Extreme Metal & Punk
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Repo 
- Chart updated: 01/01/2021 02:15
- (Created: 12/31/2020 01:26).
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It’s the Riffs, Stupid! (1984)
Best Extreme Metal Album of 1984
You could point to any number of reasons why this album was such a success. The album that instantly transformed them into legends in the metal underground. The album that is considered the gate post to seemingly every branch of metal. Black Metal. Death Metal. Even Doom! One reason, as Tom G. Warrior (TGW), Celtic Frost's guitarist and vocalist, points out is that they played slowed-down, heavier versions of Venomsongs. Before rehearsals, they would play Venom’s In The League Of Satan at 45 RPM instead of 33RPM just to make it that much heavier. And that became their goal. To sound like that.
Or as another reason, (and I just love this quote from TGW), “We weren’t good enough on our instruments at the time to emulate something more sophisticated, so punk was within the realm of the achievable”. TGW continues “…Discharge, which to me was a revolution, much like Venom. When I first heard the first two Discharge records, I was blown away. I was just starting to play an instrument, and I had no idea that you could go so far. Discharge totally opened my eyes.”
So they were heavy. And they were primitive. But, what throws them over the top, what makes them until this very day gods of extreme metal, were the riffs. The heaviest riffs imaginable completely on par with even the mighty Sabbath!
And of course, TGW’s creative ear. They may have changed their names from Hellhammer to Celtic Frost because they yearned to play better, but cutting to the chase, they still couldn’t really play their instruments. But, it didn’t matter! They had an ear for this shit. Like Venom before them, they were metal visionaries. They saw potential that people even with (or should I say especially with!) classical training just couldn’t see. Instead, TGW used his whammy bar and production overdubs like a weapon. Distorting notes in ways others said couldn’t work. As TGW said… “Most classical musicians would say ‘You cannot do that’ or ‘You cannot overdub that’ – just every possible denial. It was always a huge struggle to get them to do what we wanted to do, but at the end of the day everybody was always fascinated that it actually worked.” Amen to that!
Best Extreme Metal Album of 1984
You could point to any number of reasons why this album was such a success. The album that instantly transformed them into legends in the metal underground. The album that is considered the gate post to seemingly every branch of metal. Black Metal. Death Metal. Even Doom! One reason, as Tom G. Warrior (TGW), Celtic Frost's guitarist and vocalist, points out is that they played slowed-down, heavier versions of Venomsongs. Before rehearsals, they would play Venom’s In The League Of Satan at 45 RPM instead of 33RPM just to make it that much heavier. And that became their goal. To sound like that.
Or as another reason, (and I just love this quote from TGW), “We weren’t good enough on our instruments at the time to emulate something more sophisticated, so punk was within the realm of the achievable”. TGW continues “…Discharge, which to me was a revolution, much like Venom. When I first heard the first two Discharge records, I was blown away. I was just starting to play an instrument, and I had no idea that you could go so far. Discharge totally opened my eyes.”
So they were heavy. And they were primitive. But, what throws them over the top, what makes them until this very day gods of extreme metal, were the riffs. The heaviest riffs imaginable completely on par with even the mighty Sabbath!
And of course, TGW’s creative ear. They may have changed their names from Hellhammer to Celtic Frost because they yearned to play better, but cutting to the chase, they still couldn’t really play their instruments. But, it didn’t matter! They had an ear for this shit. Like Venom before them, they were metal visionaries. They saw potential that people even with (or should I say especially with!) classical training just couldn’t see. Instead, TGW used his whammy bar and production overdubs like a weapon. Distorting notes in ways others said couldn’t work. As TGW said… “Most classical musicians would say ‘You cannot do that’ or ‘You cannot overdub that’ – just every possible denial. It was always a huge struggle to get them to do what we wanted to do, but at the end of the day everybody was always fascinated that it actually worked.” Amen to that!
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Lyrics Are (Sometimes) Important, Dumbass!
Anarcho-Punk (1978)
I've never really bothered with lyrics. It's just never been my thing. I like vocals. Natch. Love 'em. But, NOT the words. No. It's the sounds I crave. They're like another instrument to me. Something that just goes with the guitar, bass, and drums, ya know. And then Skinny's Hip Hop Tournament happened. And I just had to try to understand. I was clearly missing something that others were getting. Some key ingredient. So I started reading the lyric sheets. Started following the stories. The rants. The pent-up anger and frustration. A system that was fixed and rigged. That had put targets on their backs. And made it nearly impossible for them not to explode back in rage. In anger.
Crass knows all about that, too. And their lyrics are so similar to hip hop lyrics it's mind boggling. Sure. It's coming at it from an entirely different angle. A different take. But reading the lyric sheet for The Feeding of The 5000 actually helps me understand Hip Hop even more. Crass were some woke-ass motherfuckers is what I'm trying to say. And their political proto-hardcore message resonates with me now far more than it ever could have when I used to listen to Minor Threat back in the early 80s. Because of my privilege. Because I'm white.
If you're into hardcore punk, this Proto-Hardcore/Anarcho Punk document is essential listening. And reading! [First added to this chart: 12/31/2020]
Anarcho-Punk (1978)
I've never really bothered with lyrics. It's just never been my thing. I like vocals. Natch. Love 'em. But, NOT the words. No. It's the sounds I crave. They're like another instrument to me. Something that just goes with the guitar, bass, and drums, ya know. And then Skinny's Hip Hop Tournament happened. And I just had to try to understand. I was clearly missing something that others were getting. Some key ingredient. So I started reading the lyric sheets. Started following the stories. The rants. The pent-up anger and frustration. A system that was fixed and rigged. That had put targets on their backs. And made it nearly impossible for them not to explode back in rage. In anger.
Crass knows all about that, too. And their lyrics are so similar to hip hop lyrics it's mind boggling. Sure. It's coming at it from an entirely different angle. A different take. But reading the lyric sheet for The Feeding of The 5000 actually helps me understand Hip Hop even more. Crass were some woke-ass motherfuckers is what I'm trying to say. And their political proto-hardcore message resonates with me now far more than it ever could have when I used to listen to Minor Threat back in the early 80s. Because of my privilege. Because I'm white.
If you're into hardcore punk, this Proto-Hardcore/Anarcho Punk document is essential listening. And reading! [First added to this chart: 12/31/2020]
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PUNK METAL (1983)
To think it was a demo. A mere cassette tape. But once it was put to tape there was no stopping it. MORE punk than Motorhead ( which is saying something right there! Motorhead were punk as fuck!) and MORE extreme than Venom. An odd mutant cross between Black Metal-era Venom and The Side 2s of the mighty Black Flag. I'm of course talking about the epochal second sides of both Damaged and My War(which hadn't even come out yet!) They were sludgy and doomy. Blackened and primitive. I picture Tom G Warrior as some kind of metal blacksmith. Hammering & welding in some primitive castle basement with sparks flying all over the place. Back bent. Arms flailing over the anvil. Hammering and hammering some rare earth into this twisted, gnarled nugget . This is extreme metal incarnate. And despite its massive influence, it remains deeply underground for some reason that surpasses me. For this is primitive, raw, hardcore music at its best.
[First added to this chart: 12/30/2020]
To think it was a demo. A mere cassette tape. But once it was put to tape there was no stopping it. MORE punk than Motorhead ( which is saying something right there! Motorhead were punk as fuck!) and MORE extreme than Venom. An odd mutant cross between Black Metal-era Venom and The Side 2s of the mighty Black Flag. I'm of course talking about the epochal second sides of both Damaged and My War(which hadn't even come out yet!) They were sludgy and doomy. Blackened and primitive. I picture Tom G Warrior as some kind of metal blacksmith. Hammering & welding in some primitive castle basement with sparks flying all over the place. Back bent. Arms flailing over the anvil. Hammering and hammering some rare earth into this twisted, gnarled nugget . This is extreme metal incarnate. And despite its massive influence, it remains deeply underground for some reason that surpasses me. For this is primitive, raw, hardcore music at its best.
[First added to this chart: 12/30/2020]
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Extreme Metal & Punk composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 1 | 33% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 67% | |
| 1990s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Crass | 1 | 33% | |
| Hellhammer | 1 | 33% | |
| Celtic Frost | 1 | 33% |
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