Top 10 BM Albums of the 00s
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J.
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I generally hate lists, for reasons I won't mention here. So here are 10 "black metal" albums that i still play and enjoy immensely. In no order:
Belenos - Errances Oniriques
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Enslaved - Monumension
Graveland - Fire Chariot of Destruction
Lunar Aurora - Andacht
Morrigan - Celts
Nachtfalke - Hail Victory Teutonia
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Primordial - Spirit the Earth Aflame
Alcest - Le Secret
These should be mentioned, but i didn't want to be repetitive:
Nachtfalke - Doomed to Die
Graveland - Creed of Iron
Morrigan - Headcult
Morrigan - Enter the Sea of Flames
I've never seen the big fuss about DsO, and I would hardly utter the word classic in the same sentence unless we are listing the Top 10 Albums of the 00s That People Think are Classic But Really Aren't.
Belenos - Errances Oniriques
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Enslaved - Monumension
Graveland - Fire Chariot of Destruction
Lunar Aurora - Andacht
Morrigan - Celts
Nachtfalke - Hail Victory Teutonia
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Primordial - Spirit the Earth Aflame
Alcest - Le Secret
These should be mentioned, but i didn't want to be repetitive:
Nachtfalke - Doomed to Die
Graveland - Creed of Iron
Morrigan - Headcult
Morrigan - Enter the Sea of Flames
I've never seen the big fuss about DsO, and I would hardly utter the word classic in the same sentence unless we are listing the Top 10 Albums of the 00s That People Think are Classic But Really Aren't.
Personified Hatred
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I don't know many albums of the 00's, but surely some of the best ones were:
Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvum Reqvires, Circvmspice
Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
Taake - Hordalands Doedskvad
Aborym - Fire Walk With Us
Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvum Reqvires, Circvmspice
Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
Taake - Hordalands Doedskvad
Aborym - Fire Walk With Us
V.V.V.V.V.
Houses Ov Mercury
byrne
Certavi et vici
Primordial - Spirit the Earth Aflame
Nachtfalke - Doomed to Die
Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvum Reqvires, Circvmspice
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Dark Tribe - In jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie
Necros Christos - Triune Impurity Rites
Inquisition - Nefarious Dismal Orations
Averse Sefira- Tetragrammatical Astygmata
Watain - Casus Luciferi
Astriaal - Renascent Misanthropy
Nachtfalke - Doomed to Die
Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvum Reqvires, Circvmspice
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Dark Tribe - In jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie
Necros Christos - Triune Impurity Rites
Inquisition - Nefarious Dismal Orations
Averse Sefira- Tetragrammatical Astygmata
Watain - Casus Luciferi
Astriaal - Renascent Misanthropy
These three should be on anyone's list,although I'm not quite sure if Primordial can be considered as black metal.....
V.V.V.V.V.
Houses Ov Mercury
I don't really get why everyone's suddenly fallen out of favor with SMR,C. It's still fucking amazing, guys. Maybe it's hype-backlash, which tbh makes people excluding it who once liked it pretty pathetic (though they'll no doubt come up with excuses etc. for their reasoning).
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When I talked to Omni on AIM a few weeks ago she said she doesn't think DsO "seem that cool anymore." 
She's also mentioned before how she thinks Averse Sefira are the better band, which I cannot agree with at all, though I do enjoy Advent Parallax. Just not quite on the same level, if you're asking me.
I realize people love Engram and I do think it is a really good album, but not even half the album that SMRC is. I can't tell whether people think they're being clever or it's just the newness of it, but there's a lot of bandwagoning going on here.
She's also mentioned before how she thinks Averse Sefira are the better band, which I cannot agree with at all, though I do enjoy Advent Parallax. Just not quite on the same level, if you're asking me.
I realize people love Engram and I do think it is a really good album, but not even half the album that SMRC is. I can't tell whether people think they're being clever or it's just the newness of it, but there's a lot of bandwagoning going on here.
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Houses Ov Mercury
Jenn's a hipster 
I find (what I've heard of) Averse Sefira to be pretty fucking lame and definitely not on the level of SMR,C which just has a lot more (admittedly personal) significance and a lot more of a "warm" aspect to it that I find to be pretty important to its sound. AS sound too detached and clinical to really hit me hard, not to mention all the Immolation influence (not my thing for the most part).
There's a lot of "elitism" going around, by which I mean, there are people with "good taste" who like certain bands, and people in metal generally feel pressured to abandon bands that were once held on this pedestal of greatness when they start to become more popular (or some other non-factor that shouldn't affect people's enjoyment or experience of the art, but does, quite plainly). Averse Sefira, on the other hand, are an underground "underdog" whose "worth" is defined by various publications and people who have already defended them, making it really easy to make the case that "if you don't like AS, you have worse taste than me" because the canon has already been written in that they are "super special awesome and oh better than that faggy DSO band because DSO stopped being cool when people started liking them". That's my take on it, and it kind of goes off on a tangent from what I was originally thinking since I'm taking off now for a bit.
Essentially, the "well-explained" and "educated" opinions of people who like the "elite" stuff are endlessly consumed and regurgitated by a pretender, new crowd of people who feel the same way in an endless quotidian cycle of opinion-regurgitating that drowns out the "personal" (i.e. inferior) reasoning of enjoying something like SMR,C. This is basically bullshit and should stop imo. Good taste is for faggots.
I find (what I've heard of) Averse Sefira to be pretty fucking lame and definitely not on the level of SMR,C which just has a lot more (admittedly personal) significance and a lot more of a "warm" aspect to it that I find to be pretty important to its sound. AS sound too detached and clinical to really hit me hard, not to mention all the Immolation influence (not my thing for the most part).
There's a lot of "elitism" going around, by which I mean, there are people with "good taste" who like certain bands, and people in metal generally feel pressured to abandon bands that were once held on this pedestal of greatness when they start to become more popular (or some other non-factor that shouldn't affect people's enjoyment or experience of the art, but does, quite plainly). Averse Sefira, on the other hand, are an underground "underdog" whose "worth" is defined by various publications and people who have already defended them, making it really easy to make the case that "if you don't like AS, you have worse taste than me" because the canon has already been written in that they are "super special awesome and oh better than that faggy DSO band because DSO stopped being cool when people started liking them". That's my take on it, and it kind of goes off on a tangent from what I was originally thinking since I'm taking off now for a bit.
Essentially, the "well-explained" and "educated" opinions of people who like the "elite" stuff are endlessly consumed and regurgitated by a pretender, new crowd of people who feel the same way in an endless quotidian cycle of opinion-regurgitating that drowns out the "personal" (i.e. inferior) reasoning of enjoying something like SMR,C. This is basically bullshit and should stop imo. Good taste is for faggots.
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
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Houses Ov Mercury
Also, Jenn is one of the top people on these boards who acts like this. She actually was originally just on last.fm and I brought her here through discussion. She used to be pretty cool actually, and we were buddies on last.fm. Then, she met Dodens on here and latched onto the "elitist" dogmatic bullshit and look what's become of her. A sheep. sad.
sad.
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yup. you see this with any black metal band whether it be burzum, emperor, deathspell omega, primordial, agalloch or wolves in the throne room
because god forbid if our favorite bands expand their audiences and make a few more dollars off their hard work
because god forbid if our favorite bands expand their audiences and make a few more dollars off their hard work
V.V.V.V.V.
Houses Ov Mercury
It's usually not even directly about the money they make, but rather about a lemming-like drifting "true metal" fans often find themselves engaging in.
Just to be real, Deathspell Omega are fucking amazing.
Just to be real, Deathspell Omega are fucking amazing.
zabu of nΩd
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Interesting discussion guys. I certainly don't follow black metal enough to know if you're right (i.e. I rarely find the differences in quality between most BM bands I hear great enough to make a definitive statement on one vs. another), but it is clear that a lot of people here base their opinions of a band way too much on the band's popularity.
I look forward to the rebuttals from the "true metal hipsters".
I look forward to the rebuttals from the "true metal hipsters".
no country for old wainds
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i think you've stumbled onto an alternative answer: jenn's not a hipster, just a cold frigid bitch
