Articles by David Sano

Black Metal is supposed to be scary. It is hostile, ominous music, gloomy and portentous. It is the sound of black fingers stretching overhead, of morbid windows opening both in the night sky and in […]

How can Grindcore’s grisly works Achieve consideration For enshrinement in the genteel house Of Art throughout the ages A form designed and Bred for violence A paragon of ugly Stretching filthy fingers always Profane defilement […]

There are multiple distinct varieties of Space Metal. There is the “floating in space” variety – a disembodied and contemplative music that speaks of cold vacuum and deep isolation, but also of cosmic masterpieces, of […]

ALTAR OF PLAGUES made a dramatic entry into the Black Metal conversation with their 2009 LP White Tomb. The album was a crushing, often beauteous soundtrack to mankind’s tumble into ultimate dusk. Fans delighted in the […]