enough emo threads, more heavy metal. ok.
i just placed an order at the end records for 5 classic greek albums & a rotting christ shirt (rotting christ "passage to arcturo", rotting christ "non serviam", nightfall "parade into centuries", necromantia "crossing the fiery path", necromantia "scarlet evil witching black"), i have a varathron disc coming as well, and i wanted to talk a bit more about greek extreme/black metal because i've been listening to the stuff a lot lately.
old cult greek black metal always had a very special sound; like norwegian or finnish metal there's a typical "greek melodicism" that shines through in all the bands and their lead & synth work. people like to describe it as a occult, "warm" sort of feeling compared to the cold & grim nordic black metal. i thought maybe i'd post some samples for those who missed them the last time i posted varathron/nightfall/necromantia samples, and also for pretty much anyone else
rotting christ!
great band and probably the most well known standard bearer of the "greek" sound. here's an mp3 from "non serviam" which was re-released by the end records' sublabel UNRULY SOUNDS a while ago:
"non serviam"
brilliant song, been listening to it like 10+ times last night & today
varathron!
"his majesty at the swamp"... classic album!
"the tressrising of nyarlathotep (act I)"
don't ask me what a "tressrising" is
nightfall!
now i've been whoring this band on RC before because i really think "macabre sunsets" (the only album i have, well at least until their supposedly more doomy first album comes in my mail) is a mostly brilliant (though largely quite inaccessible) piece of work that's very inventive, having some "eastern" type melodic tendencies while again retaining the "greek" sound. not actually purely black metal like the other bands mentioned though, plenty of doom-death in there... they called it WAR METAL back in the day
"bitterness leads me to my savior death"
necromantia!
known as the band that uses two bass guitars and no rhythm guitar whatsoever. again, "scarlet evil witching black" is a complete classic that noone really should be without! a little bit faster and more grim than the others, perhaps
"devilskin"
ok, download these shitz,, then tell me how much you 'd them.
someone tell me more about THOU ART LORD and SEPTIC FLESH please? maybe some samples (preferrably of their earlier albums)
i just placed an order at the end records for 5 classic greek albums & a rotting christ shirt (rotting christ "passage to arcturo", rotting christ "non serviam", nightfall "parade into centuries", necromantia "crossing the fiery path", necromantia "scarlet evil witching black"), i have a varathron disc coming as well, and i wanted to talk a bit more about greek extreme/black metal because i've been listening to the stuff a lot lately.
old cult greek black metal always had a very special sound; like norwegian or finnish metal there's a typical "greek melodicism" that shines through in all the bands and their lead & synth work. people like to describe it as a occult, "warm" sort of feeling compared to the cold & grim nordic black metal. i thought maybe i'd post some samples for those who missed them the last time i posted varathron/nightfall/necromantia samples, and also for pretty much anyone else
rotting christ!
great band and probably the most well known standard bearer of the "greek" sound. here's an mp3 from "non serviam" which was re-released by the end records' sublabel UNRULY SOUNDS a while ago:
"non serviam"
brilliant song, been listening to it like 10+ times last night & today
varathron!
"his majesty at the swamp"... classic album!
"the tressrising of nyarlathotep (act I)"
don't ask me what a "tressrising" is
nightfall!
now i've been whoring this band on RC before because i really think "macabre sunsets" (the only album i have, well at least until their supposedly more doomy first album comes in my mail) is a mostly brilliant (though largely quite inaccessible) piece of work that's very inventive, having some "eastern" type melodic tendencies while again retaining the "greek" sound. not actually purely black metal like the other bands mentioned though, plenty of doom-death in there... they called it WAR METAL back in the day
"bitterness leads me to my savior death"
necromantia!
known as the band that uses two bass guitars and no rhythm guitar whatsoever. again, "scarlet evil witching black" is a complete classic that noone really should be without! a little bit faster and more grim than the others, perhaps
"devilskin"
ok, download these shitz,
, then tell me how much you 'd them.someone tell me more about THOU ART LORD and SEPTIC FLESH please? maybe some samples (preferrably of their earlier albums)
