Favorite First Wave Norwegian Black Metal Act.

what the fuck

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'mother north' from nemesis divina shows astonishing songwriting skills. but it's a total flash in the pan, a real "where the fuck did that come from?" moment. even that album has its share of bizarre fragmented half-songs.

Vlad Tepes/Belketre split (both parts great), the Mutiilation debut. Mutiilation's "Remains..." also very good, similar to Darkthrone "Under A Funeral Moon". Rest of the Legions Noires stuff not really so good except Seviss and Black Murder, all those countless demos by the Vlad Tepes guys have their moments but also a lot of crap. Torgeist sucked.

Vlad Tepes/Belketre split is amazing, as is Belketre's Ambre Zuèrkl Vuorhdrévarvtre demo. Really, these guys were pretty much THE kvltest BM band out there, along with the whole LLN scene in general. The funny thing is I listed to Belketre's pre-BM demos in their Zelda and Chapel of Ghouls guises, and tho just as lo-fi and obscure-sounding as Belketre, are mMUCH more death-metal oriented, even carrying a fair bit of Mr Bungle-esque muso-experimentation. What a weird group of people! Perhaps even more drastic a transformation into BM than Darkthrone made from their first record to their second.

(also fascinating is the amount of money these demos go for on eBay, and their continued bootlegging by people tangentially related to the band)

Yeah I've got a few of the Legions Noires albums, probably not a bad idea to offload them. Ildjarn albums also seem to fetch crazy prices.

Can I just repeat this one word: Bathory.

― StanM, Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:16 PM bookmarkflaglink

Can I just point out that they are Swedish?

― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:16 PM bookmarkflaglink

lol

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:17 PM bookmarkflaglink

Or rather he is Swedish. . .

― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:17 PM bookmarkflaglink

Can I just point out he's Belgian?

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:18 PM bookmarkflaglink

(Stanm)

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:18 PM bookmarkflaglink

Can I just say touche?

― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:19 PM bookmarkflaglink