ChainsawAkimbo

Had a dishwasher delivered today and it is faulty, so my dream of a new year without wearing rubber gloves is on hold a while longer.  Hey ho!
Happy New Year forumites.  Wishing you all the best for 2020.

There's nothing wrong with using a pick. They're great if you want speed and percussive attack. You can also get a lot of nuance and rhythmic variety out of a pick, check out this Bobby Vega video:
 
Anyway, if you're already learning songs and enjoying yourself, congratulations. Look for some ear training exercises on YouTube, it'll really help you to pick up stuff more quickly and not be too reliant on tabs. Don't be afraid to start looking for people to play with, you can learn a lot by jamming with people at pretty much any skill level. And like Chainsaw says, stick with it!

thank you  i have been trying to improve my knowledge of tabs, including a lot of the symbols and stuff on them, to improve the amount of songs i can do. Been trying to play with fingers and delved into a bit of slap, but find pick is my strong suit. thank you very much. 

Just keep practicing, study and try out different playing techniques, look into music theory a bit and learn a new song every now and then. Just keep doing stuff really. You will constantly get better, even if the progress can be at times hard to notice. Looks like you got a good start allready.  

Coffee coffee, always coffee.. 

Darkness is calling is the name i use for all my solo musical adventures these days. Currently working on a 4 song EP. Also working with my friend under Grayscale Dawn name, but no releases yet.
Heres a rough demo of one of the songs. Missing vocals (i´ve been practicing hard so close to recording), and drums need A LOT of work). But kinda gives away the concept. Quite simple, slow and dark.
https://www.facebook.com/PimeysKutsuu/
 

Yes you certainly have, I realised after I typed and went back to look again. I think I remember you posting ColdWorld also actually on the Now Listening thread, my apologies for my over enthusiasm to post  
Aww, no, it's my fault for not paying attention to detail, I blame the alcohol  

I guess I missed this, teach me not to read the first page! 

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I was sure no one had mentioned Make a Change... Kill Yourself when i saw this topic so basically came to do that, but happy to see i was wrong. Nocturnal depression is another one of my favourites in the genre.  
 
 

Nocturnal Depression are amazing. End of. Listen to 'Spleen Black Metal', such a great album, though I haven't heard anything bad by them. My 'Four Seasons to a Depression' LP is one of my favourite items! Love the cover photography, also.

I'm a huge DSBM fan so I have to add a couple recommendations to the list.
Make a Change... Kill Yourself is one of my fave DSBM bands. All their albums are great but here's a link to their first album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7yRhf3_hI0 They have several albums out, including one they just recently released which is great as well.
When Mine Eyes Blacken's self titled album is absolutely amazing also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWMrijpeDbA
Nocturnal Depression is another of my fave DSBM bands and Soundtrack for a Suicide - Opus II is my fave album of theirs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWy9XCgFCrk

It seems pertinent to start a post for this flourishing sub-genre. 
I've long been obsessed with the doomier side of music, and of course black metal in general, so the idea of merging a suicidal/depressive philosophy to the black metal template makes perfect sense to me. And quite frankly, I'm amazed at the quality out there. 
I'm going to start this thread off with a very tentative Top 10 Albums list, because I'm not confident that I'm fully across things yet (in fact, I know I'm not). Like all genres I'm spreading a broad brush to genre inclusion. This list will change drastically as I delve more deeply into dark depressive expressions exlusively. 
Requiem's Top 10 DSBM Albums
10. Xasthur - 'Nocturnal Poisoning' (2002)
I ended up buying a lot of Xasthur's albums, starting with this one upon release. It is a dense, claustrophobic style of black metal - a one man band, and I loved it a lot more then compared with now. Still, Malefic is an enigmatic figure but sort of a one trick pony after buying so many of his massively long albums. Amazing illustrated cover art that is haunting and curious. 
9. Forgotten Tomb - 'Springtime Depression' (2003) 
First day of Spring is actually tomorrow here in darkest Victoria, so we're looking forward to some brighter weather. Despite three entries on this list, I suspect some will drop off as I get to know more of the lower bands' back catalogues. This is a stunning album though. Album cover of that  forest shed is haunting and perfect. 
8. Shining - 'Livets Andhallplats' (2001)
Hard to know where to put Shining. Is this better than 'Springtime Depression'? Probably due to Kvarforth's unhinged vocals. A dark picture of a slashed wrist fits well. 
7. Forgotten Tomb - 'Songs to Leave' (2002)
This is a great album, very melodic, almost a bit of Katatonia worship. Their debut album is no doubt amazing with its melodic approach to black metal. The album cover has always left me a bit uneasy, looking at a man in his underwear in the bath. I can't focus on the blood because I'm conscious of not looking at his black underpants. 
6. Shining - 'V - Halmstad (2007)
Kvarforth has his business sorted out with this great album. Evocative album cover with a gun-in-mouth photograph leaving no one in doubt. 
5. Coldworld - 'Melancholie' (2016)
The first entry of nowadays dsbm. This is brilliant because it's a mix of traditional dsbm black metal with some beautiful and dark ambient passages. I'm a bit suspicious of ambience sometimes, but it works really well here. The album cover of a skier disappearing into white snow with a fragile tree. Gosh, just amazing. 
4. Forgotten Tomb - 'Hurt Yourself and the Ones You Love' (2015)
This is a groove monster that doesn't really fit into the style of all these other albums, but it's full on depressive and suicidal. The Pantera like grooves are so much fun. Amazing album cover with the bound sexy chick with a guy holding a bullet to her mouth. Sounds terrible as I type that, but it's actually really beautiful because the girl is so powerful. She's like a superhero bursting out of her bonds. Just amazing. 
3. Thy Light - 'Suici.De.pression' (2007)
Hard to believe this fucking masterpiece is 2007 and is considered a 'demo'. It just slays his later official full length release that seems to suffer from a sense of satisfaction and achievement. 'Suici.De.pression' (amazing title by the way), is desperate, haunted and forlorn, created by a Brazilian who has lost all hope. Stunning vocals, stunning. Haunting slow riffs and big keyboards. Guitar solo in the last song is hurtful and gutting. Final sounds of a guy hanging himself at the end is the essence of this genre. Haunting album cover of a grey tree scene with the awesome logo and wonderful album title. 
2. Totalselfhatred - 'Solitude' (2018)
Wow. What can I say? All I can write is that I'm really looking forward to the rest of this band's back catalogue, which I've hardly heard. Featuring a full band line-up, including a real drummer, this is Finnish depression at its best. It's like a mix between Rapture and Shining. It came out last year?! What a time to be alive (ie die). Pertinent album cover of an upside down power station/flooded boat. They're signed to Osmose Records and I'm very happy about that because these guys are changing the way I see music in the 21st century. 
1. Shining - 'X Varg Utan Flock' (2018)
This is the greatest dsbm album of all time. I’m convinced. The thing is, this is the album where Kvarforth brings everything that made the earlier albums great, and just injects an extra bit of self-hatred. The band he has enlisted to help get this off the ground are stunning - the lead guitar player is world class. The album cover is pretty cool, although kind of rips off Paradise Lost's 'X' album and so many others. 

If you're just looking for a basic recording setup to get you started, I'd recommend a small USB interface like a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, a good quality dynamic mic (Shure SM58 will never be obsolete), Reaper for recording software, and Fruity Loops for programming and beat-making. If you want tutorials, there's loads of stuff on YouTube. Other than that, you know, stick with it, keep learning, and have fun.

Mgla - ‘Age of Excuse’
I couldn’t come up with an excuse not to buy this album. 

Now that’s what I call a metal corner @ChainsawAkimbo.

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Amorphis- Tales From The Thousand Lakes 

I last painted a very long time, it will be necessary to do this in the near future, thanks for the reminder?

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Thanks man The money honestly isn't great, but I'm lucky that I at least get to work on enjoyable projects most of the time.

Absolute joy going through this topic, some genuine masterpieces! Especially stuff from  @FatherAlabaster is insanely good, i really hope you make a living with that stuff! If not, then you need more marketing!  

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This one's sLightly more metal. 
 
Ok, I'm going to stop posting these now ?