meaperson333
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Seriously.
HamburgerBoy, last time I checked, Pantera is more well known than anything to come out of Norway so what "victory" are you talking about? Do you think before you post?
Randy Blythe >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tom Araya.
yet black metal has been far more subversive, to the point that people over-intellectualize it as metal's greatest artistic achievement or somesuch shit.
I've been saying this for years.
Randy Blythe >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tom Araya.
I don't hate black metal, I'm just very selective when it comes to bands in that sub-genre I like, but I do get tired of people putting it on a such a high pedestal.
I don't hate black metal, I'm just very selective when it comes to bands in that sub-genre I like, but I do get tired of people putting it on a such a high pedestal.
I disagree. Ildjarn's Det Frysende Nordariket was one of the first few black metal albums I heard, and I grew to appreciate it over a short period of time once I became accustomed to the raw production (of Norse black metal in general). And the only reviews I found of his music back then described it as "noise" or "rubbish". Seriously, is stuff like this really that inaccessible?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K03EOzj3cQ
You say it grew on you after you became accustomed to the raw production, which sort of goes along with what I was saying - a lot of people would be so immediately put off by it that they wouldn't bother to take the time to get used to it. How did you find that album, anyway?
Yep, that's why it's fun to troll black-metal-loving-"Cowboys from Hell has some moments reminiscent of heavy metal"-stating ANUSites. tbh I actually really like Mayhem's Grand Declaration of War, and once in a blue (funeral *rimshot*) moon I listen to some Darkthrone and Emperor on YouTube. I just don't understand how a sub-genre that deviates so far from the metal's origins is universally accepted while "core" and "groove", vague and often meaningless descriptors, are reviled. Especially considering that hardcore and metal have been swapping genetic fluids since the early 80's.
Dude. Put it into context. Kill 'Em All, a good portion of Ride the Lightning and KIMB/Peace Sells, most of Bonded By Blood, and Metal Church's debut had been written by then. Show No Mercy definitely could have used a few more months for Aggressive Perfector, Haunting the Chapel, and Captor of Sin to be written. Instead they fuck it up with some of the very worst songs of their career.
EDIT: Hell, I'm listening to Fistful of Metal right now and even though this is another case of a band pushing out a debut too early, there is nothing that sounds as musically WRONG as the bad moments of Show No Mercy.
Randy Blythe >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tom Araya.