Tumultonomics - Heavy Metal is seeing the 'end' (haven't they always?); but they maybe close this time.

Ok, my recessionomics blog posts where meant to be a look at the absurd in a recession. So it's a kinda (and I mean kinda...) humorous dissection of recession and consumption.

The blog posts ended on this post Recessionomics - update 6. The end of 'Recessionomics' blog posts, price deflation on LCD's and economic collapse, why? Well lets say that we are now entering a new phase of a economic proplems with all it's absurdity and bizarreness attached. A new phase of upheaval. Yes, goverments are starting to suck each other dicks at this point as they created feeder funds for the banks, stimulus to keep the voters happy and generally have created the biggest budget holes in fiscal history, with the taxpayer being conned and fleeced. Oh yeah but GDP seems to be rising. It's massaging numbers, goverment statisticians and officials are nervously saying the worst is behind us. But turmoil leads to a change and change didn't really come as the 'turmoil' was abated by goverment sponsored 'band aids', so by natural default the coming turmoil is going to force some big changes. While the status quo mentally via academia and self interested governing bodies maintains; it will be contradiction, hypocrisy and a shocking reality that the whole fucking thing is going to unhinge...bigtime.

No I am not a doomsday nut, but jeez can you really rationalize the irrational at this point? It's hard to do.

So begins Tumultonomics (yeah I know it's a made up word...), two words combined as one tumultuous and economics (with some alterations by letter subtraction, tumultuous being an adjective) .

Ok, so we are all heading for a tumultuous time in the next 5 years. People aren't stupid everyone knows how damaged it all got and it's barely been held together. So when a feeling creeps through it touches everything. Metal or heavy metal or black metal (and/or all the other connotations) have always used apocalyptic scenarios to sell records, why not? It's cool. But one band recently by the name of Immortal a Norwegian (black) metal band have released their new album title All Shall Fall; yes a generally bleak assessment of everything, but their promo card caught my attention, quote from band member Abbath:

"Humanity is going through big changes. I don’t know if we’ll see the end of the world, but it’s definitely the end of what used to be. Prepare for chaos with a grin on your face. But don’t be afraid. Just listen to IMMORTAL."

It's all about timing. I hope these guys sell millions of records