![]() ![]() While the origins of black metal are typically focused on Europe, Godless have been summoning satanic sounds since 1989. Ingredere In Templum Satanae by Godless Ingredere In Templum Satanae by Godless Luckily, Gilgamesh reunited in 2014 to deliver devastating sounds once again. Their 1995 demo flexed a visceral pack of death-metal songs laced with elements of doom metal before they disbanded in 2000. Though they didn’t record much music, Mexico’s Gilgamesh marked a massive milestone in 1992 by becoming the country’s first-ever death-metal band comprising all women. They disbanded in 1996, just eight years after beginning, but members formed several other death-metal bands, showing extremity would prevail throughout the majority of the country’s metal scene. This developmental delay affected what would become the earliest sounds of their underground music scene, though, as the extreme-metal boom of the late ’80s and early ’90s influenced bands such as Enslaver to dish out doomy, blistering death metal. Panama’s metal scene was almost nonexistent until the tail end of the dictatorial rule of Gen. Dorso, as well as peers such as Pentagram Chile or Massakre, brought with them a new speed-metal sound, rivaling well-known peers (Slayer, Metallica), though quietly due to the dictatorial rule and censorship from General Augusto Pinochet until 1990. With bands such as Celtic Frost and Venom raising the bar for extremity in metal, others took notice and followed in their path, including Chilean bands. Luckily, their influence was cemented in 2014 by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador through a re-recorded track for a compilation of 16 of the country’s flagship rock and metal bands. They recorded a handful of songs in the ’90s with the typical lo-fi production style of the genre at the time. (an acronym for “Cremacion Resurrection Y”) were one of the earliest examples of black/ death metal in the country. Inspired by the European extreme-metal scene of the late ’80s, Ecuador’s C.R.Y. Their sound lies closer to the shimmer of glam metal than the extreme noises bands produced following the end of the war in 1992, but their lyrics about youth angst and a lust for freedom were an early indicator of the themes prevailing throughout El Salvador’s metal scene. It should serve as a tribute to writers out there: come see what magic these particular stories wove.El Salvador didn’t experience a boom of rock and heavy-metal bands like many parts of the world throughout the ’80s due to the Salvadoran Civil War, but in the mid-’70s, Broncco laid the groundwork for the country’s ’90s extreme-metal surge. ![]() Today, we're going to take a look at some of the most bizarre cases of video games predicting the real-world future, sometimes to a frightening degree. However, there are coincidences, and then there's just downright freaky. Throw enough stories at the wall, and some of even the most outlandish predictions will come true. ![]() Many of these titles take place in the near-future, and for older games, that near-future may have already come to pass. This means that those writers have to come up with some interesting hooks to keep players going past the tutorial stage, and many popular genres overlap with the real world. Kotaku spoke with a variety of writers, and they all echoed similar sentiments: video games are a huge collaboration, and writers are a part of that design team. A compelling story doesn't just spring out of nowhere, and writers for our favorite medium are not just responsible for the story. Even the tiniest video games need a good writer. ![]()
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