Durante PierpaoliThe Crusade (2006)Does Not Sound Like MetallicaI understood it a little more at the time, but in 2024, it is still common and acceptable to refer to Trivium’s 2006 album The Crusade as…17 min read·May 3, 2024----
Durante PierpaoliEXHUMATION — Dance Across the Past (1998)For the first time since I’ve been doing mostly largely chronological history of melodic death metal, I’m cheating. I have to. Ever since…16 min read·Nov 9, 2023----
Durante PierpaoliLast year after the Super Bowl I wrote about how Sean McVay’s critical and overdue decision to…The big story here to me is that Philadelphia desperately needed both 4th down conversions they got, and on the last one they needed to…13 min read·May 12, 2023----
Durante PierpaoliEric Bieniemy: Still Not A Head CoachLast year, I wrote an intentionally very one-sided look at both the merits of Kansas City’s offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and the…21 min read·Mar 4, 2023----
Durante PierpaoliExhumation — Seas of Eternal Silence (1997)First things first, I owe a massive apology to former Exhumation and current Nightrage guitarist/bandleader Marios Iliopoulos. When I…10 min read·Dec 21, 2022----
Durante PierpaoliSacrilege — The Fifth Season (1997)Had they survived, I think Sacrilege had a chance to be one of the genuine names of Gothenburg metal, with emphasis on “chance.” As it…9 min read·Jul 26, 2022----
Durante PierpaoliKoFXV and “Minimum Interactions”Before we start, I want to point out that if you’re a fighting game player, especially a good one, most of this will be functionally…8 min read·Jun 12, 2022----
Durante PierpaoliRavens QB History: Joe Flacco, 2009Whether or not winning was or is caused by quarterback play specifically, pro football teams tend to stick with quarterbacks they win with…17 min read·Mar 6, 2022----
Durante PierpaoliThe Rams’ 4th down Call Won A Ring.If you want to see just how deeply pervasive the oldheaded, jock-centric view of football is in the NFL and the media that covers it, look…7 min read·Feb 20, 2022----
Durante PierpaoliEric Bieniemy Should Be A Head Coach: A PolemicLet’s get to it. The fact that Eric Bieniemy has an expiring contract with the Kansas City Chiefs and has not been hired as a head coach in…13 min read·Feb 11, 2022----