whiskey funeral
Mother North
I didn't know about it either. The samples sound pretty killer. I'm looking forward to hearing the whole thing.
Samples of the new Beherit here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engram/dp/B0025N7KN0/ref=sr_f3_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1239058536&sr=103-1
I'm surprise you're not bashing them for being norsecore and/or generic.
Excuse me for being uninformed... but what the hell is norsecore? Viking themed metalcore?![]()
Not really so much, no.
Yeah it's pretty good. My one criticism is that it feels a little disjointed and I find myself listening to Just For a Moment and This Dreadful Emptiness more than the other tracks.
We'd be full of shit if we were to suggest we were not taken aback by seeing a picture of Xasthur in the New York Times a few weeks ago...and then it only got weirder when we realized the pic of main member Malefic was due to the singer/songwriter Ryan Adams plugging Xasthur as one of his current playlist favorites. AND THEN it got even weirder when we saw that Mariah Carey AND Metallica AND Jay Z were plugged in the same breath. Guess you could say Mr Adams has a rather broad spectrum of tastes on his music listening pallette...had he plugged Jamiroquai, Mark would probably be writing the guy love letters right about now.
We had heard a rumor that Adams had given Xasthur a shout out at an LA based performance a year or so ago, but we figured it had to be a myth. But then it dawned on us after reading this NYTimes piece that, perhaps, Mr. Adams was truly on board...the way he describes Xasthur still give us a tad bit of a chuckle, but you can't deny he really does seem to love it...
"Whoever the guy is, hes amazing. My listening tastes are absolutely not in tune with the kind of music I make. The music that interests me is a bit weirder. Defective Epitaph (Hydra Head) has really far-out guitars; its not really lyrical. When I close my eyes and listen, I think of a heartbroken demon sitting beside these ashes in hell and really missing his girlfriend. Its like romantic death metal. The aggressiveness of his guitar riffs can be quite brutal. Its not for the faint of heart, but its really clever. His flow is so authentically black metal; he knows how to make it orchestral and gothic. I dont know all the rules to metal, but he seems to kind of be above them. I think now he has a drummer whos not technically bad, because its speed metal, but the timing isnt exactly perfect. It comes off as charming, because you can tell what the ideas are, like indie rock. Theyre on top of their game."