Metal Wars!!!!!!!!!!!

Mondo Bungle · 10-07-2011, 04:18 PM

Darkthrone is my favorite straight forward Norway-type bm band. I respect Mayhem, but do not enjoy their music.

Darkthrone - 2
Mayhem - 2

BastardofYoung · 10-07-2011, 04:26 PM

Yeah, but that Darkthrone album is not straight up Norway Black Metal. It is straight up try hard Swedish Death Metal by a band who is from Norway.

Mondo Bungle · 10-07-2011, 04:34 PM

I still like it more. I respect and admire that Mayhem album, but I'm not a fan of it musically.

Blaze in the Northern Sky and Transylvanian Hunger crush them both imo.

The Batlord · 10-08-2011, 09:45 AM

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Don`t know these two albums YET, but its rare that two metal enthusiasts (Bastard & Batlord) have completely different views about both albums. I`m now very intrigued to listen to both based on your above comments.

Well, it's not that I hate the Mayhem, album. I own it and was listening to it just last night and digging it. I just have a problem taking it entirely seriously. It's sorta like the old black and white Dracula with Bela Lugosi. It has this wierd unpolished sorta creepiness, but the, at times, cheesy atmosphere, rubber bats on strings, and Bela Lugosi's outrageous accent (yes I know it's a real accent, but it's still outrageous), while adding to the overall atmosphere of the movie, also make it laughable today. So, to sum it up, the same elements that make De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas creepy and wierd and disturbing, also undermine my ability to supend my disbelief.

The Batlord · 10-08-2011, 09:47 AM

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your status is too obvious. The click over link shows a youtube link.

Should use this instead: tinyurl.com/2eah76e

Give me a break. It's my first RickRoll. Spank you very hard for the tip though.

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BastardofYoung · 10-08-2011, 10:45 AM

still like this

Unknown Soldier · 10-08-2011, 12:37 PM

Ok have listened to both and the Darkthrone album is a solid album but as said comes across as an attempt to cash in on the Swedish scene, I`d actually rather listen to Entombed, Unleashed, Grave and Dismember if I want that sound. The Mayhem album again is good but not a classic and as Batlord has said, it has a horror B-movie 1930s/1940s low budget feel. On a music level I`d say the Darkthrone album was better but as a huge Universal horror movie fan (I have the box set with the models of Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jnr) I have to give it to Mayhem for the feel of the album. Also how many albums are surrounded with both a murder and a suicide.

Darkthrone 2
Mayhem 3

Unknown Soldier · 10-11-2011, 11:16 AM

Have been listening to some more of Darkthrone`s discography and their second album A Blaze in the Northern Sky is an ok album, its basically still a death metal band doing black metal. But the album Under a Funeral Moon is the biz and easily one of the best black metal albums I`ve heard (admittedly I haven`t heard that many) Just listened to Transilvanian Hunger and its evil, but I`m still undecided if it reaches the heights of Under a Funeral Moon.

The Batlord · 10-11-2011, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Have been listening to some more of Darkthrone`s discography and their second album A Blaze in the Northern Sky is an ok album, its basically still a death metal band doing black metal. But the album Under a Funeral Moon is the biz and easily one of the best black metal albums I`ve heard (admittedly I haven`t heard that many) Just listened to Transilvanian Hunger and its evil, but I`m still undecided if it reaches the heights of Under a Funeral Moon.

I've still not been able to really get into Darkthrone. A Blaze In the Northern Sky and Trannsylvanian Hunger are cool, but not in a way that's really wowed me. Soulside Journey is actually my fav so far. My love for it has been tempered by Dismember and Entombed, but it's still got an evilness that totally works for me. I've not listened to Under a Funeral Moon yet, but I'll have to give it a listen after I'm done listening to some Alanis Morissette. That may be a while though. Alanis > Darkthrone

BastardofYoung · 10-11-2011, 05:44 PM

lol @ Alanis.

I do not know, but I imagine Darkthrone can at least define irony.

10-07-2011, 04:26 PM	#452 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	Yeah, but that Darkthrone album is not straight up Norway Black Metal. It is straight up try hard Swedish Death Metal by a band who is from Norway. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

10-08-2011, 10:45 AM	#456 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	still like this __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

10-11-2011, 05:44 PM	#460 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	lol @ Alanis. I do not know, but I imagine Darkthrone can at least define irony. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

10-08-2011, 12:37 PM	#457 (permalink)
Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	Ok have listened to both and the Darkthrone album is a solid album but as said comes across as an attempt to cash in on the Swedish scene, I`d actually rather listen to Entombed, Unleashed, Grave and Dismember if I want that sound. The Mayhem album again is good but not a classic and as Batlord has said, it has a horror B-movie 1930s/1940s low budget feel. On a music level I`d say the Darkthrone album was better but as a huge Universal horror movie fan (I have the box set with the models of Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jnr) I have to give it to Mayhem for the feel of the album. Also how many albums are surrounded with both a murder and a suicide. Darkthrone 2 Mayhem 3

10-11-2011, 11:16 AM	#458 (permalink)
Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	Have been listening to some more of Darkthrone`s discography and their second album A Blaze in the Northern Sky is an ok album, its basically still a death metal band doing black metal. But the album Under a Funeral Moon is the biz and easily one of the best black metal albums I`ve heard (admittedly I haven`t heard that many) Just listened to Transilvanian Hunger and its evil, but I`m still undecided if it reaches the heights of Under a Funeral Moon.