Before the 90s, black metal wasn't a selling tool [and didn't] have money behind it. Then it became a pop sensation. Now… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything remotely "new" or "experimental" about any modern metal bands. — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
Most every album - and especially metal albums these days - are made in a way that you can grow tired of… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
I think Nouveau Gloaming is a classic black metal record and I would hate to be a band that kept trying to… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
Basically every song on modern metal albums follows a formula and you get that formula in between one to three tracks. — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
I don't like bands who would play music like Code. I mean I hate most bands with emotional singing parts (I adore… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
I don't think it's "true" to sit and play old school heavy metal just so that you can send it to Fenriz… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
I do try to pay attention to new bands and what's happening within the scene. I try to make sure I give everything a… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
I like what's going on in Finland, with the rebirth of Beherit. I also like a band called Oranssi Pazuzu and a band called… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
Before the 90s, black metal wasn't a selling tool [and didn't] have money behind it. Then it became a pop sensation. Now that the… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
In the past stories have been what tethers us to the world and they've made us who we are. — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
People are appreciating the old stuff again and there's no MTV-style scene police to try to make us all listen to Machine Head and… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything remotely "new" or "experimental" about any modern metal bands. — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
I think there was a brief period where Norwegian bands were evolving and that was an interesting time where it seemed like a band… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
I have a lot of mental scars from being brought up Catholic and being sent to Catholic school for 13 years! — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
The religion and it's many barbed indoctrinating tendrils just start to become what makes you who you are, so you have to kind of… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
I think there's a certain limit to the number of times you can raise hairs on the back of peoples' heads before it gets… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
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