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Ben Serna-Grey

Ben Serna-Grey

Ben Serna-Grey is a Zmapp Approved writer and musician from the Pacific Northwest. He writes a lot of fiction which once in a blue moon is published, and makes weird music. His first full-length record as Mother Anxiety, Guillotine Age, is out through Trepanation Recordings. His first standalone novelette, Over Still Waters, is out through Starry Eyed Press.

  • 24
    Jul

    It’s Hard to Follow up a Masterpiece: Voices – Frightened

    Metal, Reviews
    By Ben Serna-Grey
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    0
    Voices is an experimental black/post-black metal band from London, formed by members of the experimental blackened death metal band Akercocke ...
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  • 11
    Jul

    Review: SINNERS – no one can fake my blood – by lynch.

    Nerd Shit, Reviews
    By Ben Serna-Grey
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    My journey into the metal world as a youngster started with Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, and Slipknot. After that I ...
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  • 29
    Jun

    A Triumphant Return: Immortal – Northern Chaos Gods

    Metal, Reviews
    By Ben Serna-Grey
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    For nine years fans of the legendary black metal band Immortal have been waiting for a new album to drop. ...
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  • 15
    Jun

    Review: Ember by Trautonist

    Metal, Reviews
    By Ben Serna-Grey
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    0
    Driving post-black metal tinged with a hint of J-rock-esque shoegaze? Yes, please.
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  • 12
    Jun

    REVIEW: Tid by Fedrespor

    Not Metal, Reviews
    By Ben Serna-Grey
    4206
    0
    Tid, Norwegian for “Time,” is Varg Torden Saastad’s answer to the platitude that “time heals all wounds,” triggered by his ...
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  • 8
    Jun

    REVIEW: Spectral Embrace by Isenordal

    Not Metal, Reviews
    By Ben Serna-Grey
    3994
    0
    Seattle-based black funeral doom/dark folk project Isenordal brings us Spectral Embrace, a mournful acoustic record released on the first of ...
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  • 31
    May

    Impressions of a Cult Classic: Jilemnicky Okultista by Master’s Hammer

    Metal, Reviews
    By Ben Serna-Grey
    4703
    0
    Several months ago, I wrote an article about how I had looked for Jilemnicky Okultista by Master’s Hammer, but I ...
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  • 18
    Apr

    REVIEW: Vampillia – Happiness Brought by Endless Sorrow

    Metal, Reviews
    By Ben Serna-Grey
    4477
    0
    Well, here I am looking like a dang fool. The morning my article on Vampillia went up, which I ended ...
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  • 10
    Apr

    UPLIFTING NON-METAL REVIEW: Tengil – shouldhavebeens

    Not Metal, Reviews
    By Ben Serna-Grey
    5467
    0
    Imagine if The Cure had a large part of their sound informed by black metal and post-black metal. I’m not ...
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  • 6
    Apr

    REVIEW: As Árvores Estão Secas e Não Têm Folhas by Urze de Lume

    Not Metal, Reviews
    By Ben Serna-Grey
    4081
    0
    The trees have grown dry and bare, as have I.
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