The Cult Is Alive fucking owns

[Hyperborean Exile]

Laeth/Falco/Planetary Eulogy;

how (and why) the fuck do you work through so many aliases?

Because Deron and and the Metal-Rules staff are assholes.

 

[Impudent]

I'm probably around the same age as you, and I also enjoy drinking, as well as headbanging when the mood strikes, but this is far from the main reason I listen to metal. It seems like this used to be the main motivation for quite a few people today, and the overwhelming majority of '80s metal fans, and all the brainless Pantera fans of the '90s. I feel like the days of having such low expectations, or maybe I should say simple ones, should be done with. There's a place for mindless metal, but I expect a lot from what I listen to and what I buy. I don't make a big deal out of who did what first like the anus camp does, but place more of an emphasis on execution.

I see what you're getting at. Pantera are mindless, but they make shit music (opinion). The majority of their fans are redneck idiots who are all, "Whooo! Beer!" I hate this aspect. Slayer have a lot of similar fans, but they make good music (opinion) and should be enjoyed. I haven't heard this new Darkthrone yet, but I bet I'd like it. Music doesn't have to be serious/intellectual to be good or enjoyable. If you want something intellectual, listen to something else. I definitely don't listen to bands like Toxic Holocaust for their lyrical value. It's just fun music that I like a lot. If I want something serious, "valuable", or artistic, I'll listen to Deathspell Omega, Leviathan, or even older Darkthrone.

 

[Toad Lord]

I loved the Black'nRoll touch in "The Cult Is Alive"... DARKTHRONE has evolved a lot, not musically but yes in attitude... The band don't take themselves so seriously anymore and the result had been great.

 

[Teh Grimace]

I've always been under the impression that the only reason Darkthrone was musically relevant was because they took themselves so seriously.

New Darkthrone is... not good.

 

[skeptik]

But...you can windmill and floorpunch to it...

 

[Hyperborean Exile]

I loved the Black'nRoll touch in "The Cult Is Alive"... DARKTHRONE has evolved a lot, not musically but yes in attitude... The band don't take themselves so seriously anymore and the result had been great.

Please. They take themselves far more seriously now than they ever did when they were taking risks and breaking new ground.

 

[skeptik]

Are you sure about that?

 

[CF87]

I really doubt the band is serious or gives a shit.

 

[Hyperborean Exile]

Are you sure about that?

It's a pretty sure sign that a band is taking itself waaaay too seriously when they start to use their albums to attack perceived ripoffs. The sort of forced irony on the latest disc ain't a great sign either.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Yeah, Shut Up is such a serious song.

 

[CF87]

I never took Darkthrone serious or thought the band was because all the albums after Soulside Journey sound more like a tribute to celtic frost & black metal. The band seems to be trying to have fun without the serious approach. Soulside Journey is an original death metal album for the time with unique music. I can't find riffs that sound like another band. I don't think Darkthrone ever found a sound of their own after that when just deciding to switch to BM. The band has released more black metal albums but still do not have their own sound or anything imo. I don't think the band is serious.

It's more like we get drunk and play tribute to our favorite bands.(nothing wrong with it regardless). Music is about having fun but the band could have tried to be more unique imo. When hearing Darkthrone I do not see them as a classic band with their own style.

I'm one of those person that finds Soulside Journey to be the bands best(someone else has to). creative unique refreshing. The band might be young but seem to be more musically serious and sophisticated

 

[MasterOLightning]

I never took Darkthrone serious or thought the band was because all the albums after Soulside Journey sound more like a tribute to celtic frost & black metal. The band seems to be trying to have fun without the serious approach. Soulside Journey is an original death metal album for the time with unique music. I can't find riffs that sound like another band. I don't think Darkthrone ever found a sound of their own after that when just deciding to switch to BM. The band has released more black metal albums but still do not have their own sound or anything imo. I don't think the band is serious.

It's more like we get drunk and play tribute to our favorite bands.(nothing wrong with it regardless). Music is about having fun but the band could have tried to be more unique imo. When hearing Darkthrone I do not see them as a classic band with their own style.

I'm one of those person that finds Soulside Journey to be the bands best.

You do realize that A Blaze... was the first black metal album to be released right? Well, it was the first out of the second wave. How do you do a tribute to something that hadn't been done yet? They were originators up until Panzerfaust.

 

[CF87]

Hum.. the album is from 1991. I'll have to see more comments regarding that.

 

[Papa Josh]

The new cd is great.

Drink some Hobgoblin and crank loud!

 

[Fredy_Brown]

Well, after few listenings -> this is one of their worst albums, anyway I hope they will earn enough money for another year with alco and cigs, then we will get another one.

 

[Impudent]

I'd say Darkthrone's whole discography is pretty good.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

The new cd is great.

I don't think I've ever heard anything by Darkthrone that is less than great.

Drink some Hobgoblin and crank loud!

Hobgoblin=good, but overpriced (Here in the U.S. anyway)
Even though it's completely unrelated, how about some Satan Gold? That is some of the best Belgian I've ever had, seriously!

 

[KevenZ]

The band has released more black metal albums but still do not have their own sound or anything imo. I don't think the band is serious.


you've got to be KIDDING me....

 

[Impudent]

Why is this album taking so much criticism? Nobody bashes black/thrash bands like Toxic Holocaust, Barbatos, Abigail, Aura Noir, Destroyer 666, etc., even though they are basically the same thing. Unless I'm completely mistaken about the new Darkthrone, because I haven't heard it yet, but the impression I'm getting is that it is some punkish, thrashy black metal. What is wrong with that? That's how black metal originated (Venom, Bathory, even earlier Mayhem had this feel).

 

[Impudent]

before judging someone's work, do you even contribute something or you're just a big fatass who sit in front of his screen everyday? anyway.... i don't see how can you review a metal album since you don't even like metal to begin with.

I think a quote by Wrest of Leviathan works well in this situation:

Mollusks that deem themselves qualified to "review" for their inability to
create anything...