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[SXSW '13] Corey Mitchell’s Day 2: Short Cuts

Movies
Posted by Corey-Mitchell on March 18, 2013 @ 7:10am
Category: Movies / Indie

After all the hype (and massive letdown) from Day 1 at SXSW in the form of The Evil Dead remake, my second day viewing consisted of 18 short films over two blocks. The first, Shorts Program 1, did not provide any Bloody Disgusting-worthy material other than a brief crime scene shot featured in Kat Candler’s brilliant Black Metal, which was featured here in whole this past January. (I also worked on the film as a crime and music scene consultant and as music supervisor.)

The second block, however, is where the beefy center was located — the Midnight Shorts — at 9:00pm. Go figure? SXSW Shorts Programmer Claudette Godfrey appropriately set the tone with beer in hand and F-bombs on her lips, despite the early hour. What followed was a mixed-leaning-towards-solid bag of sex, guns, and shrubs. READ MORE

[Premiere] Watch The Entire ‘Black Metal’ Short Film

Music
Posted by JonathanBarkan on January 17, 2013 @ 12:25pm
Category: Music / Exclusives

As a thank you to all of the faithful readers here at Bloody Disgusting, director Kat Candler, along with the Sundance Film Festival and YouTube, proudly present the World Premiere of Black Metal.

That’s right, you can watch the nine-minute short film online for free before its cinematic World Premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Black Metal will be available to screen from today, January 17th, until January 27th.

The short features Texan dark metallers Vesperian Sorrow as the Black Metal band, Crown Of Horns. In addition, there is music from Denmark’s Black Metal unit Horned Almighty and also Arkansas doomsters Pallbearer. Bloody Disgusting’s own Corey Mitchell worked on Black Metal as a heavy metal consultant, a true crime consultant, and as the music supervisor.

This is Kat’s way of saying thank you to all of the Bloody Disgusting readers who have shown your belief in the film either through positive comments here or by your financial support, as many of you pitched in finances via the Indiegogo crowd sourcing site.

Black Metal is for you, by you, and because of you. We hope you will enjoy it. Enjoy it below! READ MORE

Trailer For Upcoming Short Film ‘Black Metal’ Released

Music
Posted by JonathanBarkan on January 03, 2013 @ 12:10pm
Category: Music / Trailers

Premiering at Sundance will be Kat Chandler’s (Saturday Morning Massacre) short film Black Metal. The synopsis states, “After a career spent mining his music from the shadows, one fan creates a chain reaction for the lead singer of a black metal band.” The 9-minute film features music from Vesperian Sorrow, Horned Almighty, and Pallbearer. The film stars Jonny Mars and Heather Kafka (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre).

You can watch a trailer for the film here via Twitch.

Below you can find a more detailed description of the film from Chandler, the poster for the film, and the showtimes if you are going to be at Sundance. READ MORE

Janaza: Female-Fronted, Anti-Islamic, Middle Eastern Black Metal

Music
Posted by JonathanBarkan on July 13, 2012 @ 1:00pm
Category: Music / News

The Atlantic, one of the few magazines that I steal from my parents any time I visit, has a fascinating article about Janaza, Iraq’s first female-fronted black metal band. The article mixes information as well as an interview with singer Anahita, who performs this kind of music as a response to seeing religiously motivated violence all around her.

The reason I find this article to be so fascinating is that this listening to or performing this kind of music in Iraq (and many other highly religious areas) is not only a serious no-no, it’s a crime that is punishable by death. In fact, in this article, Anahita states that if religious authorities caught her, “…They would kill me, and kill all of my friends, by cutting off our heads.”

Written by Kim Kelly, I highly recommend reading the article as it provides fresh insight into what it means be a metal musician in an environment that truly wishes to shut you down. Below you can hear their song “Burn The Pages of Quran”. READ MORE

OMFG Of The Day: How To Be Both Vegan And Metal…While Cooking

Music
Posted by JonathanBarkan on June 13, 2011 @ 9:47pm
Category: Music / News

When I think of stereotypical black metal, I think of ritualistic sacrifices involving lambs, virgins, sheep, babies, and other assorted meaty goodness. Never once did it cross my mind that there are vegan black metal fans out there. I mean, it just seems like such an oxymoron, right? Well, I am completely mistaken and I am not ashamed to admit it. My eyes have been opened by the Vegan Metal Chef. Check out the second episode after the jump for some hilarious cooking ideas that will ensure you can be both metal and vegan.

OMFG Of The Day: How To Be Both Vegan And Metal...While Cooking

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Music
Posted by JonathanBarkan on June 07, 2011 @ 3:30pm
Category: Music / News

Norway has taken to educating their diplomats on the intricacies and history of TNBM – True Norwegian Black Metal. You might be asking, “Why?” Well, my dear reader, follow along on this journey!

Norwegian Diplomats Trained In Black Metal

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So, it turns out that Norwegian diplomats around the world (there are 106 missions total) are being asked about the music genre since its popularity keeps increasing. This is especially due to the media attention placed upon the recent Dimmu Borgir concert, where the band played in Oslo with an orchestra and choir. As a result, aspiring diplomats are being trained so that they can take on these questions. That’s basically the gist of the story, but if you want more details, check out the article HERE.

Music
Posted by JonathanBarkan on May 18, 2011 @ 7:14pm
Category: Music / News

Ulver (Norwegian for ‘wolves’) are a black metal band that incorporates elements of symphonic styles, electronica, folk, ambient, and avant-garde. With so many styles in one project, you’ve got to tread carefully to make sure that everything works together and doesn’t end up butting heads, resulting in a musical mess. So with their newest release, ‘War of the Roses’, has Ulver managed to pull off this feat? Check after the jump to find out!

Music
Posted by SuperRadMike on May 13, 2011 @ 9:48pm
Category: Music / News

Deafheaven are no doubt one of the best bands I’ve ever had the pleasure of hearing. Their debut full length “Roads To Judah” just came out and looks to be one of the best albums of this year. Vocalist George Clarke recently took the time to answer a few questions with me concerning the new album as well as their upcoming tour. Enjoy!

Exclusive Interview: George Clarke Of Deafheaven

Read past the break for my interview with George Clarke!

Music
Posted by SuperRadMike on May 02, 2011 @ 10:48pm
Category: Music / News

Deafheaven vocalist George Clarke was gracious enough to share his Top 10 Horror Movie List. There was definitely one in particular I was surprised to see mentioned. Also if you can make it out to your local record store I’d strongly suggest to pick up Deafheaven’s debut album “Roads To Judah”. If you can’t grab it there pick it up from Deathwish Inc.!

Exclusive Top 10: George Clarke Of Deafheaven

Read past the break for George Clarke’s Top 10 List as well Deafheaven’s tour dates for the upcoming North American tour!