Best Heathen Metal of 2006

[spaffe]

Peste Noire

Oh, if we include black metal in this "heathen" thread there are a lot of other good albums which deserve mention, Peste Noire being one of them. Problem is, I haven't had time to listen properly to said albums yet :/

Hm, I was going to mention Triarii - Pièce Héroique as being one of this years absolute best, but that was perhaps '05?

 

[General Zod]

You have got to be shitting me?

Not at all. I think he's terrible. In most cases, it sounds like he's whispering/talking, because he's incapable of singing clean vocals or doing a true harsh vocal.uke:

Zod

 

[JayKeeley]

Not at all. I think he's terrible. In most cases, it sounds like he's whispering/talking, because he's incapable of singing clean vocals or doing a true harsh vocal.uke:

Zod

Zod -- I'm not sure who you're thinking of, but it's definitely not Agalloch.

 

[JayKeeley]

no talk of wolves in the throne room? i was feeling particularly misanthropic yesterday and spun the demo i have...still don't have the album though

Yes, it's excellent, but I had the demo in 2005 so....

Maybe I'll spin it again later and remind myself of it's greatness.

 

[General Zod]

Zod -- I'm not sure who you're thinking of, but it's definitely not Agalloch.

It's definitely, without a doubt, Agalloch (Pale Folklore, Ashes Against the Grain, The Mantle, etc.)

Zod

 

[Climb Thar Hill]

Helheim and Gwynbleidd, especially the latter. I am eagerly awaiting the HCII performance.

 

[EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY]

Heard a band today from England called Forefather absolutely kicked major ass. Excellent Medievil black/epic heathen type metal. Anyone heard of them??

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Forefather own!

 

[EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY]

Forefather own!

Sweet , I agree. I was highly impressed. Also listened to a couple of blackmetal bands Dinhymn and one called Hypothermia that was def. depressing suicidal black metal with a vocal style Ive never heard. It was insane. The Forefather I heard was the newest one I think with a skeleton of a british knight on the front with a red cross it was awesome. Yes I hung out with my black metal friend again.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

they have a new cd coming out soonly

 

[Reign in Acai]

Forefather are excellent, sadly I never hear them mentioned around these parts.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

yeah im not sure why. maybe because they arent before 95.

 

[Climb Thar Hill]

Helheim and Gwynbleidd, especially the latter. I am eagerly awaiting the HCII performance.

QFT

 

[lurch70]

QFT

@ CTH

@ the rest of board ... this thread gives me hope of Agalloch's demise ...

@ Ali Baba .. and don't you EVER DARE to put NB in the same thread with the rest of this "heathen" drivel
Gwynbleidd is not heathen IMO either, but they might chime in and prove me wrong

just listened to OM today and it dawned on me how optimistic it sounds compared to the rest of their stuff ...

oh wait, optimistic is a negative word in metal

 

[CATL]

I think the optimistic sound was mentioned in the DVD interview.

 

[dorian gray]

I've been made scared to rip up on Agalloch here but Zod has given me strength. Haughm's vocals are truly bad. They're not even vocals.
Agalloch somehow gets away with being completely talentless. I don't understand it.

 

[EricT]

Agalloch's not the only band who gets away being talentless. Venom also did/does(to an extent now, Cronos has some talent working with him now. That was evident when I saw them) gets away with it.

I still loves me some Agalloch though. Not about the talent in the playing, its about the song writing for me.

Drudkh - Blood in our wells
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
Agalloch - Ashes against the grain

...get my vote for best of 2006.

 

[dorian gray]

I'm wondering if I should just stay away from this entire genre. I like technical death. This heathen stuff is novel for a short while (like anything really) then the lack of substance really bores me. I listened to Pale Folklore the other day and it just seemed so gimmicky. Alas.

 

[KILL TULLY]

I've been saying Aggaloch are lame from the beginning, sisters.

 

[SteveO)))]

Wolves in The Throne Room-Diadem of 12 Stars

As much as everyone on here's mentioned Agalloch, I still haven't heard them