Metal for the Parents

[Mort Divine]

Well said. I've never really thought of it in those terms, and I do find Philip Glass's music quite fascinating (although I haven't yet taken the time to listen to it in-depth). Of course, I don't think many minimalists outside of black metal would limit themselves to such a narrow range of sounds as many black metal musicians do, and there seems to be a general sentiment of anti-experimentalism throughout the black metal scene.

I would think that if a highly-talented minimalist like Glass had started out doing black metal, he would have long since moved on to other sounds after an album or two. There doesn't seem to be that kind of musical evolution in most black metal bands, however.

Let me know if you think that makes sense, or if I'm just being biased again.

Compare Burzum to Ildjarn. Or hell compare any Burzum album to the one after it. There is a huge difference between them.

 

[CAIRATH]

Yeah. I think it is unfair to level that as a complaint against black metal as a whole. Sure there are plenty of Burzum worshipping bedroom black metal projects out there who have never had a single original idea but every genre has their innovators and their generic clones.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

I never really liked the thought of 1 man projects. Something about it just ruins the whol band aspect of the music.

 

[Zephyrus]

I like the focus of a singular vision just as much as the collaborative effort.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Flying solo doesn't make for live gigs.

 

[mutantllama]

Yeah, I don't really like 1 man bands (a few exceptions). I prefer it when every instrument is being played by different people.

 

[Valerie]

No.

Oh my god, then that has to be the most ridiculous statement of the year. Technical proficiency is antithetical to most forms of Metal? No son. No.

 

[waif]

I never really liked the thought of 1 man projects. Something about it just ruins the whol band aspect of the music.

Bathory!!!

Flying solo doesn't make for live gigs.

Bathory...

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

...I do find Philip Glass's music quite fascinating...

Well then look here:

youtube thread.

 

[CAIRATH]

That must be a fun play to memorize.

 

[skeptik]

Oh my god, then that has to be the most ridiculous statement of the year. Technical proficiency is antithetical to most forms of Metal? No son. No.

Allow me to clarify what I meant: the focus upon technical proficiency, making it a point to play technically sound, tight, etc., has a long history of tradition of conflicting with the values that went into constructing the idea of 'Metal,' and the styles that I feel stay most true to this original idea pay very little attention in any explicit way to their technical skills.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I almost want to do something like this for my parents, but 1) they wouldn't give a crap, 2) they don't care about what I listen to because they know that I'm a normal human being, and 3) they honestly have no time whatsoever for shit like this...and 4) they would never in 1,000 years ever be able to understand the aesthetics of Black Metal.

Highly agreed. Way too late on this though.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

I just don't like when the composition is lost as a result of over-emphasis on technical proficiency within a song/album.

 

[supseudonymous]

I tried easing my brother into metal once because he occasionally will listen to some metalcore and deathcore. I suggested some At The Gates and Dark Tranquillity to his response, "What the fuck is wrong with you? I believe in God." I don't foresee myself ever trying again, as he completely misses the point of metal no matter how I try to explain it.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Should have suggested him some Satanic Warmaster and some Impaled Nazerene.

 

[supseudonymous]

Aeon and Slayer are more than enough to scare him off.

 

[Zephyrus]

My mother's reply...

Hi Luv:
Just wanted you to know that I listened to the music with Dad and was
the source of some of the commentary.
But I could never write a review in his professional, eloquent, and
informed style.
Some of the reactions were excellent and showed these people to be
thoughtful and intelligent.
I think everybody got a little too hung up on the vocals, but I admit
they weren't my favorite part.
Many of the instrumentals were absolutely awesome. Unique and worth
paying attention to.
Metal is very high on my list of "non-classical" music.
Mom

 

[waif]

I don't know her, obviously, so I can't say for sure, but it sounds to me like she didn't particularly like it and is being polite.
But you know your own mother better than me...

 

[Mort Divine]

You've got parents I wish I had

 

[waif]

You've got parents I wish I had

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