Albums currently kicking your ass

[The Ozzman]

So, no, you hopeless queer.

O RLY?

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

O RLY?

Yes, really, you obdurate fucktard.

 

[The Ozzman]

Yes, really, you obdurate fucktard.

Calm down, old man

The funny thing about opinions is that they can differ and that's okay

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Calm down, old man

The funny thing about opinions is that they can differ and that's okay

Gee, you don't say? Let me ponder that one.

 

[The Ozzman]

lol

I forgot that this is UM GMD, where opinions are facts, no one is allowed to listen to anything below an 80% on M-A and where Venom is black metal

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

lol

I forgot that this is UM GMD, where opinions are facts, no one is allowed to listen to anything below an 80% on M-A and where Venom is black metal

You're damn straight.

 

[EspaDa]

lol

I forgot that this is UM GMD, where opinions are facts, no one is allowed to listen to anything below an 80% on M-A and where Venom is black metal

Deathspell Omega's Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice is 68% yet most of us consider that album a great work.

 

[CiG]

lol

I forgot that this is UM GMD, where opinions are facts, no one is allowed to listen to anything below an 80% on M-A and where Venom is black metal

Who the Hell checks MA for average ratings?

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Deathspell Omega's Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice is 68% yet most of us consider that album a great work.

68%? That's nuts.
Also I agree with Oz that Venom ain't black metal. Well they invented that term, so really they are black metal but ACTUAL black metal is something else.

 

[CiG]

Venom is black metal, but first wave black metal is defined much more loosely is all. I prefer it either way. The earliest bands in most genres aren't going to be as identifiably so when compared to the bands that along afterwards.

 

[Vilden]

I clicked on the thread, read the last page and had to double check that I clicked on the right thread before commenting lol, anyway, kicking my ass:

We can build a new city not made of wood but made of HEAVY METAL STEEEEEL!

 

[Krow]

I feel like 1st wave black metal should probably be called a movement, not a genre... Because calling Mercyful Fate, Venom, Bathory, Sodom, Bulldozer, etc the same genre is a bit of a stretch.

 

[CiG]

First wave black metal is definitely a movement, based more on aesthetics and attitude than any specific sonic connection.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Yeah it's a potpourri.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Venom exhibited all the musical traits commonly associated with black metal, albeit in a more primordial form. Tremolo guitar, blast beats, screeching, growling guttural vocals, Satanic image, etc.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

 

[The Ozzman]

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Underrated as far as Rush albums go

 

[SwarmOvRats]

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

Underrated as far as Rush albums go

That is completely true. It also has one of my favorite album titles.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]