CiG
Harbinger of Metal
Also this concentration on reissues with good labels is fucking awesome.
New controversial opinion: why do trad doom fans have such a low standard for originality? I just listened to the Blood Farmers' S/T on my commute a couple days ago, and while I'll admit the sound/performance was good and the leads/melodies a bit fresh for the style, there were all these little "happy" riff ideas that were straight out of various classic Sabbath songs. Like, they almost had a fresh thing going, but then they just had to go and pepper unfitting copied bits on top. Why do they do this?
Yeah Devin Townsend is always interesting, I haven't heard anything by the others though I've read some good stuff about Thy Catafalque.Bands like Devin Townsend, Hail Spirit Noir, Thy Catafalque, Darkology etc sound pretty fresh @sloughfegkillers
New controversial opinion: why do trad doom fans have such a low standard for originality? I just listened to the Blood Farmers' S/T on my commute a couple days ago, and while I'll admit the sound/performance was good and the leads/melodies a bit fresh for the style, there were all these little "happy" riff ideas that were straight out of various classic Sabbath songs. Like, they almost had a fresh thing going, but then they just had to go and pepper unfitting copied bits on top. Why do they do this?
see this quote from rev biz's albert witchfinder:
"That’s because in my vision the old school Heavy Metal was not meant to be too emotional or intellectual. This ideal had been strengthened by getting very tired with certain bands, who in an underlined manner, distanced themselves from the origins of Heavy Metal and the old bands – or never even had that background and knowledge – and wanted to be profiled as being more sophisticated and atmospheric and MATURE. I am of course now talking about the very rise of the modern mainstream “metal music”, and these “False Doom” and Dark Metal bands that seemed to be everywhere in the mid 90′s – whereas for me Heavy Metal had always been connected to my childhood experiences, and the awe and feeling I got from listening to Venom, Iron Maiden, and Motörhead, all of these important bands; a certain kind of innocence, and primitive thinking and feeling."
Well said,geez some/most of you guys are so much better at putting thoughts into words than I ever will be.
Secondly, I like how he mentions that "certain bands" don't know the roots of metal. That's a rather accusatory claim, so I guess it's best to keep it vague as to what bands you're actually talking about, lest you be required to back up that claim. Also accusatory is the idea that these certain bands "wanted to be profiled as being more sophisticated and atmospheric and MATURE.", as if it was a calculated PR move or something. You could just as well say that all those early death metal bands wanted to profiled as being more violent and aggressive and BRUTAL. But I supposed that's completely different, because, after all, the real reason the Peaceville Three and their descendants (some of whom technically aren't even doom, let alone "false doom") get maligned is because the music is seen as insufficiently manly. It goes back that first sentence; metal shouldn't be too "emotional", because feelings are gay.