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    OMM TV – Part One: Wild / Stealth Camping Youtube channels you should watch.

    Lockdown 20/21 has given many of us a new passion, or habit, call it what you will – streaming Youtube channels to your TV – and when… Read more “OMM TV – Part One: Wild / Stealth Camping Youtube channels you should watch.”

    17th Mar 202123rd Mar 2021 by oldmansmettle

    YURY ARKADIN of CONVIVIAL HERMIT fanzine lets loose on obscure black metal, ambient, folk, nationalism, blasphemy, and what that bastard George Bush did to USPS.

    Anyone who has dabbled in the more cerebral end of metal that borders the many other extreme genres will know of Yury and his long-running and widely-read… Read more “YURY ARKADIN of CONVIVIAL HERMIT fanzine lets loose on obscure black metal, ambient, folk, nationalism, blasphemy, and what that bastard George Bush did to USPS.”

    26th Nov 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    New SEPTIC DEATH Live Video Emerges ( 1986)…..and the St Anger Snare Sound.

    A very rare video popped up a couple of months ago – Septic Death playing live at the Farm in San Francisco, in 1986. Up until now,… Read more “New SEPTIC DEATH Live Video Emerges ( 1986)…..and the St Anger Snare Sound.”

    24th Sep 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    Farewell Tim Smith of THE CARDIACS

    Yesterday I had a text from an old mate to tell me that Tim Smith, lead singer and genius composer for English nutcases The Cardiacs had sadly… Read more “Farewell Tim Smith of THE CARDIACS”

    23rd Jul 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    WHITE NOISE – The most offensive anti-racist song ever written?

    My first lesson in racism was at the age of 14 with Irish punk band STIFF LITTLE FINGERS’s first album Inflammable Material, and one of the most… Read more “WHITE NOISE – The most offensive anti-racist song ever written?”

    8th Jun 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    Black Metal, True Metal, Hardcore Punk – three Birmingham gig promoters talk shop.

    What’s it like being a gig promoter in the hardcore punk, true metal and black metal scenes these days? Maybe you fancy the job yourself? Or perhaps… Read more “Black Metal, True Metal, Hardcore Punk – three Birmingham gig promoters talk shop.”

    27th Feb 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    PENTTI LINKOLA – The Elephant in the Environmentalist’s Living Room.

    After decades of warnings from scientists about man made climate change, and the resulting gross misunderstandings, wilful misrepresentation, lazy logic and downright ignorance in the public domain… Read more “PENTTI LINKOLA – The Elephant in the Environmentalist’s Living Room.”

    6th Oct 20199th Apr 2020 by oldmansmettle
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