From the Machine

Gatekeeping

Part 2/3 of our conversation about extreme metal music and culture with Julian Gieger (Gxrehxund) and Hayden Innman (Hermaeus Mora, Absorbed in Perception)
Moving forward † (Sub)genre classification † Place and time † Gatekeeping and culture
Words by Julian Gieger, Hayden Innman, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

The character of metal

Part 1/3 of our conversation about extreme metal music and culture with Julian Gieger (Gxrehxund) and Hayden Innman (Hermaeus Mora, Absorbed in Perception)
Fucked up science † Extreme metal is like vodka † The haptic void † Metal and jazz † Metal and rap
Words by Julian Gieger, Hayden Innman, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Gxrehxund & Under the Catacombs of Paris

Masks

Part 2/2 of our forum on stage presence
Caricature † Mastery of music and self † Costumes
Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson
Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Observations on stage presence

Part 1/2 of our forum on stage presence
Audience interaction † Acting a fool † Trust † Caricature
Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Neurodivergence

Part 2/2 of our forum on artist psychology and mental health
The Martian Timeslip † Against neurodivergence † Cognitive mechanism † Autism in history † Diagnosis & support
Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, & Alli Winters
Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

The tortured artist

Part 1/2 of our forum on artist psychology and mental health
Sensitivity † Self-awareness † Bipolarity † Mythology of the tortured artist † Addiction † Exploiting the death of the artist
Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, & Alli Winters
Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Digital distribution

Part 2/2 of our conversation with Jane Ferry / littlexferry
The death of the album † The rebirth of the single † Redistribution † Recording as a snapshot † Perfectionism
Words by Ethan Bowen, Jane Ferry, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson
Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris
Jane's research documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15H8CixhYBYB3XyLBQHU-bAb3ZygQutVZ?usp=share_link

Lyric & flow

Part 1/2 of our conversation with Jane Ferry / littlexferry
Metaphor † Alliteration † Flow † Difference & repetition † How attention flows through a medium † Originality † Conciseness
Words by Ethan Bowen, Jane Ferry, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson
Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris
Jane's research documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15H8CixhYBYB3XyLBQHU-bAb3ZygQutVZ?usp=share_link

The ego

Art as prostitution † What Conner is in school for † The role of the ego in art
Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson
Music by Impulse Machine

When Bob Dylan got the Beatles high

Part 2/2 of our retrospective on the Beatles' and the Beach Boys' work 1965-67
Music as pure expression † Dylan the jester † Marijuana and creativity
Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson
Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris