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NO MALLCORE, NO METAL CORE, NO CORE, NO HIPSTERS.FREEDOM FOR UKRAINE
Vermont U.S.A. Senator BERNIE SANDERS has posted a video commenting on the U.S.A.'S VENEZUELA STRIKES AND TAKEOVER..
On 1/3/2026, The U.S.A. performed military strikes on VENEZUELA taking their leader (MADURO) into custody.
FROM DAVID EARL WILLIAMS III:
Foretold? With 40 Venezuelan civilians killed after a U.S. special forces bombing and the forcible seizure of Nicolás Maduro, global protests continue as he remains in federal custody in New York City. One shaman’s prediction has already come true; the other may follow, given Trump’s apparent health decline, including attempts to conceal swollen hands with makeup, frequent reports of him falling asleep in meetings, routine aspirin use, and poor eating habits. These signs have fueled speculation worldwide.
“Heavy metal, of all music, knows just how sick we are. Just how pinned down by depression, addiction, insanity, technology, the machine of society and the thumb of God,” Parker writes. “Metal has been telling us this—gleefully, monstrously—since Ozzy Osbourne first sang, ‘Back on Earth, the flame of life burns low / Everywhere is misery and woe.’ It’s a message that never goes out of style. But right now in America—what with the digital splatteration, the black-hole subjectivity, and the goon squad crouched in a van behind Dunkin’—it has, shall we say, an especial piquancy.”
On a hot autumn night in Worcester, Massachusetts, Parker attended the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, which consists of 25 bands on three stages and 10 unbroken hours of heavy music. All day, he watched the mosh pit: the area close to the stage where inflamed dancers whirl and collide. “Like America, the pit is just barely a democracy,” Parker writes. “But you need youth, and you need strength: It’s no country for old men.”
“There are big boys throwing their weight around, and there are wild skinnies with flying arms and spinning back-kicks, chopping out their emergency version of personal space. There are cheerful barging amateurs, happy to be bounced about, and there are prowling malevolences, waiting for the moment to blindside someone or chuck an elbow in their face. There is the occasional fearless woman,” Parker writes. “And here’s something interesting. The amount of fights, bloody noses, chest-to-chest confrontations, bouncer interventions I spot at Metalfest: zero. A self-policing environment, to a remarkable degree.”
“I’ve been watching it, and skulking around it journalistically, because I am possessed by an idea,” Parker writes: “What if the pit, this ritualized maelstrom at the heart of the hardcore-metal crowd, could teach us something about how to live together … about how to be?”
Greek black metal warriors SAD have posted the bands anticipated new release "FULLMOON'S BESTIAL AWAKENING", unleashed 1/2/2026 via PURITY THROUGH FIRE.
SAD unleashed "BLACK METAL CRAFT", 12/23/2023 via PURITY THROUGH FIRE..
Canadian Musician ASHLEY MACISAAC was incorrectly labeled a sex offender through GOOGLE AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLEGENCE). .
ITP V.026 EDITORS NOTE: the same thing happened to ITP'S author as a FACEBOOK like about an article about a drug dealer showed up on GOOGLE'S AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) . ITP'S author's name is not in the article and she is NOT a drug dealer.
FROM NOISEY:
Ashley MacIsaac recently had their show cancelled because of an error on Google’s part.
Apparently, a Google AI summary incorrectly said that he had been convicted of sexual assault, among other things. Naturally, when the concert venue saw it, they shut down the show outright.
However, MacIsaac theorized to the Canadian Press that Google had mistaken him for some other person in Canada with those charges.
Now that Google has effectively taken a paycheck out of his pocket and potentially sullied his reputation with misinformation, MacIsaac wants to sue. However, in his online statement, he did clarify that the lawyer would need to take the case on for free, all things considered. “If a lawyer wants to take this on (for free) … I would stand up because I’m not the first and I’m sure I won’t be the last.”
“You are being put into a less secure situation because of a media company – that’s what defamation is,” he continued. “I could have been at a border and put in jail. So something has to be figured out as far as what the AI companies are responsible for…and what they can prevent.”
Ultimately, the stress from all of this has forced MacIsaac to regroup drastically. He hopes to reschedule the concert at some point. But right now, he’s keeping his head low and assessing how he wants to proceed with the AI situation. Additionally, he’s trying to explain the misinformation to his grandmother. “I’m telling you, this is not a nice place to be,” MacIsaac stresses. “I’m sitting outside my grandmother’s going in for Christmas. This isn’t a conversation I want to have today — ‘Oh, yeah, somebody called me a sex offender.’”
Russian atmospheric post black metal duo OLHAVA have posted "WHEN THE ASHES GROW COLD", a track from the bands anticipated new release "MEMORIAL", due to be unleashed 2/27/2026 via AVANTGARDE MUSIC.
OLHAVA unleashed "SACRIFICE", 1/26/2024 via AVANTGARDE MUSIC.
VIDEO BELOW: OLHAVA NEW TRACK "WHEN THE ASHES GROW COLD" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF AVANTGARDE MUSIC):
Swedish thrash metal warriors VENTHIAX have posted the title track from the bands anticipated new EP release "RITES OF RA", due to be unleashed 2/27/2026 via DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS
VIDEO BELOW: .VENTHIAX: NEW TRACK;"RITES OF RA" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS):
Sao Paulo, Brazil based death metal warriors FOSSILIZATION have
posted "DISENTOMBED AND REASSEMBLED BY THE AGES", a track from the bands anticipated new
release "ADVENT OF WOUNDS", due to be unleashed 2/13/2026 via
EVERLASTING SPEW RECORDS.
FOSSILIZATION, via
SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new release
"LEPROUS DAYLIGHT", unleashed 9/8/2023 via EVERLASTING SPEW
RECORDS. .
FOSSILIZATION, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands
anticipated SPLIT with RITUAL NECROMANCY, unleashed 2/25/2022
via EVERLASTING SPEW RECORDS.
FOSSILIZATION unleashed "HE WHOSE NAME WAS LONG
FORGOTTEN", 3/8/2021 via EVERLASTING SPEW RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: FOSSILIZATION:NEW TRACK "DISENTOMBED AND REASSEMBLED BY THE AGES" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF EVERLASTING SPEW RECORDS):
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ITP RATING SYSTEM FOR EXTREME METAL CD REVIEWS:
A feature entitled ITP BLAST BACK REVIEWS: A RE RATE of reviews (that year) to see if I over or under rated certain releases. Just the rating, and there's no guarantee that all ratings will change. All ITP REVIEWS are on a BELL CURVE in comparison to previous (band/artist) releases and whatever else is released that year in said genre.
ITP EXTREME METAL RELEASE REVIEW RATING SYSTEM:
***** (5 stars)=Awesome, a classic, timeless, unholy
**** 1/2 (4 and half stars)=amazing, perhaps this bands best
**** (4 stars)=very good, well worth the purchase
*** 1/2 (3 1/2 stars)=Good, standard fare, for fans and not new converts
*** (3 stars)=Good, but flawed, no progression here
** 1/2 (2 1/2 stars)=Bordering on mediocrity, band is overrated
** (two stars)=somewhere between mediocre and SUKETH
* 1/2 (1 1/2 stars)= SUKETH (this release SUCKS)
* (one star)=Awful, this CD can only be used as a beer coaster or a Frisbee.
? (No stars)=this band and release blow goats.
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BTW, ITP TEXT is CREATIVE COMMONS and you might look silly as I have bit of black list in the music industry and beyond.
A couple of issues I would like to address:
ITP DOES NOT like PSYCHOTIC people following ITP, you're under arrest, I will sue you.
ITP does not promote local and regional artists/bands and music venues whom have screwed me over, don't reciprocate or bands, labels, venues I don't like.
It is NOT ITP's responsibility for promoting your venue, club or crap band or show, DIY and promote your self, If I don't promote you or your band are awful, the music is awful.
ITP only promotes what SHE likes, go play in your own sandbox.
I don't promote local or regional bands or/and venues just because they are local, nor do I ignore bands and venues from out of state and out of the U.S. .
ITP does not promote main stream music nor mall core..Only extreme metal..
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A few bands are blacklisted from ITP, and one or two venues.
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