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Bollocks' date=' some of that stuff is great, even if it doesn't appeal to you. Any specific bands in mind?[/quote'] can't really think of any specifically, but the black metal just sounds like static and the vocals sound like they were recorded a mile away. Xasthur or Leviathan come to mind.
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can't really think of any specifically' date=' but the black metal just sounds like static and the vocals sound like they were recorded a mile away. Xasthur or Leviathan come to mind.[/quote'] Xasthur is a definite candidate for this, but Leviathan really isn't. I guess their demos would qualify, but their albums are clear enough to be able to hear everything pretty easily, despite the somewhat murky atmosphere they create. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Xasthur is a definite candidate for this' date=' but Leviathan really isn't. I guess their demos would qualify, but their albums are clear enough to be able to hear everything pretty easily, despite the somewhat murky atmosphere they create. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2[/quote'] I shall give them another listen
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ok' date=' I gave Leviathan and Xasthur another listen and I can say that they do have a good atmosphere. Now bands like Darkthrone and old Mayhem just sound completely horrendous.[/quote'] Well, you're right about Darkthrone, but I really love the production on Mayhem's old works and can hear everything pretty clearly. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas in particular has that magnificent thick, full guitar tone drenched in reverb, and the drums sound killer too. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Not from a musical perspective.
This. But I'm one of those people who will go on and on about whether or not something is "musically interesting" until everyone else just wants to strangle me.
Well, you're right about Darkthrone, but I really love the production on Mayhem's old works and can hear everything pretty clearly. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas in particular has that magnificent thick, full guitar tone drenched in reverb, and the drums sound killer too. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
I remember listening to Mayhem and Burzum and liking only one of them, but I can't remember which one it was...
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But I'd assume we'd at least keep it to bands that play crap music (whatever that constitutes) rather than bands that don't measure up on the kvltometer.
If only it worked that way... people seem far too ready to assume that whatever they don't like is "crap music", rather than either identifying their preference as a taste issue or just admitting that maybe they haven't wrapped their heads around it yet. There's plenty of stuff I don't feel like investing the time in, either, but I can't say most of it is objectively "bad". My drummer sucks for making snap judgements about all kinds of music, and then getting all butthurt when someone doesn't share his own taste. I've had to accept time and again that the very qualities I like about certain bands are those that drive other people away.
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This. But I'm one of those people who will go on and on about whether or not something is "musically interesting" until everyone else just wants to strangle me.
Since you're a musician, you might have a lower tolerance for trite melodies and overused chord progressions than some people. At least that's the case for me. I definitely have biases against, for instance, the harmonic minor scale - fuck you, harmonic minor! - and Picardy thirds. And that thing Elton John does where he raises the key of the chorus by a whole step at the end of a song, for one last go-round... rrrgh. But what constitutes boring predictability for me is what gets perceived as comfortable familiarity for some listeners, and what might draw me in as "interesting" comes off as incomprehensible noise. I'm certainly not as far along the music dork scale as plenty of other people I know, for that matter.
I remember listening to Mayhem and Burzum and liking only one of them' date=' but I can't remember which one it was...[/quote'] I only recently got into more Burzum than just the occasional spin through Aske, with my current favorite of theirs being Filosofem. I still like the stuff Mayhem did with Maniac the best out of their catalog. But neither band is a favorite of mine, for that second-wave stuff I like older Satyricon and Darkthrone, Ulver, and a couple of the contemporary "melodic" bands like Dawn and Vinterland.
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That's a different issue; for what it's worth indie music is one genre I just can't do even if the band in question is technically 'good'. What I was whining about was that black metal fans get their balls twisted when one member of Turgid Frostpeen says 'to be honest, I think Baptists are nice people.' and entirely dismiss the band's catalog on that basis alone.

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Since you're a musician' date=' you might have a lower tolerance for trite melodies and overused chord progressions than some people. At least that's the case for me. I definitely have biases against, for instance, the harmonic minor scale - fuck you, harmonic minor! - and Picardy thirds. And that thing Elton John does where he raises the key of the chorus by a whole step at the end of a song, for one last go-round... rrrgh. But what constitutes boring predictability for me is what gets perceived as comfortable familiarity for some listeners, and what might draw me in as "interesting" comes off as incomprehensible noise. I'm certainly not as far along the music dork scale as plenty of other people I know, for that matter.[/quote'] Ahaha, the harmonic minor.... Yeah, it's frustrating, but what often stops music conversations in their tracks for me is when I try to explain how I like things because they do something that is unique/unexpected/etc. and it's not something you can just listen to and think, "Oh how pleasant," and the other person responds, "Why would I want to like something that takes effort to like?", shutting down the conversation. And then I cry inside.
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Ahaha, the harmonic minor.... Yeah, it's frustrating, but what often stops music conversations in their tracks for me is when I try to explain how I like things because they do something that is unique/unexpected/etc. and it's not something you can just listen to and think, "Oh how pleasant," and the other person responds, "Why would I want to like something that takes effort to like?", shutting down the conversation. And then I cry inside.
Music which requires effort to enjoy is great but sometimes it's nice to throw on something a little simpler. That's not to say something can't be simple and require effort from the listener to be enjoyed either. I don't often talk music since most of the people I know don't share my passion for music or my taste in it.
Filosofem! That's the one I listened to. I really enjoyed it. I haven't taken the time to get acquainted with Satyricon or Darkthrone yet' date=' but I really need to.[/quote'] I'm not overly familiar with Satyricon but that has got to change. I'm more familiar with Darkthrone and it must be said whilst their recent material is awful early on they were masters of both death and black metal.
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Music which requires effort to enjoy is great but sometimes it's nice to throw on something a little simpler. That's not to say something can't be simple and require effort from the listener to be enjoyed either. I don't often talk music since most of the people I know don't share my passion for music or my taste in it. I'm not overly familiar with Satyricon but that has got to change. I'm more familiar with Darkthrone and it must be said whilst their recent material is awful early on they were masters of both death and black metal. Could not agree more. Whether a band is 'Satanic' or not is completely irrelevant in a musical discussion. Plenty of 'satanic' bands suck out loud. To suggest that a band can't be good because of the themes they opt to discuss is so idiotic it borders on lunacy.
Satyricon's first 3 albums should strike a chord with you. They're similar to early Darkthrone and Gorgoroth, but with lots of folk influences and more melodic guitar lines. I love how abrupt the transitions in Dark Medieval Times are, from raw ass kicking to flute and acoustic guitars, it doesn't seem like it should work, but it does. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Satyricon's first 3 albums should strike a chord with you. They're similar to early Darkthrone and Gorgoroth, but with lots of folk influences and more melodic guitar lines. I love how abrupt the transitions in Dark Medieval Times are, from raw ass kicking to flute and acoustic guitars, it doesn't seem like it should work, but it does. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
best Satyricon song is KING, hands down.
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