Current State of Underground U.S. Metal

[rms]

I bought that Vukari the other day...will check out the others

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Botanist remind me of why I love black metal. Fuck guitars.

 

[Hell Mike]

I haven't heard botanist and I probably never will but I would be surprised if they play black metal

 

[J.]

Its interesting. I actually prefer the latter more chill albums.

Its cool, but wont change your life

 

[Hell Mike]

more chill
not metal
not black (satan)

whyyyyy call it black metal then?

 

[J.]

More like Green Metal

 

[CiG]

Picked up this killer demo, dirty heavy metal from New York City.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

more chill
not metal
not black (satan)

whyyyyy call it black metal then?

Oh good, this discussion again!

What are Drudkh, then? "Pagan" metal or whatever the fuck? Whatever they are, Botanist have the same vibe.

 

[Hell Mike]

Just saying, if it's not black and it's not metal, why on earth call it black metal?? makes no damn sense. Goes for all non black non metal.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

It's pretty fucking metal, dude.

 

[Hell Mike]

It's pretty fucking metal, dude.

Fuck guitars.

the latter more chill albums.

ok whateverrrr

 

[Dick Sirloin]

You are aware that a guitar isn't the only stringed instrument that can be distorted/amplified, right?

 

[J.]

lets not muck up a good thread with this garble. he not gonna listen to botanist and thats ok

 

[CiG]

Deadly underground Los Angelean black metal.



This gets tons of play from me. Probably one of my favourite demo tapes in recent years.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Dude gets it.


I didn’t say I wasn’t into misanthropy. Misanthropy is definitely an intrinsic part of Botanist. But to answer your question, a lot of my inspiration is black metal. There’s lots of different schools of black metal. There’s the goat semen worshipping devil sacrifice–a-virgin sort of thing. That’s a very important aspect of it, but it’s not what really resonates with me. For me, it’s more about being alone in nature and getting a true sense of yourself in relation to the entire world, as represented by the primordial forces of nature.

I think that really strongly comes from Norwegian culture. Because a lot of what black metal has become today is from this explosion of black metal from 20 to 25 years ago in Scandinavia. Even if they’re not into black metal, the people there have this innate desire to be as far away from their neighbors as possible, and have as much natural surroundings as possible around them.

So that resonates a lot with me. The removing oneself from the constant buzz and false importance of our everyday society. And being able to retreat to nature, which can give us lessons in what is more important.

That’s really the black metal aspect of influence which goes into Botanist.

So is it about misanthropy? Absolutely. I think that the black metal way is to tell the story about, you know, we’re really fucking things up. Not every single person in the world is, but I think at a world cultural level, the consciousness of humanity is not in a really good place.

 

[Reign in Acai]

Dug that Vukari, shall listen again.

 

[Reign in Acai]

Echoes of the Moon are ace as shit. Nice pussy grab!

 

[NAD]

I haven't heard botanist and I probably never will but I would be surprised if they play black metal

Botanist is to metal as tofurkey is to meat. I wanted to hate them on principal but the one album I have is oddly appealing. On the other hand it is utter hipster bullshit, so this is a mixed message at best.

Molly Vamp are my favoUrite underground metal band. They sound like Judas Priest doing Christian Death covers. I played a bunch of shows with them over the last few years, each time letting my inner gothic teenage girl out after a few beers.

https://www.reverbnation.com/mollyvamp

 

[Dick Sirloin]

On the other hand it is utter hipster bullshit, so this is a mixed message at best.

Don't worry, dude! Everyone here thinks you're a Cool Guy.

 

[Reign in Acai]

These kids are cool.