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Vampyrique given a Damn from Skadi in Gothic Rock
I listen to many goth rock, post-punk and deathrock bands as well as many bands peripherally associated with those scenes.
Christian Death, London After Midnight, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Radio Werewolf, Fear Cult, Suspiria, Sopor Aeternus, Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim etc.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Skadi in Top 10 Gothic Metal Albums
I feel the need to update my list with a couple of new entries; they're highlighted in blue.
1. Theatres des Vampires - Bloody Lunatic Asylum
2. Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
3. Cadaveria - The Shadows' Madame
4. Darkness of Blood - A Dream of Vampires in Astral Dementia
5. Symawrath - Scaena I - Incestuous Overture in the Crystal Auditorium
6. My Dying Bride - As the Flower Withers
7. Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions
8. Moonspell - Wolfheart
9. Deinonychus - The Weeping of a Thousand Years
Cadaveria's debut is outstanding. The Shadows' Madame is blackened heavy metal masterpiece shrouded with gothic undertones. This is Witch Metal meant for drawing down the moon. Cadaveria is a femme fatale, and her visceral vocal performance and presence alone deserve high magic's praise.
I've already exalted Symawrath's debut elsewhere. This album doesn't just meet the vampire standard; it's a blood overdose that won't let, or let you down.
Bands like Anathema, Evenfall, Paradise Lost, Tiamat, and Type O Negative will have to battle for the final spot.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Skadi in Top 10 Gothic Metal Albums
Goth and/or gothic, a forever-hot topic!
The moon shines down on thee.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Serpentboi1992 in Your Top 100 Black Metal Albums
A work in progress, here is a rough list of 82 91 so far with a maximum of two releases per band for if it were a literal top 100, a band like Darkthrone would likely secure too many positions. I would consider most of these albums essential to my top 100 but some were chosen instinctually for I didn’t spend much time making this list. I also wanted to include some variety. I am partial to 90s black metal and black metal that emphasizes atmosphere, and I’ve never cared about the technical proficiency of a band or musician. Some quality bands have not been included yet because I haven’t decided on which album to list. Some albums may not be entirely black metal, but I tried to keep it within reason. I'll update the list and try to finish it when I have more time.
Abigor – Verwüstung / Invoke the Dark Age
Abigor – Orkblut
Absu – Barathrum: V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
Accursed – Meditations Among the Tombs
Agatus – Dawn of Martyrdom
Amen Corner – Jachol ve Tehilá
Ancient – Svartalvheim
Archangellus – Magnus Ominis Umbra
Arcturus – Aspera Hiems Symfonia
Art Inferno – Abyssus Abyssum Invocat
Avzhia – Dark Emperors
Baalberith – Storming Towards the Gate
Bathory – Bathory
Bathory – Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Behemoth – Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)
Behemoth – Grom
Beherit – Drawing Down the Moon
Bethlehem – Dark Metal
Bishop of Hexen – Archives of an Enchanted Philosophy
Black Funeral – Vampyr - Throne of the Beast
Blut Aus Nord – Ultima Thulée
Burzum – Burzum
Burzum – Det som engang var
Carpe Tenebrum – Majestic Nothingness
Covenant – Nexus Polaris
Crimson Moon – To Embrace the Vampyric Blood
Darkness of Blood – A Dream of Vampires in Astral Dementia
Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger
Darkthrone – Panzerfaust
Deathspell Omega – Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
December Moon – Source of Origin
Deviser – Transmission to Chaos
Dimmu Borgir – For All Tid
Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Dismal Euphony – Soria Moria Slott
Dissection – The Somberlain
Dødheimsgard – Kronet til Konge
Dornenreich – Durch den Traum
Draupnir – Black and Vicious
Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse
Emperor – Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Enslaved – Vikingligr Veldi
Forgotten Woods – As the Wolves Gather
Gehenna – First Spell
Godkiller – The Rebirth of the Middle Ages
Gorgoroth – Under the Sign of Hell
Graveland – The Celtic Winter
Graveland – Carpathian Wolves
Hades – …Again Shall Be
Hirilorn – Legends of Evil and Eternal Death
Immortal – Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
Immortal – Blizzard Beasts
Kawir – To Cavirs
Legion of Doom – For Those of the Blood
Leviathan – Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Limbonic Art – Moon in the Scorpio
Lord Belial – Enter the Moonlight Gate
Lvpercalia – The Sublimation of Darkness
Maldoror – Ars Magika
Maleficarum – The Unholy Falldown of Christianism
Malignant Eternal – Tårnet
Marduk – Dark Endless
Master’s Hammer – Ritual
Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom. Sathanas
Medo – Matéria Negra
Mortuary Drape – All the Witches Dance
Mutiilation – Vampires of Black Imperial Blood
My Infinite Kingdom – Ecstasies Over Dreaming Lady
Necromantia – Scarlet Evil Witching Black
Old Man’s Child – Born of the Flickering
Order of the Ebon Hand – The Mystic Path to the Netherworld
Osculum Infame – Dor-nu-Fauglith
Root – Zjevení
Rotting Christ – Thy Might Contract
Rotting Christ – Non Serviam
Samael – Ceremony of Opposites
Satyricon – The Shadowthrone
Satyricon – Nemesis Divina
Sigh – Infidel Art
Sombre Chemin – Notre Héritage Ancestral
Taranis – Faust
Theatres des Vampires – Vampyrìsme, Nècrophilie, Nècrosadisme, Nècrophagie
Thorns – Thorns
Tormentor – Anno Domini
Trelldom – Til evighet...
Trom – Evil
Ulver – Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler
Varathron – His Majesty at the Swamp
Varathron – Walpurgisnacht
Venom – Black Metal
Xibalba – Ah Dzam Poop Ek
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Vampyrique given a Damn from babarois in Gothic metal - a dying genre?
I've never, by experience, understood how someone can simply go through a phase only to later reject it but I'm not a capricious person. If I like something, I genuinely like it and likely always will.
I suspect it stems from a lack of self-knowledge or identity. Lacking in direction, trying new things to see what stays.
I've also observed that sometimes lonely people want to fit in with others so badly that they will try to fit in even if the attempt is contrived. Sometimes a person may only be able to measure their self worth by how others perceive them within a given social circle or community.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Strawberry in Gothic metal - a dying genre?
I've never, by experience, understood how someone can simply go through a phase only to later reject it but I'm not a capricious person. If I like something, I genuinely like it and likely always will.
I suspect it stems from a lack of self-knowledge or identity. Lacking in direction, trying new things to see what stays.
I've also observed that sometimes lonely people want to fit in with others so badly that they will try to fit in even if the attempt is contrived. Sometimes a person may only be able to measure their self worth by how others perceive them within a given social circle or community.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Silhouette_Usurper in Who are your current top 5 bands?
Top 5 Lately:
London After Midnight - seductive Psycho Magnet; a dark wave of dancefloor-deathrock-gone-glam.
Genitorturers - better than a morbid angel. Flesh is the Law and Mistress Gen must be obeyed!
Cadaveria - still under her spell...
Opera IX - she's dark Italianate, a hex times two upon you.
Siouxsie and the Banshees - I am the melting man before her.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from ClericWitch in Judging by the cover
Always judge an album by its cover. Each one a fatal portrait.
A bad album cover usually means a lack of dedication to the arte magicale; a philistinic display of "aint it just about the riffs, bro?" attitude.
There are albums I like with mediocre cover art, and I'd probably value them even more if the cover was better. The 2000s witnessed a never-ending procession of digital recrement; a painful taint-by-numbers found-everywhere-affair.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Sabazios in Thoughts on metal and negativity
Traditionally, it has seemed to me that people with a negative disposition are strongly correlated to 'outsider' genres like metal. However, because such a strong emotional connection to music such as metal is made, and because music generally gives listeners a sense of catharsis that is uniquely personalized, through that means people able to overcome whatever negative disposition they may have had. Also, it seems to me that negative outlooks on life are greatly diminished when met with an increased sense of community, and, these days, the metal community seems less divided. It seems, too, that people today are less willing to let one single thing like taste in music define themselves.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Requiem in What Are You Listening To?
It sounds like this is the bloody kiss I've been waiting for - without feeling violated by the tongue in cheek that I didn't ask for.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Primal_Enigma in Worst album by one of your favourite bands
Esoteric Warfare is bland and lifeless. I agree with you, Ordo's reckless gay thrusting is preferred.
After taking a couple of loads, I'm not really sure what Metallica fans were really expecting. St. Anger isn't good, but it's not nearly as bad as people say it is. But in metal circles, herd is the word.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Sabazios in Does humour have a place in music?
Absolutely not. There's no room for humour in metal. Abbath frowns upon all.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Requiem in Paradise Lost
That's all fake noose, but that's old news to me. Indeed, you're on fire with those arms of yours, but I'm afraid you're the one about to be roasted!
Now, any nous is good nous, and you'd be better off producing some so you can keep your wits about you. Otherwise, you'll be dusted off like tiny pieces heaped into a work of motes-art and swept up by a brume of bad punnery, no (dead)pan required. Best you stay bach, or my wolves, with their fur-elise, will keep you at bay-thoven, sonata thing you can do about it!
Okay, that last one was dreadful, near suicidal. Best we talk like Victorian gentlemen over tea and crumpets and discuss Anglo imperialism or some such matter?
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Vampyrique gave a Damn to Requiem in Paradise Lost
If I had a gun to my head I'd take a stab in the dark and suggest that no noose is good noose for those who fail to note the most-art of Requiem. I didn't want to leave you hanging, so shot through my poisonous reply like a speeding bullet. Quite frankly, with an axe to grind and plenty of time to kill, I knocked them dead with my lyrical post that all agree is to die for and the silver bullet you need .
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Requiem in Paradise Lost
Paradise regained, I think not. But let's not make the mistake of raising the stakes.
Rest assured, grave concern should be undertaken when challenging the likes of me. After all, what good is a silent requiem...
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Balor in Issues with lyrics, content, and rules in the band.
Hast thou not, O my brother, convened with Quetzalcoatl himself and sought permission to appropriate said culture of He? Perhaps a humble token who, extant, represents the whole of the people can grant thee dispensation in accordance with the politica rectitudo of our current sinistral trend in time before it ceases to be?
How my ironic superiority complex doubly strikes me with pangs of guilt when Nile's music floods my headphones. Rather, it is a vile river of shame that is needlessly bled to their name. How dare it be that such fools can exist without Ra's eternal blessing!
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Vampyrique given a Damn from salmonellapancake in What Are You Listening To?
Nothing at all, actually.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Requiem in Issues with lyrics, content, and rules in the band.
Hast thou not, O my brother, convened with Quetzalcoatl himself and sought permission to appropriate said culture of He? Perhaps a humble token who, extant, represents the whole of the people can grant thee dispensation in accordance with the politica rectitudo of our current sinistral trend in time before it ceases to be?
How my ironic superiority complex doubly strikes me with pangs of guilt when Nile's music floods my headphones. Rather, it is a vile river of shame that is needlessly bled to their name. How dare it be that such fools can exist without Ra's eternal blessing!
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Vampyrique given a Damn from MattDan in Issues with lyrics, content, and rules in the band.
Hast thou not, O my brother, convened with Quetzalcoatl himself and sought permission to appropriate said culture of He? Perhaps a humble token who, extant, represents the whole of the people can grant thee dispensation in accordance with the politica rectitudo of our current sinistral trend in time before it ceases to be?
How my ironic superiority complex doubly strikes me with pangs of guilt when Nile's music floods my headphones. Rather, it is a vile river of shame that is needlessly bled to their name. How dare it be that such fools can exist without Ra's eternal blessing!
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Natassja in Cults
Crowley is fascinating. He has certainly left his imprint on today's culture in both good and bad ways. Hardly the 'wickedest man in the world', yet it seems The Great Beast fathered much of today's degeneracy and hedonism. Nevertheless, his legacy has endured the dull tedium of the modern mind; that mundanity of materialism that robs us of our imagination. Perhaps that's something worth praising. Most notably, how many bands have paid tribute to Crowley and put magic to music? Too many to name.
Crowley was criticized relentlessly by the media so I can't blame him for firing back. I think he somewhat enjoyed the infamy even though that wasn't was he was striving for. I think he was an eccentric genius, but also a bit of charlatan. I rather like Crowley. Moonchild is an excellent novel, and his non-fiction is at least interesting to read though.
Scientology is interesting as far as cults go. Incidentally, Hubbard knew Crowley and Jack Parsons. Parsons was a Thelemite/occultist too who worked with NASA developing rocket propulsion technology. Amazing that NASA was spearheaded by Nazis and occultists. But why am I not surprised...
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Requiem in Who are your current top 5 bands?
Cadaveria cast her spell on me in June of last year and she has yet to release me from it. Being mainly familiar with Opera IX's first three albums, I wondered how it was that I had never properly given her solo work its due. Witching hours by night and full moon were spent listening to The Shadow's Madame. Preceding this, I re-listened to said first Opera IX albums as well as Maleventum (the first to feature a new vocalist). Despite my devotion (get it:? how clever) to Cadaveria, it is possible that I like Maleventum more than the first three.
Symawrath were a pleasant new find for me in spring of last year and their hold has persisted since. Namely, their debut album and split release for reasons listed in other threads. I didn't care to even listen to their industrial-whatever metal that they later attempted.
The Cure are one of many favourites outside the world of metal. Wish and Disintegration made my playlist for a while. But everybody, their grandmother, and their dog like The Cure; only diseases and the pharmaceutical industry don't like The Cure.
As you know, Tiamat has been on my mind with the effort being made to re-familiarize myself with their later works. I'm glad I did so, especially with regards to Judas Christ.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Requiem in What Are You Listening To?
Looking at it now.... Indeed, It seems legit, and It checks out with the one listed on discogs.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from Requiem in Cradle of Filth
It isn't bad but I prefer the original. Dani's enunciation is the biggest surprise to me. That, and me hearing some sounds that I barely knew were there. The guitars and drums sound fine but at the cost of atmosphere. The keyboards take a backseat and Sarah's parts lose all hypnotic charm.
No, the Countess wouldn't be pleased with this. This blood bath was best kept virginal.
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Vampyrique given a Damn from the_thrashing in who would you rather be?
I've felt fascist all morning so I'll take the latter. A few hours at the (red) social sounds like a (laugh) riot that even a university professor would envy. I'll have to drink my Starbucks coffee black because I know they'll only have soy milk (no dairy), but that's ok because I'll still get double the Marx for not whitening my coffee with cream and sugar.
On a related note, would you rather shave the Gillette way or man up and take the razor burn?