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Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium: Nahab 

What is it that appeals to people about this band? I'm not trying to piss on anyone's parade, we like what we like. But they seem to get posted here quite a bit and I've tried quite a few times to listen to what's posted but never seem to find anything appealing that I want to hear again. Sure everyone has different tastes, blah, blah, blah, not worried about that I'm just wondering what makes this band popular enough to be posted what seems like a few times a week. Maybe it's only you that posts this band, I honestly don't check names of posts in this thread too often, but it seems to be a common band most weeks.

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What is it that appeals to people about this band? I'm not trying to piss on anyone's parade, we like what we like. But they seem to get posted here quite a bit and I've tried quite a few times to listen to what's posted but never seem to find anything appealing that I want to hear again. Sure everyone has different tastes, blah, blah, blah, not worried about that I'm just wondering what makes this band popular enough to be posted what seems like a few times a week. Maybe it's only you that posts this band, I honestly don't check names of posts in this thread too often, but it seems to be a common band most weeks.

Well, I don't know about people in general, I can only speak to what I like about them. I like some oddball dissonant black metal, I like complicated melodic black metal, I like creepy industrial atmospheric stuff... Blut Aus Nord does all of it. I like their intuitive songwriting and the way they develop parts. I feel as though I'm being led through a maze sometimes. They're never boring to me; they never beat anything into the ground. I think their melodies are great; they have a particular melodic sensibility that goes through everything they do, which feels familiar to me now because I've been listening to them for a long time. I wake up or go through the day with some parts of their songs stuck in my head. Also, there's a meditative quality to their albums that always leaves me room to think, so I can enjoy their stuff and pay as much attention to it as I want, but frequently find myself using it as a soundtrack when I'm working, walking, doing dishes, etc etc. I can't think of another band that plays stuff this engrossing that also leaves me space for thought. 

But, they didn't click immediately for me; it took me a few years. They play stuff you don't usually care for, and they're a bit dense and hard to appreciate right off the bat anyway, so it's no surprise that they wouldn't appeal to you with a few casual listens on the forum. I would not expect them to be your cup of tea. 

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1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Well, I don't know about people in general, I can only speak to what I like about them. I like some oddball dissonant black metal, I like complicated melodic black metal, I like creepy industrial atmospheric stuff... Blut Aus Nord does all of it. I like their intuitive songwriting and the way they develop parts. I feel as though I'm being led through a maze sometimes. They're never boring to me; they never beat anything into the ground. I think their melodies are great; they have a particular melodic sensibility that goes through everything they do, which feels familiar to me now because I've been listening to them for a long time. I wake up or go through the day with some parts of their songs stuck in my head. Also, there's a meditative quality to their albums that always leaves me room to think, so I can enjoy their stuff and pay as much attention to it as I want, but frequently find myself using it as a soundtrack when I'm working, walking, doing dishes, etc etc. I can't think of another band that plays stuff this engrossing that also leaves me space for thought. 

But, they didn't click immediately for me; it took me a few years. They play stuff you don't usually care for, and they're a bit dense and hard to appreciate right off the bat anyway, so it's no surprise that they wouldn't appeal to you with a few casual listens on the forum. I would not expect them to be your cup of tea. 
This sums it up nicely, BAN are masters of their craft but equally aren’t immediately accessible.

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12 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium: Nahab   ...think this might be my favorite of their recent ones.

I think this is the harshest criticism I've seen you dish out!  :D

Haha!  Funny enough, I had that same thought as soon as I posted that comment earlier!  I generally try and do some leg work before I check out a band's music - research the style and try and find some other bands whose sound is comparable who I might already be familiar with.  I don't tend to run into too many bands who I completely dislike, using that approach.  I don't hate this album, but it's not going to be a purchase for me either!

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3 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Well, I don't know about people in general, I can only speak to what I like about them. I like some oddball dissonant black metal, I like complicated melodic black metal, I like creepy industrial atmospheric stuff... Blut Aus Nord does all of it. I like their intuitive songwriting and the way they develop parts. I feel as though I'm being led through a maze sometimes. They're never boring to me; they never beat anything into the ground. I think their melodies are great; they have a particular melodic sensibility that goes through everything they do, which feels familiar to me now because I've been listening to them for a long time. I wake up or go through the day with some parts of their songs stuck in my head. Also, there's a meditative quality to their albums that always leaves me room to think, so I can enjoy their stuff and pay as much attention to it as I want, but frequently find myself using it as a soundtrack when I'm working, walking, doing dishes, etc etc. I can't think of another band that plays stuff this engrossing that also leaves me space for thought. 

But, they didn't click immediately for me; it took me a few years. They play stuff you don't usually care for, and they're a bit dense and hard to appreciate right off the bat anyway, so it's no surprise that they wouldn't appeal to you with a few casual listens on the forum. I would not expect them to be your cup of tea. 

That's fair, they aren't my usual music I just thought I might have found something in them even if it wasn't ever going to be my favourite stuff. Maybe I haven't been in the right mood, maybe I haven't heard the right album but there's "Doc" music which I don't favour but can see some appeal, the same goes for "goat" music. But I haven't yet found that in BAN

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18 minutes ago, AlSymerz said:

That's fair, they aren't my usual music I just thought I might have found something in them even if it wasn't ever going to be my favourite stuff. Maybe I haven't been in the right mood, maybe I haven't heard the right album but there's "Doc" music which I don't favour but can see some appeal, the same goes for "goat" music. But I haven't yet found that in BAN

BAN are challenging in a different way to say Goatpenis or Doc’s usual material. I get why you’d find them unappealing

 

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Lesser known tech death out of Mexico. I have to admit I was expecting something similar to Decrepit Birth, or a band just flat out using the "tech" labeling while just sounding like and overcaffeinated version of The Chasm. They definitely caught me by surprise here when they came out of the gate with a sound that owes as much to Soreption as anything and really only adopts a few of the weirder melodic throughlines of Decrepit Birth (which, if we're being honest, are pretty much like Death a la Human melodies on speed). Doubly good since it's sparing use of those melodies are really only used as through-lines to the rhythmic acrobatics. Soreption is definitely a band whose influence I'd like to hear more of in the genre. So many bands pick up on the excesses of Death's Human, but miss some of the quieter techniques in execution that make that album so repeatably listenable. Then again, enough ink has been spilt in that albums appraisal that you run a hefty risk taking from it. These guys know where they're pulling from, though, and how to get from point A to point B in their own unique structures. Color me impressed.

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