Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
You need to hear one of Immortal's last three albums, especially Northern Darkness or At The Heart Of Winter, before safely dismissing them...
Which bands do you think are overhyped?
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Ayeka
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Lutz
Member
Btw.. You may not like Burzum or DarkThrone (or "Raw" Black Metal in general) but calling it "randomly strumming an over-distorted guitar while screaming nothing inparticular" is just fucking stupid 
Ayeka
Hell Bent For Leather!
Bro, I do like Burzum and Darkthrone is slowly (slowly) growing on me, but - while I'll admit it's a fairly throwaway comment - that's what a lot of that Burzum stuff sounds like. Random strumming. Maybe I'm just not racially pure enough to get it ^_^
HarmonyDies....
Semi-True
Ayeka
Hell Bent For Leather!
I haven't actually. Worth a download? my favourite Burzum songs are Jesus' Tod and Dunkelheit and they're about as "random strumminess" as I've heard. It's a fucked-up world
my favourite Burzum songs are Jesus' Tod and Dunkelheit and they're about as "random strumminess" as I've heard. It's a fucked-up world 
Erik
New Metal Member
That's not "random strumminess", that's "severely overdistorted guitar that obscures whatever the guitar is doing as well as it can". Dunkelheit is basically powerchords straight through. Oh well.
Erik
New Metal Member
J.
Old Fart
phyre said:
I DO! I DO!I never understand why Blizzard Beasts gets the hate that it does. I thoroughly enjoy BB, moreso than Battles... and Diabolical....
Neither of those albums have a song as strong as 'Mountains of Might'. Sure, Horgh's drumming is sub par borderlining crap, but the album as a whole is far more enjoyable.
However, I do agree with phyre that early Immortal is more essential than latter Immortal. Damned in Black is their worst, but AtHoW is a great album. The newest one is OK, but overhyped methinks.
Pure Holocaust is my favorite. Get it.
Don't listen to the naysayers, Blizzard Beasts is a solid record.
Erik
New Metal Member
It ain't bad, and I'd rather listen to that than any of their last three albums, but except that it has rather mediocre songs it's about 27 fucking minutes or something, and they call it a full-length album.
bloodfiredeath
kaiju eiga
I like Blizzard Beasts. It was the first Immortal album that I could really get into. I have Pure Holocaust and Battles too, but I prefer BB and the last three Immortal albums. I find them way more interesting.
Ayeka
Hell Bent For Leather!
phyre said:
But it sounds like random strumminess
gah, not like it's important anyway ^_^Fuck it then, can't be arsed
nah, really, I just started downloading it If it's another one of those "Dungeons of Darkness" type songs I'll kick your ass though 
phyre said:
That's quite a bold statement. But you know, since it's Erik et al.....I'll follow Ayeka into download territory.
Ayeka
Hell Bent For Leather!
Ayeka
Hell Bent For Leather!
Lutz
Member
Ayeka
Hell Bent For Leather!
General Zod
Ruler of Australia
Four bands I still don't get...
Bathory... all kidding aside, I just don't think I'll ever appreciate Bathory. I respect what Quorthon accomplished. He inspired a lot of music I truly love. However, going back and listening to Bathory after you've become very familiar with a Primordial and Moonsorrow, is sort of like trying to appreciate the luxury refinements in a 1957 Cadillac after you've spent the last year riding around in a 2008 Bentley Continental GT.
Deathspell Omega - what hash is to cannabis, Deathspell Omega is to to dog shit.
Hammers of Misfortune - not bad, just incredibly overhyped. I think they write the occasional good song, but they are more "miss" than "hit".
Negura Bunget - perhaps one day I'll understand why this band is so beloved around these parts. So far, I have no clue.
Zod
Bathory... all kidding aside, I just don't think I'll ever appreciate Bathory. I respect what Quorthon accomplished. He inspired a lot of music I truly love. However, going back and listening to Bathory after you've become very familiar with a Primordial and Moonsorrow, is sort of like trying to appreciate the luxury refinements in a 1957 Cadillac after you've spent the last year riding around in a 2008 Bentley Continental GT.
Deathspell Omega - what hash is to cannabis, Deathspell Omega is to to dog shit.
Hammers of Misfortune - not bad, just incredibly overhyped. I think they write the occasional good song, but they are more "miss" than "hit".
Negura Bunget - perhaps one day I'll understand why this band is so beloved around these parts. So far, I have no clue.
Zod
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