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Metal nerd. https://www.youtube.com/@TheGregKennelty

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · Mar 18

I've probably said this, but I'm also bad at self-promotion. So I'm gonna do it anyway. I'm currently trying to get my own YouTube channel off the ground where I do album reviews, talk about pertinent news, and more in the future! Any tips or help is VERY appreciated! www.youtube.com/@TheGregKenn...

TheGregKennelty

Longtime metal journalist (Metal Injection, ex-Heavy Blog Is Heavy), out here offering my own personal commentary on current rock and metal news!

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 4h

Considering canning album reviews on YouTube all together in favor of a "hey, this is the shit that comes out today/came out recently that you need to hear." Album reviews are a little hit or miss.

thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 6h

Overall, The Cult Of Kariba is a welcome return for Carach Angren. Despite the trials and tribulations of the past few years, the band really pulled together and came back strong on this EP. youtu.be/Fb5VsqIkK-s

CARACH ANGREN The Cult Of Kariba | Metal EP Review #blackmetal #horror #blackmetalmusic

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 1d

This new Flagman EP sounds like Primus and Ministry got into the studio and were directed by Mike Patton the entire time. It’s weird, it gets its point across despite its brevity, and I need more of it. @flagmanband.bsky.social youtu.be/kQJ9hrbrs30

FLAGMAN Before The Blast | Metal EP Review

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 1d

Sunn O))) could've called their new EP Sunn Po)))p and they didn't.

thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 2d

I heard if you buy all the new Taylor Swift CD variants and put them next to each other, it says "thanks for the money" across the collective spines.

thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 3d

Sanguisugabogg 2025 – all the blood, guts, and violence you could ever want! But like, the adult version. youtu.be/7tK42uQ6fd0

Sanguisugabogg Hideous Aftermath | Metal Album Review

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 4d

Carving Arrows From Idols is a three-track EP that deals with separate facets of anxiety and fear – weaponization of religious beliefs, sensory overload during bad mental health days, and the fear of death being a disruptive force in every day life. disintegrationannex.bandcamp.com/album/carvin...

Carving Arrows From Idols, by Disintegration Annex

3 track album

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 5d

Shame about Ian Watkins. Not about what happened to him, but that he ever existed at all.

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 6d

Who knows/cares. He's out there pulling the "I'm actually the victim card" again and I am so fucking over it.

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 8d

Good news everyone – the new Testament record is the best Testament record in a long time. This is a ripper. @nuclearblast.bsky.social youtu.be/HHW29Xe0U9Y

TESTAMENT Para Bellum | Album Review

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah it sucks that Sleep Token are hitting fans who do something creative with their brand with cease and desists, but let's talk about parasocial relationships. You're not in the band. They're not your "friends." You just like what they do. Fandom does not equal ownership.

thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 8d

As I Lay Dying releases new single "Everyone But Me Sucks" from their new album Consequences? What Consequences? due out never. The album includes such future hits as "I Have Never Been Cool To Anyone That Married Me" and "If I Pretend I'm Religious, Maybe Everyone Will Forget I Suck"

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 8d

Good news everyone – the new Testament record is the best Testament record in a long time. This is a ripper. @nuclearblast.bsky.social youtu.be/HHW29Xe0U9Y

TESTAMENT Para Bellum | Album Review

YouTube video by The Greg Kennelty

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 9d

Haha thank you! Honestly that's why I started doing it – it made me laugh and it wasn't super serious.

thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 9d

Some thoughts on Rush's reunion and why everyone that's already crying "NO NEIL PEART, NO RUSH" needs to have a little patience (and stop being a big ol' baby). youtu.be/NscEsJryCPE

RUSH Reunites For A 2026 Tour?! | News Reaction

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 10d

Apparently I'm using A.I. because I use emdashes. Alternatively, maybe you're a dumbass whose grip of punctuation is so horrible that the introduction of something "new" has sent you into an accusatory tailspin.

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 11d

I'm super proud of this song, "Disruptive Thanatophobia". I wanted to structure it like a broken meditation tape where the voice is assuring, but can't help itself in reminding you of your mortality – a representation of an intrusive fear of death. disintegrationannex.bandcamp.com/track/disrup...

Disruptive Thanatophobia, by Disintegration Annex

from the album Carving Arrows From Idols

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 13d

Shout out to Decibel for premiering my new Disintegration Annex EP! It's a little black metal, a lotta noise, and a whole slew of anxiety-riddled noise. Fun! Get it now on Bandcamp via Decibel, or stream it on Apple Music! www.decibelmagazine.com/2025/10/03/f...

Full EP Stream: Disintegration Annex - "Carving Arrows From Idols" - Decibel Magazine

Disintegration Annex explore emotion via noise.

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 13d

Full EP Stream: Disintegration Annex - "Carving Arrows From Idols" - Decibel Magazine

Disintegration Annex explore emotion via noise.

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 13d

Been seeing an ad for Suno that says the "iPhone made everyone a photographer, and now Suno is making everyone a musician!" Which is weird, because I don't remember the iPhone stealing other people's photos and then making a shitty composite end product that's "totally my creation."

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 14d

Author & Punisher's Nocturnal Birding is a biomechanical nightmare machine that could spew fire and annihilation everywhere it goes. But it sits and it listens to the birds. youtu.be/8b-_yj1Hblo

AUTHOR & PUNISHER Nocturnal Birding | Album Review

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 15d

KINDA! I'll take it.

thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 15d

You know at some point these stupid AI "music" companies like Suno are gonna act like they also invented human musicians. "For an extra $100 per month, you can prompt REAL musicians to make your thing!" Or whatever stupid capitalist hell language they'll use. You know it's gonna happen.

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 15d

The bad news here is that Cathedral is still broken up. The good news is that we've got a whole 30 minute Cathedral epic that's recently been unearthed, and it's a reminder why Cathedral are such legends within the doom genre. youtu.be/xWgHspCSL6s

CATHEDRAL Society's Pact With Satan | Album Review

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thegregkennelty.bsky.social @thegregkennelty.bsky.social · 15d

Making art rocks. You should make art.

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