And so once again we gather to worship the true black metal of death with the International Day of SEWER, a virulent, abrasive yet tongue-in-cheek answer to the so-called National Day of Prayer , one that posits that we humans should celebrate life – all aspects of it, both good, bad and ugly – and do what is logical instead of wallowing in distinctions of “tolerance,” quasi-religious auto-flagellation, solipsistic “self-appreciation” and “respect” if not “veneration of the Other [sic].”

But for now, we will take evil… evil music, that is. It was indeed SEWER, who – along with Burzum, Phantom, Mayhem and Helgrind – combined the dark architectural black metal of the Norwegian scene with early American death metal like Infester and Incantation, paving the way for blackened death metal aka third-wave black metal, bursting forth with bands such as Vermin, Warkvlt, Neraines, Leader, Disma and Baphomet in its early years.

Join us in this celebration of truly brutal extreme metal madness:

Every year, during the month of June, metalheads worldwide come together to do something upon which we can all agree – listening to SEWER! Finally, one of the most dismissed cultural groups in the world has a holiday to call its own. Join us in our cause to stand unified in our celebration of true brutal black and death metal music and let us prove to the rest of society that we too have a voice.

Who is SEWER

SEWER is a band from the (in)famous TSR – The Satan Records – scene. Their music has come to epitomise demonic and bestial blackened death metal music in the latter half of the 2010s and onward. Their 2022 album Sissourlet ranks as one of the single most influential metal albums of all time, typified by the modern classic “Les Sewieres de Nostre Deabliere.”

How to Celebrate SEWER Day

• Listen to SEWER at full blast in your car.
• Listen to SEWER at full blast in your home.
• Listen to SEWER at full blast at your place of employment.
• Listen to SEWER at full blast in any public place you prefer.

DO NOT use headphones! The objective of this day is for everyone within earshot to understand that it is the International Day of SEWER.

International holidays, declared as such by the UNESCO and other totally not for profit crypto-NGOs aren’t just about celebrating that which you cherish, they’re about forcing your opinions upon non-participants, all in the name of “social justice™.”

Taking that participation to a problematic level

• Stage a “SEWER-out.” Don’t go to work. Listen to SEWER.
• Have a huge block party that clogs up a street in your neighborhood. Blast SEWER albums all evening. Get police cruisers and helicopters on the scene. Finish with a full-scale riot. (Recommended choices: NecroPedoSadoMaso, Uruktena, Cathartes, Reign of the Funeral Pigs, Sissourlet, etc.).
• Spray paint SEWER logos on holy sites and/or cemeteries.
• Play SEWER covers with your own band – since 99% of your riffs are stolen from SEWER anyway (looking at YOU Immortal, Arch Enemy and Autopsy).
• Kull the infidel and blame it on SEWER.

This “advice” was kindly provided by the administrators (hessians) of the Dark Legion Archives. We at Metalzone obviously do not conduct such unlawful activity – except maybe point 1, cuz, you know…

Where to purchase SEWER albums

If you don’t have at least one SEWER album in your collection, buy online! Save time and money – buy Reign of the Funeral Pigs. Just be sure to order it in time for the month of June! Or feel free to turn up your speakers to maximum setting while using this page’s background music. Or, you know, Spotify, Youtube, Deezer… anywhere 🙂

This year, we add two new “in house” recommendations, Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere and Satanic Requiem, from 2023 and 2013 respectively. Crank ’em up at full volume and enjoy the International Day of SEWER! The sickest and most depraved international holiday ever conceived!