![]() ![]() One short-lived supergroup was Battle Of Mice which featured members of Red Sparowes, Made Out Of Babies and Book Of Knots. The fertile post-metal scene has been particularly adept at birthing side-projects and cross-band collaborations. Chin-stroking, philosophizing, studying, meditating, designing architecture or slumping in a beanbag are equally encouraged. Musician and Hydra Head label boss Aaron Turner, meanwhile, preferred to call it “thinking man’s metal.” You can headbang in slow-motion to these records if you like. Despite their slowly unwinding, instrumental songs, Illinois’ Pelican considered themselves to be punk. Several of the post-rockers’ metal counterparts took similar exception to the genre label they’d been assigned. Soon enough, “post-metal” was adopted to describe bands that remolded the boundaries of heavier music by eschewing traditional formulas of metal songwriting and incorporating ambient, psychedelic, avant-garde and drone influences into their extended compositions. Incidentally, many of them favored biodegradable cardboard CD covers over ’orrible plastic cases. Such bands were influenced by non-rock genres such as jazz, classical and electronica. In the early ‘90s Simon Reynolds coined the term “post-rock” for artists who were using “rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes.” It was applied to a wide array of broadly experimental musicians from Talk Talk to Tortoise whose deconstructed music valued textures and timbres over verse/chorus clichés. Prior to The Story of Metal Blade, VMP released Anthologies honoring The Grateful Dead, Blue Note Records, the Women of Motown, Ghostly International, Stax Records, Zamrock, Tribe Records, and Herbie Hancock.Music critics have a peculiar penchant for the prefix “post.” Post-punk. The Story of Metal Blade is the ninth VMP Anthology release. Each Anthology features expert storytelling, exclusive inserts, and a collectors-edition vinyl box set. VMP Anthology is a reinvented, immersive box set experience for music fans willing to journey beyond the liner notes. Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) The Black Dahlia Murder – Miasma (2005)ħ. Cannibal Corpse – Butchered At Birth (1991)Ħ. Gwar – America Must Be Destroyed (1991)Ĥ. Fates Warning – The Spectre Within (1985)ģ. See below for the list of included albums purchase your copy now at: bit.ly/3bcJvvbĢ. Fans will also get a bonus Metal Blade Records axe patch merch item. The accompanying podcast series features five episodes with the label’s artists and founder Brian Slagel to guide listeners on a four week journey through these hard-hitting albums. ![]() VMP Anthology: The Story of Metal Blade is an 8-album, 9-disc set on 180g 2-colored splatter vinyl spanning Metal Blade Records’ scrappy ’80s to the chart-topping ’10s. We’re so proud to bring you this next chapter in our Anthology series and can’t wait to dive in together to unpack the rich history and influence of Metal Blade.” “In true Anthology form, we brought in the connoisseurs of the genre to guide us through the history of the label, as told through these eight key albums from Metal Blade, with guidance from legendary magazine, Revolver. So, there was a resounding ‘hell yes’ from the VMP team to partner with Metal Blade to release our first-ever heavy music Anthology,” said Courtney Catagnus, Sr Director, Business Development & Partnerships, VMP. “In the 80’s, when Brian Slagel released ‘Metal Massacre‘ – the inaugural Metal Blade compilation that featured a little local band called Metallica – he altered the course of music history as we know it. This commemorative Anthology charts the evolution of metal and Metal Blade Records through the decades across eight albums, a podcast series featuring the label’s artists and founder, deluxe liner notes, and a photo booklet. Vinyl Me, Please (VMP), in partnership with Revolver Magazine, has announced VMP Anthology: The Story of Metal Blade – a limited-edition, exclusive, immersive box set that charts the ferocious journey of Metal Blade Records’ deep catalog of the most cutting, powerful metal albums of all time. ![]()
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