Hatebreeder
Pizzicato Heartstrings
Yea your right, because we all know how talented Burzum/Nile style bands are *laugh*
I prefer Melodic Death / Hardcore / Metalcore
At least they actually can play melodic notes rather then beat on their instruments, don't get me wrong there is good BM, Graveworm/Stormlord/Catamenia, but that is the minority. Anyways its all personal preference, but im going by skill, and melody.
I hate clean vocals, but when they are used in the chorus's they actually are good.
Oh lol, do you even know my name (band)? THEY PERSONIFY FUCKING MELODY, listen to that then listen to BM and you can see the difference so much, then listen to Hardcore and listen to BM and compare, lol.
You honestly can't say, BM takes more skill...
BM doesn't take more skill because that's NOT THE POINT, but to say that black metal has less melody than metalcore is an absolute lie. Sure, it may not have upbeat, major key melodies like metalcore, but black metal is the epitome of melody. Hardcore is one of the least melodic genres in the guitar-based areas, and metalcore, being an offshoot of it, also has a lot of melody lacking. Remember, just because it's not POPPY doesn't mean it's not MELODIC.
And by the way, Nile is far from black metal and Burzum is full of melody. You probably just listened to the vocals and judged the rest of the music before really listening to it. Listen to early Emperor and early Satyricon and tell me that's not melodic.