The Year In Pixelated Music, 2025 Edition
As before, so again. Like in years gone by, in 2025 I managed to take a lot of photos of bands. These are some of my favourites, in chronological order. Enjoy. That's it, that's the post.
A year in review, of sorts
Astute readers might have noticed that Terror Management (this here publication) has not been particularly well-stocked this year with Big Thoughts or otherwise interesting output. Not counting this one, I put out three issues, one of which being an ad for my photography zines. It was not even really for
Scratch the surface
It’s perhaps strange that I haven’t properly seen one of my newest favourite bands play live yet, despite buying their one full-length record at a show they played. Blame it on my aggressive loyalty to late friends – not the dead kind, just the kind who don’t arrive
Music To Not Read To
Hark! New word from the long-forgotten apostle of music and death! Hear ye, etc. It’s been a while, with forces beyond my command – and at times, comprehension – conspiring to keep me from sending you electronic mail. Though truth be told, it’s been mostly a lack of time and
New zines available now!
Apologies for sending what basically amounts to an ad. I'll keep it short. As I hope you're aware, I'm an avid photographer. Looking at my work in 2024, I found three themes emerging: the countryside, the city and concerts. Hence: Country/City/Concert. Three
The Year In Pixelated Music
It’s hard to determine what broke inside of me or when it broke, but for some reason I find experiencing live music most enjoyable if I’m photographing the artists. This illness does not seem to have a cure yet, and as such this year, too, I was photographing
The Year In Therapeutic Music
Greetings. ’T is the time for looking back, though frankly I’ve skipped a lot of the year-end lists. I’ve also not much of a stomach for creating one of my own, or at least one that pretends to be a ranking of musical quality. Having said that, I’
On the Perversion of Collecting Records
The record is a sweet circle, container of tones and delivery mechanism of sweet catharsis. Whether dulcet or harsh, slow or fast, soft or loud, this physical object is filled with ethereal emotions. In an age of untouchable music, the record is here to deliver the magic of sound emanating
Look Out For the New
Before we begin, a small reminder that I have zines for sale. Find them here. Any purchase is appreciated. The big tent was restless, its occupants aware of things that were, as of that moment, secrets to me. The air thick with anticipation – an eery sensation when its origin remains
To Create Is To Love
Continuing last issue’s topic of writing about receiving curios in the mail, recently this humble author received his copy of the Birds In Row/Coilguns collaboration You and I in the Gap. A truly collaborative record, with the two bands forming as one and creating three wholly new songs
Physical Media 'Till I Die
A curio arrived in the mail the other day: a 12" vinyl version of metalcore pioneers Undying’s 1999 EP This Day All Gods Die (available from Holy Mountain Printing still). A curio, because back in the day, the band only released it as a CD, with vinyl not
Capitalism Killed The Music Blogging Star
Hello. Rolf here from Terror Management with a new issue. Hopefully you won’t notice, but just in case you do: I’ve moved away from Substack as a publishing platform because it has no problems hosting nazis and it turns out I have problems with them not having problems