Archive for death metal

On Tyranny: Convulsing Claims Trump Temporarily Sabotaged Fascist Growth in His Australia Homeland

Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny, On Tyranny with tags , , , , , , , , , on 05/27/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

Brendan Sloan is a visionary multi-instrumentalist who refers to himself on his Bandcamp page as “once gadigal, then kaurna, now graciously living on unceded wurundjeri land, so-called australia.” The man behind the best one-man death-metal band in The Land Down Under touches base with The Bad Penny in the latest edition of our ongoing series, On Tyranny.

The extremely well-informed Sloan provides a university-grade lesson on the history of his country’s genocide against indigenous farmers, encroaching fascism and antisemitism, and threats posed by growing fascist-right and techno-fascist movements in his homeland.

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Death-Metal Word Search

Posted in Fun And Games with tags , on 09/21/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Twenty death-metal bands. One puzzle. All you need is your sword (pencil) and shield (eraser).

Confused? Peruse an issue of Highlights for Children or check out The Bad Penny‘s previous Extreme Metal Word Search from 15 years ago. Man, was it really that long ago? Time flies when you’re having fun. And if you don’t have fun with this puzzle, you lack a soul. Which is fitting for a death-metal game, we suppose.

Anyhoodles, happy hunting.

Answer key here.