Hatebreeder
Pizzicato Heartstrings
What are some good mid-90s symphonic black metal albums, aside from the obvious (Emperor, Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon, etc)?
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Matt
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Slayed Necros
Void
Obtained fucking Enslavement. How many times do I need to mention this band before people actually take notice? Witchcraft is probably the best Symphonic Black Metal album ever recorded.
J.
Old Fart
aside from the obvious:
Abigor - Nachthymnen
Lunar Aurora - Weltenganger
Manes - Ned I Stillheten
Manes - Maanens Natt
Poccolus - s/t (seriously underrated stuff here)
Sort Vokter - Folkloric Necro Metal
Matt
Active Member
Wow, I actually have that. k00l. Usually I know 1 out of ten bands you mention.
Krigloch the Furious
Pants full of poo
Velvet Cacoon is the perfect example of how to market an underground act effectively. The formula they used could have been attached to any half decent music and been successful, they figured out how to create hype on no budget at all. Also it showed how willing a lot of metal fans are to buy into empty hype (if we didn't already know). The music itself is kind of secondary since the whole act was basically a troll, but it's competent. Anyone calling it a masterpiece is probably a bit of a "dextronaut" themselves. 
J.
Old Fart
people who bought into VC's bullshit make me laugh, because a lot of them now try to defend genevieve as something relevant.
was the purpose strictly to fuck with the underground? lame.
was the purpose strictly to fuck with the underground? lame.
MasterOLightning
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I definitely didn't know about the band at the time, and didn't hear the album until I had already read about their antics, and I still found it to be good.
Some of the drawbacks are the formulaic song structures, and that tracks 3 & 4 are a big cut above the rest.
Some of the drawbacks are the formulaic song structures, and that tracks 3 & 4 are a big cut above the rest.
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symphonia
Borknagar - Borknagar
Covenant - Nexus Polaris
Limbonic Art - Moon in the Scorpio
Limbonic Art - In Abhorrence Dementia
Limbonic Art - Ad Noctum: Dynasty of Death
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Yeah, same here. I find the music to be good, without knowing all the hype. :shrug:
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J.
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MasterOLightning
Optimator
Yeah, I've had that one for a while. Never clicked for me. I may have to give it another spin. I have some of the same issues with it that I have with most symphonic albums, namely uninspiring guitar work. Symphonic stuff isn't really my thing right now anyway.
Mort Divine
Shrine Maiden of the In-Crowd
Velvet Cacoon is the perfect example of how to market an underground act effectively. The formula they used could have been attached to any half decent music and been successful, they figured out how to create hype on no budget at all. Also it showed how willing a lot of metal fans are to buy into empty hype (if we didn't already know). The music itself is kind of secondary since the whole act was basically a troll, but it's competent. Anyone calling it a masterpiece is probably a bit of a "dextronaut" themselves.
The music is secondary generally yes (Genevieve being the big exception to this), but Genevieve is the perfect example of how to bring black metal away from the typical atmosphere of forests and kvlt fjords, and to the vast expansive ocean, while still retaining a distinctly black metal sound, which isn't too "out there."
It is a masterpiece in every sense of the word as far as I'm concerned, I care not for the quality of their other albums because Genevieve they are not.
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