Black Metal.

[Vossyrus]

Can anyone tell me about wolves in the throne room?

They're a pretty good USBM band and well-deserving of credit but in my opinion they're a bit overrated. Their last album "Diadem of 12 Stars" gained a lot of attention in black metal community.

 

[Daven]

WITTR is good, I have Do12S which I enjoy from time to time.

 

[Mort Divine]

I downloaded both of their demos recently, have to give those a listen soon.

 

[George]

Antithesis is a fucking great album. Very original and different from most black metal.

Just picked it up today, well actually exchanged it, after I found out my Glorior Belli CD was defective. I've heard the album before so I know what I'm in for. The packaging is very nice for the album.

 

[Hubster]

Theoretically, "bedroom" Black Metal is fine, but the reality is that this 'style' of Black Metal has the highest percentage of utter shit.

Too true man, too true. And for this reason I have become extremely picky with my purchases.

 

[Belligerent]

Night Conquers Day are pretty badass.

Thurisaz (Bel) surprised me in terms of their quality as well. Not straight up grim BM but some sort of melodic black/death/gothic synthesis. It doesn't sound too good on paper but their is something about their material that just sounds 'right'. I highly recommend both of their albums.

Thurisaz sound incredible so far...
just got the new one and you're right, they are very hard to put a finger on. Moments are very dark/doomy black metal then the chorus busts into something bright and crisp.
Here's good description:
Possibly the best way to describe Thurisaz is a more dramatic and soaring European version of Agalloch. Whereas Agalloch takes you trudging through a northern US or Canadian forest, Thurisaz sweeps you across harsh wintry fields and woodland of northern Europe.

 

[J.]

opinions on Nocternity and Geist?

 

[Demonseed]

what about
Sirius -Aeons of Magick
Corpus Christii - The Torment Continues
anyone??

 

[Hubster]

My copy of Veil's Dolor arrived in the mail yesterday, although I've had a copy of the album for some time. Very happy.

 

[Life Sucks]

Well, I decided to give Xasthur a chance again, and checked out some tracks from Subliminal Genocide. Once again, I can't give it the thumbs up. It sounds boring and monotonous, and his slow, dissonant riffs don't really make any sense musically. Maybe Xasthur's brand of suicidal black metal just isn't my cup of tea.

 

[Alongside Death]

what about
Sirius -Aeons of Magick
Corpus Christii - The Torment Continues
anyone??

Sirius is great. Aeons of Magick are good but Spectral Transition is a lot better. Listen to it.

 

[Jreg]

Well, I decided to give Xasthur a chance again, and checked out some tracks from Subliminal Genocide. Once again, I can't give it the thumbs up. It sounds boring and monotonous, and his slow, dissonant riffs don't really make any sense musically. Maybe Xasthur's brand of suicidal black metal just isn't my cup of tea.

It's not mine either. I don't have a terribly strong opinion either way of that particular sub-genre (since I guess suicidal BM is now kind of accepted as a distinct entity), but Xasthur has never grabbed me. I like his work on the split with Nortt (whom I love), and the Leviathan is cool, namely Tenth Sub-level and the split with Crebain.

 

[Life Sucks]

It's not mine either. I don't have a terribly strong opinion either way of that particular sub-genre (since I guess suicidal BM is now kind of accepted as a distinct entity), but Xasthur has never grabbed me. I like his work on the split with Nortt (whom I love), and the Leviathan is cool, namely Tenth Sub-level and the split with Crebain.

Oh. I like most suidical black metal. Abyssic Hate, early Forgotten Tomb, Sterbend, Nortt, Silencer, Shining, etc. are great. It's just that I find Xasthur a bore.

 

[Hubster]

Eikenskaden anyone? Quite unorthodox and odd yet romantic and at times sweeping.

 

[Knarfi]

Black metal is my fav genre..
Taake, urgehal, koldbrann, dark funeral, immortal, dimmu borgir (yeah i love em, so?) Aeternus(!!!), Satyricon, 1349, gorgoroth, emperor, bathory, carpathian forest... ya, like em all

 

[Hubster]

Not a bad list. Ditch Demon Burger - discussion of them in this thread is aggressively outlawed

 

[Zephyrus]

Not a bad list. Ditch Demon Burger - discussion of them in this thread is aggressively outlawed

at least in this thread.

 

[skeptik]

...From The Pagan Vastlands

 

[entanglement]

I got my hands on some Limbonic Art.. the first two full lengths to be precise and I'm loving every inch of this.

 

[Matt]

They are excellent, but Zeph is the afficianado of the board on all they entail