Excellent Belgian atmospheric black/death metal

[Opethian666]

Go to www.thurisaz.be
and check out some of their songs (for the dumbasses amongst you, click enter site, then discography, then click the song names that are underlined). I think they're pretty awesome, and most people seem to have never heard of them.

 

[Opethian666]

Some links to help you lazy bastards out:

Scent Of A Dream

When Images Are Fading

 

[daz436]

music is alright, the vocals are pretty abysmal imo tho

 

[Opethian666]

I kind of liked the vocals and the way they alternate, except for that attempt to do the ultra deep growling. The black screams are really good, and the clean vocals are better than most bands that try to do this kind of stuff.

 

[Opethian666]

Does no one bother to check this out or does no one bother to post after they've checked it out?

 

[NFU]

this is garbage. i feel like im in a jim henson movie. jesus christ.

 

[Reflections_of_the_Underdark]

Sorry, anything with synth/orchestra that prominent to create the atmosphere puts me right off. It nearly always seems too fake or cheesy.

 

[Opethian666]

this is garbage. i feel like im in a jim henson movie. jesus christ.

Wtf are jim henson movies?

 

[NFU]

Wtf are jim henson movies?

muppets. those fuzzy puppet creatures. like sesame street? the muppets? the movie labyrinth? ring any bells?

the point is im saying its extremely cheesey and ridiculous, it sounds like a video game...how can you enjoy that?

 

[Powers]

Dude, The Muppets!

 

[Opethian666]

muppets. those fuzzy puppet creatures. like sesame street? the muppets? the movie labyrinth? ring any bells?

the point is im saying its extremely cheesey and ridiculous, it sounds like a video game...how can you enjoy that?

I donno, I guess biases are stronger than one might think, since it's a band from my country, and I had read some good reviews of them. I also have very crappy speakers here on my laptop where I listened to them, so the synths don't really come out all that prominently.
Anyway, we could change this thread to discussion of good Belgian bands.
Anyone like Ancient Rites or Pantheist here?

Edit: and since I'm belgian too, my one man band probably qualifies. Circles Upon The Waters
It's a song inspired by Katatonia's Brave Murder Day, only without vocals and with drums from a program where you can't even really set them yourself. I don't have a synth or a bass or anything, so every sound you hear is a guitar.

 

[affinityband]

Absoloutley awful band. Did they by their keyboards from toys r us or something. Fucking hell. Trash.

 

[Necromantic-Hiko]

it sounds like a video game...how can you enjoy that?

i like plenty of vieo game music, like the arrangements in zelda or final fantasy games :Smug:

 

[Ten SiSi]

^Final Fantasy was composed by a professional composer. And this band is terrible. Using the same tired chord progressions as most shitty melo-whatever bands.

 

[Necromantic-Hiko]

^Final Fantasy was composed by a professional composer. And this band is terrible. Using the same tired chord progressions as most shitty melo-whatever bands.

that doesnt change the fact that it is music from a video game.

 

[Ten SiSi]

o ok

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

i like belgian chocolate. had some white belgian chocolate today. damn good stuff.

 

[affinityband]

Also, Black metal........... ?

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

that doesnt change the fact that it is music from a video game.

It's just good music, man. So be quiet.

 

[Zephyrus]

meh, could be worse...