#sergeant d

Bro Finn is on another level. So cool to see him back since “stuff you will hate days”

“Sergeant D” as y’all may have known him on here

The community he’s building is really cool. I remember he wanted to take things in this positive direction back then. Awesome to see him doing it

This dude really influenced me back in high school to stop looking down on people who didn’t listen to metal. Which as silly as it sounds think about the foundational values there. To stop prioritizing bangin art hoes lmao they’re not worth the trouble (I still love y’all but we jus finna be friends)

And of my favorite relationship perspective checks: “should it really be this hard”. Classic sergeant D dude

One last thing: part of what makes hardcore or punk work is that you create from your skill level. The worst bands are always those ones that tried to write music that copied more mature bands rather than play organically from where they were at. It took me a long time to understand this idea in terms of work. I have a particular way of working, it’s fairly minimal and not on-trend but it’s how I like to work and what I want to see in the world. When I was at agencies and tried to make work that was more slick and popular almost nothing I made ever got produced. At some point I stopped “trying” and just treated every project like it was my own and all of the sudden, things are getting produced. When you work from where you’re at you tend to make something that has more of you in it and when that happens you’re probably making better work.

I have a general philosophy that everything is terrible and everyone has bad taste. This might seem cynical on the surface but I use it as a reminder that there’s no correlation between quality, trends and success so I might as well do what feels right rather than what other people deem “good.” This might be punk in a nutshell.

Tha number one Obese

I'm not sure Bigger than the Devil was entirely necessary and it's not without it's share of disappointments. Maybe S.O.D was cash strapped and they decided that because of Nuclear Assault's inactivity and Anthrax's shittiness, they'd try to resurrect some old glories. I'm not sure the approach worked entirely, but who am I to say? They say a joke's never funny the second time and to those people I say: absolutely true...except for this one that I made as a first grader.

Note the botched Ghostbusters logo

In S.O.D's case, satirizing cultural icons (Michael Huchens) and even some antique metallers (Celtic Frost and King Diamond) bring a chuckle or two, but nothing from the deep belly. Still though, Celtic Frosted Flakes....what do you think these taste like? My guess is kitter litter and Zürcher Eintopf.

"I like mine with a glass of Cold Lake"