no country for old wainds
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Erik said:The last bit I worked out because "Freezing Moon" is arguably the compositionally weakest song on DMDS, and yet you like it best despite thinking Mayhem has poor songwriting. Which leaves me .
Ignoring that Mayhem were anything but mediocre around DMDS, they can't? I would have thought bands could pick and choose the most interesting bits from bands that are otherwise not great -- someone can take general influence from, say, a generally mediocre band like Venom and turn it into something compositionally superior.
Freezing Moon is hardly the weakest, although it's hardly a masterpiece. The whole album is compositionally weak, but that song has a cool atmosphere methinks.
I don't respect Mayhem because they were idiots and lacked musical skill, regardless of their influence.