Black Metal.
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So I'm going through demo/EP compilation of Black Cilice. You see, when I first heard this band, it was their latest album, Banished In Time, I was immediately struck by the production. It wasn't exactly some innovative riffs or heavy atmosphere, it was the sound of that beast of an album.
However, The old stuff on demos seems to sound way different. The compilation Curses and Oaths seems to be a complete resource, so here we go. First two tracks are from Demo I, and they sound like what bedroom black metal should sound like. The guitars are fucking thin af. There's no predatory bird vocals as you would expect, instead there is some weird reverbed howls providing a background to it, like a recording from some cathedral. This is unlike the album I knew, this is atmospheric as fuck, even reminded me of Paysage d'Hiver - something like that.
The Purification Through Sacrifice demo also has a demo-like black metal production, everything seems sort of distant, only the cymbals sound upfront like lashing christians to death or something. A BEAST. Under Satanic Philosophy provides the good old midnight howling from a cave type of vocals. The music seems to hold together a little more, and the vocals do hold the typical function of vocals in black metal, and there's tempo changes like in most music.
Next demo is Human Poisoning, now it sounds like you're inside some iron-processing factory and some maniac turned all the machines at once and one of the machines cut off someone's hand and the man started howling like a motherfucker. how am I going to provide for a family with no hand? Always been a manual worker. Third song here starts with a chuggy riff but the guitar is so crispy, it's just to set the tone for more of what we already had in the beginning.
The howling is more obscured on Portal of Revelation, the guitars are especially sharp here, or maybe I'm feeling it more going further and further into this abyss of madness.
I'll continue later.
Any opinions on this band?
However, The old stuff on demos seems to sound way different. The compilation Curses and Oaths seems to be a complete resource, so here we go. First two tracks are from Demo I, and they sound like what bedroom black metal should sound like. The guitars are fucking thin af. There's no predatory bird vocals as you would expect, instead there is some weird reverbed howls providing a background to it, like a recording from some cathedral. This is unlike the album I knew, this is atmospheric as fuck, even reminded me of Paysage d'Hiver - something like that.
The Purification Through Sacrifice demo also has a demo-like black metal production, everything seems sort of distant, only the cymbals sound upfront like lashing christians to death or something. A BEAST. Under Satanic Philosophy provides the good old midnight howling from a cave type of vocals. The music seems to hold together a little more, and the vocals do hold the typical function of vocals in black metal, and there's tempo changes like in most music.
Next demo is Human Poisoning, now it sounds like you're inside some iron-processing factory and some maniac turned all the machines at once and one of the machines cut off someone's hand and the man started howling like a motherfucker. how am I going to provide for a family with no hand? Always been a manual worker. Third song here starts with a chuggy riff but the guitar is so crispy, it's just to set the tone for more of what we already had in the beginning.
The howling is more obscured on Portal of Revelation, the guitars are especially sharp here, or maybe I'm feeling it more going further and further into this abyss of madness.
I'll continue later.
Any opinions on this band?
Draehl
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Reminds me of a harsher early Drudkh. Some of the tracks much better than others, but worth a listen!
dwellerINTHEdark
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Krow
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Pretty sure most people are stuck on the whole uber limited diy improvised stuff on cassette/vinyl.
New Drudkh is around already. Mine won’t be here until like Tuesday.
New Drudkh is around already. Mine won’t be here until like Tuesday.
rms
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dwellerINTHEdark
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Nothing groundbreaking for sure but damn does it sound good. I'm gonna give the whole album a listen soon.
EspaDa
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Has anyone here listened to the new Shining album? They don't have many fans here, I cherish the band though.
This thread is about black metal, so I'm not sure why you're talking about Shining here.
This Well of Night EP is pretty good. Recommended for people who like black metal more than they like ambient music pretending to be black metal.
EspaDa
Damage Case
This thread is about black metal, so I'm not sure why you're talking about Shining here.
Eh, the in-crowd queen. How can you say they're not black metal?
Have u ever listened to them at least more than once?Eh, the in-crowd queen. How can you say they're not black metal?
I own three of their albums that I bought over a decade ago. They're quite boring and Kvarforth's rock star attitude is obnoxious.
EspaDa
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Which ones? Mind you that he's really sick in the head. Eerie Cold, Halmstad, and X are all great albums. The new one is also very good, but I can see why people are not really fond of it.
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Cincinnati based riff-heavy black metal with complex song structure. They’ve been inactive for a year but currently have a sophomore album in the works. I’ll be seeing their return to the stage tonight and will share my thoughts shortly.
It looks like Dagon of Inquisition got in trouble in 2007-2008 because he was downloading pornography. The police tried to claim that they had irrefutable proof that he was downloading and sharing child pornography online, and that they had recovered child pornography from his computer. They ultimately wound up offering him a plea deal for a misdemeanor because he was illegally downloading and watching porn. In Washington state where he lived at the time, child pornography comes with a sentence of five to twenty years. I'm pretty sure that they'd have pursued that more aggressively if they had the evidence that they claimed to have.
In short, is Dagon a pedophile? Who knows? MetalSucks doesn't have my confidence as far as unbiased reporting, so I'll reserve my final opinion for when more detail about the case comes to light. Season of Mist dropped the band immediately when the story broke. If he did actually do what they claim and they had the evidence that they claim to have had, why did they left him walk on a misdemeanor after time served?
In short, is Dagon a pedophile? Who knows? MetalSucks doesn't have my confidence as far as unbiased reporting, so I'll reserve my final opinion for when more detail about the case comes to light. Season of Mist dropped the band immediately when the story broke. If he did actually do what they claim and they had the evidence that they claim to have had, why did they left him walk on a misdemeanor after time served?
Draehl
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New Drudkh is decent. I still compare everything of theirs to Autumn Aurora and Blood In Our Wells, which is admittedly not fair.
This Trna album is good! I typically get turned off by the excessively "ethereal" toned, shoegazy atmoblack, but this one is well done.
This Trna album is good! I typically get turned off by the excessively "ethereal" toned, shoegazy atmoblack, but this one is well done.
EspaDa
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It's very interesting. I was really surprised by the news. However, it won't be the same band anymore to me in regard to the situation. He's a sick fuck and should be punished for his deeds.
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Very sad news regarding Inquisition. Regardless of what actually went on, I will still buy their music if they continue to release albums but I'm not sure if I'll feel comfortable wearing their merchandise from here on out.
Krow
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Eh, it's not like he and I were friends or anything so I'm not sure I particularly care. Their first five are pretty good (havent heard or cant remember the other two) and I still listen to them occasionally.
I do feel like he's probably the victim of a witch hunt, to a point... this happened what, ten years ago? Did he actually hurt someone? More likely he was just on a big label and told the wrong person to Crush the Jewish Prophet.
I do feel like he's probably the victim of a witch hunt, to a point... this happened what, ten years ago? Did he actually hurt someone? More likely he was just on a big label and told the wrong person to Crush the Jewish Prophet.
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