Controversial opinions on metal

[JontRevolting]

I still love this song, it goes for some 10mins but I could listen to this all day tbh.

 

[alex76]

Strangely cheery.

Controversial Opinion: Black Sabbath - Into the Void... I think Ozzy is rapping...

 

[CiG]

Controversial Opinion: Black Sabbath - Into the Void... I think Ozzy is rapping...

I don't hear it.

 

[Omni]

He's definitely singing. Rapping is a specific spoken style of vocalization.

 

[CiG]

It's not even similar to toasting (proto-rapping)

 

[alex76]

Well, I just get this picture of him wearing a truckers hat at a 45 degree angle, wearing a bunch of gold chains, and scratching a turntable.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Yeah I can't see that, sorry bro.

Anyone remember the title of that British train documentary (circa 30s-50s iirc) where the narrator is pretty much rapping to the rhythm of the engine? That was pretty awesome.

 

[CiG]

Yeah I can't see that, sorry bro.

Anyone remember the title of that British train documentary (circa 30s-50s iirc) where the narrator is pretty much rapping to the rhythm of the engine? That was pretty awesome.

Yeah, Night Mail featuring the poet W. H. Auden.

 

[The Butt]

Depends on your definition of DSBM.

Som good bm-releases with depressive atmosphere are:

Strid - Strid
Forgotten Woods - The Curse of Mankind
Mütiilation - Remains of a Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul
Dödfödd - Besvärjelse För Omvänd Rekreation
Abyssic Hate - Suicide Emotions

I wouldn't really describe the Mutiilation as DSBM, but it is quite good also.

 

[CiG]

I quite like Mutiilation from what I've heard.

 

[JontRevolting]

The LLN stuff is really good, though I've never heard them described as depressive. Belketre, Vlad Tepes, Vermeth and Torgeist are great. I still need to pickup the Vlad Tepes 'Drakksteim Sessions' at some point. Also that Moevot 'Abgzvoryathre' is some of the most excellently diseased shit I've ever heard, I got that directly from Vordb but I guess it falls more into the ambient category, still evil as fuck.

 

[CiG]

The only DSBM bands I've heard that I didn't mind was Striborg (though I have a hard time saying all of his stuff is DSBM) and Forgotten Tomb.

 

[JontRevolting]

There were a few Xasthur albums I liked but I haven't listened to him in ages. I prefer my BM to be either angry or really evil.

 

[CiG]

Same here and actually Xasthur is another band I didn't mind from what I had heard, massively over-hyped though.

 

[The Butt]

I just really dig the ultra-melodic stuff that utilizes a lot of slow, ringing arpeggiated sections (I don't know any theory so I can't describe it better than that). DSBM usually features this kind of songwriting so naturally I'm drawn to it.

 

[CiG]

That's fair enough, myself I am drawn to primitive bands usually rooted in Thrash/Speed/Doom so I tend to gravitate towards first wave-esque Black Metal bands.

 

[Vilden]

Well as I said my recs are probably not your typical DSBM but, Remains of Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul is without a doubt depressive imo, very much so even. The rest of Mütiilations discography not so much, that's why I recommended that specific album even though it isn't their best.

On another Mütiilation note: Vampires of Black Imperial Blood is probably the best bm-album from France.

 

[divine_torture]

I'm sure I'd agree if I heard some, as that's a principle pretty well established for most genres.
But most of what I've heard was either shit, or it was okay but it was a DSBM band's not-quite-DSBM-yet recordings.

Feel free to share something and I'll listen to it or whatever.

Always I recommend Krohm:


Shining
Lifelover
Trist
Alcest
Bethlehem's "Dictius te necare" is a work of art

And I agree. Vampires of Black Imperial Blood is a classic

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Yes Krohm is good.

 

[JontRevolting]

Yes Bethlehem 'Dark Metal' is a true masterpiece. That album is actually dangerous under the right circumstances.