In defense of extreme metal...

[Seditious]

heh. crazy how different similar tastes can be. I wouldn't even put "The Dividing Line" in the first FIFTY Dark Tranq songs I'd recommend someone.

 

[waif]

The Gallery is my favorite album ever, and the Dividing Line is one of my favorite off it...I think it goes
Punish My Heaven
Edenspring
The Dividing Line

but I was thinking in terms of lyrics. The Gallery would be a legit rec too.

 

[Seditious]

for me it's:

Silence and the Firmament Withdrew (first place, no contest)
The Gallery
Lethe
...Of Melancholy Burning
Edenspring
Punish My Heaven


as much as I like their lyrics, I've never sat down and read them all.

wonder if there's a favorite lyrics thread which has good passages, not just whole song lyrics spammed.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

i wouldn't start them out with extreme metal... i'd start them out with something like the Black Album and let them work their way towards extreme metal

 

[Seditious]

the BM thread just reminded me...

Samael - Ceremony of Opposites Reissue (i.e., inc. Rebellion EP tracks)

I've found that people warm to this album, it being so fuckin catchy, and rather simplistic and consistent. nothing a non-metalhead could scream "it's just noise!" at.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

I would show them albums that had a lot of abstract moments used for creative song writing. Nespithe would be a positive choice in this situation.

 

[Einherjar86]

the BM thread just reminded me...

Samael - Ceremony of Opposites Reissue (i.e., inc. Rebellion EP tracks)

I've found that people warm to this album, it being so fuckin catchy, and rather simplistic and consistent. nothing a non-metalhead could scream "it's just noise!" at.

That would be a good one, I think. And it's not an album that's typically thought of first when considering extreme/black metal, so it would be a good introduction into more obscure music.

 

[Ender Rises]

I'd do what Thoth said, except chronologically. If I had to simply give a one song cross-section, I'd do Opeth -- The Lotus Eater.

 

[tagradh]

I guess something fairly unique sounding like Mithras or Augury.

 

[nissan]

death - the sound of perseverance.

The first thing that comes to mind is Eucharist's A Velvet Creation. The lyrics are not typically gore and murder, the music is fairly melodic, and yet it is still one of the best.

great stuff.