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Metal!!!
Promwolf:
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--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 23, 2012, 04:03:40 AM ---http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD2uzpZDLJE
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Not my cup of tea, specially the female vocals.
As for metal album of the year, my favorite is Alcest - Les Voyages de L'Ame. It's shoegaze with BM influences. It's got this really profound beauty and emotion even if you don't understand French.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwGMLncumM, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8g9QncPOk0
--- Quote from: Promwolf on March 23, 2012, 03:39:11 AM ---I didn't really get into Kayodot though haha.
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That's completely different so it's not surprising. I don't like Kayodot either.
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God dammit and you like Alcest!!! Dude ......come here..give me an internet hug.
If you like that sound check out
Les Discrets
Ulver (ambient black metal)
Agalloch
You've probably heard these already though :P
rostheferret:
--- Quote from: froody1911 on March 23, 2012, 05:11:42 AM ---
--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 23, 2012, 04:03:40 AM ---http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD2uzpZDLJE
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Not my cup of tea, specially the female vocals.
As for metal album of the year, my favorite is Alcest - Les Voyages de L'Ame. It's shoegaze with BM influences. It's got this really profound beauty and emotion even if you don't understand French.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwGMLncumM, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8g9QncPOk0
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Yah, reviewed them for my blog not too long back.
EDIT: Try Thy Catafalque. They released an album last year that was incredible. Better than Alcest easily imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O80xbmT3eE
EDIT: Kauan are another that do a similar thing, though more Neo-Folk/Doom/Post-Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY278KT08vI
froody1911:
--- Quote from: Promwolf on March 23, 2012, 05:02:23 PM --- Agalloch
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Yeah I've heard the other 2, but I was under the impression that Agalloch is slightly more conventional BM like this. I'll check them out too.
I can't get into straightforward black metal. The only album of that sort I even managed to completely listen to was Filosofem :-\
--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 23, 2012, 07:25:28 PM ---EDIT: Try Thy Catafalque. They released an album last year that was incredible. Better than Alcest easily imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O80xbmT3eE
EDIT: Kauan are another that do a similar thing, though more Neo-Folk/Doom/Post-Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY278KT08vI
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Kauan sounds good, thanks.
rostheferret:
--- Quote from: froody1911 on March 24, 2012, 01:03:58 AM ---
--- Quote from: Promwolf on March 23, 2012, 05:02:23 PM --- Agalloch
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Yeah I've heard the other 2, but I was under the impression that Agalloch is slightly more conventional BM like this. I'll check them out too.
I can't get into straightforward black metal. The only album of that sort I even managed to completely listen to was Filosofem :-\
--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 23, 2012, 07:25:28 PM ---EDIT: Try Thy Catafalque. They released an album last year that was incredible. Better than Alcest easily imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O80xbmT3eE
EDIT: Kauan are another that do a similar thing, though more Neo-Folk/Doom/Post-Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY278KT08vI
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Kauan sounds good, thanks.
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Black Metal is horrendously varied, probably the most so of any of the metal sub-genres. Off the top of my head, there's Black/Thrash, Bestial Black, Raw Black, Norwegian (2nd wave) Black, First Wave Black, Melodic Black, Symphonic Black, Folk/Black, Ambient Black, Blackgaze, DSBM (Depressive Suicidal Black Metal). Even "Dark Metal" (Neo-Folk + Doom Metal + Black Metal) which is coming to light (artists such as Agalloch and Kauan both fit here), and Viking Metal* takes strong influences from the sub-genre, not to mention oddball bands like Diapsiquir's "Industrial Black" or Angst Skvadron's "Psychedelic Black." Whilst it's probably likely most of this won't do it for you, it might be worthwhile taking a gander at some of the differences. I'm a bit of Black Metal nut so if anything here interests you I could probably follow it up with at least a few rec's. Come to think of it, you'd probably like Bal-Sagoth and Summoning's "Mortal Heroes..." who have a VERY symphonic approach to their BM.
*Without getting into too much of an argument, "Viking Metal" does have a set of specific genre characteristics though is still a 'young' genre and finding it's roots. Turisas and Amon Amarth, two commonly cited "Viking Metal" bands are in fact, not Viking Metal at all playing Symphonic/Folk and Melodic Death respectively. I make no distinction between "Viking" and "Pagan Black," the former is a more popular term but seeing as most of the bands have nothing to do with Vikings, the latter makes more sense.
froody1911:
Interesting. I always thought of viking metal as melodic death.
I should probably mention I can't stand BM shrieks :P
Anyway, I went and heard all those tracks you linked.
--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 24, 2012, 09:49:17 AM ---Black/Thrash, Bestial Black, Raw Black, Norwegian (2nd wave) Black, First Wave Black, Melodic Black, Symphonic Black
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These are what I meant by "conventional". Didn't like them at all.
--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 24, 2012, 09:49:17 AM ---Folk/Black, Ambient Black, Blackgaze, DSBM
Viking Metal
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These were good, specially DSBM, but I'm not really interested in more.
--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 24, 2012, 09:49:17 AM ---Diapsiquir's "Industrial Black"
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Wow, that just sounds terrible >.<
--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 24, 2012, 09:49:17 AM ---Bal-Sagoth and Summoning
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Hmm...nah.
But damn, that's a lot of variation.
I guess I'll stick to dark metal and occasionally blackgaze ;)
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