Black Metal.

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Yeah, you expect me to listen to an entire album based on lukewarm praise? Ain't nobody got time for that!

 

[Draehl]

That description sounds like I really don't need to hear it. Too much mediocrity out there.

Fair enough, but go listen to Havukruunu tho if you haven't already!

 

[Internally Deformed]

Speaking of symphonic BM, these guys seem better than most:

 

[Vilden]

The Nightspectral Voyage is awsome. Haven't heard anything else though.

Nokturnal Mortum is obviously the best symphonic bm band.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Symphonic black? Limbonic Art The Moon in the Scorpio. Sirius Aeons of Magick. Odium The Sad Realm of the Stars. Obtained Enslavement Witchcraft. There's a few solid ones.

 

[MasterOLightning]

It's been like, 20 years, and I'm still waiting to hear an above-average guitar riff in a Limbonic Art song.

 

[Yerfdaug]

Mandatory Aeternus post of the month: as I've said plenty before, those first two albums need a fucking vinyl reissue. Holy shit please and thank you.
And sure this is the black metal thread and all, but on this same issue, so does Left Hand Path. How is such a classic so unavailable? Especially since so many older classics are seeing 180gram reissues every month

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

It's been like, 20 years, and I'm still waiting to hear an above-average guitar riff in a Limbonic Art song.

On that album you must surrender yourself to the keyboard. Guitars have a minimal presence. Such a good album, regardless.

 

[The Butt]

Anyone know of any good channels on Youtube for full black metal albums? I used to keep up with Atmospheric Black Metal but lately it's been plagued with a lot of shitty folk-black and post-black which isn't my thing.

Just looking for good lo-fi semi-melodic buzzy shit... ya feel?

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Check out OdiumNostrum. It's been a while but that's a page I follow. You probably won't like it but blah.

 

[CiG]

Check out a record store, cunt.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

So everybody's good saying that black metal can be classified based on sound rather than ideology, yes?

 

[Draehl]

So everybody's good saying that black metal can be classified based on sound rather than ideology, yes?

Yep. There will always be fringe cases. IE proto BM or hybrid acts, but it ultimately comes down to sound.

 

[The Butt]

I'd argue it's not strictly about sound. I doubt you'd encounter many people willing to classify Christian music that is black metal in sound, actual black metal.

I sure as hell wouldn't.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Yeah, but I would cuz it sounds the same. Not many other genres out there that would all of a sudden become another genre because of lyrical content, is there? I get the concept, but it's pretty silly.

 

[The Butt]

You can't be part of a genre when you are an affront to the foundation the genre was built upon - and one of the things black metal was built on was anti-Christianity.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

It depends how deeply embedded into the values you are.

 

[The Butt]

I mean, you can feel free to call it "Christian black metal". I can't stop you.

You'd still be wrong though.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

Is black metal the only musical genre that this applies to? There are a lot of types of music with differing views expressed in them, including other types of metal. How do you make the distinction on when this is applied to the music?

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

It comes down to if Euronymous would put his seal of approval on it or not. Even though his ideology was definitely not the final word on reality.