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Judas Priest once gave us the Metal Gods. In 2001, they also gave us… Cyberface—a malware slasher so dumb he should’ve come pre-installed with Clippy. 🤖💀
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Cyberface: Judas Priest’s Malware Monster
“Cyberface” (2001) was drummer Scott Travis’s first songwriting contribution to Judas Priest. I’m not surprised it was also the last. I don’t know if this is the dumbest song in Priest’s catalog, b…
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September 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Oceano’s “Samael the Destroyer” wastes the rich mythos of the ultimate cosmic antagonist. Deathcore could handle Samael — but only if ambition and scholarship show up.
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SAMAEL THE DESTROYER (2009) by Oceano
Metal bands like to flirt with theology, but few go for all-out doctrinal seduction. Oceano’s “Samael the Destroyer” is aesthetic theft without substance. Samael isn’t a dime-store demon; he’s a co…
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August 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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The Acacia Strain’s “Inverted Person” wants you to believe paradise was ruined… by people wearing cell phone holsters.
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The Acacia Strain’s ‘Inverted Person’: The Apocalypse Wears a Cell Phone Holster
The Acacia Strain’s “Inverted Person” (2020) would be a passable slab of nihilistic metalcore were it not for one glaring lyrical misstep that drags the whole track into self-parody. The song …
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July 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM