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Dog Jones posted:What are the classic, definitive black metal records I should check out? Lyrically, black metal is very silly. If you're just worried about the racism content, though, that's actually pretty rare. Learn to enjoy the absurd or pretend it's not there, whatever works for you. As for classics, definitely check out Darkthrone's Transilvanian Hunger and the Emperor/Enslaved split. I'm tempted to just vomit a solid page of names at you but in the interest of restraint I'll just toss out a few classics that aren't really pillars of the genre (I trust other people here to mostly cover that) but that I think everyone should hear at least once anyway. Necromantia - Scarlet Evil Witching Black is bass-heavy Greek stuff that I loving love and I always wish I could find more that sounds like it. Gorgoroth - Antichrist is the best thing Gorgoroth ever put out. Lots of people will say Pentagram was better but they're wrong. Impaled Nazarene - Suomi Finland Perkele is catchy. Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon is probably responsible for a lot of silliness in the vocal department since it was released, but I still think it's worth checking out. Dissection - The Somberlain is an important complement to Burzum for the "musicians who murdered someone" part of your collection. Nokturnal Mortum - Goat Horns is really cool if you don't think "melodic" is a dirty word yet. Finally, it's not a big name but Arckanum - Kampen is just so loving cool I have to plug it at every possible opportunity. Just listen to this. Does it for me every time. Okay I completely failed at keeping this short. At least there's variety! Anyway, I'm on a major punk kick lately, so I'm also going to tell you to listen to everything linked on the previous page. Especially Midnight.
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Dog Jones posted:I'm getting into black metal now, and Burzum is loving tight. What is up with his crazy loving ideas though? I'm scared to read the lyrics because I might find out these awesome tracks are about a bunch of stupid poo poo. Burzum's lyrics aren't racist or anything. They're mostly about Middle Earth, and occasionally satan, well the early stuff at lest. Now its Norse mythology. As for Recs I'd get All the early Darkthrone from A Blaze in the Northern Sky to Panzerfaust. Pure Holocaust by Immortal is also a great entry point. For Mayhem get Live in Leipzeg, Deathcrush, and De Misereis dom whatever the gently caress it is. Also get into some first wave stuff, You'll like Bathory's first 3 albums if you like Burzum. Oh yeah I'm kinda new to the Black Metal topic, so I hope you guys will let me into your evil Goon Inner Circle of evil
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 05:28 |
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Personperson14 posted:Burzum's lyrics aren't racist or anything. They're mostly about Middle Earth, and occasionally satan, well the early stuff at lest. Now its Norse mythology. Yeah, you'd never know about the dude's extracurricular stupidity if all you had to go on was his lyrics.
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Dog Jones posted:I'm getting into black metal now, and Burzum is loving tight. What is up with his crazy loving ideas though? I'm scared to read the lyrics because I might find out these awesome tracks are about a bunch of stupid poo poo. Dunno about classic or definitive but you might like some of these bands if you like Burzum and Ulver: Strid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qimQ0rS7fJw Vlad Tepes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2b1tyHyE20 Nyktalgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6TOGnAMQ0Q Nidhoggr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0QLy-SZEmQ Baptism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljyWzGyMaX4 Bloodmobile fucked around with this message at 11:00 on Nov 15, 2012 |
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Personperson14 posted:Burzum's lyrics aren't racist or anything. They're mostly about Middle Earth, and occasionally satan, well the early stuff at lest. Now its Norse mythology. Yeah, now it's all about Norse mythology, but it's mostly about how cool Norse mythology is because of how awesome white people are. (See: the idea behind Belus)
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 14:47 |
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Yeah when Varg was in jail he got really into Norse Myth and wrote several essays about how awesome white people are and how less awesome other people are.
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 15:45 |
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So, is anyone else going to try and hit one of the Negative Plane (w/ Vomitor) tour dates coming up soon? Baron Von Ghoulosh fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Nov 15, 2012 |
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You know, bringing up Root earlier made me go back and rediscover them this week. Listening to albums I never gave a fighting chance like Heritage of Satan. This band really is a breath of fresh air throughout their entire career. Black metal that defies any rigid genre rules most bands live under. Even Big Boss' vocals are growing on me. A 60 year old bald fat man running around doing this demands some respect This song reminds me of what Samael SHOULD have loving done after Passage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuBtMYaNQ6A I'm sure it doesn't hurt that Czech sounds like Lord of the Rings black speech
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nerve posted:If you're going to be a metal fan, black metal especially, it's best to ignore the message and just enjoy the music. To me the vocals in any black metal song is just another instrument. Anyone got more bands like Gehenna? Especially like these two songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SicNOdOfZU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIMs1hwEl_Q
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:So, is anyone else going to try and hit one of the Negative Plane (w/ Vomitor) tour dates coming up soon? I'll likely be going to the Baltimore date, but I'm kind of on the fence since the "venue" is a hipster tex-mex restaurant. The last show I saw there (Alcest and Deafheaven) left the bands kind of confused and unhappy, since there was no effective monitoring system and people were literally sitting at tables and eating burritos while they were playing.
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 21:04 |
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But confused and unhappy is what Alcest is all about
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 21:39 |
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I would eat a burrito to Negative Plane
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 21:54 |
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Anyone able to eat in the presence of Vomitor's Deathdealer's gig jeans has no sense of smell. He hasn't washed them for 23+ years. And they've seen some amount of piss and puke.
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 22:23 |
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That sounds loving awesome. Burritos and Black metal. What's not to like?
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 23:23 |
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Does anyone know Vothana? I just got turned on to him yesterday, Vietnamese black metal based out of Minneapolis, MN. It's really good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7lSZ08bSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKcksN3460c
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Jusupov posted:To me the vocals in any black metal song is just another instrument. This is how I feel about most harsh vocals to be honest. It's why I can't get into the hardcore/metalcore vocals at all, because it sounds like crap and isn't anywhere near melodic.
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 00:41 |
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I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for black metal compilations on 12"? I'm trying to keep my christmas list cheap, but I'm always interested in hearing new artists. Specifically anything that sounds like Thou, Wolves In The Throne Room, Emperor, False. Thanks for your suggestions.
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Monkeytime posted:I'll likely be going to the Baltimore date, but I'm kind of on the fence since the "venue" is a hipster tex-mex restaurant. The Richmond, VA is in a pretty sweet venue which is also an arcade (remember those places you used to go to play video games?) called Strange Matter. Could be pretty cool to play Golden Axe and listen to Negative Plane.
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Unbootable posted:I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for black metal compilations on 12"? I'm trying to keep my christmas list cheap, but I'm always interested in hearing new artists. Specifically anything that sounds like Thou, Wolves In The Throne Room, Emperor, False. Sounds like the best thing to do would be to have a browse round Bandcamp listening to a few artists linked to, or similar to those you mentioned, and then chose a couple of records of the bands you liked from what you heard. I would suggest checking out Skagos, Barghest (did a split with False), Fell Voices (on the same record label as False),Panopticon, Ash Borer, Velnias, Altar of Plagues, Fen. All the names up to Ash Borer have Bandcamps where you can stream the artist's releases. I hope you find something you like, I personally would recommend getting Skagos- Ast on vinyl, it sounds great and is very well presented, with an impressive etching on one of the sides.
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# ? Nov 18, 2012 03:19 |
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So, Marduk and Moonspell are touring the US next year as "Voices from the Dark" with Inquisition, The Foreshadowing and Death Wolf (Marduk side project formally the Misfits/Samhain cover band Devils Whorehouse). This could be fun. Dates to follow.
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# ? Nov 27, 2012 06:00 |
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I'd like to see Marduk but....fuckin moonspell? It better not be an hour away. None of the other bands do a thing to lure me out of the house.
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# ? Nov 27, 2012 15:38 |
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Inquisition are amazing live, and will blow everyone away on the stage.
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The Clit Avoider posted:Inquisition are amazing live, and will blow everyone away on the stage. Seconding this. Marduk is a really entertaining live band though I don't find myself listening to them too much on record, but Inquisition is pretty amazing all around.
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# ? Nov 27, 2012 17:34 |
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I didn't know Moonspell were still alive. Bit odd that they're touring with Marduk and Inquisition.
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The Clit Avoider posted:Inquisition are amazing live, and will blow everyone away on the stage. Never heard 2 people make such a racket. Absolutely massive sound on stage, and they have the songs to back it up. Ominous Doctrines... is a brilliant album. (The other ones are great too, but I think Ominous Doctrines is my favourite)
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# ? Nov 27, 2012 19:31 |
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I had never heard Inquisition at all up until about a month ago and I am extremely excited by the possibility of seeing them live. I don't suppose they ever play their older stuff? Forever Under has gotten even more play time from me than their most recent couple.
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# ? Nov 28, 2012 02:29 |
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Musically I guess they're alright, aside from the god awful snare drum tone, but gently caress someone needs to show them Impaled Northern Moon Forest. Their album and song names are exactly what Seth was talking about.
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Smekerman posted:So have any of you guys heard the new Dordeduh? They're the off-shoot band Hupogrammos and Sol Faur formed after leaving Negura Bunget. I'm not sure if anyone cares about Romanian black metal around these parts, but to my ears it's some of the best progressive/folk black metal I've heard in a long while and is probably my album of the year. I also think it's better than Negura Bunget's Om. It has better songwriting, more reigned-in keyboards, better integrated folk parts, better playing... I dunno, I guess I just find it better overall. Om does have a few really awesome songs, but I think Dordeduh outshines them.
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Morbid Florist posted:Musically I guess they're alright, aside from the god awful snare drum tone, but gently caress someone needs to show them Impaled Northern Moon Forest. Their album and song names are exactly what Seth was talking about. Who gives a poo poo
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# ? Nov 29, 2012 02:56 |
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Hail Satan http://www.endlessvideo.com/watch?v=L75XPFwiUyw&start=0m14s&end=0m26s
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# ? Nov 29, 2012 23:03 |
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Oh man, a friend of mine stumbled on this today: http://bargainbinblasphemy.tumblr.com/
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# ? Nov 30, 2012 22:34 |
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Yeah I saw that on MetalSucks today. It owns.
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# ? Nov 30, 2012 22:39 |
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Wrath of the Weak put up all of their stuff for free on Bandcamp. http://wrathoftheweak.bandcamp.com/
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Weaponized Cum posted:Wrath of the Weak put up all of their stuff for free on Bandcamp. Nice! Thanks for the tip. Just out of curiosity, what are peoples' favorite black metal albums of the year? Here's some of mine: A Forest of Stars - "A Shadowplay for Yesterdays" Azoic - "Gateways" Dark Forest - "Land of the Evening Star" The Great Old Ones - "Al Azif" Winterfylleth - "The Threnody of Triumph" I would also like to give a shoutout to Krallice - "Years Past Matter". It's a very solid album, and would usually be competitive in most other years for AOTY in my opinion. However, this was a ridiculous year for black metal! I would also like to mention Hellvetron's and Wrathprayer's albums, but I'm not sure if I could count them as outright black metal, since they're more black/death. Similar is Ne Obliviscaris - "Portal of I", which is just one of the most amazing works of music I have ever heard. Another honorable mention goes to Cloak of Altering - "Ancient Paths Through Timeless Voids", which probably could be top 5, but I need to give it more listens as it just came out not too long ago. EDIT: Forgot MGLA "With Hearts Toward None", which is just ridiculous.
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# ? Dec 12, 2012 21:16 |
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I'll second Winterfylleth and Great Old Ones - really digging both of those. Ne Obliviscaris was amazing as well but you're right, it's more prog than black metal. The new Krallice seems pretty good but I haven't had a chance to give it a proper listen yet. Kentucky by Panopticon is one of the better albums I've heard in a while, of any subgenre. I thought Becoming (Abigail Williams) was incredible but I'll probably get laughed out of the thread for that one. Hulk Krogan fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Dec 12, 2012 |
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The new Krallice pleasantly surprised me actually, much less of a chore to listen to than most of their stuff. A couple of tracks are even pretty good, although I don't have the slightest loving clue which ones because "IIIIIIII" isn't really all that easy to distinguish at a glance from "IIIIIIIII". The new Cloak of Altering I really wanted to like since I generally love Mories' stuff and in particular I thought his first album as Cloak of Altering was fantastic, but it hasn't really grabbed me. Neither has his latest as De Magia Veterum. Actually I'm kind of having a hard time thinking of straight-up black metal full-lengths this year that I really liked. There were a lot of good demos/EPs (Wylve, The Rain in Endless Fall x2, Axis of Light, Thenn, Ash Pool, Din of Awakening, Rhinocervs) but the only full albums I've really been replaying are Ash Borer and Revenge. I guess I also liked Spectral Lore - Sentinel but that huuuuuge outro always turns me off listening to it again unfortunately. vvv yeah. Really glad that got a rerelease, just because of the tracks off the split with Tukaaria. The Scavenger goddamn skasion fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Dec 12, 2012 |
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Grabbed the Odz Manouk s/t recently. I'm kind of behind on stuff. Really, really good I think.
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Hulk Krogan posted:I'll second Winterfylleth and Great Old Ones - really digging both of those. Ne Obliviscaris was amazing as well but you're right, it's more prog than black metal. The new Krallice seems pretty good but I haven't had a chance to give it a proper listen yet. I liked "Kentucky" and "Becoming" a lot as well, but they need more listens, especially the latter one. skasion posted:Actually I'm kind of having a hard time thinking of straight-up black metal full-lengths this year that I really liked. There were a lot of good demos/EPs (Wylve, The Rain in Endless Fall x2, Axis of Light, Thenn, Ash Pool, Din of Awakening, Rhinocervs) but the only full albums I've really been replaying are Ash Borer and Revenge. I guess I also liked Spectral Lore - Sentinel but that huuuuuge outro always turns me off listening to it again unfortunately. I love TRiEF and Rhinocervs! Just found out about Tukaaria very recently though, but I like what I'm hearing. I also liked Agalloch's "Faustian Echoes" a lot (I find it to be way more blackened than any of their previous releases, so I think I can say that hered!). There was one song released by a band called Black Monolith that I liked, but all they have is that one song and a very short demo from 2011. Cursed Altar, Hellebore, K.L.L.K., and Pravus Abyssus also had very good demos. There's also several more albums that I need to listen to more that I think were really good; namely, albums by Wilt, White Oak, Vattnet Viskar, Oak Pantheon, Maglor, Dordeduh, and Dead Hills.
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# ? Dec 13, 2012 01:38 |
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- Hoagascht by Lunar Aurora was reeeally nice - Darkenhöld's Echoes from the Stone Keeper was pretty cool in spite of the weak production - Baptism remain consistently good - Wodensthrone really surprised me with how good Curse was - Teitanblood only release a couple of EPs but they're insanely good - Kaevum's Natur is probably the NSBM AOTY Other cool releases: Genocide Shrines, Hades Archer, Fhoi Myore, umm Mongrel's Cross? Stinkers: Ofermod, Nachtmystium, Burzum, Deathspell Omega. Still can't get into Weapon either. edited with youtube links funeral fag fucked around with this message at 11:32 on Dec 13, 2012 |
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Sigh and Blut aus Nord were my favourites of the year, between the two of them there's still like a spatter of black metal there.
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