Black Metal.

[Thasis]

If I'm correct they are a -core band, but I'm not sure. Maybe they have just played with -core bands before so I relate them to that? I dunno... It triggers memories of the sorts.

 

[Slayed Necros]

I would not be surprised if it and its ilk gave Chuck Schuldiner the AIDS that finished him off.

 

[Hubster]

Taake is utter garbage for simpletons that are trying to convince themselves that they're listening to something intelligent. An utter charade.

This is hands down the most blasphemous comment this thread has seen. Tåke does not hide behind the pretence of being intelligent: your mention of this highlights your lack of interpretation and experience with Tåke's music.

Tåke is the most original Black Metal Norway has produced since the mid 90's. It stays true to Black Metal and yet creates its own character which is unlike any other Black Metal band Norway has seen imo.

The songwriting is highly creative, Hoest is a very good guitarist not to mention has one of the thinnest and rawest sounding shrieks in Black Metal.

No single song is constant or boring, the music is full of tonal colour, highlighted by superb tremolo picking not seen since the likes of Emperor and timechanges which are unpredictable and highly intriguing.

An underrated and essential band, every Black Metal enthusiast should own the entire discography, no excuses.

 

[Hubster]

One of the more disturbing Black Metal albums of recent times. An excellent piece of work, although it took me time to get into it.

 

[Killbot]

One of the more disturbing Black Metal albums of recent times. An excellent piece of work, although it took me time to get into it.

Same, it took me many a month to get into it, but once you do, it's fantastic.

 

[Nico]

I'm finding MoRT to be completely pointless. It's like they took all the dissonant ambience from TWWTG and created an album based on it, which completely dilutes it and defeats the purpose all together. The unnerving thing about songs like Our Blessed Frozen Cells was the context in which it was placed - one of sterility and mechanical hostility. Without the context, it's completely monotonous, and a thousand times more pretentious than TWWTG, which is difficult in itself.

 

[Killbot]

I haven't bothered to listen to Mort based on the negative feedback (such as that) it's been receiving.

 

[Nico]

Blut Aud Nord's earlier albums kick the shit out of later stuff anyway, yet never get any recognition besides maybe V and GoD. Everyone needs to hear Ultima Thulee now.

 

[cookiecutter]

So who is this Abigail Williams band I keep hearing about? With a name like that, I'm guessing they aren't black metal...

They are a metalcore band that pretends to be black metal.

 

[Mort Divine]

Why? What is to like about it? It is no more than older Black Metal ideas dressed up with pop aesthetics, mixed with pointless meandering and zero substance.

I would not be surprised if it and its ilk gave Chuck Schuldiner the AIDS that finished him off.

Pop aesthetics, hah. Where? Neo-classicalism mixed into the black metal mixture perhaps, but certainly no pop elements. Then again what else can I expect from an ANUSite?

 

[skeptik]

Taake isn't that good, Jesus fucking Christ, Mort. You really latch on to the bottom of the barrel, don't you?

 

[Mort Divine]

No, and as I explained earlier, there are two kinds of BM bands, ones that play black metal for what it is and how it is (Gorgoroth, Darkthrone, Clandestine Blaze, Katharsis, Incest, etc) and they do it well, I won't dispute that at least, and then there are the bands that really take black metal and bring it into levels of what it CAN be (Mystic Forest, Belenos, Alcest, Negura Bunget, Taake, etc)and it is really down to the fact that I like bands that expand on the already set ideas of what black metal IS and take it into something more musically.

I don't care if people dislike the bands I like, nor do I care to hear their reasoning because chances are if you're going to choose Gorgoroth over Taake then you obviously like black metal for what it is, and not what it can be.

 

[skeptik]

First of all, Taake doesn't even fit in to that group, and secondly, can you try to sound a bit less pretentious with your "what black metal can be" bullshit?

 

[Mort Divine]

How does Taake not fit into the group of what it can be, they take the core ideas of black metal music and add onto it greatly with their own unique sound aided by the usage of neo-classicism? They are, at the very least, not run of the mill.

And I'm sure that I could.

 

[skeptik]

Neo-classicism? Taake? Yeah...I don't think so.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I love Taake, excellent stuff

and im way behind on this thread

 

[Zephyrus]

What is Taake like exactly? I saw some albums in the store the other day and was intrigued.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Blut Aud Nord's earlier albums kick the shit out of later stuff anyway, yet never get any recognition besides maybe V and GoD. Everyone needs to hear Ultima Thulee now.

Bah, I was saying this before the band became ridiculously popular.. So, before TWWTG was released.

 

[Hell Mike]

What is Taake like exactly? I saw some albums in the store the other day and was intrigued.

Very good, and here comes proof!

First track off all three full-lengths:

YouSendIt: The Leader in File Delivery. <-- Nattestid I

YouSendIt: The Leader in File Delivery. <-- Bjoergvin I

YouSendIt: The Leader in File Delivery. <-- Doedskvad I

 

[~Derek~]

I'm intrigued by that cool album cover Taake has with the person on the front with long hair.