You missed the most pretentious "black metal" album to be released since Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.
You missed the most pretentious "black metal" album to be released since Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.
I know I'm flogging a dead horse, preaching to the choir and that this is old new but I just have to mention how annoyed I am with how every single metal related review on RYM or Amazon mentions Deafheaven in said review, even if it has absolutely nothing to do with them at all. It could be blackened avant garde folk disco brutal sludgecore and the reviewer would somehow find a way to work something about deafheaven in there. They usually sound like "in a post deafheaven world" or "deafheaven this" or "deafheaven that" or "sunbather was leik so innovative and inovativey that it's like innovative"
I actually liked Sunbather. A lot. But the sheer amount of praise they've received is almost disgusting. Bands have been incorporating post rock and shoegaze into metal/black metal for years now. Why are so many people under the impression that they "saved" or "brought black metal out of the dark ages"?
I know I'm flogging a dead horse, preaching to the choir and that this is old new but I just have to mention how annoyed I am with how every single metal related review on RYM or Amazon mentions Deafheaven in said review, even if it has absolutely nothing to do with them at all. It could be blackened avant garde folk disco brutal sludgecore and the reviewer would somehow find a way to work something about deafheaven in there. They usually sound like "in a post deafheaven world" or "deafheaven this" or "deafheaven that" or "sunbather was leik so innovative and inovativey that it's like innovative"
I actually liked Sunbather. A lot. But the sheer amount of praise they've received is almost disgusting. Bands have been incorporating post rock and shoegaze into metal/black metal for years now. Why are so many people under the impression that they "saved" or "brought black metal out of the dark ages"?
The moment something becomes popular in the metal genre is the moment all of the "haters" start hating. Its kind of funny really.
Prophet_of_Hatred said:You missed the most pretentious "black metal" album to be released since Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.
I actually think it's one of the best instances of post-black metal, but it's more unique than innovative. There are no elements on that record that haven't been integrated with black metal before, but few have done it so well.
Imbecilic tryhard self-proclaimed metal elitists, the true warriors of darkness and underground brutality.
I'd have no issue with people thinking this if anything about the album beyond the vocals had fuck all to do with black metal.
It is an Envy clone with BM-esque vocals.
That's actually a pretty decent comparison. I'd also agree with crimson on the point that deafheaven didn't innovate the shoegaze/BM blend, but they certainly outdid a number of their predecessors. Still, way overrated and total gobshite on stage.
I actually think it's one of the best instances of post-black metal, but it's more unique than innovative. There are no elements on that record that haven't been integrated with black metal before, but few have done it so well.
You missed the most pretentious "black metal" album to be released since Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.