STATEMENT OF INTENT

Trial by Ordeal is a metal blog. Sort of. Really, this is an outlet for our writing about extreme culture and extreme living, centered on the music we love. Black metal, death metal, grindcore, hardcore punk, goth rock, post-industrial music, these all demand to be lived. They flow into our experience, shaping how we think and what we do, and when you isolate them from this context you're not getting the full picture. This music isn't just a commodity to be evaluated or an artifact to be scrutinized, it's a living force in the world. And for that reason we don't just write about how it sounds--we're every bit as interested in what it means, how it works, what it is, and, above all, what it should be. We champion dangerous music played with utter conviction. We think about what we write, but like the heaviest riffage, it's all coming from the gut. We mean it, man.



Trial By Ordeal is also about continuous dialogue. So please leave comments, and send us your music, or your writing, or your art. If you take the time to share it, we will take the time to check it out. If you dig what we're doing and want to get involved, by all means get in touch.

