The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – May 2019 By Astrid Budgor • May 24th, 2019 This month’s top contenders include two DBSM records because Astrid is a self-described predictable goth.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – March By Astrid Budgor • April 3rd, 2019 Astrid Budgor’s got a whole slew of albums for fans this month, including an oldie but a goodie you can still find on vinyl.
Flesh Without Blood By Astrid Budgor • March 22nd, 2019 Alita does not pass as human, either as actor or character, but the film remarkably doesn’t see “human” as the only option…Or, put another way: there is more to life than humanity.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – February By Astrid Budgor • March 8th, 2019 Astrid casts a wide net this month and catches an eclectic mix of metal to melt your face off.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – December By Astrid Budgor • January 11th, 2019 In the spirit of List Season, Astrid made a roundup of metal records she missed over the course of the 2018.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – November By Astrid Budgor • November 30th, 2018 Astrid’s on a K-pop kick right now, so you know this month’s metal has to be good if it pulled her away.
Silkscreened Horrors By Astrid Budgor • November 2nd, 2018 The horror t-shirt has become an institution.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – October By Astrid Budgor • October 29th, 2018 Astrid Budgor may be sick, but so is NECRONOMIDOL’s newest album.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – September 2018 By Astrid Budgor • October 12th, 2018 It’s all love this time around in a month full of new metal favorites.
FASCINATION Never Be Clean Again By Astrid Budgor • September 28th, 2018 “Oh, so society’s to blame …”
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – August 2018 By Astrid Budgor • September 4th, 2018 It’s hard to argue against the rise of antifa black metal bands. But then, it’s hard to extricate current stylings from black metal’s past too.
Fascination Damp and Rotting By Astrid Budgor • August 17th, 2018 Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl is emblematic of a certain species of horror movie; autumnal, elliptical, vaguely about lesbians in a troublingly reactionary way, and dreadfully slow
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – July 2018 By Astrid Budgor • August 16th, 2018 What can I say, it’s a death metal kind of month.
Procreation of the Wicked By Astrid Budgor • August 10th, 2018 “They rip him apart as he grins, nerve-endings aflame with the liquor of pain, finally accepting an eternity of obliterative bliss.”
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – June 2018 By Astrid Budgor • July 5th, 2018 This month in metal sees the awaited return of a few fan favorites and a band named after a freaking Bloodborne item.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – May 2018 By Astrid Budgor • June 12th, 2018 Astrid hates living in Tampa. These new metal records offer her blistering solace.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – April 2018 By Astrid Budgor • April 24th, 2018 Spring is here, so Astrid turns to wintry black metal to ward of the Florida sun.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – March 2018 By Astrid Budgor • April 4th, 2018 The latest metal gems unearthed on Bandcamp.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – February 2018 By Astrid Budgor • March 14th, 2018 There are no gatekeepers here at The Usurper. Witness: Necronomidol, the most metal thing you’ll hear this month.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – January 2018 By Astrid Budgor • January 29th, 2018 Introducing The Usurper, in which Astrid Budgor selects quality metal to tear up your ear holes every month.
Fascination On Who Saw Her Die? By Astrid Budgor • November 6th, 2017 As a director not bloodthirsty enough for the horror fans and not tasteful enough for the cinephiles, it only makes him ripe for endless rediscovery.
Giallology On The Case of the Bloody Iris By Astrid Budgor • October 23rd, 2017 “Some maniacs pass themselves off as normal. It happens.”
Fascination On Death Walks On High Heels By Astrid Budgor • October 16th, 2017 “I can’t help it. It’s a vice.”
Fascination On A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin By Astrid Budgor • August 14th, 2017 “The truth comes to light in very odd colors.”
Fascination On Short Night of Glass Dolls By Astrid Budgor • July 28th, 2017 “All our youth must eventually be sacrificed.”
Fascination On The Black Belly of the Tarantula By Astrid Budgor • July 24th, 2017 “There was a nude woman … someone had killed her.”
Fascination On The Fifth Cord By Astrid Budgor • July 14th, 2017 “Ever since you’ve been playing detective you just can’t get anything right!”
Fascination On The Bird With the Crystal Plumage By Astrid Budgor • July 10th, 2017 Unwinnable has an ongoing column about giallo? Unwinnable has an ongoing column about giallo!
