Released in the year 2000, “Dead as Dreams” by now-defunct San Francisco black metal band Weakling was -and remains- something special. Dead as Dreams is a desperate, frothing mess of raw, shrill black metal fury, with traces of early Emperor, Satyricon, and other Norse favorites. Vocalist John Gossard’s piercing shrieks cut like a finely honed … Continue reading “Dead as Dreams” -Weakling