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<title><![CDATA[Lair Of The Minotaur 2008_06_12 (Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse)]]></title>
<link>http://invisiblesound.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/minotaur-20080612/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>invisiblesound</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Lair of the Minotaur are one of the best metal bands on the road today. Imagine if Slayer stayed on ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a title="Official Site" href="http://www.lairoftheminotaur.com/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-289" title="LotM Poster" src="http://invisiblesound.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/l_96607ff051fc202356152e42f4658a2b.jpg?w=201" alt="LotM Poster" width="201" height="300" />Lair of the Minotaur</a> are one of the best metal bands on the road today. Imagine if <a title="Official Site" href="http://www.slayer.net/" target="_blank">Slayer</a> stayed on the South Of Heaven course, and you have Lair of the Minotaur. I really can&#8217;t stress enough how brutally awesome they are! Listen to their <a title="Myspace Page" href="http://www.myspace.com/lairoftheminotaur" target="_blank">MySpace tracks here</a>. What I really like about their sound is how they take some standard death metal &#38; thrash elements and add some new blood-crazed, flesh eating energy into it. I get kind of bored with a lot of metal bands playing the same oh-so-heavy bullshit that everyone&#8217;s been playing for 20+ years, or even worse, a band who tries to reinvent the sound/crossover or whatever. Both routes usually lead to the same pile of shit. LotM put in plenty of speed when needed, but definitely aren&#8217;t afraid of slowing down to let the doom soak in, even in the same song. Very nice!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve seen them twice and will post both shows. This is the first. I showed up late and missed the first song or two, but the sound is better than my second (although complete recording). I was not impressed with the crowd at either of their concerts. They just sat there during the songs, and maybe gave a clap or two at the end. COME ON PEOPLE! I have an excuse not to get all crazy during the show (recording, duh), but what is theirs? I hope the band didn&#8217;t get the wrong idea&#8230;because I&#8217;d like to see them a third/fourth/fifth time!</p>
<p>Here is their amazingly graphic music video <span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/pl7SonqCNzI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/pl7SonqCNzI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span>*If you are under 18, or are offended at all, ever, by anything, DO NOT WATCH THIS. It will scare you.</p>
<p><a title="Buy Stuff" href="http://www.lairoftheminotaur.com/site/?page_id=3" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-298" title="Lair_War-Metal" src="http://invisiblesound.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/lair_war-metal.jpg?w=300" alt="Lair_War-Metal" width="300" height="229" /></a></p>
<p>Lair Of The Minotaur<br />
w/Ocean, Intronaut</p>
<p>Thursday June 12, 2008<br />
The Clubhouse<br />
Tempe, AZ</p>
<p>Source: CA Cardioids &#62; Church Audio 9100 &#62; R-09 (24-bit WAV 48.0kHz)<br />
Transfer: R-09 usb &#62; WAVE Editor 1.3 &#62; WAV &#62; FLAC or mp3</p>
<p>001 (cuts in) The Ultimate Destroyer<br />
002 Enemy Of Gods<br />
003 When The Ice Giants Slay All<br />
004 Horror<br />
005 Carnage Fucking Carnage<br />
006 War Metal Battle Master</p>
<p>&#8212;-Download&#8212;-</p>
<p>sample(2MB): <a title="sample" href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/3nyd4ojyftd/02 Enemy Of Gods_sample.mp3" target="_blank">Enemy Of Gods sample mp3</a></p>
<p>mp3(38MB): <a title="mp3" href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ooljldmbnfb/LotM_20080612.zip" target="_blank">Lair of the Minotaur_20080612.zip</a></p>
<p>FLAC(219MB): <a title="FLAC" href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/muibl0yzwmj/LotM_20080612-FLAC.zip" target="_blank">Lair of the Minotaur_20080612-FLAC.zip</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Black Viper Barbarian Clan]]></title>
<link>http://comemyfanatics.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/black-viper-barbarian-clan/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 11:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>izlude777</dc:creator>
<guid>http://comemyfanatics.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/black-viper-barbarian-clan/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR &#8211; WAR METAL BATTLE MASTER [2008] 01 Horde of Undead Vengeance 02 War Meta]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR &#8211; WAR METAL BATTLE MASTER [2008]</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5776/war300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" />01 Horde of Undead Vengeance<br />
02 War Metal Battle Master<br />
03 When the Ice Giants Slayed All<br />
04 Slaughter the Bestial Legion<br />
05 Black Viper Barbarian Clan<br />
06 Assassins of the Cursed Mist<br />
07 Doomtrooper<br />
08 Hades Unleashed</p>
<p>W ostatnich paru latach pojawiło się kilka naprawdę niezłych grup, które dość szybko dorobiły się dużego uznania wśród fanów muzyki ciężkiej. Jednakże sukces i wielkość w oczach jednych często także oznacza nic wielkiego czy kolokwialnie mówiąc gówno w oczach innych. Nie powinno to nikogo dziwić, wszak od zarania dziejów to co dla jednego jest skarbem, dla drugiego jest śmieciem, a gałąź muzyki nie jest przecież wyjątkiem. O grupie Lair Of The Minotaur krążą więc różne opinie. Dla jednych to solidna dawka czystego, brutalnego metalu, dla innych to nudna, monotonna i po prostu nie warta uwagi muzyka. Po której stronie barykady jestem? Po tej pierwszej, jednak przyznaję, że muzyka Lair Of The Minotaur bywa monotonna.</p>
<p>Rok 2008 przyniósł na świat trzecie dziecko amerykanów &#8211; War Metal Battle Master. Jak sama nazwa płyty wskazuje możemy się tutaj spodziewać prawdziwego metalu, który nie zamierza okazywać litości, tylko będzie bez skrupułów niszczyć, mordować i miażdżyć swoim brzmieniem. Dostajemy więc osiem potężnych utworów, ciężkich, mocarnych i niestety momentami nieco nużących, traktujących o walkach, zabijaniu, a także zahaczających o tematykę starożytnej Grecji.</p>
<p>No więc jakie są wrażenia przy słuchaniu tej płyty? Mieszane. Z jednej strony znakomite, pełne mocy riffy, solidny bas i świetna praca perkusji, a do tego wszystkiego pasujący krzyczący i ryczący głos wokalisty. Z drugiej strony wieje nudą. Nie zawsze i nie wszędzie, jednak te powiewy są odczuwalne i mogą zrazić kogoś do tego albumu.</p>
<p>Płyta zaczyna się trzaskającym <strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Horde of Undead Vengeance</span></strong>, który od razu pokazuje co czeka nas dalej. Zniszczenie, zgniecenie i unicestwienie. Bębny młócą aż miło, a bas jest wspaniały. Dalej atakuje tytułowy <strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">War Metal Battle Master</span></strong>, do którego nakręcono nieco obrzydliwy, aczkolwiek fajny (ze względu na występujące tam panny) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl7SonqCNzI">clip</a>. Jest to wg mnie jedna z najfajniejszych, o ile nie najfajniejsza pozycja z tej płyty, niesamowicie podoba mi się tutaj riff zaczynający się ok minuty i czterdziestej sekundy, będący jakby punktem kulminacyjnym utworu, po którym następuje powrót do poprzedniego motywu. <strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">When The Ice Giants Slayed All</span></strong> to najkrótszy utwór na płycie, przytłacza jednak swoim brzmieniem jak reszta. Jest trochę wolniejszy od swoich poprzedników, ale to kolejny niszczyciel. Następny <strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Slaughter The Bestial Legion</span></strong> to znów fajne riffy i kapitalna perkusja oraz ryki momentami nasuwające skojarzenia z black metalem, które zresztą obecne są i w innych kawałkach. Dynamiczny <strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Black Viper Barbarian Clan</span></strong> to mój drugi ulubiony kawałek po tytułowym. Perkusista nie szczędzi bębnów, a wokalista strun głosowych. Po jakiejś połowie całość spowalnia, ale nie traci nic ze swojej siły.<strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;"> Assassins Of The Cursed Mist </span></strong>to następny bardzo dobry utwór, który zaczyna się stonowanym brzmieniem perkusji, charczącym wokalem i świetnym riffem. To jeden z bardziej podobających mi się momentów na płycie, wprawdzie tempo nie powala, ale to kolejna bezlitosna, miażdżąca inwazja na bębenki uszne. Przedostatni i zarazem najdłuższy na płycie kawałek <strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Doomtrooper</span></strong>, jest że tak powiem najbardziej epicki. Klimatyczne, aczkolwiek krótkie intro prowadzące do niego i wchodzi masywny, walcowaty riff z powolną perkusją. To powoli posuwające się brzmienie rozciąga się właściwie na cały utwór, a w jego drugiej połowie pojawia się to, czego bardzo brakuje na tej płycie -  SOLÓWKA, od razu lepiej, choć nie należy ona do najlepszych jakie się słyszało. Jej pojawienie się wręcz ożywia utwór, nasycając go większą mocą. Ogólnie to jeden z lepszych kawałków na płycie. Jego końcówka przeistacza się w początek ostatniego tracka, <strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Hades Unleashed</span></strong>, gdzie wchodzi spokojna gitara. Jednak już po chwili rozpętuje się kolejna wojna. Jest więc to następna porcja dobrych riffów i wspaniałej perkusji, przy którym to zniszczeniu faktycznie można uznać, że siły Hadesu wydostały się ostatecznie na powierzchnie siejąc wszędzie spustoszenie.</p>
<p>Jak więc słyszymy muzyka zawarta na tym albumie jest w pełni adekwatna do tytułu. Prawdziwy metal, prawdziwa moc i energia, idealna ścieżka dźwiękowa do krwawych i bezlitosnych bitew. Przede wszystkim bardzo dobra perkusja, mięsiste riffy i niekiedy wręcz przytłaczające całkowicie brzmienie. Niestety jak wspomniałem jest tutaj odczuwalna pewna monotonność, która może niekiedy zniechęcić. No i wielką ujmą płyty jest praktycznie brak solówek, a szkoda, gdyby gościły w każdym utworze, to była by to jedna z mojej topki 2008 roku. A tak, to po prostu dobry album, który opłaca się posiadać w swoich zbiorach.</p>
<p align="right">[7,3/10]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Maryland Deathfest VII preview, pt. III: Lair of the Minotaur]]></title>
<link>http://rememberyourfuture.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/maryland-deathfest-vii-preview-pt-iii-lair-of-the-minotaur/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bryan Future</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rememberyourfuture.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/maryland-deathfest-vii-preview-pt-iii-lair-of-the-minotaur/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lair of the Minotaur Lair of the Minotaur &#8211; &#8220;Horde of Undead Vengeance&#8221; Sex and vi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_122" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lairoftheminotaur"><img class="size-full wp-image-122" title="lotm_bandphoto2009" src="http://rememberyourfuture.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/lotm_bandphoto2009.jpg" alt="Lair of the Minotaur" width="500" height="333" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Lair of the Minotaur</p></div>
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<li><a title="LotM - HoUV" href="http://www.southernlord.com/mp3/01%20Lair%20of%20the%20Minotaur%20-%20Horde%20of%20Undead%20Vengeance.mp3" target="_blank">Lair of the Minotaur &#8211; &#8220;Horde of Undead Vengeance&#8221;</a></li>
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<p>Sex and violence run the world. It’s a cynical outlook, yes, but one that’s difficult not to espouse to some degree. And heavy metal, for all its merits, has historically been attuned to sex and violence. As a veritable cesspool of testosterone (which by no means discounts the contributions of women working in the genre), the subculture heavy metal has spawned in its three-decade existence is a sociological experiment in masculinity.</p>
<p>We can accept that aggressive music, whether metal, punk industrial or whatever, tends to appeal to a largely (and again, not exclusively) male audience. But there’s little wonder as to why. The terms used to describe the sound of the music – burly, brutal, muscular, heavy, pummeling, et. al. – evoke a brute-force imagery befitting the often violent and visceral images explored in the lyrics.</p>
<p>This is, of course, something that has evolved over time. Black Sabbath is hardly the same as Lair of the Minotaur, a Chicago band melding death metal to hardcore, resulting in brutally heavy, chest-pounding rock music that stomps and blasts. The vocals alternate between scorched cookie-monster growls and belly-deep declarations.</p>
<p>But perhaps most beneficial to this discussion of masculine identity as it pertains to heavy metal, and particularly to Lair of the Minotaur is one of the band&#8217;s music videos.</p>
<p>The title track of 2008’s <em>War Metal Battle Master</em> (album No. 5 for the trio) was promoted with <a title="NSFW LOTM video" href="http://www.lairwarmetalvideo.com" target="_blank">a very NSFW video</a>. In it, the trio, decked out in black t-shirts and sunglasses, looks, for their part, rather badass as they tear the song from their instruments. Cut into the shots of the band is a stitched-together narrative of medieval warriors hacking each other to blood-spurting bits. There is no good or bad guys, they all die just the same. But it’s the video’s second act, in which naked, cannibalistic women, begin to feast on the corpses of the dead or almost-dead warriors, that the tableau is complete.</p>
<p>This is machismo from front to back. The clash of iron blades and the gush of blood, the sound of loud squalls of guitar and naked women dressed only in the blood of their victims. One could read a message of misogyny – the women kill and devour these men. But the men aren’t particularly noble. Their cause for war is never defined or even implied. They kill. The women kill.</p>
<p>Mostly, I think the message is confused. And I think that’s an important point.</p>
<p>Most people, we might speculate, when they begin to discover music on their own terms, are in the throes of adolescence. Metal, for many teenage boys is an escapist realm, whether in the fantastical journeys of an Iron Maiden or the rebelliousness of a Judas Priest or the grisly horror-imagery of a Cannibal Corpse.</p>
<p>Metal doesn’t define gender identity for its largely young, male audience. But it can offer the opportunity to explore it.</p>
<p><em>Lair of the Minotaur plays Maryland Death Fest VII on Sunday, May 24. <em>The Deathfest takes place May 22-24 at Sonar in Baltimore. More information is available at <a title="MDDFVII" href="http://www.supremebrutality.com/" target="_blank">www.supremebrutality.com</a>. </em></em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[War Metal Video Dog]]></title>
<link>http://chakanawe.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/war-metal-video-dog/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chakanawe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chakanawe.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/war-metal-video-dog/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was pumped to post some old Scorpions videos, so I today I feel like posting some new sh]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Yesterday I was pumped to post some old Scorpions videos, so I today I feel like posting some new shit.  Here&#8217;s two of the best music videos from 2008.  First is &#8220;War Metal Battle Master&#8221; by Lair of the Minotaur.  Although I&#8217;m not crazy about the song, you just gotta appreciate the effort that went into this video.  Those warrior dudes look like real extras from 300 or something.  <span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/pl7SonqCNzI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/pl7SonqCNzI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span>  This next one for &#8220;Prehistoric Dog&#8221; by Red Fang takes the prize.  Let&#8217;s consider it a funnier and sudsier take on the previous video.  It wins for being Monty Python-esque and being a bitchin song to boot.  <span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Y3Vcoq-QRo4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Y3Vcoq-QRo4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[O clipe mais metal de todos os tempos]]></title>
<link>http://fuckyouimfromhell.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/o-clipe-mais-metal-de-todos-os-tempos/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fuckyouimfromhell</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fuckyouimfromhell.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/o-clipe-mais-metal-de-todos-os-tempos/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sério, você nunca vai ver nada mais METAL do que esse clipe do Lair of the Minotaur.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Sério, você nunca vai ver nada mais METAL do que esse clipe do Lair of the Minotaur.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/pl7SonqCNzI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/pl7SonqCNzI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[IOWA Music Festival?? WhaaaaAat?!]]></title>
<link>http://attemptedmustache.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/iowa-music-festival-whaaaaaat/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>attemptedmustache</dc:creator>
<guid>http://attemptedmustache.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/iowa-music-festival-whaaaaaat/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[O-kay, so I&#8217;m just being an ignorant asshole, of course Iowa is the home of a Music Festival..]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>O-kay, so I&#8217;m just being an ignorant asshole, of course Iowa is the home of a Music Festival.. why wouldn&#8217;t it be?!  I mean people live there right??  Like almost 3million people in total&#8230; that&#8217;s gotta be like 30th in the United States or something.. AND Mid-Western Americans need to listen to music too dammitt!!!<br />
I&#8217;m just surprised because I&#8217;ve never heard of it before.</p>
<p><img src="http://assets3.pitchforkmedia.com/images/image/28195.missioncreek.jpg" /></p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.missionfreak.com/festival">Mission Creek 2008</a> lineup was released and it looks pretty decent:</p>
<p><font color="#999999"><i>Cursive, Dan Deacon, Bon Iver, Neva Dinova, The Hood Internet, Spoon, The Walkmen, Headlights, Evangelicals, Alejandro Escovedo, Pieta Brown, Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes, Oh Astro, Capgun Coup, Fourth of July, The Poison Control Center, White Rabbits, Cepia, These United States, So Many Dynamos, Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons, Baby Teeth, Brighton MA, Death Ships, Lair of the Minotaur, Caleb Engstrom, Samuel Locke-Ward, Vandaveer, The Western Front, The Gglitch, Master/Slave, Today is the Day, Datagun, Mannix!, Porno Galatica V. Zap!Rowsdower, Wolves in the Attic, The Wheelers, Michael Morris, The Glowing Glass, Mit’n, Kelly Pardekooper, Illinois John Fever, The Blacks, The Mayflies, Sam Knutson, Dennis McMurrin, Monadnoc, Sarah Cram and The Derelicts, Highway Shelter, Foul Tip, Birth Rites, MC/VL, Henrihenrietta, Complete Failure, Mouth of the Architect.</i></font></p>
<p>Tickets are available <a href="http://missionfreak.com/festival/passes">here! </a></p>
<p>And get them fast because the festival takes place in Iowa City April 2nd-5th.  So for those who will need to drive long distances, get in your car now and floor-it!  And don&#8217;t stop till you hit the stage</p>
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<title><![CDATA[video even Manowar did not dare to make]]></title>
<link>http://zxzwblog.com/2008/03/30/video-even-manowar-did-not-dare-to-make/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zxzw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://zxzwblog.com/2008/03/30/video-even-manowar-did-not-dare-to-make/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lair of the minotaur created a video even Manowar did not dare to make. Check it here.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lairoftheminotaur" target="_blank">Lair of the minotaur</a> created a video even <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manowar" target="_blank">Manowar</a> did not dare to make. <a href="http://www.lairwarmetalvideo.com/" target="_blank">Check it here.</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR - War Metal Battle Master]]></title>
<link>http://baronedelmale.com/2008/03/18/lair-of-the-minotaur-war-metal-battle-master/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aperitivista</dc:creator>
<guid>http://baronedelmale.com/2008/03/18/lair-of-the-minotaur-war-metal-battle-master/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(2008, Southern Lord) Non è facile confermarsi dopo un album come &#8220;The ultimate destroyer]]></description>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Non è facile confermarsi dopo un album come &#8220;The ultimate destroyer&#8221;, ma con questo nuovo lavoro i Lair of the Minotaur tornano a prendere a calci le nostre orecchie, con una violenza estremamente razionale e allo stesso tempo devastante.<br />
Le aggressioni thrash sono ancora più tirate, incastrate alla perfezione con gli stacchi più heavy attraverso cambi ancora più ricercati rispetto al passato, sempre impantanati in una sfumata vena sludge, e accompagnati dalla voce che spazia dal growl allo scream con la disinvoltura che ben conosciamo; il tutto ci aggredisce con una produzione al solito volta ad esaltare la loro &#8220;grezza&#8221; precisione.<br />
Anche i momenti doom sono migliorati notevolmente, soprattutto sulla splendida Doomtrooper, il cui titolo rende in pieno l&#8217;idea, in cui la band dimostra di sapersi destreggiare alla grande anche nel suddetto genere.<br />
War Metal Battle Master è un disco che non si può non considerare se si ama la musica pesante (anche se si è nostalgici degli anni &#8216;80), e che conferma l&#8217;importanza che hanno acquisito i Lair of the Minotaur nella scena metal statunitense e non solo; se poi ci mettete il fatto che loro lo definiscono un &#8220;concept album about solving conflicts with a big fucking axe&#8221;, non capisco cosa aspettiate a procurarvelo.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;" align="left"><em><strong>Tracklist:</strong></em><br />
1. Horde of Undead Vengeance<br />
2. War Metal Battle Master<br />
3. When the Ice Giants Slayed All<br />
4. Slaughter the Bestial Legion<br />
5. Black Viper Barbarian Clan<br />
6. Assassins of the Cused Mist<br />
7. Doomtrooper<br />
8. Hades Unleashed</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Black Viper Barbarian Clan]]></title>
<link>http://objective514.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/black-viper-barbarian-clan/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rustedangel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://objective514.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/black-viper-barbarian-clan/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lair of the Minotaur has a new record coming out. It is called &#8220;War Metal Battle Master.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqSA4R6D1yw">Lair of the Minotaur </a>has a new record coming out. It is called <strong>&#8220;War Metal Battle Master.&#8221; </strong>As I&#8217;m sure we can all agree that that is the greatest thing ever, please select, post and comment on your favorite of the album&#8217;s song titles:</p>
<p>01. <b>Horde of Undead Vengeance</b><br />
02. <b>War Metal Battle Master</b><br />
03. <b>When The Ice Giants Slayed All</b><br />
04. <b>Slaughter the Bestial Legion</b><br />
05. <b>Black Viper Barbarian Clan</b><br />
06. <b>Assassins of the Cursed Mist</b><br />
07. <b>Doomtrooper</b><br />
08. <b>Hades Unleashed</b></p>
<p>I <a href="http://www.anarchymusic.net/2007/08/dearoderus2">love </a>metal.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR - The Ultimate Destroyer]]></title>
<link>http://francoisemassacre.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/lair-of-the-minotaur-the-ultimate-destroyer/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>francoise massacre</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[(Southern Lord) Metal Leur but était de faire l’album METAL qu’eux-mêmes auraient voulu entendre. Eu]]></description>
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<strong>(Southern Lord)<br />
Metal</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Leur but était de faire l’album METAL qu’eux-mêmes auraient voulu entendre. Eux, ce sont les chicagoans Donald James Barraca, Steven Rathbone et Larry Herweg (également batteur de Pelican). Quand on sait que ces types ont tété le sein de leur mère au son de Hellhammer, Kreator, Entombed, Slayer, Possessed ou Sodom (respects Mesdames), qu’ils ont pris leurs premières bitures d’adolescents devant <em>Cannibal Holocaust</em>, <em>The Thing</em>, <em>Cannibal Ferox</em> ou <em>Massacre à la tronçonneuse</em>, qu’ils se passionnent pour la mythologie grecque parce que «c’est tellement cool d’arriver à décrire de telles atrocités de manière si belle et si poétique», et si on se souvient de leur premier ep <em>Carnage</em> au titre tout à fait digne de son contenu, alors on tend gentiment sa joue en attendant que ça tombe. <em>The Ultimate Destroyer</em> est une décharge de pur heavy METAL véhément, brutal et dense. Une réécriture moderne du Grand Livre du METAL avec une plume trempée dans l’encre des 80’s. En filigrane, les textes (en vers) de Rathbone, impénétrables sans l’appui des liner notes, revisitent bruyamment Homère, la mythologie hellénique et ses créatures amicales &#8211; Cerbère et Gorgones -, mais surtout, ils sont portés par un riffage increvable et une rythmique de forgeron. Le METAL de The Ultimate Destroyer ne souffre aucun sous-genre ni préfixe [black – thrash – death – doom - post]. Juste du METAL, terrassant, précis et «straight to the point», sans démonstration, excédents ou superflu, qui pour autant, ne sombre jamais dans les écueils du bourrinage béotien décérébré.<br />
<a href="http://www.lairoftheminotaur.com" target="_blank"> www.lairoftheminotaur.com</a><br />
<strong> Francoise Massacre</strong><br />
<span style="color:#808080;"><strong> <em>Publié dans: <a title="NOISE MAG (ex-VERSUS MAG)" href="http://www.noisemag.net" target="_blank">VERSUS MAG</a> #8 (Mai 2006)</em></strong></span><br />
<img src="http://noakkatoi.free.fr/blog/covers/VERSUS8.jpg" alt="couv VERSUS MAG #8" /></p>
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