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The Crusade (2006)Does Not Sound Like Metallica

I understood it a little more at the time, but in 2024, it is still common and acceptable to refer to Trivium’s 2006 album The Crusade as…

May 3

May 3

EXHUMATION — Dance Across the Past (1998)

For the first time since I’ve been doing mostly largely chronological history of melodic death metal, I’m cheating. I have to. Ever since…

Nov 9, 2023

Nov 9, 2023

Last year after the Super Bowl I wrote about how Sean McVay’s critical and overdue decision to…

The big story here to me is that Philadelphia desperately needed both 4th down conversions they got, and on the last one they needed to…

May 12, 2023

May 12, 2023

Eric Bieniemy: Still Not A Head Coach

Last year, I wrote an intentionally very one-sided look at both the merits of Kansas City’s offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and the…

Mar 4, 2023

Mar 4, 2023

Exhumation — Seas of Eternal Silence (1997)

First things first, I owe a massive apology to former Exhumation and current Nightrage guitarist/bandleader Marios Iliopoulos. When I…

Dec 21, 2022

Exhumation — Seas of Eternal Silence (1997)

Dec 21, 2022

Sacrilege — The Fifth Season (1997)

Had they survived, I think Sacrilege had a chance to be one of the genuine names of Gothenburg metal, with emphasis on “chance.” As it…

Jul 26, 2022

Jul 26, 2022

KoFXV and “Minimum Interactions”

Before we start, I want to point out that if you’re a fighting game player, especially a good one, most of this will be functionally…

Jun 12, 2022

Jun 12, 2022

Ravens QB History: Joe Flacco, 2009

Whether or not winning was or is caused by quarterback play specifically, pro football teams tend to stick with quarterbacks they win with…

Mar 6, 2022

Mar 6, 2022

The Rams’ 4th down Call Won A Ring.

If you want to see just how deeply pervasive the oldheaded, jock-centric view of football is in the NFL and the media that covers it, look…

Feb 20, 2022

Feb 20, 2022

Eric Bieniemy Should Be A Head Coach: A Polemic

Let’s get to it. The fact that Eric Bieniemy has an expiring contract with the Kansas City Chiefs and has not been hired as a head coach in…

Feb 11, 2022

Feb 11, 2022

Durante Pierpaoli

Durante Pierpaoli

He/They. Musician and Writer (Videogames, music, bit of sports for fun.) You can support me by buying my book at durante-p.itch.io/book-preview

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