Metal Pet Peeves

[Thorn]

Getting a promo email from the once iconic Nuclear Blast offering the chance to win 'a stylish Monster Energy backpack'. Get ta fuck

[Sworntothecans]

Getting a promo email from the once iconic Nuclear Blast offering the chance to win 'a stylish Monster Energy backpack'. Get ta fuck

Corporate synergy 🤮

[Thorn]

Ok....had to look that up but yeah I get it. Still, me and Nuclear Blast have gone our own ways. Sad, after them playing such a huge part in my music buying teens

[Carnage]

Anthrax put their last couple out through them, didn't they? Joey Belladonna is constantly wearing Monster gear, even in his shots for the documentary series a few years back it was very prominent. Some sponsorship deals going on there, methinks.

[Thorn]

Yeah and fair enough  you can't blame these legacy bands for finally getting a few quid in their pockets , good luck to 'em but ..yeah, not for me. Monster Energy drink speaks of a different culture and it's the antithesis of what I know as Metal.

[Carnage]

I've always associated that kind of sponsorship, energy drinks and the like with the Pantera side of things. Maybe not them specifically but that kind of lowest common denominator, knuckle dragging metal. I suppose Anthrax have been associated with them for a while, and have never been adverse to making a few bob - extortionate merch prices and and Scott Ian was the first one I remember selling VIP meet & greet 'experiences' for many dolla.

[Thorn]

Yeah, back in the day you'd go out of your way to not wear brand names, now ,as you say, they're ubiquitous with a certain ,base level, metaaaal

[Sworntothecans]

Anthrax put their last couple out through them, didn't they? Joey Belladonna is constantly wearing Monster gear, even in his shots for the documentary series a few years back it was very prominent. Some sponsorship deals going on there, methinks.

Think yer  man Jasta from Hatebreed was saying that Monster do tend to throw a decent bit of cash with the endorsements.

[Ducky]

My last three Nuclear Blast emails were win an Ironnail Fashion package (who/what now?), win a Dimmu Borgir test pressing, Monster Energy.

Ugh yeah, should probably unsubscribe.

[Pentagrimes]

god those original Nuclear Blast catalogues when I was a kid were unreal, like little zines full of all kinds of obscure records, then they upgraded to the glossier format around the time Dissection came along..haven't seen one since then. But their distro was my go to for blowing pocket money on obscure 7"s and cds

[Sworntothecans]

Another pet peeve with Nuclear Blast:the way they tag their albums on Apple Music/Itunes.

All those random comps show up splitting certain albums.
Absolute pain in the balls!

Now I reckon part of the blame is with Apple too as it was a fucking chore id tagging stuff in the iPod days.

[Thorn]

Just had that Ironnail one as well, might grab myself a nice anorak. Yep, time to block them. Correction, time to ask my child how to block them.

[Eoin McLove]

Is there anything less black metal than drummers wearing earpieces or headphones? The concept of professionalism within black metal puts me off more and more. I want hate, evil and darkness, not fucking paradiddles!

[Bürggermeister]

Is tinnitvs kvlt?

I don't mind discreet in-ears but big ear goggles on drummers, or any musician actually, in a live setting, looks fucking dopey. The current Megadeth guy is a prime example. It would look extra sad on a black metal lad, to be fair.

[Mithrandir]

Silly take from Pestilence, A sure sign you're too old for it.

I have to get something of my chest. This constant bs about metal bands using A.I. albumcovers more and more. There are a few reasons.

First, huge budgets for real paintings are a thing of the past. Secondly, the idea of having mutilated bodies, zombies and extreme gore are also a thing of the past for Pestilemce.

When you want to survive in the nowadays industry  you have to adapt and Pestilence has always been known to look ahead and never fall back into the old habits not just music style wise but every other new release has had a new approach to our own musically, unlike most acts that rely on their older legacy.

When we released "Levels of Perception" that was aimed to revisited the demo style recording, that was asked for by many fans, they didn't like the production they asked for themselves. With "Portals" we will, again, follow our own path and you could teally dig it. As an example this "drawing" was considered to be amazing on my personal FB site. This is also A.I., and is an amazing piece of art. Not the albumcover by the way!!!

And now the real question: would you not buy and album with killer production and song just because a cover is A.I.? Then you are not listening to our compositions that are fully handmade. But rather are concerned with the 40× past you have been living in. Start embracing the future of music that is Pestilence.