TERMINUS: extreme metal podcast

In the wake of the passing of Nisse Karlén into eternity, it seems only appropriate to pay tribute to a titan of extreme metal. Sacramentum's unique style of melodic black/death metal not only placed them directly alongside bands like Dissection and Dawn, but established melodic ideas and ambitious structural methodologies that would only take root more popularly decades later. Come with us as we take a look at their earliest material and attempt to trace their roots forward up to newer foliage. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:15:44 - Finis Malorum 0:54:30 - Interlude - Vinterland - “Still the Night is Awake” fr. Welcome My Last Chapter (No Fashion Records, 1996) 0:58:01 - Far Away From The Sun 01:51:12 - Outro - Sacramentum - “The Vision and The Voice,” fr. Far Away from The Sun (Adipocere Records, 1996) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com

10 Sep 1h 55min

Since the beginning of the year, your intrepid hosts have been concentrating exclusively on older, classic material- this all changes today. At least for this episode. In today's entry, we feature the triumphant return of Paimon Gate with a new record that elaborates on their established style with more evolution than might appear at first blush, and the inaugural volley by Pyromancer, whose oppressive brand of late 80s filth brings to mind a blood-smeared and heroin-shooting take on Celtic Frost. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:42 - Paimon Gate - Advanced Satanic Witchcraft (Nuclear War Now) 0:58:40 - Interlude - Blood Storm - “The Atlantean Wardragon,” fr. The Atlantean Wardragon (Cacophonous Records, 1997) 1:03:51 - Pyromancer - Absolute Dominion by Fire (Adirondack Black Mass) 1:44:42 - Outro - Gravewürm - “Ancient Storms of War,” fr. Doomed to Eternity (Hell’s Headbangers) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com

5 Aug 1h 47min

We have to go back, bros. In today's episode of Terminus, your hosts travel back to 1990 to cover two obscure records close to their hearts, each operating in the primordial ooze of death metal, grindcore, thrash, and hardcore, but with completely contrasting sounds. TBMG brings to the occasion Prophecy of Doom, whose 1990 record resembles Deviated Instinct or early Bolt Thrower but with a demented industrial-stench aesthetic all their own. TDMG's plus one: Righteous Pigs, who create what sounds like modern crowdkilling hardcore out of thrash riffs and jazz drumming. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:10:51 - Prophecy of Doom - Acknowledge the Confusion Master (Deaf Records, 1990) 0:53:46 - Interlude - Sonic Violence - “Tortured (Dub)” fr. Jagd (Peaceville Records, 1990) 1:00:20 - Righteous Pigs - Stress Related (Nuclear Blast Records, 1990) 1:55:34 - Outro - Like Rats - “Bloodline” fr. Like Rats (A389 Recordings, 2012) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com

26 Juni 1h 59min

What happens when you record an all-timer? What happens when you permanently alter the course of an entire genre of music? What happens when a set of very precise techniques enter the basic DNA of an entire generation? On this episode, TDMG and TBMG discuss Sargeist, a band whose influence is so vast it's nearly unnoticed, taking a look at their seminal 2010 record Let the Devil In and their brand new release, Flame Within Flame. Can the band ever achieve the heights of the past? Or, more importantly: should that even be the goal? 0:00:00 - A history of Sargeist, their influence, and Franco-Finnish Black Metal 0:34:55 - Let the Devil In (Moribund Records/World Terror Committee, 2010) 1:36:06 - Interlude - Sargeist - “Let The Devil In,” fr. Let The Devil In (Moribund / WTC, 2010) 1:40:13 - Flame Within Flame (World Terror Committee, 2025) 2:35:11 - Outro - Bekhira - “The Devil and the Sorcerer” fr. L'élu du mal (Aura Mystique Productions, 2005) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com

11 Juni 2h 39min

TDMG returns with the (somehow) highly anticipated second installment of Balaclava Books, and the second installment of his investigation into Peter Sotos' Total Abuse. This time, we take a look at Tool, the notorious eight-part work which displays Peter Sotos finding his footing in his own style and plumbing ever-deeper depths of human despair and cruelty. Listener discretion strongly advised. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:33 - Tool. and Total Abuse 0:19:30 - One (Quality Time) 0:38:36 - Five 0:56:06 - Two and Three 1:11:36 - Six and Seven 1:21:31 - Four and Eight Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com

27 Maj 1h 41min

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)

12 Maj 2h 14min

What, you want a cute little description of the episode? It's BOLT THROWER. 0:00:00 - Intro / a brief history of Bolt Thrower and stenchcore 0:38:48 - Realm of Chaos (Slaves to Darkness) (Earache Records, 1989) 1:43:49 - Interlude - Bolt Thrower - “World Eater 94” fr. Who Dares Wins (Earache Records, 1998) 1:49:57 - The IVth Crusade (Earache Records, 1992) 3:16:28 - Just Before Dawn - “The Gulf of Tonkin” fr. A War Too Far (Raw Skull Recordz, 2023) HERESY CORRECTIVE: In a moment of warp-tainted hubris, TBMG misidentifies the Space Marine chapter on the cover of WH40K 1st Edition. It is the CRIMSON Fists, NOT the Imperial Fists. The Inquisition has been notified. Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com

1 Apr 3h 21min

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 Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com

25 Feb 1h 12min