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#Canadian #ThrashMetal band #Razor don't get enough credit. I get why people get giddy about #Slayer #Exodus etc, but Evil Invaders is a mandatory release. Here are 10 reasons why jasonmhealey.medium.com/10-reasons-w... #vinyl #records #thrash #CanadianMetal

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One of the quirks I experience as a #vinyl #record collector. Can anyone relate? jasonmhealey.medium.com/record-colle...

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10 reasons why Persecution Mania is Sodom’s triumph. Loyalists are always bangin' on about Sign of Evil or Obsessed by Cruelty, but I reckon that PM is where they nailed it. jasonmhealey.medium.com/10-reasons-w... #Sodom #BlackMetal #ThrashMetal #Kreator #Destruction #Music #Medium #MusicBlog

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Unpopular Opinion: The Passenger — Who Did It Better? #IggyPop or #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees If you've ever actually considered this question, it's not easy to answer. But I gave it a red-hot go. medium.com/the-riff/unp... #Music #Medium #MusicBlog #TheStooges

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There’s no such thing as a Broken Record. An unnecessary, albeit highly engaging debate over the broken record idiom. medium.com/the-riff/idi... #vinyl #idioms #music #Medium #MusicBlog

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#Finnish #DeathRock #BabylonWhores - what a phenomenal and (deserved of the title) under rated band. youtu.be/xrwn4yNK9-4?...

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A recent post I published exploring Lol Tolhurst's second book. medium.com/the-riff/got... #TheCure #Memoir #Goth #Gothic #GothRock #LolTolhurst #Music

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12 examples where the saxophone did more good than harm. medium.com/@jasonmheale... #Medium #MusicBlog #TomWaits #TheSaints #CateLeBon #MidnightOil #TheStooges #Madness #TheCure #HanoiRocks #TheSmiths

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One of the truly interesting observations about the anti-war song is that it's found in an array of styles and expressions. Here's a non-exhaustive look at significant contributions to "Never Again" medium.com/the-riff/son... #Hiroshima #Japan #Metallica #Motorhead #PinkFloyd #Discharge #MusicBlog

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Speaking of paradoxes, I was fortunate enough to visit #Japan a couple of years ago, and as a tourist, it seems a pretty civil sort of place. As a fan of fringe Japanese music however, it's quite a contrast. medium.com/the-riff/jap... #Music #MusicBlog #Medium #Merzbow #OtobokeBeaver

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The introvert's paradox - why it sucks to be an introvert in a band t-shirt. jasonmhealey.medium.com/why-it-sucks... #Music #Metal #Introvert #Medium #MusicBlog

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1983 was an exceptional year for hideous guitar music. Here are 10 mandatory releases from that year. medium.com/the-riff/the... #Medium #MusicBlog #IronMaiden #Exciter #SistersOfMercy #Slayer #Accept #Motorhead

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For the love of old records. medium.com/the-riff/eve... #Vinyl #BlackSabbath #Venom #Metal #HeavyMetal #BlackMetal #NWOBHM

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One of the great characteristics of #DeathMetal were the obscure and arcane words used in lyrics and song titles. Here are the Top 10 Dictionary Death Metal terms. medium.com/the-riff/the... #Slayer #Carcass #Pestilence #NecrosChristos #BloodIncantation #Cryptopsy #Medium #MusicBlog

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Scandinavian Rock n Roll saved Vinyl. True story, find out how they did it. medium.com/the-riff/how... #Hellacopters #Gluecifer #Sweden #Norway #RockNRoll #Medium #MusicBlog

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1986 was the year for #ThrashMetal and for those who need to hold one record above another, here's a simplistic, data oriented analysis of Reign In Blood by #Slayer vs Master of Puppets by #Metallica Is one objectively better than the other? Does this make the case? medium.com/the-riff/sla...

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In the following #Medium story, I declared album reviews to be dead. Fact or fiction? medium.com/the-riff/alb... #MusicBlog #ChelseaWolfe #Reviews #AlbumReviews #Music #MusicReviews

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For those who have imagined a life free of the barely restrained malevolence that #Slayer unleashed, I present you with ten unconventional reasons why you need #ReignInBlood in your life. medium.com/the-riff/10-... #Satire #ThrashMetal #1986 #Music #Metal #Medium

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What does it mean to "listen to a bit of everything"? I took a stab at answering that question in the following article. medium.com/the-riff/wha... #Music #EmotionalIntelligence #Medium #MusicBlog #DeathMetal

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5 Artists you'll never turn your friends on to. Obviously depends on your friends, your influence and whether you care enough about dragging people into this chasm. medium.com/the-riff/5-a... #DiamandaGalas #EinsturzendeNeubauten #LubricatedGoat #BirthdayParty #NickCave #Laibach

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Backward Masking is another glorious conspiracy from the 1980s. Sadly, it's nowhere near as idiotic as what people are coming up with now, but then as now, its origins in conservatism. medium.com/the-riff/bac... #conspiracy #backwardmasking #music #conservatism

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Is #Nirvana a dad rock band? Take a look and find out for yourself. medium.com/the-riff/is-... #Grunge #RockNRoll #music #Medium #MusicBlog #DadRock

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If you've never read about the #DeadKennedys lawsuit from the mid 80s, it's something to behold. medium.com/the-riff/the... #JelloBiafra #Punk #PunkRock #Music #Vinyl #Medium

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There are so many truly magical moments in #RockNRoll and #ACDC absolutely dropped one on their #1981 LP For Those About To Rock. medium.com/the-riff/cha... #Music #Medium #MusicBlogs #vinyl #records

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Here's a question for the ages. medium.com/the-riff/do-... Something, something putting your money where your mouth is... #medium #musicblog #music #vinyl #compactdisc #collector

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Despite the seemingly pedestrian themes that popular music often shares, there's something more nefarious beneath the surface. In this article, I explore the idea that the #VillagePeople were on the payroll for Big Dairy? medium.com/@jasonmheale... #Milkshake #Medium #MusicBlog

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Bon Scott was the best. But was he the best by the measure of what people tend to consider successful? medium.com/the-riff/had... #ACDC #RockNRoll #BonScott #BackInBlack

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What it means for a musical style to experience an extinction level event. medium.com/the-riff/aud... #Metal #MorbidAngel #DeathMetal #LinkinPark #Korn #NuMetal #Music

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SAVED! — The Religious Fervour of Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter. Phenomenal album - disturbing to the soul. medium.com/the-riff/sav...

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1985–2025: 40 Years of Death Metal. If you, like me, cite Possessed's 'Seven Churches' as the record that solidified this fuzzy vision of what #DeathMetal might actually be, then this will be of interest. And before you can say #Onsaught - it's a matter of intent. medium.com/the-riff/198...

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Was 1995 a Turning Point for Norwegian Black Metal? Here's an argument in favour of this idea. medium.com/the-riff/199... #darkthrone #blackmetal #norway #immortal #isengard #ulver

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Explored, the seemingly abstract notion of how we assign value to music: medium.com/the-riff/fou... #music #vinyl #vinylrecords

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Canadian #ThrashMetal band #Razor don't get enough praise. This heavier than thou opus from #1985 delivers the goods. medium.com/@jasonmheale... #Metal #HeavyMetal #CanadianMetal #RoadrunnerRecords #Darkthrone

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