skeptik
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A phrase that I hear fairly often around the internets regarding certain bands like Burzum come to mind here, which goes something to the effect of:
"If I only listened to bands whose musicians I had no qualms of any kind with, I wouldn't listen to many bands at all."
Honestly, the guy really rubbed me the wrong way, and a lot of people felt the same way. I never heard the band before that show, and after it I was pretty committed to never pursuing them again. What I heard was a bunch of decent Sabbath riffs with some mediocre to poor vocals belted out by a loathsome individual spewing bullshit between every song. But after they posted samples from the new album, it was like hearing a different band. And the singer may be a dick ("dry humor" or not), but he's a good doom metal singer and fits the band well, and that means more with respect to the band than whether or not he's a dick in real life. I'd say give the new album a chance. Then again you and Ken barely listen to metal any more so who knows.
"If I only listened to bands whose musicians I had no qualms of any kind with, I wouldn't listen to many bands at all."
Honestly, the guy really rubbed me the wrong way, and a lot of people felt the same way. I never heard the band before that show, and after it I was pretty committed to never pursuing them again. What I heard was a bunch of decent Sabbath riffs with some mediocre to poor vocals belted out by a loathsome individual spewing bullshit between every song. But after they posted samples from the new album, it was like hearing a different band. And the singer may be a dick ("dry humor" or not), but he's a good doom metal singer and fits the band well, and that means more with respect to the band than whether or not he's a dick in real life. I'd say give the new album a chance. Then again you and Ken barely listen to metal any more so who knows.
