2011 Rolling Black Metal thread

I think Krallice - Diotoma is the best BM album I've heard yet this year! How's that for an opinion?

a very enthralling album...

but have you actually heard it yet?

check my last.fm profile if you need proof.

haha i know, was just joking. Gonna give that Cruachan album you've been listening to a go, i reckon it will be right up mordy's alley

The first half of Diotima takes a while to get going, but the second half, oh man.

if you had to pick between the new albums between Liturgy & Krallice, who would you all choose?

I think i'm siding with Krallice atm (just)

Did anyone pick up that last (as in final) Velvet Cacoon CD that's in the 7" sleeve? Or the Clair Cassis LP?

Nope, not heard either.

P aa opal Poere Pr. 33? The one that wasn't so drone-based? It wasn't bad, no Genevieve, but not bad. People really seemed to like the Clair Cassis, left me a bit cold. The last EP I liked though.

Thanks! I guess Clair Cassis is already broken up as well?

There said they had, but suddenly there's a new EP "Luxury Absolute". Clair Cassis is similar in sound to early Velvet Cacoon, but the songs are relatively short.

Preferred the rough mixes of "P aa opal Poere Pr. 33" that did the rounds, though it's a nice package. "Atropine", which I think was actually the last VC release, was all minimal echoing soundscapes, as far as I remember. A nice enough experience, but not one I've felt the need to revisit more than a couple of times.

hey Alcest/Austere fans, check out Woods Of Desolation, they're an Australian band and their new album Torn Beyond Reason is vv nice imo.

Duh. Same ppl as Austere, even.

Live Black Twilight Circle chaos from Ashdautas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVBr1nw-n98

Finally listened to the new Liturgy. I did in fact like it; it's v exhilirating noise rock, and yet this comment by glenn kind of hit home:

I so want to love the Liturgy album. But every time that long silent gap in the middle comes up I find myself saying "Phew, that album's over. Oh, wait, no."

Haven't finished listening to the Krallice yet, so I will withhold comment, but I'm starting to wonder if bm is just not for me...

that being said, has anyone heard the new Ulver yet? is it any good?

I've heard all three. Krallice > Liturgy > Ulver (with the Ulver not being black metal at all).

I had one of those Eurovision/Mylene Farmer 'why on earth do people like this' moments while listening to the new Ulver

That said I am a huge Opeth fanboy so I may just be experiencing the narcissism of small differences

I wasn't expecting the Ulver to sound like BM, I just knew that they were BM at one time...

Like a generation ago now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew1pMLM87KA

Wait, do they always sound like... any metal band's CD skipping?

Liturgy : black metal
Boredoms : Krautrock

that was kinda my impression of Renihilation anyway

been listening to Super Ae/SR7/VCN lately, and I really dig that analogy...

That either a huge compliment to Liturgy or a massive insult to the Boredoms (I'm in the latter camp myself.)

Well, they're both adopting the textures of the genre and putting it to this psychedelic trance purpose, is how I saw it. It's not really a moral judgment on whether the music is *good*

Liturgy have a looooong way to go to scrape a paint fleck off the Boredoms chrome, obv

Actually I would totally listen to Liturgy doing a cover of Acid Police

Well, they're both adopting the textures of the genre and putting it to this psychedelic trance purpose, is how I saw it. It's not really a moral judgment on whether the music is *good*

yeah that's how i took it.

Liturgy have a looooong way to go to scrape a paint fleck off the Boredoms chrome, obv

wut? u mad...

mad CORRECT, son

Your knife doesn't even have to be that awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZlih4DDNg

that is my favorite black metal release of 2011 so far

I really dig the green onions drum break

man, i really love this liturgy record. so epic. the math-y riffs up against the rubato blast beat stuff is a great juxtaposition.

i also how the 'generations' rhythm appears across the album as a theme.

New Peste Noir sounds awesome; really running with that sound they started to experiment with on Folkfuck Folie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_9Gu8TNo9I

so roxy - what new black metal do you recommend? you know, stuff that has just recently come out or is due to come out soon.

De-lurking to recommend "Dødssanger", the first album from Norwegian black metal "supergroup" Djevel (members from Kvelertak and Purified in Blood amongst others).

I'm no black metal expert, but the album feels fresh even though its roots are firmly planted in the genre. Listened to it twice on my way to work (yes, I have a long commute) and feel like giving it a third spin right now.

maybe not metal enough for the rolling metal thread so i'll post it here this sounds like this scottish band might be ideal for those of you who enjoy atmospheric celtic shoegazy black metal
http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=19712&lang=en

I'm guessing they may sound a bit like agalloch and alcest. Just going to give it a listen now

http://www.harvestmoonmusic.com/2011/08/review-falloch-where-distant-spirits.html

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-93e-R5AzfYs/TkQsPOc2bhI/AAAAAAAAAmc/qDuoGJ1L-dU/s1600/FALLOCH.jpg

oooh!

check webmail

did! thanks!

You might also like the Old Silver Key album. Which is Drudkh with Neige of Alcest on vox. (clean vox) its pretty much a shoegaze album

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uwQTKz5KVmw/TnQEh_PtO1I/AAAAAAAAE8Y/LzuKEoIbWuo/s1600/OLD%2BSILVER%2BKEY%2B-%2BTales%2Bof%2BWanderings%2B%25282011%2529.jpg

that is a very appealing cover

It's not as heavy as i hoped, I didn't think it was going to be as shoegazy I expected a heavy album with clean vox. But i think it will appeal to a lot of people on here.

And this is also Glennmusic I think
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I1jZzdQCDtY/TnctTSNGPgI/AAAAAAAAESY/mbHfsYMxA_Y/097ad1ae675fa2bceb25ed98f1a758a8.png

If you dont like synths in BM its not for you