Siegbran you'd take Funeral Moon over TH?
― J0hn D., Tuesday, 9 October 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
FIVE MILLION WOMEN SO ALONE IN THE NIGHT OH, I HAD THEM ALL SATISFIED PROFUSELY (EVERY NIGHT BY MYSELF)
this strains credulity
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link
your n00bs are showing h00s, every longstanding BM listener can satisfy five million women and have energy left for cricket
― J0hn D., Tuesday, 9 October 2007 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
this is like straight out of a blue song.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 00:39 (sixteen years ago) link
blueS
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 00:40 (sixteen years ago) link
darkthrone are the bee's knees
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 00:45 (sixteen years ago) link
also the cat's pajamas
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 00:46 (sixteen years ago) link
they might be "the bomb" as well, but don't quote me on that
On many days yes - still voted for TH. But Funeral Moon is their "ugliest" album and I'm just surprised nobody had a preference for that.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 10:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks to everyone on this thread - I've since listened to A Blaze In The Northern Sky, Under a Funeral Moon and currently listening to Transylvanian Hunger (which is totally awesome). I liked Under a Funeral Moon better than Blaze but I think TH is even better. This band rules!
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Well done.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
either Under a Funeral Moon or Translvanian Hunger
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:29 (sixteen years ago) link
AMG review of TH: "Like most of Darkthrone's early material, it's an unpleasant dentist-drill experience that only the unholiest of unholies will pretend to enjoy."
Pretend to enjoy? What a cunt.
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Yea, there is rhyme to reason in black metal so I can tell that that reviewer just hadn't figured it out.
speaking of black metal I just got Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas again yay \m/
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:48 (sixteen years ago) link
you know what would be cool? a version of "deathcrush" that doesn't cost more than a dollar a minute. even cooler would be a double cd with all of the shitty-sounding dead material.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I usedto have Dawn of the Black Hearts, fresh with the cover photo of Dead with his brains in his lap...but alas I needed money and ebay called.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
gott punch have you got the Preparing for War special edition?
― J0hn D., Monday, 12 November 2007 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
no. no, i don't. i bought the regular version (when it first came out) and i hate buying things twice, no matter how stupid that is of me.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Do you recommend it, j0hn?
― moley, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't have it yet, it's on order
― J0hn D., Tuesday, 13 November 2007 04:15 (sixteen years ago) link
After the release of "The Cult Is Alive" many conversations took place if they are still black metal and that will happen now. That’s bullshit of course ’cause if someone believes that this recording is not black metal then probably has no idea of what he is talking about. I, really, don’t remember many people back at the rise of 90s that were listening to this band; now all of them consider themselves as black metal masters with opinion for everything having constantly their mouth open telling nonsense. Well, they can put their opinions...you know where!!!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 5 January 2008 10:42 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm listening to 'goatlord' now out of sympathy for it's lack of appreciation in the poll.
an odd record, but i've got a soft spot for it. i've heard it referred to as the darkthrone 'singalong' record, and that sort of makes bizarre sense. a lot of fun to listen to with some really unexpected use of female vocals.
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 10 March 2008 07:09 (sixteen years ago) link
An odd album indeed, the female vocals were actually sung by Fenriz.
― no-nonsense, Monday, 10 March 2008 08:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I probably would have voted for Blaze, had I seen this thread.
I really should give that latest album a shot...
― A. Begrand, Monday, 10 March 2008 08:40 (sixteen years ago) link
haha sung by fenriz. that should come as a surprise, but somehow doesn't :)
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 10 March 2008 08:52 (sixteen years ago) link
"Darkthrone's one of those bands who routinely occupy that "this is the only band I want to listen to, everything else is bullshit" space."
on the motherfucking mark
― circa1916, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 09:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm absolutely a Soulside Journey guy. The rest of it... is fine.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 09:57 (fifteen years ago) link
i only own blaze thru panzerfaust and i've been listening to them an absolutely unhealthy amount these past few weeks. what else in the black metal genre sounds like this? i will listen the unholy fuck out of it.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 10:11 (fifteen years ago) link
To the layman, all black metal sounds like Dark Throne.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 10:39 (fifteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Darkthrone.jpg
this is my favourite artist picture ever.i only heard Transilvanian Hunger (i guess it's the right one to hear) sounds like a cool broken tape. Darkthrone might be a bit like Jandek, you actually WANT to like this, and then you do.
― Ludo, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 09:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Am I damn fool for not having paid attention since Plague Wielder? I never dug that and Ravishing Grimness all that much, so I figured there was no point in keeping up.I think I still have a Transylvanian Hunger shirt somewhere -- I'm probably too fat for it now, which is METAL \m/
Can't say I'm particularly curious about Fenriz' split with Nattefrost, despite the silly name ("Engangsgrill")
― Øystein, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 11:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I am a damn fool for still buying every Darkthrone record. It's more of a charity thing I guess. They're fun for a few spins like latter day Motorhead records.
I have an old A Blaze shirt which I wear proudly but but not too often since I moved to one of the most unmetal cities on earth. Apart from the grim and frostbitten mountains.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Darkthrone rule. This is a fact. Such variety over the years too! The range from "goatlord" to "panzerfaust" to "F.O.A.D" is part of what keeps the plot interesting. I wear my "Total Death" sweatshirt with pride.
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Thursday, 7 May 2009 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S0FvMOce1cc/Ss89foQADWI/AAAAAAAADfo/clvO8VCjrHQ/s1600-h/fenriz.png
― badg, Monday, 12 October 2009 04:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/302/fenriz.png
― badg, Monday, 12 October 2009 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 12 October 2009 04:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Fenriz having a Plastikman tattoo *and* a tattoo for the Guidance label is still a mindblower to me. It's so "fuck it" that's it's just more punk than having some axe-wielding troll tattoo or whatever.
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Monday, 12 October 2009 04:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i read this as "I'm absolutely a Southside Johnny guy. The rest of it... is fine." which made me lol heartily.
― Fighting words,man. Just shut up. (Ioannis), Monday, 12 October 2009 08:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i think that beach ball is actually deflating fenriz.
― LIVIN' IN A JAM SPREAD (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 12 October 2009 09:55 (fourteen years ago) link
that would explain his bizarre posture
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 12 October 2009 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5tY-XfbgJe0/SLbG854r1iI/AAAAAAAABAg/l6Ge3ubUr-k/s1600-h/fenritz_tattoo.jpg
― ¯ ϖ ¯ (Dr. Phil), Monday, 12 October 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5tY-XfbgJe0/SLbG854r1iI/AAAAAAAABAg/l6Ge3ubUr-k/s1600-h/fenritz_tattoo.jpg
― ¯ ϖ ¯ (Dr. Phil), Monday, 12 October 2009 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Dilberts Hund
― ¯ ϖ ¯ (Dr. Phil), Monday, 12 October 2009 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
After an initial few listens, staying away for a few months, and returning to it last night, I've come to the conclusion that I LOVE Transilvanian Hunger. I find the odd chord changes completely gripping; I haven't delved into them theory-wise, but they're definitely a defining characteristic of this record (and not of a type I've encountered much). They're somehow catchy, even though they're non-intuitive. It's one of those records where, when I'm not listening to it, I have a hard time conjuring up anything specific about it, but when it's on I get this really intense deja vu-like connection to it, as if I can feel in my gut where each turn will lead. Its immersiveness is very similar in spirit to me to Loveless, actually, and not to any other record I can think of.
― Clarke B., Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
under a funeral moon robbed in this thread; also, maybe more understandably, sardonic wrath
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
Under a funeral moon seems to be everyone's second favourite Darkthrone record.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 31 May 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
TH is perfection
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, 31 May 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
like everything i wanted black metal to be when i finally dived into it
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, 31 May 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
transilvanian hunger is the sound of a band that knew precisely what they wanted to do and executed it flawlessly. first-rate.
― original bgm, Friday, 1 June 2012 04:54 (eleven years ago) link
I've gone from gently dabbling in this band to loving them full-stop in like two months. This quote now makes complete and total sense to me:
For me, Darkthrone's one of those bands who routinely occupy that "this is the only band I want to listen to, everything else is bullshit" space. Some people think they've been taking the piss for years. Could be! I think Darkthrone's piss-taking beats most bands' seriousness though.
― J0hn D., Friday, October 5, 2007 10:27 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
PANZERFAUST is fucking INCREDIBLE. The riffs are so ridiculously catchy, too; I get them stuck in my head all the time.
― Clarke B., Monday, 16 July 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
*nothing* i have ever posted has been as harsh as the kind of stuff that was standard here 10-15 years ago for what it’s worth (nothing ofc)
― Left, Saturday, 26 June 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
Fiww, everything you've raised is clearly worthy of discussion but you've arrived like someone carrying the torch of enlightenment and in my experience this thread is full of thoughtful people that have clearly already spent a good deal of time debating just these issues and deserve more respect.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 26 June 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
what would have been a better way to raise this? because other than ignoring it i can’t think of anything that wouldn’t have provoked the same kind of reaction, especially because of but also regardless of whatever reputation i have by now on here
― Left, Saturday, 26 June 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
maybe a poster people actually like saying hey people this is a bit dodgy isn’t it could have got somewhere but i didn’t see it happening
― Left, Saturday, 26 June 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
Nah, of course it's fine to ask - in lots of ways it seems so clear and obvious. Idk, don't present it as an aggressive fait accompli I guess.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 26 June 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
this is not some kind of fun game for me, I don’t get off on being a killjoy.
― enochroot, Saturday, 26 June 2021 22:16 (two years ago) link
it'll never be the best Darkthrone album but the new one's pretty good. really liked the past three in point of fact, the ancient doomy vibe really works.
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 14:31 (one year ago) link
Feel like "The Sea Beneath The Seas..." is meant to sound like Manilla Road (excepting the vocals)
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
"The Sea Beneath the Seas of the Sea" reminds me of Iron Maiden's "Remember Tomorrow" a lot.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 3 November 2022 02:27 (one year ago) link
One man's Manilla Road is another man's Iron Maiden through the lowest fi recording imaginable!
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 3 November 2022 07:10 (one year ago) link