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I'm not going to lie, this initially got my attention because it's an all-female black metal band which is probably one of the rarest things ever; but I gotta say, these gals are not fucking around. This shit absolutely rips.
This new album isn't out until September, but their previous album Potestas Magicum Diaboli is probably one of my favourite metal discoveries of this year.
You have to listen to Amon Amarth then, if you haven't already. Not a deep cut by any means but it seems right up your alley.
This is how I feel too. I've been to shows where they played and still couldn't really get into it.
Metalcore is one of my favorite genres so to each their own I guess.
I continue to give it chances, just I'm not drawn to it at all. This forum leans black metal heavy too, which is fine as I like to hear new shit, but I'm not the biggest black metal fan.
haha, yeah. I am a more of a melodic death metal/metalcore fan so feel you there.
ever check this LS album out? Still has thrash roots, but it definitely got me to look into metalcore.
I don't really listen to much metalcore overall even after all this time but I can't deny how much I love those first few Botch and Dillinger Escape Plan albums. Converge is pretty cool, too.
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I don't agree with you, i think it leans more to the Death side, but i've seen many people, not just you :) saying the same, that is part of the reason why i refrain from posting more. I just listened to BM my whole life, but this year im just changing that and discovering Death Metal so i can say it's a 10% / 90% split between BM and DM.
IM a Death Metal Pro now LOL
Digging the new Opeth track. Albums still sounds real promising.
I'm liking it. I need to listen to more King Gizzard but this is probably my favorite thing I've heard from them since Nonagon.
I'm liking it. I need to listen to more King Gizzard but this is probably my favorite thing I've heard from them since Nonagon.
Listened to Self Immolate and really dug it, will have to listen to more.
Yo! I do need to blacken this thread up a little more but to be honest, I tend to listen to a lot less black metal during the summer months. I've been slacking on new music in general lately too.
I did however listen to the new Black Cilice track that dropped and it sounds very good. Looking forward to that release a lot. They are still one of the best raw bm bands going.
Those 2 Sanguine Eagle albums are still 2 of my favs as well this year.
Lastly, for something old, I get into the first 2 Forgotten Woods albums in a big way earlier this summer. Man, they are just so good. Almost like if Burzum were a prog band.
ay yooo, new BC. It's funny cause I remember at the old place when you rec'd Mysteries and it was during the summer lol.
yep, vouch for Forgotten Woods. Some distros have been getting in No Colours stock and I've been meaning to grab some FW.
Coming from Gaf, the metal thread presence there after I joined in 2014 had a lot more power metal than here. Cannot deny a strong black metal presence in this thread, which again is fine, I might like some theme days though to spruce up the variety.
Living Sacrifice were always an interesting band, not my favorite Christian thrash band, but good enough to recommend.
Haha yeah might have been. I'll definitely listen to the new album when it comes out in September but I'm sure I'll give it the most rotations during some dark and cold winter nights. My tastes generally do follow the seasons. Winter is all about black metal. Summer time is generally more death metal.
Fall is just Drudkh and Type O Negative...
Kidding
but kinda true though
Enjoying this, and black metal usually isn't my thing. Thanks for sharing!
I love how my taste in metal has gone from "firmly thrash" to "atmospheric black metal" and to this...
It's such a great album.
It's such a great album.
not metal... more folk/post rock/etc, but the guitarist from falls of rauros has another project that he plays guitar/sings/composes that just released an album yesterday and it's pretty interesting. apparently they played fire in the mountains this year with wolves in the throne room, saor, etc
reminds me of when I kept seeing murder by death on tours in the early 2000s with bands like every time I die and from autumn to ashes
excited to get the vinyl along with mike patton/jean-claude vannier's corpse flower this year
reminds me of when I kept seeing murder by death on tours in the early 2000s with bands like every time I die and from autumn to ashes
excited to get the vinyl along with mike patton/jean-claude vannier's corpse flower this year
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What does 2019 have to do with enjoying music? What a bizarre post.
People "respecting" Trashylore's adoration of Blind Guardian, most like.
Listening to the new Shadow of Intent album and i feel like I like it but don't love it. There's a certain spark to their second album that this one seems to lack, though I could not tell you what that is.
I'm sure it'll grow on me though.
Cypecore's The Alliance is a fabulous album.
I'm sure it'll grow on me though.
Check Ne Obliviscaris. My favorite album from them is their second, Citadel, but their other two are pretty fantastic. I'd also recommend Cypecore and Amon Amarth, though both have less "orchestral" bits in favor of some really catchy guitar.
Cypecore's The Alliance is a fabulous album.
Personal opinion: it's a genre of music that was only interesting in the context of its time and place (and even then, was mostly awful). We're decades past that at this point. If someone gets enjoyment out of it though, then whatever, cool for them.
you say this as if black metal as a whole is defined by its novelty. Why would this apply to black metal exclusively, rather than any other genre of extreme metal that came about? If this is about black metal being lo-fi, that is a path of the old guard that bands today are free to follow but also is nowhere near as prominent. Not every black metal album sounds like Nattens Madrigal.
I don't think it's necessarily exclusive. There are genres that are defined more by time/place/mindset/aesthetic/etc., the early powerviolence scene for example. I'd make a similar argument about most punk being infinitely less interesting removed from the context of its incarnation as well.
Why wouldn't it apply to all genres? Are music genres only relevant a few years after being invented?
It's a really weird stance to have.
Its funny because I see black metal as an increasingly popular genre, so many bands using it as a base ingredient for their sound.
I see what you're saying, and context can always make something more captivating, but from my perspective it is mostly trivia. Regardless of what birthed black metal in the first place, for me it has always been one of the most interesting and versatile genres in metal. When it comes to melodic expression, frankly it is untouchable.
I absolutely cannot wait for this album. Their last one was just phenomenal. I just love the evolution of his vocal delivery. its so unique and powerful. I'm a little scared though with the lineup change, but I'm totally willing to give these guys the benefit of the doubt and just buy it day one.
Tangent, I just fell down the epic/atmospheric black metal hole and found that I really really like the new Grima album Will of the Primordial and the newest Can Bardd album The Last Rain. But I am having trouble finding other bands in this vein as they mostly seem to get way too "screaming from the depths of hell" black metal and not enough "epic and grad" black metal. If anyone has any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it.
I was not aware of any lineup changes. Though they have only gotten better every album imo so I'm not worried.
And yeah Travis' range has gotten more impressive over the years.
And yeah Travis' range has gotten more impressive over the years.
Didn't they lose a guitarist and their bassist? I could be wrong, I should probably just google it. And yeah, 100% they just keep getting better!
not metal but some classic gothic rock, i know many of us are fans
although their last 2 albums became more german new dark wave
although their last 2 albums became more german new dark wave
Oh there's plenty of stuff out there like this.
Try these:
Sojourner
Eldamar
Saor
Yess interested to see if them or Nile take the crown from Body Harvest this year. Cattle and Nile are very experienced but BH probably made a goddamn classic so far.
I thought this was going in a completely different direction, but that doesn't mean I won't heavily disagree with this one as well 😉 (All in good humour, of course)
I'll start a bit nitpicky about its "time and place". Do you mean the mid-80s to late-80s or the early 90s (i.e., first wave or second wave)? I'm not asking this because my next sentence will be "Hah, you don't even know what you're talking about!", but because to me, there even being different waves signifies that there's certainly more than one time and place for Black Metal. Meaning, Black Metal wasn't just a fluke and evolved (or de-evolved maybe, w.r.t. the second wave's lo-fi quality?) over time.
Sure, that doesn't necessarily mean it's still relevant today, but then I'd argue you should look at whether current Black Metal is just treading on very familiar ground and doing things that have been done for years and years or not, i.e., if it's still evolving. I'd say that's definitely the case. I personally don't like everything that's being done and labelled as "Black Metal", but no one can deny the genre is very much alive and trying new things.
There are definitely other sub-genres of metal you could accuse of the things I wrote in the prior paragraph, though 😉
The thing with KSE albums, especially the output since their last with Howard (which is their only bad album, afaic), is that they somehow keep getting better after each time I listen through it. They very much grow on me more and more every time until I'm absolutely in love with them.
Hearing Howard and Jesse together brings a huge smile on my face though. I hope they do more stuff together in the future.
