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LITURGY is fixing heavy metal, and there's nothing you can do to stop them
KharBevNor:
No Mosh, No Core, No Trends, No Fun is the term, (Comes from old Deathlike Silence promo material iirc) but isn't even a consistent idea in the second wave. 'No Fun' hardly describes the music or sensibilities of Darkthrone, Immortal or Carpathian Forest. There is a degree to which the second wave was a reaction against the commercialisation of death metal, true. Black metal has undeniable connections to punk; there's an element of deliberate obtuseness, of sensationalism. But you can't find one consistent ideological attitude that bridges everything that is undeniably black metal. I mean, just look at the heterodoxity of the bands that formed Black Metals primary influences, both in terms of ideology, artistic approach and sound: Venom, Mercyful Fate, Sarcofago, Death SS, Hellhammer, etc.
No, I think to come to some definition of black metal you have to find something aesthetic, because that's after all what black metal is. It might be something about evil and the sublime; I'll get back to you once I've though about it more.
Lummer:
The funny thing for me is this:
The band came through Denmark some months ago, and played two shows in two cities; Aalborg and Copenhagen.
My best friend Mads lives in Aalborg and saw them there. He then texted me that it was an awesome show, even though they looked like a bunch of hipsters, what with HHH in a purple v-neck sweater and whatnot, but they played their asses off. What strikes me as funny now though, is the fact that he said "It sounds just like old Ulver!" which made it an easy sell for me in any case. Little did I know then, that this pretentious little twat thinks he's reinventing the genre completely by sounding like two albums that came out 16 years ago.
Lummer:
Though, in all fairness, they DID play their asses off and I liked the show, and I like the album too, but revolutionary this AIN'T.
Deathspell Omega, though...
Lummer:
Norwegians With Attitude - "Straight Outta Blashyrkh"
Vuk:
Oh man, I watched their Scion 2011 interview, and they all look/sound like the biggest douchebags ever. Usually I'm not one to avoid listening to a band because its members suck, but this is just too much.
Haha, I just read the article KvP posted. I don't think it's possible for this guy to embarrass himself any more than he has.
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