Category: The Cubist’s 90’s Albums

The Cubist’s personal column detailing his favorite albums of the 1990’s.

Issue #34: Metallica – Metallica (The Black Album)

Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a quick break from gaming to talk about his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #34 focuses on one of many of Metallica’s divisive albums, their self-titled 5th album, otherwise known as The Black Album.

Issue #33: Insane Clown Posse – The Great Milenko

Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a short break from gaming to talk about his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #33 looks at the Insane Clown Posse’s The Great Milenko; love or hate it, it’s an original, in-your-face record.

Issue #31: Primus – Sailing the Seas of Cheese

Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a momentary break from gaming to examine some of his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #31 discusses the ever-eccentric Primus on what many consider their strongest work, Sailing the Seas of Cheese.

Issue #30: The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs

Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a short break from video games to discuss some of his favorite albums from the 1990s! In this commemorative 30th issue, I tackle one of history’s few triple albums, 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields.

Issue #29: Rx – Bedside Toxicology

Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a short break from gaming to explore and discuss his favorite albums of the 1990s! In Issue #29, I touch on one of many forgotten industrial side-projects, Rx, also known as Ritalin. Rx was a collaboration between Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy and Martin Atkins of Pigface, who put out one of the most interesting industrial albums ever, Bedside Toxicology.

Issue #28: Stone Temple Pilots – Core

Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a quick break from gaming to examine some of his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #28 discusses Stone Temple Pilots’ amazing debut, Core, filled with their own brand of grunge.

Issue #27: “Weird Al” Yankovic – Bad Hair Day

Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a momentary break from video games to discuss his favorite albums of the 1990s! In Issue #27, I discuss one of my long-time favorites, Weird Al’s Bad Hair Day, including parodies such as Amish Paradise, Gump, and Phony Calls.

Issue #25: My Dying Bride – Turn Loose the Swans

Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he momentarily takes a break from gaming to discuss his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #25 focuses on a record falling fairly outside the mainstream, the doom metal classic Turn Loose the Swans from death/doom pioneers My Dying Bride.

Issue #24: GZA – Liquid Swords

Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a short break from video games to talk about some of his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #24 touches on one of the most lauded hip-hop albums of all time, Liquid Swords from GZA.

Issue #20: Cradle of Filth – Dusk… And Her Embrace

Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a short break from gaming to talk about some of his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #20 discusses Cradle of Filth’s breakthrough album Dusk… And Her Embrace and its deft combination of symphonic and black metal elements.