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Hellwuzzat posted:So, uhhh, what do you folks think of that there Demonaz solo affair "March of the Norse"? An intro piece, and then a song repeated with almost no variation 8 times over. And it's not a very good song. Probably will never get over my love of the Immortal guitar tone/technique, though.
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Hellwuzzat posted:So, uhhh, what do you folks think of that there Demonaz solo affair "March of the Norse"? I listened to it once, wasn't terrible but I doubt I'll listen to it again.
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May 1, 2011 22:17
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Anwech ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTsW0eVPJ8c ... am liking this release, maybe they have or have not been mentioned before.
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May 1, 2011 23:03
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RHTITE posted:I wonder if there's ever been a band other than Immortal that was able to actually make good Black Metal while showing off their sense of humour. These guys don't do either very well. Eisenwinters new album translates as 'Epic Fail' which is pretty  but is pretty good, has a quite funny Shane MacGowan cover with the lyrics changed to talk about black metal too.
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May 2, 2011 00:42
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Hellwuzzat posted:So, uhhh, what do you folks think of that there Demonaz solo affair "March of the Norse"? Not bad but not half as good as Abbath's I album. Hell it's not even as good as anything Immortal's done. But it has its moments.
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May 2, 2011 16:54
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RHTITE posted:An intro piece, and then a song repeated with almost no variation 8 times over. And it's not a very good song. Probably will never get over my love of the Immortal guitar tone/technique, though. Echoing this. It's nothing truly special so far but it'd be an album I wouldn't throw away.
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May 2, 2011 17:12
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Alright, cool. I was just curious because I gave it a once through, then found a bunch of online reviews in which Demonaz was thoroughly fellated. Was wondering if I was missing something. Guess I wasn't.
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May 2, 2011 18:05
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May 12, 2011 13:25
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My friends are good friends with the Panzergod guys. So I should be going to that too.
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New Petrychor is out. There are posts about it in the metal thread, but I'm pretty sure they're still considered black metal in some form. I like it, but I think the fake drums really really need to go. His music is really powerful and the drums don't do it justice.
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lordblytzkrieg posted:New Petrychor is out. There are posts about it in the metal thread, but I'm pretty sure they're still considered black metal in some form. Agreed completely. Petrychor initially caught my attention because the blindside juxtaposition from the 12 string to the machine gun drums threw me off guard, and it was kind of cool. The full length feels like it doesn't do anything different or new and just reuses that 'pretty guitar, pretty guitar CHAOSCHAOSCHAOSCHAOS' thing and over again. On a different note, I've been getting the gently caress down on Altar of Plagues' new album. I don't think I quite like it as much as White Tomb, but its still loving good.
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May 21, 2011 00:37
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I would prefer better transition between the pretty guitar pretty guitar CHAOSCHAOSCHAOS thing. Overall I like it though.
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May 22, 2011 08:07
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So, anyone heard the new Marduk track? Not only is it endless destruction from start to finish, it is Panzer Division worship; it is like having an old friend come over for a surprise visit but then he burns your house down and the two of you get extremely drunk and the next day you wake up and you don't regret a thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKeELVK-9Pc smile.jpg fucked around with this message at 13:52 on May 22, 2011 |
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May 22, 2011 13:47
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Empty, speedy riffs Old writers trapped in the past It's fuckin boring.
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smile.jpg posted:So, anyone heard the new Marduk track? Not only is it endless destruction from start to finish, it is Panzer Division worship; it is like having an old friend come over for a surprise visit but then he burns your house down and the two of you get extremely drunk and the next day you wake up and you don't regret a thing. gently caress yes.
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Objurium posted:On a different note, I've been getting the gently caress down on Altar of Plagues' new album. I don't think I quite like it as much as White Tomb, but its still loving good. I'm trying my best to get into it, but it seems to lack the ferocity of White Tomb. Don't get me wrong, I love my more reserved black metal, but that rampant energy that was present on that album seems to be missing from Mammal. I am hoping it will be a grower though. Speaking of which, my buddies' band Heathens who we played with this past weekend have just secured a distribution deal for their full length due later this year. I'll post more details when they appear (the band's changing their name and aesthetic a bit) since I really love their music. It's some of the best stuff coming out of South Africa at the moment!
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Radio Paranoia posted:I'm trying my best to get into it, but it seems to lack the ferocity of White Tomb. Don't get me wrong, I love my more reserved black metal, but that rampant energy that was present on that album seems to be missing from Mammal. I am hoping it will be a grower though. I would definitely be keen to hear that - as an expatriate South African myself, I'm always interested to hear any music from the old homeland that isn't swill - I actually honestly didn't realize there was any black metal scene in South Africa - however, I am from PE, which is probably why 
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So, I'm really into LLN. particularly Moevot and Aakon Ketreeh. In addition, I love synth intros/songs (last track on Filosofem, the first 5 minutes of every Gnaw Their Tongues song, intro the Black Metal Commando album by Satanic Warmaster). Does anyone know of any projects that are based around those styles? I know a lot of stuff like that is classified as dark ambient, but too much in that genre is way too "gothy" for me, so I'd prefer something that sticks to black metal/LLN style and roots.
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May 24, 2011 01:44
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You're much better listening to lustmord, raison d'etre, deutsch nepal, early In Slaughter Natives and Sephiroth etc than black metal bands if you actually want to listen to dark ambient. Kataxu, Vargleide, Neptune Towers and Ildjarn's ambient material may be to your liking. As may later Urfaust. There's also Vinterriket if you can stomach having one decent release out of 5. I'd also suggest you seek out some of the more ambient martial industrial material, as it's always going to have a gloomy, oppressive atmosphere. And of course, i didn't mention him in the initial list, but Nordvargr is essential, and somewhat tied in with the metal scene these days.
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wuLFe posted:I would definitely be keen to hear that - as an expatriate South African myself, I'm always interested to hear any music from the old homeland that isn't swill - I actually honestly didn't realize there was any black metal scene in South Africa - however, I am from PE, which is probably why There's apparently a small but passionate metal scene in PE. There's a club there, Jesters, that my death metal band really want to play some time soon. We've just got to recoup our costs from our Pretoria tour earlier this year. Other SA black metal bands I can recommend are: God Devour - Experimental Nihil - Atmospheric Theatre Runs Red
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Gr31lly posted:You're much better listening to lustmord, raison d'etre, deutsch nepal, early In Slaughter Natives and Sephiroth etc than black metal bands if you actually want to listen to dark ambient. Thanks for the suggestions, particularly Nordvargr. I appreciate the effort and definitely I'm going to check out a lot of these projects in depth. Just curious, are you into noise at all? The Lustmord track in particular reminds me of some of the more minimal Haters work. That said, I'm looking for somewhat more "cheesy synth" style stuff, such as this and this. Something about these tracks really gets to me, and I'd kill to hear more like it.
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ape canyon posted:Thanks for the suggestions, particularly Nordvargr. I appreciate the effort and definitely I'm going to check out a lot of these projects in depth. Just curious, are you into noise at all? The Lustmord track in particular reminds me of some of the more minimal Haters work. Yeah, I listen to noise as well, but more along the power electronics side. ape canyon posted:That said, I'm looking for somewhat more "cheesy synth" style stuff, such as this and this. Something about these tracks really gets to me, and I'd kill to hear more like it. Try Ildjarns's Landscapes album, like I said you may like his synth stuff. It's rarely recommended, seeing as it is 2 discs of nothing but synth, but I like it, and you may too. I'd also recommended checking out In The Woods... Heart of Ages release, it's not all synth or anything, but you should like it.
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ape canyon posted:Thanks for the suggestions, particularly Nordvargr. I appreciate the effort and definitely I'm going to check out a lot of these projects in depth. Just curious, are you into noise at all? The Lustmord track in particular reminds me of some of the more minimal Haters work. How about some Summoning? They do keep percussion, vocals and guitar in their music, but they are not made the focus the way that most Metal bands do. It should scratch that cheese itch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHESjItTd-Q You may also want to have a look at the https://kcuf.com radio page, since they have old rear end archives of their shows for download. In the Ambient section, you'll find a show called "Headspace". I think that will do you well. The only problem is that these shows were archived in the original days of mp3, so the quality is truly awful. I haven't been able to find links to the stuff that wouldn't count as :files:
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New Petrychor is pretty rad. Anyone listen to Kampfar's latest release yet?
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Radio Paranoia posted:There's apparently a small but passionate metal scene in PE. There's a club there, Jesters, that my death metal band really want to play some time soon. We've just got to recoup our costs from our Pretoria tour earlier this year. Since you know the SA metal scene pretty well, where exactly is the metal scene in Cape Town? Moved here pretty recently and it seems the only vaguely metal place is Gandalfs?
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Radiation Cow posted:Since you know the SA metal scene pretty well, where exactly is the metal scene in Cape Town? Moved here pretty recently and it seems the only vaguely metal place is Gandalfs? Otherwise the northern suburbs have a fairly active metal scene. This weekend my girlfriend's band, another industrial band and local power metallers Strident are playing at the Gandalfs complex. Swing by and look for a guy in an Emperor shirt upstairs and I can probably elaborate more.
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Bleh, already got plans for the weekend. Will try out ROAR sometime soon though.
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Radiation Cow posted:Bleh, already got plans for the weekend. Will try out ROAR sometime soon though. Arg. In that case, look out for A Walk With The Wicked. That's my death metal band I do vocals for. Otherwise check out Metal4Africa.com online. We've got a big festival coming up beginning of August and it's always a good time!
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I seriously cannot get enough of Ashes Against the Grain. It is just all around amazing.
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DEAR RICHARD posted:I seriously cannot get enough of Ashes Against the Grain. It is just all around amazing. If you haven't listened to The Mantle, do so now or at your earliest convenience.
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DEAR RICHARD posted:I seriously cannot get enough of Ashes Against the Grain. It is just all around amazing. I could listen to Falling Snow just about forever I think.
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QPZIL posted:If you haven't listened to The Mantle, do so now or at your earliest convenience. I love all of Agalloch.
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DEAR RICHARD posted:I love all of Agalloch. Yep. They're one of the most consistent bands I've heard. Despite major sound changes across their discography, they still always sound like Agalloch and the quality is always excellent. I'm still jealous about my friends who have copies of The White.
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Radio Paranoia posted:Yep. They're one of the most consistent bands I've heard. Despite major sound changes across their discography, they still always sound like Agalloch and the quality is always excellent. I picked up the White/Grey vinyls at the last Agalloch show I was at, it's one of my prized posessions now. The White is such an amazing album.
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QPZIL posted:I picked up the White/Grey vinyls at the last Agalloch show I was at, it's one of my prized posessions now. The White is such an amazing album. Man I have the limited edition of Ashes that came with pics of the band looking forlorn and an actual bag of ash (lol) and even I know that their non album releases are generally not that great. I dig all the main albums (Pale Folklore, Mantle, Ashes, Marrow) But I remember people being so dissapointed by The Gray they thought Agalloch would never release another good album.
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I like it. It's a lot more drone than their normal stuff, but I don't think they have really released anything bad. It's just that The Grey was so different than their LPs. It's more like Our Fortress is Burning pt. 3, and that was a track that a lot of people felt like should have been left off of the album.
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I'm enjoying Demonaz - March of the Norse a lot. Somehow I have never really listened to much of Immortal yet, somehow. 
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Achtung! Panzer posted:I'm enjoying Demonaz - March of the Norse a lot. Somehow I have never really listened to much of Immortal yet, somehow. Once you do, you'll put March of the Norse on the shelf pretty fast.
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aliencowboy posted:New Petrychor is pretty rad. Anyone listen to Kampfar's latest release yet? On first listen, the new Petrychor is... um. Not as good as the Dryad EP, to my tastes. I'll give it more listens, though. I'm going to see Kampfar (with Vreid and Secrets of the Moon) tonight and am very excited. They're so fun live.
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EvilMoJoJoJo posted:On first listen, the new Petrychor is... um. Not as good as the Dryad EP, to my tastes. I'll give it more listens, though. I got the same feeling. The acoustic parts are very flowery and not as atmospheric as they were on Dryad. The melodies are also quite understated, not that they were before but their ebb and flow through the music was far more prominent. I'm going to give it some more time, but if this he been a first release I probably wouldn't have been as captivated by the music. 2011 has been kinda disappointing for me so far. I hope the new Wolves doesn't let the team down.
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