TERMINUS: extreme metal podcast

In today's sluggish and tortuous installment of Terminus (though aren't they all), your hosts investigate the seminal 2001 Wormphlegm demo that launched the torture doom style and persists as a landmark recording to this day. 0:00:00 - Wormphlegm - In an Excruciating Way Infested with Vermin and Violated by Executioners Who Practise Incendiarism and Desanctifying the Pious (Phlegmcum Productions, 2001) 1:27:32 - Skepticism - “The March and the Stream,” fr. Lead and Aether (Red Stream, 1998) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack [email protected]

You've heard them talk about new albums no one's heard. You've heard them talk about old albums that everyone's heard. But what of the best category of all: old, brilliant records that no one's heard? Join us in the inaugural edition of TERMINUS ESOTERICA, where your hosts dig up their favorite forgotten gems in desperate need of further appraisal. Today's exhibit: early Alaskan black metal project Mirkvid's "The Burning Night," an unusual and elegant take on industrial black metal which just might be one of USBM's finest moments. 0:00:00 - Mirkvid - The Burning Night (Independent, 2002) 1:29:31 - Outro - Bound by Entrails - “Above Me, She Bleeds” fr. For Valhall’s Sorrow (Runefire Records, 2007)

In the long-awaited return of Terminus covering new music, we have a sensible, principled Terminus Episode for you: Show veterans Grave Pilgrim and Oldowan Gash sally forth from their secluded strongholds with highly anticipated records, executing on the Outlaw Rock premise in divergent but equally excellent ways. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:07:07 - Grave Pilgrim - The Pungent Wine of Pride (Death Prayer Records) 1:12:24 - Interlude - Passeisme - “Lingering Chant of Mistrust” fr. Hieratic Disarray (2026, Antiq Records) 1:18:29 - Oldowan Gash - 1000 Dreams of War (Amor Fati Productions) 2:15:25 - Outro - Satanic Warmaster - “The Burning Eyes of the Werewolf,” fr. Strength & Honour (Northern Heritage, 2001) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack [email protected]

In this triumphant (if bite-sized) return for I Hate Video Games, your host examines Crimsonland, an obscure early 00s twin-stick shooter that just might be the best of its genre. Terminus links: Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack [email protected]

On the second part of our goth extravaganza, your hosts review two seminal records by Danzig and Type O Negative. Danzig's eponymous debut presents a fascinating take on goth rock which maintains a strident hardcore discipline, while Type O Negative's fourth shows the band at their darkest and most extreme doom metal form. Throughout it all: an exploration of how Danzig and Steele use the same DNA to produce wildly different animals. 0:00:00 - The Agnostic Front Incident 0:10:19 - Key Aesthetic Distinctions 0:25:35 - Danzig - Danzig I (Def American Recordings, 1988) 1:41:11 - Albert King - “The Hunter” fr. Born Under a Bad Sign (Stax Records, 1967) 1:43:55 - Type O Negative - World Coming Down (1999) 2:44:29 - Dishell - “Xero Tolerance” fr. Blast No. 1 - Blastbeat Tribute to Type O Negative (783punx, 2023) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack [email protected]

After a very long delay, Noah (aka TDMG) finishes the series on Total Abuse with a look at Parasite, the oft-forgotten closer to Peter Sotos' early period, which shows Sotos conducting media critique and cultural analysis from his own putrid perspective. Listener discretion strongly advised. 0:00:00 - Intro/Background 0:10:01 - Parasite 0:15:12 - Part One - Hypocrisy 0:29:34 - Part Two - Proxies 0:38:46 - Part Three - Pornography 0:47:08 - Part Four - Sex 0:59:21 - Part Five - Odds and Ends Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack [email protected]

It's been a while, terminators- you may have suspected us of succumbing to the mainstream. Well, on this episode, perhaps we have- but with good reason. In the first half of this two-part project, The Black Metal Guy presents his Greater Unified Danzig/Steele Theory, in which Peter Steele's career trajectory eerily mirrors Glenn Danzig's, and how the work of each can shine new light on the other. Join us on a tour through the early days of these artists, through The Misfits, Carnivore, Samhain, and Repulsion, as we gather our powers for reviews of some of our favorites by both in the next installment. 0:00:00 - Intro/The Greater Unified Danzig/Steele Theory 0:40:24 - Interlude - Carnivore - “Carnivore” fr. Nuclear Warriors (Independent, 1984) 0:44:02 - Step 1 - Thrashing Hardcore (Late Misfits/Carnivore) 1:14:47 - Step 2 - Weird Transitional Albums (Samhain/Slow, Deep, and Hard) 1:47:11 - Interlude - The Misfits - “Last Caress” fr. Static Age (Caroline Records, 1978/1996) 1:49:08 - Step 3 - Full Gothic Metal Arrival (Danzig/Type O Negative) 2:58:04 - Outro - Danzig - “On a Wicked Night” fr. Deth Red Sabaoth (AFM Records, 2010) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack [email protected]

Terminus broke away from old habits in 2025 to concentrate on investigating older records and new types of content. But many of you desperately sought our sage advice on the best records of 2025, so here it is: a different version of our usual yearly Omega episode. This time, your hosts tackle the project of evaluating a pretty quiet year in two different ways. TBMG provides a sampler platter of ten records with lightning round reviews, concentrating on dark heathen black metal, and TDMG provides a tight top 5 of his favorites for the year, with an emphasis on vision and ambition. Welcome to 2026, Terminators. 0:00:00 - Intro/TBMG Presents 10 1:58:59 - Interlude - Brazen Horde - “Purgation, Thy Foul Lash” fr. Behold! The Ashen Cross (Nithstang/Blackseed, 2025) 2:04:43 - TDMG’s Top 5 4:01:33 - Outro - Umulamahri - “Leaked Photo of Heaven” fr. Learning the Secrets of Acid (Ordovician Records, 2025) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack [email protected]

The worm turns back in The Death Metal Guy's direction with an episode centered on Vehemence, cult melodic death metal legends from Phoenix, Arizona. Covering the band's two early 00s masterpieces, your hosts attempt to crack the code on how a band from the deserts of the west managed to beat every band from Gothenburg at their own game, with a uniquely American style and flair. 0:00:00 - Intro/What is Gothenburg? 0:21:30 - God Was Created (Metal Blade, 2002) 1:10:42 - Interlude - Eucharist - “Into The Cosmic Sphere” fr. A Velvet Creation (Wrong Again Records, 1993) 1:15:05 - Helping the World to See (Metal Blade, 2004) 2:12:04 - Outro - Vehemence - “Murdered by the Earth” fr. Forward Without Motion (Battleground Records, 2015) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack [email protected]

After much anticipation, innumerable references on the show, and a shocking number of technical issues, we have arrived with an episode that The Black Metal Guy has been threatening for years. For those unfamiliar, Dawn is one of the finest and also one of the most underappreciated bands of the Swedish 90s melodic black/death metal scene, and one very near and dear to The Black Metal Guy's heart. Join us as we investigate the band's two full-length records and discover what makes them far more than merely another band in the established style. 0:00:00 - Intro/Background of Dawn 0:15:08 - Nær Sólen gar Niþer for Evogher (Necropolis Records, Jan 6 1994) 1:29:34 - INTERLUDE - Taake - “Hordaland doedskvad I,” fr. Hordalands doedskvad (Dark Essence, 2005) 1:37:17 - Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (Necropolis Records, May 7 1998) 3:28:47 - OUTRO - Dawn - “Incantation of Unholyness,” fr. the Apparition demo (December 1992) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack [email protected]