TERMINUS: extreme metal podcast

Thought we were dead? You fucking wish! Terminus is back with a hot one long in the making, where your hosts take a look at the seminal mid-00s work of Enmity and Last Days of Humanity while drawing out broader ideas of brutal death metal's proximity to noise. If black metal without heavy metal gets you Blazebirth Hall, what happens when a similar concept is applied to death metal? Only the most extreme music ever made. After the reviews, stick around for a guided tour of some of TDMG's favorite obscurities from this scene and beyond. 0:00:00 - Intro/A Conception of Noisedeath 0:14:58 - Enmity - Illuminations of Vile Engorgement (Permeated Records, 2005) 0:59:54 - Interlude - Intestinal Engorgement - “Fetal Extraction Anal” fr. Putrefying Consumption of Dismemberment (Amputated Vein Records, 2022) 1:02:53 - Last Days of Humanity - Putrefaction in Progress (Bones Brigade, 2006) 1:40:12 - Interlude - Foetopsy - “Spilling of Blood and Urine Into the Body Cavity” fr. Dyspartum (Barbarian Records, 2003) 1:41:28 - Other fascinating records 2:11:40 - Outro - Masturbation - “Gutted and Incinerated In the Insanity of Your Thoughts” fr. Putrified Vaginal Infibulation (Brutalized Records, 2006)

In the inaugural episode of a new series on extreme literature, TDMG explores the earliest work by the infamous Peter Sotos, plunging headlong into the most perverse incarnation of so-called "true crime" writing in the beginning of an effort to explore the real power within one of the world's most scorned authors. Listener discretion strongly advised. 0:00:00 - Peter Sotos 0:19:50 - Total Abuse 0:28:41 - Pure Terminus on YoutubeTerminus on PatreonTDMG on Substackthetrueterminus@gmail.com

A spectre is haunting black metal- that of the industrial black metal style of the late 90s and early 00s. Foremost among that cadre is Aborym, Italian stallions of legend now forgotten in the revised zeitgeist of 2025. Join your hosts as we examine Aborym's first and third records, discovering that not only are they not just "an industrial black metal band," but that they actually created some of the best and most forward-thinking extreme metal of the era. What, are you "too cool" for The Matrix now?0:00:00 - Kali Yuga Bizarre (Scarlet Records, 1999) 0:56:06 - Interlude - Coil - “Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)” fr. Horse Rotorvator (Force & Form, 1986) 1:02:29 - With No Human Intervention (Code666 Records, 2003) 1:45:42 - Outro - Project Deviate - “Not My Kind” fr. Not My Kind/Flash! (Fusion Records, 2006)Terminus links:Terminus on YoutubeTerminus on PatreonTDMG on Substackthetrueterminus@gmail.com

In 2025's first assault, the plucky doughboys at Terminus investigate an obscure gem of 90s black metal: Niden Div. 187. Best known for featuring members of a host of Swedish death metal bands, the project stands on its own as a truly remarkable artifact of the era, far ahead of its time in melody and experimental structures. Sit back, relax, and enjoy an episode longer than the band's entire discography. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:06:28 - Niden Div. 187 1:21:45 - Outro - Zyklon-B - “Mental Orgasm” fr. Blood Must be Shed (Malicious Records, 1995) Terminus links:Terminus on YoutubeTerminus on PatreonTDMG on Substackthetrueterminus@gmail.com

GENTLEMEN... BEHOLD! The Terminus Omega 2024 livestream is now mirrored here for your podcast listening pleasure. Join TBMG, TDMG, and harried Terminus intern Hyper Shaman as we go through the highlights of the year with helpful input from our... adoring(?) audience. This one was a great time and we hope those of you who don't typically listen on Youtube will enjoy listening as much as we did streaming. For those who weren't there: 2025 will feature some big but positive changes for Terminus, featuring all sorts of new forms of content that will lead us boldly into the second half of the decade. As always, thanks for listening. BIG THINGS COMING *china cymbal crashes ominously* Terminus links:Terminus on YoutubeTerminus on PatreonTerminus on InstagramTerminus on Facebookthetrueterminus@gmail.com

This season, give thanks for the only thing in your life that truly matters - Terminus: Extreme Metal Podcast. In this great and terrible new episode, your hosts investigate new records from two esoteric enclaves of Russian black metal. You know we’re obsessed with this shit. So are you. Buckle up.00:00 - Intro0:03:35 - Blackdeath - Mortui Incedere Possunt (End All Life Productions / NoEvDia)Mad kappelmeisters of St. Petersburg wring jagged melodies from demon-addled fiddles. With ingenious full-band songwriting and a strangely compelling slantwise take on Orthodox black metal, this may be their finest record yet.0:55:05 - Interlude - Bethlehem - “Second Coming” fr. Dark Metal (Adipocere Records, 1994)1:01:05 - Old Wainds - Stormheart (Darkness Shall Rise Productions)Murmansk tundra shamans emerge from the murk with storming Slavonic riffage, savage stomps, and maybe even a few forbidden heavy metal kicks.1:51:37 - Outro - Runes of Dianceht - “In The War,” fr. the Runes of Dianceht demo (Independent, 1996)Terminus links:Terminus on YoutubeTerminus on PatreonTerminus on Instagramthetrueterminus@gmail.com

As The Death Metal Guy recovers from the tumult of hurricane season, I call upon our bold young comrade Hyper Shaman to fill TDMG’s capacious, plutonium-toed boots. Our aim? Get caught up on GLORIOUS PAGAN BLACK METAL.This episode began as a normal two-record show, but due to time constraints, and the sheer scale of the work at hand, it became a standalone review of the new album by Auld Ridge. Here, O.W.G.A. steps out of the shadows and takes a fighting stance, reworking his symphonic style around a core of raging, racing folk melody. You can probably guess how we feel about this one.00:00 - Intro0:04:09 - Auld Ridge - For Death and Glory, to the Gods I Cry (The Hermetic Order of Ytene / Dark Adversary / Amor Fati)1:00:52 - Outro: Gorgoroth - “Profetens Åpenbaring,” fr. Under The Sign of Hell (Malicious Records, 1997)Note 1: The “Krig”-based riff isn’t on Consanguineous, it’s here, in the middle of Track 5 (“Ar Cricinagneth, An Agen Albannu Tu Telyr”).Note 2: I forgot to mention Auld Ridge’s possible debt to Panphage, a forgotten legend of 2010s BM. The resemblance is especially strong on Track 4 (“Henmaen…..”) - a phrase from Panphage's Drengskapr crops up at 48:00, just as my sample ends.Terminus links:Terminus on YoutubeTerminus on PatreonTerminus on InstagramTerminus on Facebookthetrueterminus@gmail.com