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Can't say Ive ever been a fan of calling the Norwegian scene 'second wave BM'. I would say the music from that scene is the first 'real' black metal. Anything from earlier is just proto-black. If I was made to decide the first black metal release I would probably say it was A Blaze In The Northern Sky.
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AgentJotun posted:Can't say Ive ever been a fan of calling the Norwegian scene 'second wave BM'. I would say the music from that scene is the first 'real' black metal. Anything from earlier is just proto-black. If I was made to decide the first black metal release I would probably say it was A Blaze In The Northern Sky. Bathory, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, etc. were definitely doing real black metal before the Norwegian scene kicked off. Along with random bands like Von.
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Feb 24, 2010 09:30
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Considering each and every one of the bands you want to equate with starting black metal cite the "first wave" bands as essential influences and embodying the characteristics they then took further, I'd say you're wrong, AgentJotun. Yes, Bathory and Celtic Frost sound different from the later black metal but the roots are definitely there.
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Feb 24, 2010 10:12
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I really dont like the idea that Mercyful Fate, early Slayer, and Venom are all in the same genre.
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Feb 24, 2010 10:16
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AgentJotun posted:I really dont like the idea that Mercyful Fate, early Slayer, and Venom are all in the same genre. Good news! It's all some form of metal, so you can pigeonhole any of it into any (real or made up) subgenere you please and argue about it on the internet until we all die of old age and never actually be wrong.
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Feb 24, 2010 11:10
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Ronnie Spector posted:Since the early 90s stuff shows up all modern black metal for the garbage it is yeah that's a good idea if for some reason you're really invested in enoying bad music. I have to agree with this guy. Aside from literally a handful of bands, the further from the 90's we get, the less original black metal comes out. It's become the same kind of scene death metal was that spawned scandinavian BM in the 90's. When people decide to mix primitive, ugly metal with loving shoegaze, the shark has long been jumped.
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Feb 24, 2010 14:58
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Morbid Florist posted:When people decide to mix primitive, ugly metal with loving shoegaze, the shark has long been jumped. Alcest did this by mistake, proving that Black Metal basically IS shoegaze just with yelling
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Feb 24, 2010 15:22
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Morbid Florist posted:I have to agree with this guy. Aside from literally a handful of bands, the further from the 90's we get, the less original black metal comes out. It's really a shame that everyone isn't as close-minded about music as you guys. If only we could live in a world where every album sounded like A Blaze in the Northern Sky or In The Glare of Burning Churches. 
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Feb 24, 2010 15:28
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Oldstench posted:It's really a shame that everyone isn't as close-minded about music as you guys. If only we could live in a world where every album sounded like A Blaze in the Northern Sky or In The Glare of Burning Churches. Thing is, I am happy about experimentation and things going new places. I'm not happy about people outliving the schtick. Darkthrone hasn't sounded like A Blaze in the Northern Sky since, well, A Blaze in the Northern Sky. And I like elements of other genres in my black metal, if it's done right. If someone decides to go down the same path after coming out of prison, let them, but don't expect miracles.
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Feb 24, 2010 15:53
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Oldstench posted:It's really a shame that everyone isn't as close-minded about music as you guys. If only we could live in a world where every album sounded like A Blaze in the Northern Sky or In The Glare of Burning Churches. What do open minds have to do with black metal? Inclusiveness is just about polar opposite of the point. edit: kaiho summed it up pretty well too
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Feb 24, 2010 16:12
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People can experiment all they want with their music, they just shouldn't expect people to like it unless they're actually good. Some people seem to think that bands are good simply because they experiment with adding new stuff. For the vast majority of metal bands different doesn't equal better, but it seems to be legitimate viewpoint for some people. It's not really enough to just throw violins or trumpets or trivial middle eastern stuff at your metal, you have to actually incorporate it into your music and make it sound like it belongs and that is a very difficult thing to do. Unfortunately the success of bands like Nile means that people get the idea that a superficial coating of <culture> is enough to sell lots of records.
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Kaiho - either you are completely misunderstand what it is I'm arguing or I am completely misunderstanding what you are arguing. I'm not sure where the 'outliving the schtick' comment comes from because that is exactly what I am arguing against. Ronnie and Morbid seem to be arguing that if it isn't second wave than it sucks. If I am wrong about this, correct me. My point is that it is absurd to dismiss all the 'modern' bands that are putting out great black metal music because they aren't original second wavers or don't sound like/follow the ideology of the second wavers.
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Feb 24, 2010 16:49
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Oldstench posted:If I am wrong about this, correct me. My point is that it is absurd to dismiss all the 'modern' bands that are putting out great black metal music because they aren't original second wavers or don't sound like/follow the ideology of the second wavers. I think what people are arguing is that there aren't that many "modern" bands that are putting out great black metal music.
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Pleasure to chill posted:I think what people are arguing is that there aren't that many "modern" bands that are putting out great black metal music. Now that I can agree with. Although earlier someone mentioned Blut Aus Nord sucking and I couldn't disagree more. They are in fact one of the few modern BM bands that I've discovered that sounded interesting to me. Perhaps there are others I haven't found yet from around 2000-present that are good to check out - just to get a sense of what the people in this thread consider to be "good" modern BM.
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Feb 24, 2010 18:27
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I know de gustibus non es disputandum and all, so peoples' perceptions of what makes good black metal will differ in teh same way as peoples' perceptions of what makes good any genre of music. I, for example, have made no secret of liking Wolves in the Throne Room, even as they have hit their hipster appeal high. Then again I really like newer German black metal, specifically by Geïst. There is something about "Helike" that just rocks your face off even though it is clad in black metal tropes. But it's not black metal - it doesn't sound like it guitar-wise despite being tremolo picked a lot of the time. Hell, I don't know. I go with what I like to listen to. I think that's a pretty good rule of thumb. That way when people go "If you liked Blut aus nord you might like X" or similar, you know whether or not to listen to that.
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@ Burzum & Belus' song titled "Glemselens Elv":lordblytzkrieg posted:Couldn't agree with you more, the riff at 7m20s is loving amazing. Yes! This is one of the best tracks on the album in my opinion. I do agree with other posters though that the highs of the Filosofem guitars would sound much better than the more mid-oriented guitars that appear on Belus. I'm still very happy with this release.
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Feb 25, 2010 04:05
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Feb 25, 2010 04:13
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Ronnie Spector posted:
This might have been funny if Belus had featured heaps of symphonic parts and autotune. Varg isn't gonna get any new fans with this album, he'll just appease/piss off the old fanbase. Are you suggesting that he went for a broader audience? He even went back to Grieghallen to record it, and keeps refusing his labels' pleas for cash-in special edition releases (so kvlt). It's not like you'll see him flying off to L.A. for a North-American tour anytime soon. I can see where you're coming from when you say it lacks passion (even though I disagree), but insinuating he's sold out? 
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lol_internet posted:Now that I can agree with. Although earlier someone mentioned Blut Aus Nord sucking and I couldn't disagree more. They are in fact one of the few modern BM bands that I've discovered that sounded interesting to me. Perhaps there are others I haven't found yet from around 2000-present that are good to check out - just to get a sense of what the people in this thread consider to be "good" modern BM. Some 'modern' BM bands that I think are well worth checking out, in no particular order: Paysage d'Hiver / Darkspace (I'd buy a tape of Wintherr farting, basically) Blut Aus Nord Leviathan / LoC Peste Noire Urfaust Drudkh Negura Bunget (formed in '95 but most of their catalog was released in the 2000's) Ondskapt (Dodens Evangelium specifically) Satanic Warmaster I'm sure Ronnie will explain in detail why I'm wrong. Ronnie Spector posted:Hahahah - wow anus.com making fun of Chuck, Pantera and Varg in one picture. Those guys!
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AgentJotun posted:Can't say Ive ever been a fan of calling the Norwegian scene 'second wave BM'. I would say the music from that scene is the first 'real' black metal. Anything from earlier is just proto-black. If I was made to decide the first black metal release I would probably say it was A Blaze In The Northern Sky. I defy you to listen to Bathory's "Under the Sign of the Black Mark" (1987) and not call it black metal. Ronnie Spector posted:
The look on Varg's face alone makes this priceless. Oldstench posted:Some 'modern' BM bands that I think are well worth checking out, in no particular order: Hmm...I'm really liking Ondskapt so far. Felix Towerpants fucked around with this message at 10:24 on Feb 25, 2010 |
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Official Burzum - Belus release is still a way off.... Im getting a real Absurd vibe from a lot of the tracks I have so far heard, and a real variation in vocal styles.... Im going to wait til I have official material in my hand before any judgment... Yeah...Unless you guys can vouch this stuff is valid.... Extra Fancy Semen fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Feb 25, 2010 |
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Feb 25, 2010 16:36
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tea4lyfe posted:Official Burzum - Belus release is still a way off.... Is the packaging going to make much of a difference for you? Because that's all you're missing.... ....
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QPZIL posted:Is the packaging going to make much of a difference for you? Because that's all you're missing.... The leak is actually from the vinyl version so it may sound slightly better when it's released on cd. But I doubt it.
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IRQ posted:The leak is actually from the vinyl version so it may sound slightly better when it's released on cd. But I doubt it. True, but the music itself won't change any.
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lol_internet posted:Perhaps there are others I haven't found yet from around 2000-present that are good to check out - just to get a sense of what the people in this thread consider to be "good" modern BM. Check out Evilfeast. I considering him to be one of the most underrated BM projects of the 2000s. 3 full-lengths and just raw material. Here an example off one of the albums ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iX1bI-9b3w lol_internet posted:I defy you to listen to Bathory's "Under the Sign of the Black Mark" (1987) and not call it black metal. Its like we forgot about Old Funerals Demo in 89 Plasma1010 fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Feb 26, 2010 |
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Beherit's new album was cool imo. Sorcier des Glaces last album was cool although I don't have much desire to listen to it. Deathspell Omega's Si Monumentum... was cool, everything they did before and after that is total garbage though. Pick any post-2000s Graveland album, they all sound identical. I guess Summoning's post-2000 work is good but I'd rather listen to something like Basic Channel or Maurizio which is basically the same idea but in an electronic dance music context and relieved of the embarrassing D&D aesthetic.
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Anyone going to pick up the Belus lp? I'm just trying to find a place that won't rape me in shipping to the US.
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tea4lyfe posted:Official Burzum - Belus release is still a way off.... A couple of the songs for a little bit really remind me of Dimmu Borgir's "Stormblast." A good thing.
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Haggins posted:Anyone going to pick up the Belus lp? I'm just trying to find a place that won't rape me in shipping to the US. I'm ordering it on wax cylinder. I want my boring black metal to sound as horribly lo-fi as possible.
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IRQ posted:I'm ordering it on wax cylinder. I want my boring black metal to sound as horribly lo-fi as possible. If there's any genre in this world that would try to resurrect the Shellac format, it would be god-drat black metal.
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Plasma1010 posted:Check out Evilfeast. This poo poo is awesome. Thanks for the tip!
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IRQ posted:I'm ordering it on wax cylinder. I want my boring black metal to sound as horribly lo-fi as possible. Almost 100% of my personal music listening is played off my iPod. The only time I ever use a CD is to throw it in my computer to rip. I try to buy everything I can and if I am to have a physical copy of an album, I'd much rather have an LP to complement my digital copy.
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Ronnie Spector posted:
Nice bit of bonus homophobia there in the Chuck Schuldiner bit... oh. Anus.com. Say no more. Oldstench, have you heard Sun Of The Blind? I listened to Skullreader again today and was reminded how fabulous it is.
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Ronnie Spector posted:
So varg tidied up his grandma's house?
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EvilMoJoJoJo posted:Oldstench, have you heard Sun Of The Blind? I listened to Skullreader again today and was reminded how fabulous it is. Yeah - I picked it up because of the link to Darkspace. Very enjoyable headphones-in-a-dark-room album.
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EvilMoJoJoJo posted:Nice bit of bonus homophobia there in the Chuck Schuldiner bit... oh. Anus.com. Say no more. That Schuldiner thing only really makes sense if you know the full extent of SR Prozaks hatred towards Chuck Schuldiner. http://www.anus.com/metal/about/metal/chuck_schuldiner/ He is 100% sure that chuck died of AIDS related pneumonia and if I remember correctly he even sent some letters to chucks sister stating this. It is kinda funny, as a sort of counterweight to the extreme worship of Schuldiner on other parts of the internet.
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MrBling posted:It is kinda funny, as a sort of counterweight to the extreme worship of Schuldiner on other parts of the internet. Wow, yeah it's loving hilarious to send letters to someone's grieving sister intimating that their brother's cause of death is AIDS-related pneumonia. They really put that amazingly talented and all-around nice guy/metal proselytizer in his place!
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I hear black metal fans namedrop Anus.com on the internet all the time but I never really known much about what it's about or why it relates to black metal. I know it's some kind of "Nihilist Underground", whatever that means, but are they an actual published zine or just a website where pretentious metal fans write about how much they love Nietzche? Enlighten me, metal goons!
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lol_internet posted:I hear black metal fans namedrop Anus.com on the internet all the time but I never really known much about what it's about or why it relates to black metal. I know it's some kind of "Nihilist Underground", whatever that means, but are they an actual published zine or just a website where pretentious metal fans write about how much they love Nietzche? Enlighten me, metal goons! Its just a website that happens to have a bunch of reviews written by someone who takes himself very seriously and probably a bit mental. There is other stuff to the site as well, but it's not really as interesting as the metal reviews. Generally speaking, when it comes to death metal, SR prozak knows what he's talking about and all his wordy reviews almost makes sense. Any other genre though and you're asking for trouble. Just go and look at some of the reviews. There's also a forum full of idiots who happen to take everything SR prozak says as the very literal truth. It is not anything special really, it just has a reputation in some circles. I like to read the reviews there occasionally, but for the most part you dont even need to read them to know if prozak likes the album. You can just look at the length of the review, since a long rambling review means that he likes the album and a short review in a tiny text box is a pretty good indicator that he hates it.
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It's worth noting that ANUS was pretty much the first place on the internet for metal-related content (their first entry on archive.org is from 1997 and they've been around as a Usenet presence since 1987). They also kept the names of some more obscure bands alive over the years, for example I doubt Demilich would be anywhere near as well known as they are now were it not for ANUS. Prozak's political beliefs are some kind of loony attempt to reconcile postmodernism with radical traditionalist fascism but I agree with his assessment of death metal and black metal bands almost 100%. Essentially the ANUS perspective is that not long after the most obvious tropes of those genres were codified into an easily replicable template (around 1990 for death metal and 1994 for black metal) their respective scenes were flooded with copycat bands who aimed to be black metal or death metal by virtue of emulating those tropes, but lacking an understanding of the deeper complexities which made the early bands great. It's probably a pretty good means of understanding the life of all genres, for example look at what's happening with dubstep right now as hordes of bedroom producers seek to emulate Chase & Status/Caspa/Rusko's dumb brostep poo poo. Prozak also has a totally separate online presence for his real-world persona with corresponding Amazon account where he reviews contemporary lit and Iron & Wine albums which is pretty funny. Ronnie Spector fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Feb 27, 2010 |
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