The Nimrods wrote:
Black as in dark lyrically and atmospherically not Black as in African American. Usually Scandinavian (very few good American bnads0 guy predominantly from Norway though there are decent Swedes, they play highly satanic music though the lyrics can just be dark and sometimes aren't even scary.Lots of fast picking called "tremolo picking" with lots of minor melodies and blast beats.
I dunno, I think that right now American black metal is probably the most interesting black metal around right at the moment. Alot of it is lo-fi and derivative of course, as it is everywhere, but there are alot of bands there doing fantastic things, with the first to come to mind being Wolves In The Throne Room. I'm also a sucker for both Xasthur and Leviathan. USBM is in a healthy state.
I dunno if I'd say it's neccessarily "Satanic music", I mean alot of them have that vibe about them but it's more just a sort of "evil" feel to the music. Which sounds totally lame, I grant you, but the shit works!
Cody, black metal varies from the ridiculously straightforward and pretty generic stuff (Dark Funeral, Marduk type bands) to some groups who are just...stunning. But yeah, it's just a sort of metal, with the "black" more referring to evil than colour, especially as it seems to unfortunately attract a large number of white supremacist douchebags.
That song just does it for me!
And Nimrods, if you do a sorta BM GG Allin dick'ed there's gotta bodily fluids, it's gotta be nasty! If I wasn't the lazy man in the world I would have a delightful mix of Kvarforth from Shining and Allin, just a big ball of self-destruction, self-loathing and unrighteous anger. Actually, being the stupid fuck that I am I may even attempt this, if only as a crap parody of a certain type of black metaller. Would certainly be easier to write than the last time I did an RP on this board, an attempt to be all cryptic and subversive when I lack any sense of being subtle.
Edited by user 20 May 2010 15:20:48(UTC)
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