What Are You listening To V.III Metal!

almauro · 11-01-2011, 09:07 PM

I usually don't listen to a lot of slow depressive metal, but this has a lot of blast beats and some pretty cool atmosphere.

hip hop bunny hop · 11-01-2011, 09:45 PM

Kvelertak are ****. I don't understand why everyone went ape over this band; the death 'n roll bits are fun, but they run into the same problem that has plagued the entire metalcore genre - the songs lack continuity. They bounce from black metal to rock and back with no rhyme or reason. Compounding this is the "black metal' parts are just... godawful.

This song by Carpathian Forest is int he same vein of Kvelertak, but isn't aggravatingly random.

Engine · 11-01-2011, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

Kvelertak are ****. I don't understand why everyone went ape over this band; the death 'n roll bits are fun, but they run into the same problem that has plagued the entire metalcore genre - the songs lack continuity. They bounce from black metal to rock and back with no rhyme or reason. Compounding this is the "black metal' parts are just... godawful.

Interesting you brought them up. Today I watched 'Trollhunter' and this song (Mjod) by them popped up during the end credits. I hadn't really heard anything like it before. I liked the song well enough while I was watching credits roll but I'm not sure how I feel about this band. I don't care much about the lack of continuity but I'm leaning toward your opinion that they're not very good.

The Batlord · 11-02-2011, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

Kvelertak are ****. I don't understand why everyone went ape over this band; the death 'n roll bits are fun, but they run into the same problem that has plagued the entire metalcore genre - the songs lack continuity. They bounce from black metal to rock and back with no rhyme or reason. Compounding this is the "black metal' parts are just... godawful.

They're good because they rule. Simple as that. You claim that they change sounds without rhyme or reason, but that's what is so engaging about them. You don't know what's coming next. It's like when a married couple have been having sex the same way for twenty years and it's ****ing boring now, but then the husband does something he's never done before and it's like, "Hello!" It also doesn't hurt that they do so seamlessly in a non-Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum kinda way that just works perfectly.

I've been looking for some non-gothy death doom, and this suits the bill pretty nicely.

Unrelenting · 11-02-2011, 10:54 AM

Altar of Plagues - Through the Collapse: Gentian Truth (Part 1) - YouTube

love this stuff

The Batlord · 11-02-2011, 11:08 AM

Darkthrone - These Shores Are Damned

I like this far more than I like Darkthrone's earlier work. Black metal that's actually fun to listen to. Blasphemously delicious.

hip hop bunny hop · 11-02-2011, 05:56 PM

Batlord, good for you if you like it, but I've no interest in bands who strengths are novelty and randomness.

Ildjarn - Strength & Anger (#14)

^^^ probably my favorite Norwegian black metal band at the moment.

almauro · 11-02-2011, 09:39 PM

Darkthrone kicks major booty. I'm not so sure about Ildjarn

. The origin of all black metal Norwegian, is contained in this sh/tty sounding 15 second intro.

Engine · 11-03-2011, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Darkthrone - These Shores Are Damned

I like this far more than I like Darkthrone's earlier work. Black metal that's actually fun to listen to. Blasphemously delicious.

Ugh, no. Early Darkthrone for me.

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Originally Posted by almauro

Darkthrone kicks major booty. I'm not so sure about Ildjarn

. The origin of all black metal Norwegian, is contained in this sh/tty sounding 15 second intro.

I don't see your point about Venom - there isn't really any music in the first 15 seconds of the song you posted.
Incidentally, I really like that Ildjarn song.

almauro · 11-03-2011, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Engine

I don't see your point about Venom - there isn't really any music in the first 15 seconds of the song you posted.
Incidentally, I really like that Ildjarn song.

Are you serious? That's Venom playing with all the bass muted, which in turn inspired Quorthon on Bathory's debut to create tinny sounding purposely lo-fi epics like this...

...and the rest is history.

11-01-2011, 09:07 PM	#31 (permalink)
almauro Way Out There Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 850	I usually don't listen to a lot of slow depressive metal, but this has a lot of blast beats and some pretty cool atmosphere. __________________ rock n music blog

11-01-2011, 09:45 PM	#32 (permalink)
hip hop bunny hop Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,381	Kvelertak are ****. I don't understand why everyone went ape over this band; the death 'n roll bits are fun, but they run into the same problem that has plagued the entire metalcore genre - the songs lack continuity. They bounce from black metal to rock and back with no rhyme or reason. Compounding this is the "black metal' parts are just... godawful. This song by Carpathian Forest is int he same vein of Kvelertak, but isn't aggravatingly random. __________________ Have mercy on the poor.

11-02-2011, 10:54 AM	#35 (permalink)
Unrelenting True to username Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,100	Altar of Plagues - Through the Collapse: Gentian Truth (Part 1) - YouTube love this stuff __________________ My lastfm

11-02-2011, 05:56 PM	#37 (permalink)
hip hop bunny hop Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,381	Batlord, good for you if you like it, but I've no interest in bands who strengths are novelty and randomness. Ildjarn - Strength & Anger (#14) ^^^ probably my favorite Norwegian black metal band at the moment. __________________ Have mercy on the poor.

11-02-2011, 09:39 PM	#38 (permalink)
almauro Way Out There Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 850	Darkthrone kicks major booty. I'm not so sure about Ildjarn. The origin of all black metal Norwegian, is contained in this sh/tty sounding 15 second intro. __________________ rock n music blog