Black Metal.
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Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
Ok I have limited knowledge of this, but I was simply trying to absolve Immortal of having any serious dealings with a satanist lyrical concept. Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism is like many debut black metal albums in that the lyrics are unimaginative and often use satanic cliches.
KevenZ
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i don't feel like writing review for everything but let's say:
Excellent:
Mgla (one of the most promising band recently, check the Prescence first)
http://www.hatepropaganda.org/mgla/ for samples
Ondskapt (their 3 albums are completely different, start by the MCD first)
http://www.myspace.com/ondskapt for samples
Good:
Secrets Of The Moon
Baptism
Tenebrae In Perpetuum
Old Wainds
Lugubrum
Medium:
Kriegsmaschine
Malign
Moontower
Uruk Hai
Nazgul
Nav
Misery's Omen
Othar
Bad:
Darkest Grove
Krohm
Abazagorath
Mactatus
Pagan Hellfire
Urgehal
KevenZ
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i like all four full-lenght, Moon, Iad, Ad Noctum and Ultimate.... they sounds all different but yet.... in term of symphonic black metal.... i can't think of anyone better than them.... except maybe emperor.
yes they use drumcomputer, cheesy keyboard and poor productions.... but i like them that way, underground! , i don't think LA with a perfect production would be as good.
and i said underrated because i don't see anyone mentionning them on any boards.
In which case you shouldn't state it as if it's a fact. I find the evolution in themes to be fairly natural, even DFM while rife with satan and pentagrams and goats still heavily features cold winds and northern tribes. And the later stuff isn't too far from your average satanic material anyway, such as "Damned In Black."
March of the black demonic ones
Beyond the dim they lurk
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Hordes of evil march
Until the end you fall
Drawned to the apocalypse
It's the age of ending
Damned In Black
Such material wouldn't be out of place on their debut.
Profound. Do you tend to bang your head against a wall a few times before you post?
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Ohtar's Petrified Breath Of Hope was a solid release last year, it made my top twenty anyway. Nothing groundbreaking.
cookiecutter
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It's an enjoyable book which is relatively accurate considered the usually intense media distortion about black metal. It was weird reading some parts that were true in the late 90s but are now false (such as death metal being dead) but I didn't see any blatant inaccuracies. If you hero worship any of the figures such as Varg though, it may be tough to read, but you seem like a reasonable person so I doubt you do. One other complaint I have is that it seems stuffed with some less than useful information. I think they could've trimmed about 50-100 pages from it.
Hatebreeder
Pizzicato Heartstrings
I agree, but Immortal is good at representing the archetypal black metal band and have been consistent so far.
J.
Old Fart
Honestly, Mayhem seems to be the weakest, and are naturally known more for non-musical activities. One decent album in all that time....
I'm gonna have to agree with Necuratul on Immortal.
I mean, I like Immortal and everything but grim frostbitten mighty nebular ravendark kingdoms doesn't really offer much insight into black metal...and who could forget 'the video' :Smug:
I mean, I like Immortal and everything but grim frostbitten mighty nebular ravendark kingdoms doesn't really offer much insight into black metal...and who could forget 'the video' :Smug:
Hubster
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Immortal > Mayhem any day of the fucking week. The only reason Mayhem have any street cred is because of Dead. Period.
Agreed.
What I have always wondered was what norwegian black metal bands that were not famous released good material. All i know is mock, who was the vocalist of kampfar's previous band.
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De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas > almost everything else out of Norway, especially Immortal's output. Deathcrush is awesome too, as are the two tracks with Dead. And of course the live album,.
Deathcrush is kind of messy. Is the live album worth buying over there albums?
Manic Ferocity
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Burzum > Darkthrone > Emperor > Enslaved > Immortal > Mayhem (as great as De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is, I enjoy more of Immortal's output)
WHAT!
Darkthrone destroys burzum. I just dont get why people like burzum so much. The guitar playing is terrible to the point where it seems he is just hitting frets. Just plain terrible.
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>=greater than or equal to. Darkthrone's catalogue is more consistantly good than Burzum's but Burzum is better from an artistic standpoint.
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