Any Black or Unblack Metal fans?

Locky wrote:

manny wrote:

but mc666 what the hell is viking metal?

I'd classify Enslaved in that category, Viking Mythology etc... in their lyrical themes

OK got it, thanks dude

I stick with Watain, Finntroll, Dimmu Borgir and Bathory for my black metal needs.

manny wrote:

Locky wrote:

manny wrote:

but mc666 what the hell is viking metal?

I'd classify Enslaved in that category, Viking Mythology etc... in their lyrical themes

OK got it, thanks dude

its more than just lyrical themes, its a specific kind of folk metal. enslaved has viking metal elements whereas eluveitie does not, if that helps. arvinger is a good example of christian viking/black metal.

manny wrote:

mc666 wrote:

i love black metal, but i'm very picky about it. i don't like that pompous symphonic stuff, nor am i crazy about the "viking" or "pagan" directions. just give me the good ole grim, raw, chaotic, satanic stuff. sh*t like Gorgoroth, Watain, Dark Funeral, Impaled Nazarene, Marduk, Tsjuder, etc. that's what i like.

I admit I know very little about this genre I like Mayhem, 1492, Dark Funeral, and Emperor, and that is the bands I like in the genre and it is also as far as my knowledge of the genre goes, but mc666 what the hell is viking metal? (saw it referred to it as a separte off shot of black metal genre on another site)

do you mean 1349 rather than 1492?


and Locky is right, "viking" refers to lyrical offshoots of black metal. it also tends to be more atmospheric & folk based, & draw from Norse mythology. bands like early Enslaved (they are now more progressive), post Under The Sign.. Bathory, Nomans Land, Glittertind, Moonsorrow, Ensiferum, etc.

mc666 wrote:

manny wrote:

mc666 wrote:

i love black metal, but i'm very picky about it. i don't like that pompous symphonic stuff, nor am i crazy about the "viking" or "pagan" directions. just give me the good ole grim, raw, chaotic, satanic stuff. sh*t like Gorgoroth, Watain, Dark Funeral, Impaled Nazarene, Marduk, Tsjuder, etc. that's what i like.

I admit I know very little about this genre I like Mayhem, 1492, Dark Funeral, and Emperor, and that is the bands I like in the genre and it is also as far as my knowledge of the genre goes, but mc666 what the hell is viking metal? (saw it referred to it as a separte off shot of black metal genre on another site)

do you mean 1349 rather than 1492?


and Locky is right, "viking" refers to lyrical offshoots of black metal. it also tends to be more atmospheric & folk based, & draw from Norse mythology. bands like early Enslaved (they are now more progressive), post Under The Sign.. Bathory, Nomans Land, Glittertind, Moonsorrow, Ensiferum, etc.

I meant 1349

mc666 wrote:

do you mean 1349 rather than 1492?

Christopher Columbus?

Now THAT'S brutal.

Temple of Blood wrote:

I enjoy exactly one black metal album.

And it is?

mc666 wrote:

i love black metal, but i'm very picky about it. i don't like that pompous symphonic stuff, nor am i crazy about the "viking" or "pagan" directions. just give me the good ole grim, raw, chaotic, satanic stuff. sh*t like Gorgoroth, Watain, Dark Funeral, Impaled Nazarene, Marduk, Tsjuder, etc. that's what i like.

I agree, no melodic black metal or symphonic in black metal, just primative and dark black metal lkike the bands you named and others like CARPHATIAN FOREST (first releases), DARKTHRONE, or MANIAC BUTCHER.

EvyMetal wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

I enjoy exactly one black metal album.

And it is?

I remember from a post he made a couple of weeks ago. It was Emperor's ANTHEMS TO THE WELKIN AT DUSK.

dont listen to much bm anymore but occasionally i'll stick on burzum, darkthrone, emperor or immortal