The Official Black Metal Thread™

So you hate black metal. Who really gives a flying fuck?

How many here like some black metal?

I tend to like more than I realize. Enslaved, Immortal, Emperor, Gorgoroth, Arcturus, Ancient, old Bathory, Dissection.....

If you like the genre.......your favorite bands?

Troo grimm kvlt svbvurban blakk mettle pwns your liver!

Umm... seriously, tho... I got nothin'. Don't know enough about the genre to make the call. I just love that picture.

That picture rocks. I hate the stupid corpse paint stuff, but love a lot of the music.

I like Immortal, Mayhem, Gorgoth, Dimmu Borgir (or however the hell it is spelled) the first two Bathory albums, and I even like some tunes from the Bon Jovi of the black metal genre Cradle of Filth, and I forgot those silly bastards Vader.

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Bon Jovi of the black metal genre Cradle of Filth

That's hilarious. A buddy of mine worships that band. He doesn't think they are overexposed in the least.

I like Dusk and Her Embrace by them.

SpectreFate wrote:

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Bon Jovi of the black metal genre Cradle of Filth

That's hilarious. A buddy of mine worships that band. He doesn't think they are overexposed in the least.

I like Dusk and Her Embrace by them.

Great tunes and tell your buddy that when a band like Cradle of Filth gets coverage in mainstream press like Classic Rock and Guitar World that means that they are overexposed.

Rapscallion wrote:

What's with the guy on the right with no facepaint? Did he forget to bring his makeup kit to the photo shoot?

Throwin' a peace sign isn't very "kvlt" neither.

SpectreFate wrote:

That picture rocks. I hate the stupid corpse paint stuff, but love a lot of the music.

I will admit that I get a kick out of reading interviews with black metal bands, especially the real "underground" ones that put forth this attitude that they're so "grimm" or "tr00" or whatever... the elitist crap that comes out of these delusional mo-fos never fails to make me giggle.

Darkthrone, Bathory, Mayhem, all good choices

I used to like Dimmu Borgir & Covenant (Nexus Polaris only). Now I only have some Christian black metal bands that I never listen to.

Never touch the stuff

Thrasher73 wrote:

Never touch the stuff

Why is that? Is it due to the vocals or just the genre in general?

manny wrote:

Thrasher73 wrote:

Never touch the stuff

Why is that? Is it due to the vocals or just the genre in general?

The genre as a whole.I guess the vocals plays a big part of it.I do like some Black vocals mixed in at times.I like some Black/Folk and Pagan Metal.

"Old School Black Metal only"

Venom, Mercyful Fate, Bathory, Possessed

That's about it. The majority of it is just too infantile for my tastes.

Thrasher73 wrote:

Never touch the stuff

Same here. I'm not all that familiar with the genre, but from what little I've heard, I didn't care for. Probably the vocals. The only thing close to it would be the one Venom comp I own. I never heard Mercyful Fate catagorized as "black metal" though. Is that right or is Detuned hitting the pipe again?

It may be a tomato/tomatoe thing, but Possessed are death metal pioneers not black metal. Mercyful Fate influenced the genre but never were considered black metal as far as I know.

SpectreFate wrote:

It may be a tomato/tomatoe thing, but Possessed are death metal pioneers not black metal. Mercyful Fate influenced the genre but never were considered black metal as far as I know.

WHAT THE HELL IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLACK METAL AND DEATH METAL????

They should teach this in school, but nope, we get geometry.

Rapscallion wrote:

WHAT THE HELL IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLACK METAL AND DEATH METAL????(

Black metallers dress funnier than Death metallers.

I always liked Living Colour

Rapscallion wrote:

Admit it Spec, That is you on the right when you were younger.

If I had been hitting the pipe I would be in a much better mood than I've been in for quite some time.

The first time I ever heard the term "Black Metal" (aside from the Venom album), was in a review of Mercyful Fate's Melissa back when it first came out (it might have been in Kerrang).

But like every other stupid sub-genre name, it's meaning has changed completely over the years. Black Metal is a different genre now, Doom is a different genre now, Power Metal is most definitely a different genre now, Hardcore is a different genre now....it makes me tired.

That's why I've given up on sub-genres completely. Metal, Rock, Pop, Blues, Jazz, Folk, Classical, Misc. Works for me.

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How many here like some black metal?

Antestor

I can't think of others off hand. There are quite a few bands I like with Blackened tendencies.

Rapscallion wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

It may be a tomato/tomatoe thing, but Possessed are death metal pioneers not black metal. Mercyful Fate influenced the genre but never were considered black metal as far as I know.

WHAT THE HELL IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLACK METAL AND DEATH METAL????

They should teach this in school, but nope, we get geometry.

Death metal actually has music. In Black Metal its considered socially acceptable to cut yourself with razors and scream over top of a drum beat to make an album

The vocals are the big difference. Death metal is normally low and gutteral. Black is normally more shrill, and in some cases, more Popeye-like.