Comic Book Nerd
Comics, death metal, thrash, and collectables. Just an 80s kid nerd talking about comics & metal albums. 🤟 Always looking for recommendations of new death metal/thrash bands to listen to.
- 2 page feature on Nihilist from the fanzine The Wild Rag #13 from USA (1989). #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky
- Listening to Dismember - The Complete Demos 1988 - 1990. Not keen on the vocals on the first demo but they improve so much on the 2nd and 3rd demos. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky
- A short piece about Grotesque from Slayer fanzine #7 (1989). I miss A4 paper zines that people used to walk round selling at gigs. They were so important and let you know about local bands that the big mags had no interest in. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky #Tompa
- Heir Corpse One release their 4th album today Destination: Domination, 1 day after Rogga released his last album with Paganizer. This is old-school school Swedish death metal in the Sunlight Studio style. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky heircorpseone.bandcamp.com/album/destin...
- Paganizer's new album As Mankind Rots was released yesterday. More pounding, gore obsessed death metal from Rogga Johansson and crew. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com/album/as-man...
- New Zealand melodic death metallers Desoration release their album Non today. Available via Bandcamp digitally. #deathmetal #metalsky desoration.bandcamp.com/album/non
- Listening to Henry Kane - Age of the Idiot (2020) by Jonny Pettersson of Wombbath. A massive blend of an album. Part death metal/metalcore guitar riffs/grindcore. #deathmetal #metalsky henrykanecrust.bandcamp.com/album/age-of...
- Listening to Six Feet Under - Haunted. Chris Barnes vocals on this are amazing. #deathmetal #metalsky
- Listened to This Ending - Light The Flame single. Heavy, melodic Swedish death metal. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky thisendingblacklion.bandcamp.com/album/light-...
- Managed to pick up a couple of t shirts 2nd hand for £5 each. Nihilist (reprint) and a Necrogod t shirt. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky #metaltshirts
- Listening to Souldrainer - Departure (2022). Melodic death metal, think Amon Amarth crossed with Hypocrisy. 9 hard driving tracks with deep, growling vocals rather than grunting. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky souldrainerblacklion.bandcamp.com/album/depart...
- Listening to Revolting - Monolith of Madness (2018). 10 bone crunching death metal tracks from Sweden. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky fda-records.bandcamp.com/album/monoli...
- Listening to Entombed - Clandestine. Classic Swedish death metal before the death n roll started. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky #Entombed
- Listening to Necrogod - In Extremis. More brutal death metal from Rogga Johansson along with The Master Butcher (Morbid Stench) on vocal duties. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky necrogod.bandcamp.com/album/in-ext...
- Listening to Entrails - Rise of the Reaper (2019). Old school Swedish death metal, in the same vein as Entombed and Dismember. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky entrails666.bandcamp.com/album/rise-o...
- @hannahrosemay.bsky.social Exorcism at 1600 Penn is an amazing comic series and will make a very dark and brooding horror film. Congratulations to Hannah this was a really twisted comic. I love it when indie comics get snapped up for movies/TV.
- LOOK MA WE'RE MAKING A MOVIE!!!! The demon's out of the bag, @idwpublishing.com is partnering with @blumhouse.bsky.social for @hannahrosemay.bsky.social's EXORCISM AT 1600 PENN (art by the amazing @vanesadelrey.bsky.social & Jordie Bellaire) deadline.com/2026/01/the-...
- There's going to be a new Something Is Killing The Children comic for Comics Giveaway Day (the new name for Free Comic Book Day following the collapse of Diamond). Hope we're getting these in the UK. #comics #SIKTC #Slaughterverse #comicsky
- Listening to Entombed - Stranger Aeons EP. 3 fast brutal tracks from 1992. The drumming is super fast and vocally more like Left Hand Path than their other releases. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky entombedband.bandcamp.com/album/strang...
- Internal Decay release their new EP Fires of the Forgotten on February 27th. The first track Fires of the Forgottwn (Dance Upon Your Grave) is currently available to listen to. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky internal-decay.bandcamp.com/album/fires-...
- Aussie YouTuber Sin & Steel interviews Clint & Fred of Fimbul Winter about their debut EP, how the band came together and how they are bringing new life to the original Amon Amarth demo tracks they used to get started #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #Aussiemetal #metalsky youtu.be/fjJKGuuTAg0?...
- Listened to For The Pyres - At The Pyres of Sin album (2025). Bone crunching melodic death metal. Think Amon Amarth, without the viking references, playing Reign in Blood and you would be in the right area. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky gruesomerecords.bandcamp.com/album/at-the...
- Harrowed have released the third and final single The Haunter from their upcoming debut album today. The album The Eternal Hunger releases February 27th. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky harroweddeathmetal.bandcamp.com/track/the-ha...
- Listening to Penny Coffin March To The Grave/Apocryphal Obstruction EP. Brutal death metal from Scotland. Love the drumming as it isn't just endless blastbeats, unclean vocals and buzzsaw guitars. #deathmetal #metalsky pennycoffindeath.bandcamp.com/album/march-...
- German death metal legends Casket released their newest album In The Long Run Death Will Find Us All on Friday 23rd. Available as digital, CD or cassette releases. Growling German death metal. #deathmetal #metalsky casketdeath.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...
- An old interview with Entombed when they had just switched over from being Nihilist. I'm not sure of the original fanzine it's from, so apologies for no credit. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky #Entombed
- Listening to Sepultura - Beneath The Remains. Some classic Brazilian thrash. #metalsky
- The new Paganizer album - As Mankind Rots releases this Friday (30th January). Rogga then has another album the next week and the week after with his other bands. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky
- Watching Devil in Ohio. Haven't read the book, so I'm hoping it's going to be good. #horrorsky
- It's Independent Venue Week at the end of January. Nice small gig taking place in Hartlepool. £5 in advance or £7 on the door. Flatline, Fateweaver & Lay To Rest #metalcore #metalsky
- Came across an Amon Amarth radio broadcast Live from Sweden Rock 2007 as well. #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky archive.org/details/amon...
- Listening to Scum - Demo 1 from 1992. 3 grinding Swedish death metal tracks. This is the bands only release before changing their name and becoming Amon Amarth. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #AmonAmarth #metalsky
- Listening to the At The Gates Live at Sweden Rock Festival 2008 radio broadcast I found a few days ago (link a few posts down). Amazing sound quality for a live radio broadcast. #AtTheGates #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky
- Listening to For The Pyres - Hymns of Deception EP. A modern take on brutal, old school Swedish death metal for fans of Dismember, Unleashed and Entombed. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky forthepyres.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-...
- Love the covers for the @davidmbarnett.bsky.social folk horror books. About 6 weeks until Book 3 Scratch Moss is released and now Book 4 Twisted Pike is announced for October.
- I know SCRATCH MOSS isn't even out yet but I've been given the go-ahead to share the cover design (by the always excellent Sarah Whittaker) for the fourth book in my folk horror series, TWISTED PIKE. Scheduled for October, this is one you won't want to miss as we return to a certain Withered Hill...
- Just came across this At The Gates Live at Sweden Rock Fest 2008 radio broadcast. It's downloadable too. Approx 28 mins long. #deathmetal #Swedishdeathmetal #metalsky archive.org/details/at-t...
- Watched Commando with Arnie and Rae Dawn Chong. It still holds up as an amazing film 40 years later, peak Arnie. Made all the better by me shouting, "Get him to the chopper," every 5 minutes for no reason. There was a scene I don't remember. Arnie hides in a shed from the rebels. 1/2
- Time to catch up on another Rogga Johansson release. Bone Gnawer - Idioms of Gore released Dec 15th 2025 along with Kam Lee and Jon Rudin. Brutality turned up to 11. Nothing needs to be said about how great this album is. #deathmetal #metalsky ironbloodanddeath.bandcamp.com/album/idioms...
- Sacrificial Death release their debut album Absolute Katharsis this Friday, 23rd January, via Soman Records. Available as digital download or CD. Hailing from Greece, this is a blast of death metal crossed with thrash. #deathmetal #thrash #metalsky somanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/absolu...
- Listening to Gravecurse Demo 2026 that released on 16th January. Old school death metal from Spain. Very raw rehearsal room demo. #deathmetal #demotapes gravecurse.bandcamp.com/album/rehear...
