The Birth of Tragedy (from the Spirit of Music)

Hello all, I just wanted to post the entire e-text of Nietzsche’s first work on here in view of this blog’s original purpose: music as a an avenue towards spiritual (non-religious) transcendence. In his work, Nietzsche argues that Greek tragedy and (some) music can be used as a way to reaffirm one’s life in the face of an absurd, meaningless existence. It is, perhaps, his “answer” to modern man’s nihilistic crisis. Take a look if you feel so inclined.

http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/nietzsche/tragedy_all.htm

Friday May 25 1am  

 
 

In a genre riddled with mediocrity, spurted brilliance, and (especially) inconsistency, Nasum boasts one of the most solid back catalogues of any grindcore band in the past 20 years. Through a greater reliance on both melody and crisper production, Nasum set the groundwork, and high-water mark, for modern grindcore. As with any change, however, purists viewed this deviation as only the death of old, while progressives, the birth of new. It is for this very reason that Nasum has been labeled as either an embodiment of artistic innovation or degeneration. I have found that a solid middle ground between evolution and influences seems to produce the most exhilarating art. Nasum serves to exemplify this, with their middle two albums near perfectly walking the line between what was (and would be) the past and future of grindcore.

  • Inhale/Exhale has an awesome early Napalm Death twinge to it.
  • Human 2.0 has perfect, brutal production.
  • Helvete is a masterpiece (highly entertaining, cohesive, and driving).
  • Shift is thick, claustrophobic, and can get a bit boring.
As a side note, I was lucky enough to catch Nasum this past Saturday in Cleveland for their farewell/20th anniversary tour (with Brutal Truth and Dropdead). It was awesome to get some positive closure on the band, but it was also a terrible reminder of just how tragic Mieszko Talarczyk’s (vocals/guitar) untimely death was in 2004. Rest in peace.

Inhale/Exhale (320 kbps): 8.5/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?aycoaevb0ge7vr4

Human 2.0 (320 kbps): 9.5/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?lf84gp47be1l15m

Helvete (220 kbps): 9.9/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?9u3cvxpmf2veohq

Shift (320 kbps): 8.3/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?6hvi06xo5dt9sg1

Posted Monday May 21 5am  

 
 

I’m just going to say it: Dead As Dreams is the greatest U.S. black metal release of all time. Being that it’s also one of the most fucked up, rejected, and disowned records in the history of the genre, Weakling’s only LP deserves nothing more than simplicity at this point: See those grim-as-fuck child/baby things on the cover? Yeah, imagine thousands of them as living-dead, aborted zombie fetuses. Meticulously, then, place each one into a blender as perfectly as you can set aborted zombie fetuses into a blender. Watch it spin at various speeds for the next 72 minutes. Now, drink said liquid and embrace the debilitating fever dreams that ensue. That’s Dead As Dreams. Try to enjoy it. Dead As Dreams (320 kbps): 9.7/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?75u9s31ublj2xj5

I’m just going to say it: Dead As Dreams is the greatest U.S. black metal release of all time. Being that it’s also one of the most fucked up, rejected, and disowned records in the history of the genre, Weakling’s only LP deserves nothing more than simplicity at this point:

See those grim-as-fuck child/baby things on the cover? Yeah, imagine thousands of them as living-dead, aborted zombie fetuses. Meticulously, then, place each one into a blender as perfectly as you can set aborted zombie fetuses into a blender. Watch it spin at various speeds for the next 72 minutes. Now, drink said liquid and embrace the debilitating fever dreams that ensue. That’s Dead As Dreams. Try to enjoy it.

Dead As Dreams (320 kbps): 9.7/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?75u9s31ublj2xj5

• Posted Tuesday May 15 11pm  28 notes

 
 

Finland’s Vordr (sharing members with Circle of Ouroborus) have awesome, shrieked vocals and buzz-saw guitars. They can be an acquired taste, but if you’re a fan of raw, punk-infused black metal, the first album is totally indispensable. The vocals are really what make or break it for people, though. Primitive black metal at it’s best (some of my personal favorites):

Vordr I (192 kbps): 8.5/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?tvl7xzb94cx8qd2

Vordr II (205 kbps): 8.0/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?tvl7xzb94cx8qd2

Vordr [Demo] (203 kbps): 8.2/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?8gq5zy5gi57hijt

Posted Sunday May 13 8am  

 
 

There’s not too much one can (or should) say about Walknut. They’re Russian, share members with a bunch of BlazeBirth Hall bands (Russian NSBM organization), and are NOT NS themselves. Oh, and their one, single album is mind-fuckingly brilliant. Arid, impenetrable wall-of-sound production at its zenith. This is the stuff atmospheric black metal wet dreams are made of. Graveforests And Their Shadows (320 kbps): 9.2/10: http://www.mediafire.com/?a9vyt9nsio2lkiz

There’s not too much one can (or should) say about Walknut. They’re Russian, share members with a bunch of BlazeBirth Hall bands (Russian NSBM organization), and are NOT NS themselves. Oh, and their one, single album is mind-fuckingly brilliant. Arid, impenetrable wall-of-sound production at its zenith. This is the stuff atmospheric black metal wet dreams are made of.

Graveforests And Their Shadows (320 kbps): 9.2/10: http://www.mediafire.com/?a9vyt9nsio2lkiz

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Absolutely phenomenal release by Virginia-based deathgrind band, Pig Destroyer. Everything here is completely solid from production to groundbreaking post-surrealist lyricism. It’s George Bataille meets methamphetamine. Do yourself a favor and look up the lyrics along with the album. Prowler in the Yard (320 kbps): 10/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?ohvdd63f86b5f14

Absolutely phenomenal release by Virginia-based deathgrind band, Pig Destroyer. Everything here is completely solid from production to groundbreaking post-surrealist lyricism. It’s George Bataille meets methamphetamine. Do yourself a favor and look up the lyrics along with the album.

Prowler in the Yard (320 kbps): 10/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?ohvdd63f86b5f14

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To start things off, I am obligated to post my favorite extreme metal project of all time: Burzum. Here are Varg Vikernes most important and influential LPs, with a strong emphasis on the latter two releases. Although Hvis Lyset Tar Oss is probably his “best” work, Filosofem still remains my favorite.

Burzum (192 kbps): 8.3/10  - http://www.mediafire.com/?ata03hhkj4xa5qt

Det Som En Gang Var (320 kbps): 8.5/10  - http://www.mediafire.com/?akzip4i6kvzqtmy

Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (320 kbps): 10/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?zb9ja49fq54l8iz

Filosofem (192 kbps): 9.8/10 - http://www.mediafire.com/?xy7x6g5ve52rk5g

Posted Sunday May 13 4am  6 notes

 
 

Preliminary Orientation:

Welcome to Audiational Esotericism: the mystical application of punk and extreme metal, I’m Nick. Before we begin, allow me to first explain the nature and function of this site; a simple breakdown of the title should suffice for now.

In its most simplistic sense, the term audiation refers to the high level cognitive process of hearing, comprehending, and giving meaning to musical sounds. The second term, esoteric, which is usually used to identify something understood or accepted by only an intense minority of people, denotes (for us) the undertaking of an action or idea normally perceived as superficial, and attempting to experience it in the most profound way possible. Audiational esotericism is, therefore, a cognitive/spiritual synthesis in which the individual strives to remove superficiality from music, experiencing it only as a path towards mystical transcendence.

Permit me to explain that neither I, nor this blog, have ANYTHING to do with the concept of god(s). Personally, I am an devout atheist and moral skeptic. I explain this because the word mystical can imply, for most, the notion of an Almighty or Divine. In all reality, however, this term most rudimentarily references the experience of different states of consciousness. Although, yes, this can entail communion with a god(s), in our case it is simply the understanding that music can, in fact, lead one to an experience far  beyond that of normal, daily life. This is where the inclusion of the term esotericism comes in, for we will be in the incredible minority of people who consciously (key word) use music as a means of transcendence. 

In order to move towards this transcendence, one must incorporate music into their very being. As such, this blog will be filled with band/album descriptions and ACCOMPANYING DOWNLOADS, all in the genres of noise rock, hardcore, grindcore, death metal, and black metal. As I have stated in the small description below the title, submissions not only accepted, they are fully encouraged (I cannot stress this enough).

-Zombie Denial

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