beautiful songs

[Black Winter Day]

ulver's "halling" makes me want to sleep peacefully under an oak tree in the enchanted forest of weatherwood, aside a trickling stream of crystal flowing from the base of the mountain... surrounded by furtive woodland creatures and rolling mist.**

amorphis' accoustic version of "my kantele" is stunning as well... excecpt sadder. this song got me through several broken relationships... in that sitar outro you can FEEL the longing and desperation common to every person. so so so so good...

arcturus' "ad astra'... this song is so lovecraft that it ain't even funny. makes me think of abandoned, rotting mansions, the necronomicon, wretched family histories and the town of arkham. especially the strings (violin?)... twisted chamber music.

"nocturne for piano and violin" by chopin... okay, no words here. no words at all.







**even i don't know what the hell i am talking about

 

[NAD]

Ulver - I Troldskog Faren Vild
Prior to hearing this I never thought blast beats could be beautiful, in a peaceful way.

Bach - not sure of the proper name, something with Air in the title
Oh man, all of Bach is stunning, but this brief piece is far too good for words.

Black Sabbath - Sabbra Cadabra
This is the greatest love song ever. I rarely take metal love material seriously, but this one is great. Plus that piano groove section at the end is just awesome.

A Perfect Circle - Blue
This song sounds so sweet and pretty, but knowing Maynard's sick style it's probably about shagging a bird up the tail pipe.

 

[Black Winter Day]

Bach - not sure of the proper name, something with Air in the title
Oh man, all of Bach is stunning, but this brief piece is far too good for words.

"air for g string" and yes, it is unbelievably good... but then again, all bach is.

 

[NAD]

hurhu hruhruhruhurhruhurhr... you said g-string.

 

[Black Winter Day]

i was thinking that too... just waiting for someone else to say it!

 

[JayKeeley]

I guess this is all in how you interpret "beautiful" right? Well, here's a quick selection:

Ulver - "Halling" (Kveldssanger). For those times that you need to turn off the TV, forget about the bombings, and just escape. This song reminds me of my 2 year old daughter, she being completely oblivious to all the bad things out there.

Emperor - "Cosmic Keys to my Creations and Times" (Nightside Eclipse). When people talk about Black Metal being "beautiful", this is the song that epitomizes that beauty. If you don't see that, then just give it time. It eventually falls into place.

Empyrium - "Waldpoesie" (Weiland - chapter 2). Is there anything on this planet more mournful and sorrowful? Well, if there is, it's not in my CD collection. Those strings that fade in and eclipse everything else, until they're the only remaining instruments...beautifully sad.

Pachelbel - "Canon in D". Well, what words to use here...?

 

[NAD]

Salling, Falling, and... Librarius Metallicus lists it as Halling.

 

[Dead_Lioness]

hurhu hruhruhruhurhruhurhr... you said g-string.

har har harhar! and you said it again!!!!!

 

[Black Winter Day]

okay... (s)/(f)/(h)alling, then!

us americans are so ignorant

 

[JayKeeley]

Salling, Falling, and... Librarius Metallicus lists it as Halling.

What the fuck is it?? It could be Halling to be honest....ok, it's track#10.

 

[Black Winter Day]

you could probably find out at the ulver board
until then i will just call it "heaven"

 

[NAD]

Yeah it could be any of those 3 given that wacky font they used back then. Where's Erik, I'll bet he knows.





















G-STRING!!!

 

[Black Winter Day]

huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh...

 

[SonOfNun]

Opeth-To Bid You Farewell
One of my favorite songs.

 

[Erik]

It's definitely "Halling." People should learn to read German fraktur type.

 

[JayKeeley]

Actually, I just called up Garm. I said, "Oy Garm, what's that song then?". He said it's 'Balling'.

 

[Demonspell]

Lost Souls Domain lists it as Halling, which is how I've always referred to it. They also include the English translations of most of the titles...

 

[Nate The Great]

Buckethead has the most beautiful music ever on his two more normal CDs 'Colma' and 'Electric Tears'. Terribly beautiful and sorrowful.

 

[Erik]

IT IS HALLING

BELIEVE ME

 

[Russell]

Actually, I just called up Garm. I said, "Oy Garm, what's that song then?". He said it's 'Balling'.

No, I said it was stalling

Oooh, don't know if this is old news, but Lyckantropen has been released on DVD with a 20 minute Ulver interview in the special features