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I Hate Video Games Episode 4 - Crimsonland - A Video Game

In this triumphant (if bite-sized) return for I Hate Video Games, your host examines Crimsonland, an obscure early 00s twin-stick shooter that just might be the best of its genre. Terminus links: Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com

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Terminus Episode 177 - The Sexiest Rockers of '95 - Danzig and Type O Negative (Part 2)

On the second part of our goth extravaganza, your hosts review two seminal records by Danzig and Type O Negative. Danzig's eponymous debut presents a fascinating take on goth rock which maintains a strident hardcore discipline, while Type O Negative's fourth shows the band at their darkest and most extreme doom metal form. Throughout it all: an exploration of how Danzig and Steele use the same DNA…

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Balaclava Books Episode 3 - Peter Sotos - Total Abuse (Part 3 - Parasite)

After a very long delay, Noah (aka TDMG) finishes the series on Total Abuse with a look at Parasite, the oft-forgotten closer to Peter Sotos' early period, which shows Sotos conducting media critique and cultural analysis from his own putrid perspective. Listener discretion strongly advised. 0:00:00 - Intro/Background 0:10:01 - Parasite 0:15:12 - Part One - Hypocrisy 0:29:34 - Part Two - Proxies…

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Terminus Episode 177 - The Sexiest Rockers of '95 - Danzig and Type O Negative (Part 1)

It's been a while, terminators- you may have suspected us of succumbing to the mainstream. Well, on this episode, perhaps we have- but with good reason. In the first half of this two-part project, The Black Metal Guy presents his Greater Unified Danzig/Steele Theory, in which Peter Steele's career trajectory eerily mirrors Glenn Danzig's, and how the work of each can shine new light on the other.…

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Terminus Omega Roundup 2025!

Terminus broke away from old habits in 2025 to concentrate on investigating older records and new types of content. But many of you desperately sought our sage advice on the best records of 2025, so here it is: a different version of our usual yearly Omega episode. This time, your hosts tackle the project of evaluating a pretty quiet year in two different ways. TBMG provides a sampler platter of…

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Terminus Episode 176 - Forgotten Sons of Phoenix: Vehemence

The worm turns back in The Death Metal Guy's direction with an episode centered on Vehemence, cult melodic death metal legends from Phoenix, Arizona. Covering the band's two early 00s masterpieces, your hosts attempt to crack the code on how a band from the deserts of the west managed to beat every band from Gothenburg at their own game, with a uniquely American style and flair. 0:00:00 -…

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Terminus Episode 175 - Dawn.

After much anticipation, innumerable references on the show, and a shocking number of technical issues, we have arrived with an episode that The Black Metal Guy has been threatening for years. For those unfamiliar, Dawn is one of the finest and also one of the most underappreciated bands of the Swedish 90s melodic black/death metal scene, and one very near and dear to The Black Metal Guy's heart.…

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Terminus Episode 174 - Sacramentum and the Roots of Swedish Black/Death

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…

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Terminus Episode 173 - Paimon Gate, Pyromancer

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…

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Terminus Episode 172 - Prophecy of Doom and Righteous Pigs - Lost Proto-Grindcore Gems

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…

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