^ Great album
@ Cyth I'm not offended. It just wasn't even funny.
Dakryn said:btw Cyth, your new sig is the most retarded way to express athiestic beliefs...... ever
It's better than the vast majority of contemporary death metal for sure. It's complex and technical while retaining an old school feel, with heaps of black metal technique thrown in.No need to go sooper dooper ape shit over that Dead Congregation album. It's good, but nowhere near fresh or groundbreaking.
I listen to a little black metal. I don't think I listen to enough of it to actually have a really good opinion on it really. The black metal I own I like, if that tells you anything.
I agree that there are a lot of shitty black metal bands out there. Some bedroom black metal (ie shitty raw black metal) is so bad that I can't even get through listening to the whole CD when I'm listening to it for the first time. And there are a lot of bands like that out there. However, there is shit in every genre. Not saying that it's all crap, but I like almost no stoner doom, and I like almost no sludge as well. It's largely a matter of preference. But if you don't like Darkthrone, Immortal, or Mayhem, then black metal may not be for you.Same here. I've probably heard a lot more, but we are still in the same boat. The black metal albums I actually do like enjoy a lot and it's hard for me to actually find albums within the genre and just have never heard a style that has more shit in it than any others. I eventually got sick of just wasting time checking out the genre because can't find anything I actually really like and the bands that get the most praise and most acceptence like old Immortal,Darkthrone,etc.. find terrible and also suicidal BM and just general BM.