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Female asian corpsepaint symphonic black metal. So far I like 0% of those bands' date=' because somehow they always sound like how they look like.[/quote'] Chthonic is excellent, one of the few black metal bands that keep my interest. Their style is based in a strong melodic sense, powerful riffs (especially on the album Takasago Army) and very well-used East Asian folk elements. Their earlier work is, as I understand, more raw and traditional black metal material but still strong stuff. Yes! I like Carach Angren a lot.
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Okay cool. Well I'm not big fan of black metal in general.
Neither am I. It's been a long-ass process by the forum and BAN in particular to unearth at least some black metal that I actually like. Luckily it has been fruitful, and Chthonic was one of the first bands that caught my fancy.
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Nah dude, he's kinda right. I hear a lot of Cradle Of Filth in Chthonic's sound. It's more like symphonic gothic metal than anything else, I'd have a hard time calling Bu-Tik or Takasago Army black metal. I liked the vocals, but I found their melodies to be predictable and their approach a little annoying. The "traditional" instrumentation sounded more like video game music or an Ang Lee film soundtrack. It's all down to taste, it wasn't my thing either.

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Well, I didn't expect it to be. Out of curiosity, have you heard Mirror of Retribution?

The "traditional" instrumentation sounded more like video game music or an Ang Lee film soundtrack.
It didn't seem out of place to me, though.
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No' date=' I haven't. What is it?[/quote'] Sorry, I didn't clarify...it's the album before Takasago Army. Chthonic's early work is much more black metal than their recent stuff, not that I'm complaining about the stylistic shift. You might like the use of folk instruments more on Mirror of Retribution, the erhu sounds downright eerie on that album because it's played a little differently, the player uses the bow instead of plucking it.
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Okay cool. Well I'm not big fan of black metal in general. I've only heard the first two demos of Carach Angren and seen them live a couple of times. The only black metal I actually listen from time to time is the early Mayhem and Burzum.
What kind of stuff do you typically go for? Black metal combines nicely with most forms of metal, so usually when someone says they're not a fan, I think they're just not listening to bands that click with them. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Nah dude' date=' he's kinda right. I hear a lot of Cradle Of Filth in Chthonic's sound. [/quote'] I don't agree with anything you've said about them but here you're not wrong, the vocals remind me of Dani Filth at some points, and the same goes for some song parts. I don't mind it because I like CoF's early work.
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I don't agree with anything you've said about them but here you're not wrong' date=' the vocals remind me of Dani Filth at some points, and the same goes for some song parts. I don't mind it because I like CoF's early work. [/quote'] I like CoF up through Midian, but the symphonic stuff in general doesn't appeal to me. I can see why people would like Chthonic, but to me they sound alternately boring and irritating. Like I said, it's not to my taste. The vocals don't remind me of Dani that much, but their songwriting style does.
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I like CoF up through Midian' date=' but the symphonic stuff in general doesn't appeal to me. I can see why people would like Chthonic, but to me they sound alternately boring and irritating. Like I said, it's not to my taste. The vocals don't remind me of Dani that much, but their songwriting style does.[/quote'] I get it, I enjoy symphonic stuff very much, so this is where we part ways :D
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