AXL IS ENTHRONED

Never been an Enthroned fan, never been an Enthroned hater. Black metal was most certainly the last sub-genre of metal I got into (unless you count nu-rap-whatever-metal, because I never actually got into that), mostly because I always felt like if you wore make-up on stage, you should be singing about pussy, not Satan. But it’s 2o10 and my New Year’s resolutions include going to the gym more, getting Sacha the Death Metal Puppy to stop being such a little evil bastard, and spending more time blogging about bands that have never had Dave Mustaine in their line-up.

So while word of the streaming of a new Enthroned song, “The Vitalized Shell,” didn’t instantly get my blood pumping, I know it will excite a lot of you. It comes of the band’s new album, Pentagrammaton, which comes out March 22 on Regain.

And, hey!, ya know what? I’m actually really digging it. And I can’t really understand what Nornagest (who is Cronos’ cousin… really?) is saying, so for all I know, the song is about pussy.

-AR