Blackened Death Metal

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I would say Grand Belial's Key could be classified as blackened death. More so than Arghoslent

Deathened black

 

[Life Sucks]

There is in fact a lot of black metal with death influence. The term just doesn't sound right.

 

[Zephyrus]

It's been priorly stated, and accepted, that blackened death metal as a fusion genre can apply to any band that mixes whatever ratio of the two genres.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I usually just call the whole affair black/death metal to avoid any weird confusions.

 

[Life Sucks]

Bands like Thunderbolt, Crystalium, Infernal War, Peste Noire, etc. are clearly black metal, and it would seem wrong calling them death metal, despite the obvious death metal influence.

 

[rms]

It's been priorly stated, and accepted, that blackened death metal as a fusion genre can apply to any band that mixes whatever ratio of the two genres.

Meh, there are some bands I would argue being staples of the subgenre. 1349, Bloodthorn and Belphegor off the top of my head for example. Why not say black metal with some death influence?

 

[Uncreation]

Not on this poll (Akercocke).

 

[Zephyrus]

Meh, there are some bands I would argue being staples of the subgenre. 1349, Bloodthorn and Belphegor off the top of my head for example. Why not say black metal with some death influence?

Pluralitas non ponenda est sine necessitas (Occam's Razor).


And 1349, while it has trace influences of death metal, doesn't have them to the degree that they can be classified as blackened death metal.

 

[waif]

Only listen to a couple of these, but Behemoth > Zyklon for sure.

 

[Zephyrus]

World Ov Worms is better than most Behemoth albums, but Behemoth has released a couple albums superior to anything Zyklon put out.

 

[Life Sucks]

The last three Behemoth albums aren't blackened death (Thelma666 didn't have much bm in it, either). I guess Behemoth is on there because they used to play bm long ago.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Huh? ZKC was probably the last fully "blackened death" album by the band, but the last two are blackened to an extent as well

 

[Zephyrus]

I hear some BM elements on Demigod, but only on a couple songs.

 

[Life Sucks]

You think? I think ZKC sounds like a typically Polish dm album. Perhaps it sounds like a slightly more evil version of Vader. I know ZKC pretty well. It's my favorite Behemoth album, and I used to spin it all the time.

oops ninjaed

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Yeah it's a fucking good album regardless. Very solid.

Also, I didn't even notice Abominator on the list above, but they are cool. Nuctemeron Descent is a fun black/death album.

 

[waif]

World Ov Worms is better than most Behemoth albums, but Behemoth has released a couple albums superior to anything Zyklon put out.

All I have is disIntegrate. It's fine, but doesn't compare.

I hear some BM elements on Demigod, but only on a couple songs.

I hear it mostly in the aesthetic and atmosphere, rather than in the music itself.

 

[Zephyrus]

All I have is disIntegrate. It's fine, but doesn't compare.

World ov Worms is light-years ahead of that album. I highly recommend it if you like industrialish blackened death metal.

I hear it mostly in the aesthetic and atmosphere, rather than in the music itself.

Give it a closer listen, there are some stylistic instances, but nothing consistent in the scope of the whole album. Give me a couple minutes to point some out.

 

[waif]

I dunno...don't have much industrialish blackened death metal...

Anyhow. Not saying there aren't stylistic instances. Just that there's a constant BM atmosphere on the whole album. Also, on the Apostasy.

 

[Zephyrus]

OK, on "Before the Aeons Came" Nergal uses just his BM vocals, certainly a vestige of their earlier days, and you can hear that in the instrumentation as well. But the rest of the album, musically, is straight death metal.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Voted Behemoth since I'm not familiar with most of the other bands. I should really explore more.

And where the hell is Dissection? Or is this a purely modern poll?