To be fair, Katharsis DOES engage in some Darkthrone worship with the way they write music, but VVVVE is deranged and damaged enough to warrant it being called a totally new direction.
i dont get why darkthrone gets singled out when bands are influenced by them. i never hear people shit on retro swedish death metal bands that are influenced by entombed and early grave. don't get me wrong i happen to dislike most norsecore bands nowadays.
Assuming that you mean all albums and not just albums by Blut aus Nord, any album by Darkspace would be a good example of where this rule doesn't apply.
Right. The inhuman drum patterns fit that album well. But similar patterns seem pretty out of place on this newer album.
Yeah, there are several cases where drum machines suit a band just fine, namely in minimal albums. It sounds pretty shitty in something like those early Nokturnal Mortum albums though.
True. Gave it a thorough listening on the train today. My morning commute rarely goes by so quickly! It was just... hypnotic. So bloody good. Suspect it will make my top 5 this year.
I'm late to the party again but this here Cobalt band does indeed win at life, 'specially this here Gin album. Thank y'alls for them recommen-dations, mmm hmm, sure do 'preciate it. Have a nice day now, y'hear?
altar of plagues' white tomb is probably the best BM i've heard so far this year
worst being the new wyrd - holy shit i've never had vocals ruin a potentially good album until now, but that one ... they just god i can't look beyond them at all
Finally got around to listening to Funeral Mist-'Maranatha'...I'm, well...disappointed. It's got some good parts here and there, and some really gay parts here and there. I dunno maybe it needs to grow on me?
EDIT: It kind of sounds like they were listening to too much Behemoth and way too much Rotting Christ. Then they tried to make it really evil without it actually being evil.