Black Metal.

[The Butt]

The amount of "metal chicks" who glorify Buruzm 24/7 on my facebook feed is disturbing at this point. I don't understand the obsession with the band.

Because "metal chicks" posting about Burzum on Facebook, definitely lessens the artist's artistic legitimacy and historical impact. There's no way that could be dumb reasoning. Lmao.

 

[ProphetofHatred]

I'm not arguing that Burzum sucks because retarded women on social media glorify them, I just don't understand the obsession with the band. The biggest impact Burzum seems to have to me is creating annoying kids obsessed with being "kvlt"

 

[Internally Deformed]

There's probably no more often copied band in BM than Burzum. Pretty much every ambient/atmospheric BM act is Burzum worship (which is even more impressive considering ambient and atmospheric BM includes many of the most interesting products of the genre).

 

[The Butt]

Burzum invented ambient black metal, which spawned thousands of clone bands, literally singlehandedly. And also created two of the highest quality, most artistically realized metal albums of all time (HLTO and Filosofem).

It's okay to not like Burzum (we can't all be winners); but to not respect his artistic or historical significance in metal canon is basically admitting "I don't understand black metal".

Also, what Internally Deformed said.

 

[ProphetofHatred]

Burzum sucks, Burzum copy bands suck. Are we done here?

 

[The Butt]

So you have a fundamental misunderstanding of black metal. Got it.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

Burzum sucks, Burzum copy bands suck. Are we done here?

Just reading through the discussion, I think that maybe the conversation will end when you decide to stop trying to start arguments about music that you claim to have no interest in.

Think about it.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Didn't Transilvanian Hunger also influence that part of black metal to a great extent? I'm not saying Burzum didn't but as far as "atmospheric" goes, that album sort of fits the bill. Especially for its time.

 

[The Butt]

Didn't Transilvanian Hunger also influence that part of black metal to a great extent? I'm not saying Burzum didn't but as far as "atmospheric" goes, that album sort of fits the bill. Especially for its time.

Not to anywhere near the same extent.

 

[tagradh]

Psht. It's massively influential.

 

[Internally Deformed]

Early Darkthrone was more influential to raw bm than ambient/atmospheric bm, although obviously there are some ambient/atmospheric elements to it.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Another reason I brought up Transilvanian Hunger was Varg's involvement with it. So, perhaps he expanded further on ideas he had with that album.

 

[Internally Deformed]

I don't think Varg wrote any of the actual music for that album, although I could be wrong.

 

[Phylactery]

He didn't. He wrote the lyrics for the final 4 tracks.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

He didn't. He wrote the lyrics for the final 4 tracks.

They were pretty bizarre as well. It's called TRANSILVANIAN HUNGER, Varg. I know you want to go back to that time and be the shrimpiest hipster viking who ever lived but for fuck's sake, at least get with the theme.

 

[The Butt]

Psht. It's massively influential.

What ID said. It was more influential to the raw/lo-fi movement of black metal than to actual ambient black metal.

 

[Internally Deformed]

Fuck yeah.

 

[Krow]

Darkthrone is better than Burzum. But that's just me.

This is truth.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Speaking of Darkthrone, here's the cover art for their upcoming release Arctic Thunder. Supposedly it will be more serious and primitive compared to their recent efforts.

More info:
http://www.nocleansinging.com/2016/08

 

[The Butt]

I eagerly await. Darkthrone can do no wrong imo.