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it's more what dominique said, (im)pure form blank slate at first, delve into background once I'm into it

I think not appreciating the context is why I had such a hard time appreciating the first wave of Black Metal at first, back in my early 20s

knowing where it comes from is going to increase your understanding of what the music is, imo
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:45 PM (2 hours ago)

this is especially true of BM imo, its kind of baffling to think about doing this "approach in a vaccuum" style

― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Tuesday, March 18, 2014 3:39 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i literally listen to black metal in one of those soundproof isolation chambers where you float in water

Ha that sounds dope IMO

But when you emerge instead of transforming into an ape man like on Altered States you come out looking like a wood goblin or something

That's what happened to Mortiis

Also the crucifix hallucination scene is threaded UPSIDE DOWN.

listened to Celtic Frost off the back of this thread. Fair enough not feeling it, but "not tight"/ "can't play" doesn't seem to be the case at all, Morbid Tales sounds very proficient to my ears. I admit to not being a trained musician though.

Should I go see them live y/n

Yes. I don't like the record, but -unfortunate Hitler youth haircut and penchant for straight arm salutes aside - they're quite a good live band. High volume helps them immensely.

looks like a pretty wild show, i'd say go for it
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lol

wat

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threadconnexions w/o c+p

I went and saw them and it was pretty cool but not loud enough

Took a vid on my iPhone and uploaded it to Youtube hope you like it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re7oByTr4U4

۩, was it you who posted that blog that took album covers and strategically placed inverted crosses on them with evil eyes or something? I can't find that blog anymore

googly eyes? yeah i posted the link. Forget what the blog was called though

googled it
http://metalalbumswithgooglyeyes.tumblr.com/

http://bargainbinblasphemy.tumblr.com/

^that last one is amazing

that last one i already knew of and shared it on twitter already.

i wanted to share the one ۩ posted. cheers

http://i.imgur.com/lyYlRQB.jpg

\m/

print shop pro

I think I'm going to give up on trying to get into this album.

that font tho

I'm glad this thread got bumped cuz it reminds me I still need to check out Woe - Withdrawal

I've tried off and on with Sunbather, but it's never quite clicked. It has a certain simplicity or purity of effect that may have helped it crossover, I guess, but I just kind of lose interest. The vocalist doesn't do much for me - his shrieking is too monochromatic. There's no sense he's reacting to anything in the music going on around him. Their sound is I guess kind of unique, but the songs seem fairly interchangeable.

^ "his shrieking is too monochromatic. There's no sense he's reacting to anything in the music going on around him" and they're pretty generic so in many ways they're the post-BM Cult of Luna.

There are a lot of bands, if not exactly reinventing this particular sub-sub-genre called blackgaze or whatever horrible title you want to call it, but doing it a whole lot better but DH is the one many sites/people seemed to latch onto for some reason and it's just baffling to me because they are just poor.

I might have said something similar upthread but idc

There are a lot of bands, if not exactly reinventing this particular sub-sub-genre called blackgaze or whatever horrible title you want to call it, but doing it a whole lot better

Which ones iyo?

Alcest and WITTR are/were the best at it to me though they've both gone in different directions now. Lantlos and An Autumn for Crippled Children are very good, and Krallice have a lot of the ole 'gaze to them though they are rather more intense and less poppy than most in this particular field. There are probably more but I'm about to collapse into bed so if no one else suggests anything I might list off some more tomorrow...

^strong posting. Negura Bunget also have some stellar blackgaze moments - for instance,

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

…which I think might be the single greatest blackgaze song ever written

Obviously I'm not counting Darkspace, otherwise they'd crush the opposition entirely - they're less 'gaze', more 'roiling madness'

Fuck it, if these guys count then they deserve an airing. Feel slightly embarrassed for Deafheaven being juxtaposed with them, but yknow, life's a cunt and then you get sucked out of an airlock

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

Krallice are awesome and I def rank them over Deafheaven. I tend to put them in this category though: Search: Metal that Sounds Like Glenn Branca. My favourite Alcest is Le Secret. When they're doing retro-90s guitar pop, they don't hold my interest. Haven't kept up with WITTR since Diadem of 12 Stars. I don't know Lantlos or An Autumn for Crippled Children. I'll keep an eye out.

loving that negura bunget song

Haven't kept up with WITTR since Diadem of 12 Stars.

you should at least check out the second full-length

I think it's really cool that a progressive band like Deafheaven brought so much innovation to metal....definitely a "thinking man's" metal band, might go over some ppl's heads if they aren't ready for it

who is/was making arguments like that?

woah I'm listening to .Neon by Lantlos right now & can I just say: Frederik B totally OTM

(well okay, like 95% OTM -- I hear more Bark Psychosis than Talk Talk, but that's splitting hairs I didn't even know existed until this album made them stand up all over my body)

getting a weird M83 vibe from the last track, too... maybe just the female voice speaking French(?) in the background

yeah yeah I like Lantlos' beefier take on this particular sound. I highly rate the album they released this year too

Krallice are awesome and I def rank them over Deafheaven. I tend to put them in this category though: Search: Metal that Sounds Like Glenn Branca.

yyy, krallice gives me a bit of a live skull vibe iirc

oooof never heard darkspace before that's bloody intense. I will have to investigate further when I'm in a position to play it really fucking loud. Points off for corpsepaint though.

Also I like how we're mostly talking about anyone other than DH now heheheheh

m8 the entirety of dark III is on youtube. go there urgently. imo it is one of the greatest metal albums

Yeah y'know what fuck it, I was highly impressed so I'll do just that

Opinions on the new single?: https://soundcloud.com/adultswimsingles/from-the-kettle-to-the-coil

I'm not really sure what to make of it yet.

Are we not freaking out and jumping off of rooftops over the new one?

https://soundcloud.com/antirecords/deafheaven-brought-to-the-water

I've really been enjoying it!

wait so it was a joke there's not really a kokomo cover