Hmmm. I can kinda see the similarities but it’s way more traditionally melodic and lacks the sort of “bog production” and chromaticism. It also has a good deal of NWOBHM influence. If I could find an heir apparent to Burzum I would probably be the German artist WIGRID who unfortunately stopped after two albums. This stuff is good though. It reminds me, the Folk parts notwithstanding, of the instrumental track on “Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk.” You piqued my interest with the “ambient goth”. I listen to a good deal of goth, ambient, new wave, industrial, etc. so I may be able to show you some artists if I have a little more info.
I'm not going to be ready by then, they need to delay the BF release. I'm revisiting every 80's thrash album I have. Metal obtained perfection in 1987 (and again in 1991).
You piqued my interest with the “ambient goth”. I listen to a good deal of goth, ambient, new wave, industrial, etc. so I may be able to show you some artists if I have a little more info.[/QUOTE] Well I’m not good at sorting out all the genres and sub genres so I may have misspoke. I feel like the piano versions of Katatonia records give me a feeling like that. I like the stuff Nikola Cvetkovic does.
watching Black Fast live recordings on youtube the singer dude is wearing a fucking Lord Dying shirt (Lord Dying was the opener to the opener when i saw Ghost for the first time and they are by far the worst "serious" live music act i have ever seen)
i regret not seeing Vektor and Black Fast at a venue with a capacity of 250 although at the time it was in some weird transition phase after it had been featured on that stupid bar rescue show
i missed it because i was working on a school thing for the most important class anyone who is doing what i'm doing has to take, so it was probably worth it everyone except the main vektor dude either left or was fired like 2 months after that, so that sucked
I've tried like 3 or 4 times to get into Voivod but I can't. They remind me of like if Megadeth had a bunch of baller musicians and then they chose Dave Mustaine only because they liked his singing voice.
Oxbow's Thin Black Duke was one of my favorite albums from last year and I'm listening to it right now, hope I'm in the right place for this kind of stuff
I turned on Nothingface just now to reaffirm what I thought before. Yeah that guy's voice still irritates me. Vocals rarely make an album for me, but this guy's certainly breaks them. I'm listening to the song Missing Sequences and there are these sort of King Crimson-ish parts in the song and he just ruins them. It's kind of sad because everyone in this band can obviously play. Plus the production is kind of this weird mix of prog-rock aesthetics while playing metal, and the result is just kind of stale.
not really my thing, but I appreciate a person having a certain taste plus the sharing sentiment in general
I listened to Black Fast's Terms of Surrender 3 times while I was at work yesterday. I'm fairly fickle, but this is definitely my flavor of the month
Pretty sure it was my album of the year for 2015, but don't quote me on that as I've had one too many pills tonight.
I was reading about Black Fast a bit earlier. Apparently the bass player and one of the guitar players are music school bros, specifically jazz guitar bros. It makes sense since all of their songs are super tightly written compared to Vektor, where the songs are so dense that you have to listen to them like 5 times to even remember where they go. Not that I mind that. Terminal Redux is a 10/10 for me.
To Vektor's credit, not many other bands playing almost-comically-technical thrash metal would put what sounds like church singers in not one but two songs on a concept album about some space soldier getting lost in deep space and then coming back with super powers. At least I think that's what it's about. And it actually worked great. It's too bad that more people won't know the glory of that album. I love the vocals but any time I've played it in the car with anyone it's been an instant no
I'm really in the mood for Droid but I'm not done with my 80 thrash revisit. Wish they would have kept this vocal style on the full length.
I’m really digging that Wode album. Thanks for posting. Just got through the whole thing and it’s pretty fucking awesome. Yeah at the moment I’m totally on a melodic black metal thing.
I'm putting Sun Eater on my to-listen list for today. Haven't spun it a lot but that Atheist comparison is going to make me give it a closer listen. Those early jfac albums have a huge nostalgia hook in me.
Is there another genre that puts as much emphasis on the album cover artwork? Dan Seagrave, Par Olofsson, and Paolo Girardi are all artists/painters who are staples of death metal album art. While most other genres seem to settle for photos or some basic graphic design, metal bands seem to go all-in on full-custom paintings.
Anicon (NYC-based black metal) just released a new album today called Entropy Mantra. It's on Spotify and Bandcamp (link below). These guys are really underground but I've liked everything they've put out. Posted them a while back with some other melodic black metal recommendations.
You should check out the ‘Lounge Korps/Peaceful Snow’ recordings from Death in June. Douglas P. (DI6 creator) commissioned a pianist named Miro Snejdr to do piano versions of his work. I adore it but it may be something with which you have to be familiar with the progenitor to get into it. He ended up doing two records ‘Peaceful Snow’ which has vocals and ‘Lounge Korps’ is all instrumental.
Early to mid 90s Swedish/Norwegian Black/Death used to be all about that shit too. I can’t recall the artists name (edit: it’s Kristian wåhlin) but he did album artwork for Dark Funeral, Necrophobic, Emperor, Morbid, Dissection, etc.
I think you may have posted some of their stuff years ago. I like that kind of sound sometimes when I'm trying to relax or not piss people off at work with loud music. I haven't checked all of their work but some.