Are the Darkthrone re-releases really that diabolical?
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MFJ
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Nate The Great
What would Nathan do?
I have the original of Transylvanian Hunger, but I am getting the digi of Blaze any day now. It was way cheaper. Will I think it sucks, even though I've never heard the original?
Erik said:
But why on earth there aren't any pictures from those gigs? There's plenty of old Mayhem live-pics etc, but nothing from Burzum. I guess Metallion would be the right person to ask about this. If I remember right, Old Funeral did gigs, but Burzum didn't.
Henrik Main
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Eh, I don't think Crimson Velvet is actually making this stuff up. "Why aren't there any pics from the gigs," you ask - it's not allowed to bring cameras with you at several gig venues in Oslo, and this was even stricter back in the day (considering digital cameras weren't available in shops back then, and cameras were often huge and hard to hide under your coat/jacket).
Lee_B
Readin' me posts are ya?
First I've heard about Burzum live shows too. I could be wrong, but I was around at the time too (admitedly not actually in Norway, but I was fairly involved nonetheless) and it's news to me.
M.Lehto said:
Every Burzum show I saw (2 or 3), was a short warm-up to Mayhem's show. As I said earlier, I believe the songs were "War" and "Lost Wisdom". I wasn't even a fan at the time, (but seeing as he hadn't released anything, go figure) so that's open for discussion, at least as far as "War" is concerned. Varg was only sixteen or seventeen at the time, so as far as I remember, his name was never on the bill. But the shows themselves, featured members of Mayhem, so pictures do indeed exist, I'm fairly certain of it. All the shows were prior to Dead's suicide, (late '90, early '91, I think. They were touring Europe, and I caught them twice in Norway, and once in Sweden. I would also guess that he were traveling with Old Funeral at the time.) and therefore, before Varg joined the band, but I'm absolutely certain that it was not Dead doing the vocals. If it was, he certainly had an uncanny ability to change vocal-styles.
General Zod
Ruler of Australia
I have all of the original recordings, so I've never bothered with the re-releases, digi or otherwise.
Zod
Zod
You gotta be kidding me! I just bought the Blaze digi yesterday and now everyone's saying it's fucked up? I just listened to it and thought it sounded great. Is there really a difference?
The sound is clearer, and the different instruments are more audible. But as I said earlier, it's all on the cost of some of the atmosphere, which is why I would recommend the old ones.
