An awkward conversation

[Eligos]

I'll be having a conversation about metal with some friends and they'll mention the name of a band I've never heard of. Then halfway through the conversation I'll realize who it is they're talking about, I just pronounce the name completely differently.

For example, a friend asked me if I listened to Devian. He pronounced the name Duh-VYE-an, which sounded like divine to me, and I said I'd never heard of them. Then he and my other friend started talking about how Legion sucks at vocals and I realized they were talking about Devian. I pronounce it DEE-vee-an, because it's spelled similarly to deviance and deviation.

Has anyone else had similar conversations?

 

[Blind Guardian]

I pronounced Entombed wrong for like 7-8 years or so. I used to pronounce it Entombed.

 

[Vossyrus]

Sometimes when people ask me if I like acker-coke, I'll tell them I prefer Pepsi. Not that I expect people will pronounce Akercocke correctly anyhow.

 

[Orion Crystal Ice]

"What kind of music do you listen to?"

 

[Eligos]

Sometimes when people ask me if I like acker-coke, I'll tell them I prefer Pepsi. Not that I expect people will pronounce Akercocke correctly anyhow.

I saw an interview in which it was pronounced 7 or 8 different ways.

I say Aker-cocky, but I've never thought it the correct pronunciation. It's something like Aker-cock-a/er right? I wouldn't know how to say it without an English accent.

 

[AchrisK]

Yeah that happened to me with Dimmu Borgir. The guy said it like all one word and with a soft G or something. I pronounce it Deh Moo Boar Gear, with a hard G.

That's the thing with me, since I really don't have live metal friends, and don't watch shows on TV or interviews with bands, I never hear any band pronounced. But since I am not a big black metal fan, it is less of an issue.

 

[Zephyrus]

Apparently I listen to Borknigger.

 

[mutantllama]

I pronounce them borknagger. lol they are naggers

Also, I pronounce Dimmu Borgir the say way Ack.

 

[AchrisK]

Borknagar seems pretty straight forward to me, if you read it. Although the emphasis in foreign words can be a problem. I put it on the BORK and pronounce the first A like "Apple" and the second A like "fall".

 

[Vitor]

i like to pronounce the names differently.

for example:

samael = seu manel
manowar = man ow var
burzum = mussum
iron maiden = mauro almeida

 

[Blind Guardian]

Borknagar seems pretty straight forward to me, if you read it. Although the emphasis in foreign words can be a problem. I put it on the BORK and pronounce the first A like "Apple" and the second A like "fall".

The "right" (the way i presume the members pronounce it) way to pronounce it would be Borknagar, with the first a pronounced like "fall" and the second pronounced like the o in "monster". And rolling r's of course.

 

[AchrisK]

The a in fall is pronounced the same way as the o in monster.

 

[Blind Guardian]

Slightly more open mouth when you pronounce monster i'd say.

*edit* alright like the Scottish would say monster then

 

[Eligos]

The "right" (the way i presume the members pronounce it) way to pronounce it would be Borknagar, with the first a pronounced like "fall" and the second pronounced like the o in "monster". And rolling r's of course.

Why rolling r's? That's always seemed like more of a French thing to me. Don't the Nords pronounce their r's fairly strongly?

 

[Jreg]

Bands names with ambiguous pronunciation are all the rage. Thank you, internet. Fuck you, Xasthur.

 

[Zephyrus]

I've heard everyone pronounce it ZASS-ther. The last syllable like the "ther" in "mother".

 

[divine_torture]

That's how I pronounce it. And how do you pronounce Watain? I read the liner notes in Casus, and it says it has 3 sylabbles. I always say wah-tane.

 

[Zephyrus]

WAH-tane.

 

[Satanstoenail]

I used to think Sepultura was pronounced se-pul-tra instead of se-pul-toora.

 

[divine_torture]

Haha so did I. I was lost when I heard it said properly. Two more: Krohm and Drudkh. Is Krohm like 'chrome' or with the o making an ah sound like wash. And Drudkh I just say really ugly. Or how about Njiqhadda?