44 Amystery - Infernal Kingdoms Rise
38:44 - 44:36 Spire - V
44:36 - 50:02 Rotting Christ - Santa Muerte
50:02 - 57:34 Eyes Of Ligeia - Watcher In The Water
57:34 - 1:05:45 Divina Inferis - Gospel Of Death To All Creation
1:05:45 - 1:12:52 Toorn - Hoop
1:12:52 - 1:18:07 Winterdemons - Eternal Cold Will Blow
1:18:07 - 1:24:55 Eld - Wartime Symphonies
1:24:55 - 1:34:15 Bathory - Nordland

http://www.thenortherncold.com/2010/03/20/115/

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Not a lot to say about this podcast. I’ve been pretty busy with work so this week’s podcast is a collection of stuff that crossed my desk recently.

0:00 - 4:38 Paradise Lost - Gothic

4:38 - 8:34 Fhoi Myore - Nocturne (Ôde à La Lune)

8:34 - 12:33 Gorgoroth - Katharinas Bortgang

12:33 - 15:38 Beastcraft - Into The Burning Pit of Hell

15:38 - 20:17 Blackthru - Triumfas

20:17 - 26:19 Trollech - Osvobození

26:19 - 34:00 Addaura - Bereavement

34:00 - 39:26 Orcrypt - Where The Shadows Lie

39:26 - 44:26 Gjenferdsel - Dodshymne

44:26 - 51:03 Elimi - Chapter Three: Like Sulphur

51:03 - 56:22 Advent Fog - Fire Light Up The Way

56:22 - 1:00:45 Frijgard - Morgenrot

1:00:45 - 1:06:37 Argus Megere - Infam

http://www.thenortherncold.com/2010/03/28/march-28-2010-podcast/

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