Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

[Dark One]

I should have clarified then. It's like having sex with your own yellowed gym sock, as opposed to some silky nylon thingy.

ROFL - Haha, ok, in that case, I can see your point, just as long as your own gym sock was yellowed by sweat and dirt and stuff and not other substances.

 

[JayKeeley]

I still like Enthrone Darkness Triumverate Constipiationarial Diseasational, but never found it the masterpiece that many do.

I've never come across a Dimmu album that I would call a masterpiece, and no, I've not heard Stormblast either. Having said that, there is a ton worse out there. When you run a webzine, and you're getting 10 arbitrary promos per week...oh my goat, there is such crud out there. People who buy their CD's have the luxury of choosing what they want.

 

[Black Winter Day]

yeah, but we get to trash the... um... trash

 

[Erik]

You know, before I started reviewing promos I always thought it would be fun writing hilariously negative reviews that absolutely trash the albums... but when you've done it a couple of times the novelty wears off because you actually have to LISTEN to the fucking things.

 

[Black Winter Day]

yeah... i'd say i don't get that many BAD promos... most of them are just utterly BLAND. that's why i give out a ton of 4's, 5's, and 6's. i mean... if your music brings nothing new or worthy to the table, then why the fuck bother?

 

[Erik]

Because:

We're Lethal, play thrash metal, will never stop
We'll never sell out or begin playing pop

(actual song lyrics)

 

[Black Winter Day]

and that is all that matters, goddammit!!!

*slaps himself*

 

[Erik]

Actually, yeah, this has been said 2.3*10^14 times, but if a band does exactly what Kreator did 15 years ago but does it really WELL, then that's great. Similarly, if a band is original and does it well then great. But if a band is both derivative AND just... don't move me at all, then what's the fucking point? Go back to making demos.

 

[Black Winter Day]

i think the "doing it well" part is the catch

although i have to admit that a lot of power metal bands play their style very well, but it still sucks (to me). then you have all these folk/black/thrash/power/doom combinations... i think every combo that can be done HAS been done

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

This kind of speaks to my points about "Why does a band have to be utterly original to be considered good" by some people.

Answer: they don't. It just has to be well done.

 

[NAD]

i think every combo that can be done HAS been done

Grindpolka?

 

[neal]

PEM rules.
ETD rules.
DCA rules.
Dimmu rules.
fuck you.
-neal

what the hell, Stormblast fuckin rules too.

 

[Demonspell]

I agree, originality in itself is no guarantee of quality, but for me at least it's very hard to generate enthusiasm for something that is openly derivative, no matter how much they have learned from their influences...