Welcome to the official thread of the Triumvirate Of The Scarlet Twilight, a secret organization of three black mages (Eligos, Goffdahl, and I) dedicated to conquering this forum and spreading their message of atmospheric and slightly progressive black death kvltness.
...Actually, we're just three semi-pretentious metalheads with similar tastes in metal. And I figured, hell, why not make a thread where we can discuss everything related to our preferences ? (basically everything leaning towards the black, atmospheric, progressive, and epic sides of metal)
So let's begin...
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I'm gonna start this thread off by talking about a band I've been listening to lately: Paysage D'Hiver. I'm gonna go off on a bit of a pretentious analysis over here and make a very broad claim. Paysage D'Hiver's 15-minute ambient opus "Inneres Licht", which is apparently a cover of Urfaust's "In Den Weiten Oden Raumen" but with a different keyboard tone and some other variations, might be one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. Then again it may not be written at all, just felt and played.
You see, I was listening to this song a couple of nights ago, and did the whole "shut the lights off and close your eyes" thing, which I often do with full albums, and I realized just how special this song is. It's one of those songs that can adapt itself to any emotion you're feeling at the time you listen to it. Other music can do this as well, like the ending to Moonsorrow's "Tuleen Ajettu Maa" which sounds either happy or sad to me based on whatever I'm feeling. But what makes "Inneres Licht" so different is that it subtly changes very slowly and doesn't necessarily command your attention. It doesn't force itself upon you with epic bombast like Moonsorrow's "V: Havitetty", which is probably my favorite album. Instead, it develops so slowly that it allows you mind to truly think and wander.
And I know how pretentious and ANUS-like I'm starting to sound, but hell, it allows you to feel really spiritual as well. It pushes your mind just enough so that it thinks about your life, and fantasizes beyond that, while a song like "Tuleen Ajettu Maa" might force you to imagine a great battle, etc. I remember the first time I listened to "Inneres Licht" I honestly felt like I was astrally projected into the body of a 19th century Swiss man waking up in the middle of the night in his snowy Alpine cabin, and watching his wife and child sleep in peace. And on other listens my mind has wandered to reliving other personal experiences, thinking about others and putting myself in their shoes, cosmic experiences, etc. Cheesy? Yeah kind of when you think about it a lot. But when you actually listen to the song in the right atmosphere, you really understand what I'm talking about.
The point is that no other band can do that to me with their music. Listen, other music is just as awesome, but emotionally commanding music like, say, Warning does just that. It commands you to think of certain experiences. Paysage D'Hiver's music evolves itself so slowly that it allows your mind to travel on its own. So that is why, despite me only having one album by him and satiating my desire for his music on youtube and myspace, I honestly might be willing to say that Paysage D'Hiver might be my favorite band.
...Dear God I really am pretentious as fuck.
If anyone wants to join our little society over here, go ahead and pm your music tastes to Eligos, Goffdahl, and I and we shall review your credentials.
...Actually, we're just three semi-pretentious metalheads with similar tastes in metal. And I figured, hell, why not make a thread where we can discuss everything related to our preferences ? (basically everything leaning towards the black, atmospheric, progressive, and epic sides of metal)
So let's begin...
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I'm gonna start this thread off by talking about a band I've been listening to lately: Paysage D'Hiver. I'm gonna go off on a bit of a pretentious analysis over here and make a very broad claim. Paysage D'Hiver's 15-minute ambient opus "Inneres Licht", which is apparently a cover of Urfaust's "In Den Weiten Oden Raumen" but with a different keyboard tone and some other variations, might be one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. Then again it may not be written at all, just felt and played.
You see, I was listening to this song a couple of nights ago, and did the whole "shut the lights off and close your eyes" thing, which I often do with full albums, and I realized just how special this song is. It's one of those songs that can adapt itself to any emotion you're feeling at the time you listen to it. Other music can do this as well, like the ending to Moonsorrow's "Tuleen Ajettu Maa" which sounds either happy or sad to me based on whatever I'm feeling. But what makes "Inneres Licht" so different is that it subtly changes very slowly and doesn't necessarily command your attention. It doesn't force itself upon you with epic bombast like Moonsorrow's "V: Havitetty", which is probably my favorite album. Instead, it develops so slowly that it allows you mind to truly think and wander.
And I know how pretentious and ANUS-like I'm starting to sound, but hell, it allows you to feel really spiritual as well. It pushes your mind just enough so that it thinks about your life, and fantasizes beyond that, while a song like "Tuleen Ajettu Maa" might force you to imagine a great battle, etc. I remember the first time I listened to "Inneres Licht" I honestly felt like I was astrally projected into the body of a 19th century Swiss man waking up in the middle of the night in his snowy Alpine cabin, and watching his wife and child sleep in peace. And on other listens my mind has wandered to reliving other personal experiences, thinking about others and putting myself in their shoes, cosmic experiences, etc. Cheesy? Yeah kind of when you think about it a lot. But when you actually listen to the song in the right atmosphere, you really understand what I'm talking about.
The point is that no other band can do that to me with their music. Listen, other music is just as awesome, but emotionally commanding music like, say, Warning does just that. It commands you to think of certain experiences. Paysage D'Hiver's music evolves itself so slowly that it allows your mind to travel on its own. So that is why, despite me only having one album by him and satiating my desire for his music on youtube and myspace, I honestly might be willing to say that Paysage D'Hiver might be my favorite band.
...Dear God I really am pretentious as fuck.
If anyone wants to join our little society over here, go ahead and pm your music tastes to Eligos, Goffdahl, and I and we shall review your credentials.
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