This isn't "critical thinking" on your part; it's a haphazard attempt at cause and effect regarding what you call a "reactionary embracing" of heavy metal by black metal groups
A very easy method of invalidating or validating my claim will take a bit of patience: let's wait and see what other bands in the next 2-3 years or so, both in the Black Metal scene and in other subgenres, revert (or invent history) to HAIL BROCAS HELMisms and such.
It's not going to be as much fun as insulting each other on the internet right here and now, but hey.
nostalgic version of what they listened to as youths
That's partly the thing though, I posit that most Black Metal bands of the second wave have never been originally fans of underground US metal like
Cirith Ungol of all things. It's not the same as listening to Saxon or Iron Maiden. From the three 'hailed' bands in that interview, I consider it possible that a young Fenriz fresh into heavy metal, might have heard perhaps Omen. Of course I cannot substantiate such a claim with any sort of evidence, but it seems more likely than not, considering what I've read in interviews from 1993 to today. All these sons of Bathory and Hellhammer didn't seem to know their obscure 80's Heavy Metal at all.
"Norsk arisk black metal" DarkThrone, "...they should be patronized for their obviously Jewish behavior" DarkThrone, close friends and artistic collaborators with Varg Vikernes DarkThrone. You know, that DarkThrone?
Yeah, a very reactionary Darkthrone with no concrete ideology, out to shock. Like most Black Metal bands out there. Once the shift occured and suddenly there were more metal bands with sorta NS ideals than not (in the Black Metal scene) it's now time for a new reaction!
Btw, I is a side project/one-off.
Abbath claimed to be writing material for a second album, and they've played live as far as I know so wrong on both counts. Probably.
Wait, hah, I skipped a post. The UM forums have a big problem with people doubleposting instead of editing their stream-of-consciousness replies. Here's how it's done. We don't want to let anything fall to the ground now:
What in the holy fuck are you talking about? Did you just read Lords of Chaos yesterday?
What's with the IN MY FACE type of talking? Please calm down if possible. I am not out there to have internet fights with anyone, so why provoke me? I haven't read this book.
The cynical tone of your original post ("Oh yeah, like he really listened to Cirith Ungol!") marks you as paranoid, and your argument effectively senseless.
If character assassination marks any argument as anything, you mean. I don't subscribe to that sort of reasoning. You're trying to blow up what I said out of proportion. I don't see any conspiracy here, I am amused at what I believe will be a reactionary fallback to 'tried and true' Heavy Metal by people in dead-end genres, sick of their own fans. It's a natural process, that bears examination. It's not A HEAVY METAL BATTLE FOR GLORY or anything. Relax.
If you can't laugh at "New Wave of Black Heavy Metal" perhaps your indignation would best be put to use writing music in the vein of Hvis Lyset Tar Oss...
See this is the problem: you see a thread posted on the LotFP message board (even if it's not by any of the writers for the actual 'zine, and if none of them have significantly added to it or agreed with me) and you think someone is attempting
hard-hitting journalism for power. Who's to say there's any indignation involved here? I actually find the situation more amusing than worrying. You're adhomineming all over the place. Keep in mind: you don't know me, I might not be how you think I am because of where I post or what I post about. Approach what I say with at least a degree of good will or not at all. Again again again again the internet is a place for nothing battles and I know it's hard to snap out of that mode of conduct, but I am totally not looking for that. Let's discuss about Heavy Metal without me being painted as a paranoid nonsensical angry champion of metal against falseness.