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The stuff from Nattetale to Ligfærd and through to Galgenfrist (i.e. every single release) is quite removed from standard funeral doom. Placing Nortt, and say, Skepticism or Shape Of Despair in the same bucket is pretty far-fetched. The only literal similarity is perhaps the pace, and Nortt is very slow indeed, almost borderline drone (in terms of it's pace, nothing else, think of bands like Earth).
Nortt takes elements of f/d, but fuses it with Black Metal philosophy, minimalist arpeggiated playing (i.e. Burzum influences), extremely basic chording, but the emotional expression and pace is all f/d (f/d for a start is far more complex melodically, it has far more tonal colour than black doom does).
I strongly believe that in the Black Metal field, Nortt is about as far from standard as you can get. No one does Black Doom like Nortt, nothing has come close (and it's a very finite field as well) - he has perfected the art of expressing dark emotion without relying on a vast array of tonal spectra, he has maximised minimalism. This does not occur in funeral doom: the f/d spectra, while limited, is still much wider than that in Nortt, it has a far more detailed characteristic makeup.
Perhaps it just doesn't ring for you... there are others here who are not moved by Nortt, but aside from me being a huge fan, I must also say that I consider it to be art of a very high standard. It is extremely creative and consistent, and unique which is rare these days.
Nortt takes elements of f/d, but fuses it with Black Metal philosophy, minimalist arpeggiated playing (i.e. Burzum influences), extremely basic chording, but the emotional expression and pace is all f/d (f/d for a start is far more complex melodically, it has far more tonal colour than black doom does).
I strongly believe that in the Black Metal field, Nortt is about as far from standard as you can get. No one does Black Doom like Nortt, nothing has come close (and it's a very finite field as well) - he has perfected the art of expressing dark emotion without relying on a vast array of tonal spectra, he has maximised minimalism. This does not occur in funeral doom: the f/d spectra, while limited, is still much wider than that in Nortt, it has a far more detailed characteristic makeup.
Perhaps it just doesn't ring for you... there are others here who are not moved by Nortt, but aside from me being a huge fan, I must also say that I consider it to be art of a very high standard. It is extremely creative and consistent, and unique which is rare these days.
