From the Machine

Part 2/3 of our conversation about extreme metal music and culture with Julian Gieger (Gxrehxund) and Hayden Innman (Hermaeus Mora, Absorbed in Perception)

Moving forward † (Sub)genre classification † Place and time † Gatekeeping and culture

Words by Julian Gieger, Hayden Innman, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Part 1/3 of our conversation about extreme metal music and culture with Julian Gieger (Gxrehxund) and Hayden Innman (Hermaeus Mora, Absorbed in Perception)

Fucked up science † Extreme metal is like vodka † The haptic void † Metal and jazz † Metal and rap

Words by Julian Gieger, Hayden Innman, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Part 2/2 of our forum on stage presence

Caricature † Mastery of music and self † Costumes

Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 1/2 of our forum on stage presence

Audience interaction † Acting a fool † Trust † Caricature

Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 2/2 of our forum on artist psychology and mental health

The Martian Timeslip † Against neurodivergence † Cognitive mechanism † Autism in history † Diagnosis & support

Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, & Alli Winters

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 1/2 of our forum on artist psychology and mental health

Sensitivity † Self-awareness † Bipolarity † Mythology of the tortured artist † Addiction † Exploiting the death of the artist

Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, & Alli Winters

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 2/2 of our conversation with Jane Ferry / littlexferry

The death of the album † The rebirth of the single † Redistribution † Recording as a snapshot † Perfectionism

Words by Ethan Bowen, Jane Ferry, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Jane's research documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15H8CixhYBYB3XyLBQHU-bAb3ZygQutVZ?usp=share_link

Part 1/2 of our conversation with Jane Ferry / littlexferry

Metaphor † Alliteration † Flow † Difference & repetition † How attention flows through a medium † Originality † Conciseness

Words by Ethan Bowen, Jane Ferry, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Jane's research documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15H8CixhYBYB3XyLBQHU-bAb3ZygQutVZ?usp=share_link

Art as prostitution † What Conner is in school for † The role of the ego in art

Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Impulse Machine

Part 2/2 of our retrospective on the Beatles' and the Beach Boys' work 1965-67

Music as pure expression † Dylan the jester † Marijuana and creativity

Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris