Black Metal.

[excusetheblood]

Drowning the Light is fairly decent, but not awesome enough to find a permanent fixture in my listening schedule. Xasthur is overrated as fuck, but pretty good. The guitar tone hits the spot, and the keys and vocals complement it nicely.

As for black n' roll, I really like IXXI. Dark and groovy, generally cool shit.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

IXXI is pretty horrible. It doesn't help that they have the whole "we're dark and edgy, our name means 9/11, TERRORISM IS COOL" thing going on.

 

[excusetheblood]

Why do you think they're horrible musically?

 

[JGMetalhead]

*Facepalm* and I thought his controversial post questioned me.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Why do you think they're horrible musically?

I listened to their first album once and it was just unsatisfying. Not good music. I generally don't like black'n'roll though.

 

[JGMetalhead]

I prefer Death 'n' Roll. You know... Entombed.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

gross

 

[JGMetalhead]

I'm just saying, I prefer it over black 'n' roll. Not saying I personally like it. Entombed's early death metal work rules. Left Hand Path and Clandestine.

 

[Eligos]

I think it was MoL who said so accurately that IXXI is fun to listen to for about 20 minutes or so.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

It wasn't even fun for 20 minutes for me, but I get the sentiment I guess.

SOLID SPLIT TIME:

Evilfeast/Marblebog - Isenheimen/Abyss Calls...

Cold, grim and raw as fvkk. Evilfeast sounds like early Darkthrone + Marblebog's Forestheart to some extent, riding the two chord melodic riffs and backing some more "complex" riffs up with icy synths. Love the tom fills at the end of measures, always appreciated. Marblebog is Marblebog, and damn good per usual.

 

[Krow]

The only Black n Roll sorta band I enjoy is Carpathian Forest. (and Nattefrost)

At the other end of that spectrum...

Devil Lee Rot is one of the worst metal bands I've ever heard. Period.

 

[Eligos]

Krow, you need to check out Farsot.

 

[Mort Divine]

So any thoughts on Tymah/Tuman whatever they're to be called?

http://metal-archives.com/band.php?id=23690

Pretty awesome Hungarian BM

 

[Eligos]

This right here is what I'm talking about when I mention uninspired drums. Two minutes in, he's still playing the same beat he was at the beginning of the song.

Third minute, same beat.

Fourth minute, finally changes it up.

 

[Mort Divine]

When you're going for repetition as the means to your atmospheric ends there is no need for variation to any major degree.

 

[Eligos]

There was enough variation in the guitar parts to accommodate like changes in the drum beats without damaging the atmosphere. That was just lazy playing.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

It is likely he just didn't want to, though.

Sounds boring btw.

 

[Mort Divine]

Give their album Transylvanian Dreams a listen. Really awesome mixture of Darkthrone and Mayhem with a few Burzumic parts thrown in for good measure.

Have yet to spin Loquitur Cum Alqo Sathanas though.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

So, in other words, it sounds like everything ever.

 

[Mort Divine]

Hey man, it sounds like everything good in black metal ever!