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>>64535754
H E Y
E
Y
>/metal/ hates melodeath because it's too oppy
>/metal/ hates tech death because it's soulless wank
>/metal/ hates deathcore because it's total shit
What kind of new death metal do you guys even like?
I WANT TO DREAM
>>64535836
>/metal/ hates everything
fix'd
>>64535836
bolt thrower
>>64535836
new old school death metal
>>64535881
>new
>>64535836
Metal died in 1993. Only 12 good albums have been released since then (most of them in 1994, being already recorded by 1993). Metal achieved its creative peak in albums like Onward to Golgotha, Pure Holocaust, and The Red in the Sky is Ours, elevating the genre into a legitimate art form. Now, thanks to Slaughter of the Soul and Gojira, all its potential was squandered and the genre has been reduced into being mere gimmick ridden noise for drunk idiots.
>>64535836
>/metal/ hates melodeath because it's too poppy
There were some good albums in the 90's, too bad the genre has become completely shit
>/metal/ hates tech death because it's soulless wank
Zealotry and Diskord are quite liked here, not all tech death needs to be style over substance
>/metal/ hates deathcore because it's total shit
Can't argue with that
>What kind of new death metal do you guys even like?
OSDM revival and there are a few war metal bros, or at least that's how it is for me. /metal/ isn't one person, I speak for myself.
Just downloaded this, what am I in for?
>>64536080
8/10 bait
>>64536125
deathened crust
>>64536121
>the genre has become completely shit
lel good meme
Belakor is gonna make mdm great again
>>64536267
Many melodeath releases this year. New In Mourning is what I'm looking forward to the most.
>>64536173
Bitterman was such a meme machine
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Gojira/Les_Enfants_sauvages/404792/bitterman/321549
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/At_the_Gates/Slaughter_of_the_Soul/298/bitterman/321549
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Carcass/Surgical_Steel/382463/bitterman/321549
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Behemoth/The_Satanist/395440/bitterman/321549
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Pantera/Vulgar_Display_of_Power/230/bitterman/321549
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Gorguts/Colored_Sands/379853/bitterman/321549
>>64535710
OP album is awesome
>>64536267
>Be'labore
>>64536267
They've been contributing to why it's bad for years, don't see how this album will be any different
>>64535836
new osdm desu
>>64536346
Pretty sad they banned him. Most reviews there are shit, at least his were amusing.
>>64536369
>They've been contributing to why it's bad
Nice b8
>>64536125
A visit from the FBI
Why is this their only good album?
Can anyone name a few bands alike to this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCCcSU0Mp64
>>64536731
Transcending Bizarre?
Mike Patton is one of the most overrated vocalists in metal. What the fuck makes him so praised?
>>64536869
I think this is the stuff I'm looking for, I'm gonna give them a good listen. Thanks!
>>64536611
I pay for my music
>>64536973
The man has some serious pipes.
>>64535882
>>64536395
Give me some exemples, fellows
>>64537512
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frJ3ZIvJOpc
>getmetal is full of dead links
>banned from soulseek
>dark world demands accounts
Where the fuck else can a nigga go to?
>>64536472
Nigger can you do better
>>64538484
>>>banned from soulseek
How do you get banned?
Am I a pleb normie if my favorite metal bands are Blind Guardian and Agalloch?
>>64538612
who cares
>>64538612
entry level != bad
>>64538599
Turns out all the shit I thought I was sharing wasn't uploading. No clue where the problem is and I ended up getting banned.
>>64538676
Make a new account?
So how's Purson's new album?
>>64538612
Funny thing, a while ago my fav bands were BG and Agalloch too at the same time. Still love them, great stuff yo
>>64538657
Been a few month since last listening but I remember living it as a solid 7/10
>>64538484
rutracker
rockbox torrents
>>64538612
It's not which band you like
it's how many records you've listened
To me, plebs are the ones that don't do the effort of discovering things they don't know
>>64537512
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufm0ZEMnZsI
>>64535906
>>64535881
>In Metal There Is No New
post what you're listening to
>>64539450
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Qlys_5w-A
>>64536973
He's a great vocalist but most of his bands are just shit flung together. He gets a lot of praise from avant teens who listen to NIN and Tool.
>>64538612
You really shouldn't give a shit what people on here think of your tastes. There's always going to be someone disagreeing with you, so there's no point in trying to please everyone. Just listen to as much as you can to broaden your tastes, making sure to step out of the metal genre every now and then.
Also, The Serpent and the Sphere is one of my top 5 albums. Absolutely love it. You should listen to Carrion Skies by Fen - someone recommended it to me a while back when I was looking for more Agalloch-esque bands and it's very good in my opinion (which is shit).
>>64538996
these guys are fantastic. can't believe i don't see them mentioned more often. are we ever gonna get new material?
pic is mfw the guitar solo on the distant sun
>>64539511
Most of his bands are just good.
What does /metal/ think of this album?
Ok, I liked this release. It's quite good, it interested me considering I am waaay too tired from metal since years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEtRaoDKQhk
Disregard the girl on vocals, she actually does a good job.
>>64539935
Also just listened to it and really didn't find much in it minus the guitars and riffs.
>>64539994
>didn't find much in it minus the guitars and riffs
Its metal doufus that's all you need
just got dumped, metal for this feel?
>>64537512
Some full albums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSjvcfmkgeQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeBhi7fk7WA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdOTgs4WY8I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiOWL1iZC4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZH2AI8Bn2Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m40_cntu1Uo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcvO7FvesQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFoym5-YpPc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FXLR2vCvxE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-HxA83APwI
Some sample songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWlKFKg8De8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLR25zvlNVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XygHD50RI1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjBQlIiv68g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YruRsg1qCGU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BO6-gfX9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYfjiTCCyi4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLuUiHbcFtA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeddUWwTl-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUj-rvKBpzY
>>64540139
No anon you need good drumming and not bland as fuck vocals. Found it cool however that it was female fronted, didn't even notice when I listened to it.
>>64536395
awful
>>64540158
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woe_4gkS4XU
If you see this post while scrolling, you have been visited by
la SALE FAMINE von VALFUNDE of PESTE NOIRE
FLUFFY HATS and CROSSBOW-PISTOLS will come to you, but ONLY if you post "WHY YOU NOT LIKE MY RECORD?" in this thread
>>64540285
WHY YOU NOT LIKE MY RECORD?
>>64540158
I honestly blasted this on the ride home after my ex dumped me after she asked me to drive out to her place to tell me in person.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42S17rDYZuc
hey guys anyone want to recommend me some kvlt cold black metal albums. I like arckanum bathory and darkthrone to give you something to work with. thanks.
>band that got me into heavy music is disbanding
this hurts, anons
>>64540285
>WHY YOU NOT LIKE MY RECORD
Varg level qt
>>64539994
Dunno, bro, I liked the energy of album. It reminds me of dying fetus.
>>64540285
WHY YOU NOT LIKE MY RECORD?
IS PRACTICALY PEARL JAM WITH BURZUM RIFF!
>band plays DSBM
>members don't actually commit suicide
Fucking posers.
Where to begin if I'm totally new to the game?
About the only thing I have that could be considered metal would be System of a Down, Deftones, and Rob Zombie.
Is Divine Heresy the ultimate meme-deathmetal band?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0uO_hXhdG0
>>64540546
if you like Rob Zombie you gotta do two things:
-listen to White Zombie
-listen to Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids
THEN you can try getting into metal
start by listening to Acid Bath
>>64540546
what do you normally listen to?
>>64540546
>Deftones, and Rob Zombie.
they have brand new albums
>You will never be this excited to see Soilwork with some qts
>>64540546
Have fun.
>>64540546
Slipknot's first two albums, not even kidding
>>64540546
listen to this on repeat until you like it
>>64540546
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUzzx-Kb3WE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfs6FYHcW9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjz1iNcZd5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqH2ve6vY-c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqwuXWdPei0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOGFXD7Z9WE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnWzCuhrsbE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efesRK-sFfY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAhjWvLBXw8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcS0CVJ1KPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ZVkESecXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukmbANPF5uU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q3LeWKYyCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ1bbXUEweQ
>>64540694
>No MANOWAR
SHIT CHART
>>64540694
>no slayer
lol who made this?
>>64540709
love that album
hey guys anyone want to recommend me some kvlt cold black metal albums. I like arckanum bathory and darkthrone to give you something to work with. thanks.
got ignored last time.
>>64540361
Nattfog
>>64540727
I didn't make the chart.
>>64540731
idk some pleb
>>64540546
I would normally say check the pastebin but op is a fag and didn't post it
>>64540611
I've only heard More Human Than Human by White Zombie.
I'll start with Manson's Mechanical Animals.
>>64540641
Mostly Hip-hop, trip-hop, Jazz, or classical.
>>64540663
I got Deftones' album Gore already and will pick up the new Zombie album tomorrow.
>>64540697
Ok.
How about some Slayer albums and where to start?
>>64540709
I'll see if my store has that in the morning.
>>64540697
This. Slipknot aren't the greatest band or anything, but they'll open you up to so much.
>>64540734
honestly, "kvlt" shouldn't be used as a descriptor for anything outside of the second wave stuff. it will just cause drama. if you want cold black metal then check out paysage d'hiver
>>64540814
NOT MECHANICAL ANIMALS
I SAID MARILYN MANSON AND THE SPOOKY KIDS
THEIR EARLY MATERIAL AND PORTRAIT
then if you want you can try his next albums.
>>64540826
thanks i didnt know how to describe what i wanted. ill definately check that out though thanks.
>>64540814
>How about some Slayer albums and where to start?
Show No Mercy
Haunting the Chapel
Live Undead
Hell Awaits
>>64540814
Yeah listen to Slayer.
Reign In Blood, South of Heaven and you're pretty much set.
>>64540814
>Mostly Hip-hop, trip-hop, Jazz, or classical.
interesting taste. if you like jazz and classical then you'll probably have a taste for more complex and technical stuff. i'd say give this a shot. it's chock full of classical techniques
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU9GAxrQHmg
>>64540853
Ah, ok. I thought you were listing two different artists there.
>>64540814
Sounds like you'd enjoy some more rhythmic and groovy stuff like industrial metal.
If you listen to djent I'll punch you in the dick so don't listen to djent.
Listen to early Fear Factory instead (Demanufacture and Obsolete).
>>64540709
how out of touch with people do you have to be to recommend 2nd wave bm to someone who's barely listened to metal?
>>64540952
Transylvanian Hunger is special.
If you listen to it and don't like it, it means you'll never get into BM. If you like it means you WILL get into BM.
>>64540948
>djent
Never heard of them.
Fear Factory I've heard of but never listened to. I'll check them out.
show me some of your CDs, /metal/
>>64535836
Spinebreaker was pretty choice.
>>64540983
yeah in fact check this out right now, see if it clicks with you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-RdsIst6p4
>>64540985
>opeth
>dimmu borgir
>a perfect circle
>vape
Thanks for the cancer.
>>64540978
speak for yourself, i'm way into black metal and i'm still not a fan of transilvanian hunger. love darkthrone's other stuff though. storm of the light's bane and at the heart of winter were my first black metal albums, then pure holocaust and a blaze in the northern sky after those.
>>64540983
djent is a subgenre, honestly you might like it if you listen to hip hop. could be pretty good gateway into heavier stuff. check out meshuggah, tesseract, periphery, vildhjarta, and within the ruins
>>64540952
i'm a firm believer of diving straight into the deep end friend. you can spend your time gradually tiptoeing into the water, but that's no way to live. rip the bandaid off
>>64536625
I rather liked A Diamond for Disease when I was first exploring metal
>>64540985
everything about this is disgusting
>>64541040
>doesn't like Opeth, Stormblast, or APC
Starting to think you have shit taste m8
You didn't even call out the truly cringe CDs in the picture
>>64540985
is that you pmrants?
>>64541050
Djent is shit.
Not because it fails at being what it sets out to be, but because what it sets out to be, which is to say the aesthetics and values behind it, are shit.
Djent is the musical equivalent of millenial scifi: a gutless, squeaky-clean mess that tries super hard to be simultaneously deep and edgy but fails in both respects, by fetishizing digital aesthetics and monochrome minimalism, which musically translates into super-clean production and staccatto riffs that sound like they're lagging and have no solid groove. And when it (sci-fi) tries to put some emotion into its cold, bland, eerie plastic setting, it comes off as tacky and fake, which is exactly what happens with djent's reverb-drenched melodic sections and whiny clear vocals that come out of nowhere and break any semblance of aggressiveness and immersion. It tries to be super-duper badass and tacticool with its "heavy" breakbeat-like riffs and polyrhythms that are supposed to keep you on the edge of your seat, but at the end of the day you're just watching obvious CG that's even more uncanny due to its advanced state, just like you're listening to obviously uninspired and soulless music whose lack of creativity is only made more obvious by its meaningless technical prowesses. And let's not forget the pretentious song titles like "proprioception", "sentience" and "singularity" that are meant to imitate the pseudo-philosophical rambling you find in the corresponding movies.
It tries to market itself as serious, powerful and extreme in a genre that has already given birth to Tetsuo, Voivod, Robocop, Fear Factory, Gamma Ray, and Blade Runner.
IT'S INDUSTRIAL METAL WITH NONE OF THE GRIT
IT'S CYBERPUNK WITH NONE OF THE EDGE
IT'S SPACE OPERA WITH NONE OF THE FANTASY
IT'S PROG WITH NONE OF THE EMOTIONS
I'm only slightly exaggerating. This is a pasta but it's also my honest opinion so I'm reposting it.
>>64541089
You mean Emperor and Katatonia?
>>64541112
>industrial
>cyberpunk
>space opera
>good
hahahaha
>>64541151
>left out prog
Can't even leave your personal feelings out of a blatant shit troll attempt?
>>64541151
full pleb.
>>64541037
The lead singer is a little grating, but it's not too bad so far. I suppose I'll have to learn to like it.
>>64541195
Nah if it doesn't click with you it just doesn't don't worry.
>>64541195
fear factory is something of an ironic meme here, they're piss poor thrash don't spend too much time trying to "get" them
>>64541195
>I suppose I'll have to learn to like it.
why? that sounds awful.
>>64540663
>>64540814
Warning: The new Zombie album is a big step down from the previous one. UFO, Medication for the Melancholy, and In the Bone Pile are great, though.
>>64540985
>>64541235
>other people post what I don't like
>they're obviously just memeing
Speak for yourself you retard.
I bet you also think that ROTN are bad just because they're a meme.
>>64541195
Harsh vocals do take some getting used to. The best way to think of it is not as signing, but as another instrument.
>>64541216
This can also be the case.
>>64541235
Fuck off, let people enjoy what they want.
>>64541241
I suppose you're right. I started with Deftones and SOAD and loved them.
>>64541242
Hmm, I'll make my own judgements on it. I recently got Hellbilly Delux and love it.
>I fucking hate Metallica. One is good though.
>>64541277
no i think rotn are bad because they're limp bizkit tier. but they happen to have an "anime" aesthetic so that makes the music good right?
Why is all Metal cover art so bad?
It literally all looks like a kid made it in 2003 with gimp.
>>64541331
yeah i hate prog too
>>64541319
You sound like a dumb stereotype.
>>64535710
What would /metal/ say is the best metal album?
>>64541349
Manowar - Kings of Metal
>>64541331
the op?
its by one of the band members so I cut it some slack
>>64541348
what stereotype is that?
>>64541349
i can't even pick a single favorite metal album much less the best one
>>64541390
>what stereotype
the tripfag talking out of his ass to sound more hardcore than everyone else
>>64541375
Not even just the OP. I work in a record store and can tell most metal just by the bad cover art if not simply by the names relating to religion/disease/body horror.
I mean I don't know if I can prove its all really that bad but even most indie bands seem to make better cover art than metal.
>>64541408
He's right though, about ROTN. That's their projected aesthetic. Minus the anime thing, I don't see that.
All I see is fucking wiggers playing a genre that was shit to begin with.
>>64541408
but i am not a tripfag, great job
>>64541331
post some good album covers
>>64540978
I hated it at first and it was one of the last second wave black metal albums that I got into
>>64541430
most indie bands just slap together some pretentious shit that looks drawn by a LITERAL 3rd-grader.
>>64541446
Okay, I'll post a few I consider good.
>>64541439
they have dragon ball themed lyrics and anime album covers
>>64541446
put on a trip
>>64541439
except he's not
>>64541499
>>64540985
>>64541531
But I don't want to limit this to just graphics because you can also just use images effectively.
The next after this will be one of those.
>>64539815
I've always liked AIC. Dunno if it's "metal" tho. The self titled album is my fav.
![drudkhforgotten[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/PtzQ8Pb.jpg "drudkhforgotten[1].jpg")
>>64541331
Atmoshit covers are usually pretty nice to look at
>>64541499
that cover looks kinda doom-y
>>64541587
>>64541446
So can we all agree that Black Sabbath is not a heavy metal band but a doom metal band?
>>64540709
Disregarding that album, you're a retard
>>64541531
mediocre
>>64541636
boring and kinda pedo
First time posting on this board, i mainly listen to iron maiden, Metallica and sabaton, am i normie trash? anyone have more lists like >>64540694
>>64541710
You're as pleb as it gets
also normies don't exist
>>64541636
cont'd
>>64541625
That's an awful cover anon. Look at that fucking MS word starter pack gothic font that they put a cheap halo effect around with an image of a sunset. Yeah, if I saw this, I'd know it was metal instantly. Maybe that's the goal though.
>>64541639
this is actually nice but it also doesn't seem to have the band name, not necissarily a deal breaker but something to keep in mind.
>>64541672
> /metal/
> agree on
Good one
>>64541744
that one's pretty dope 2bh
I like the art on this cover
>>64541838
ew
>>64541708
That's not cover art, anon. It's a landscape painting with some illegible writing on it. You aren't vikings. Just stop with shit. Every metal cover I see is some permutation of a cheesy environment/hell/destroyed environment that looks as if rendered by a second year illustrator.
>boring and kinda pedo
Yeah, that's the point. Throbbing Gristle tries to make people uncomfortable.
>>64541838
There is nothing wrong with Job For A Cowboy
>>64541838
what's wrong with attending a lot of concerts?
>>64541838
>>64541838
Did I do well?
>>64541838
i dont understand the multiple clothes of the same brand being a bad thing desu
>>64541880
shit tier opinion m8
>>64541634
It's acoustic blues
>>64541791
Not the terrible but I think I could still tell it is metal, probably more from the name than the cover at though. There seems to be this undercurrent of good vs evil in metal's themes like everyone listening likes to believe their on one side of an epic fight. That's my outsider perspective anyway.
>>64541855
This just seems way too busy for me. not a fan
>>64541277
Not that guy, but rotn is bad because they make shit music. Regardless of how meme they are
>>64541975
i only put it because a kid i was in school with had i think 10 marilyn manson shirts and he looked like hed shoot the school up anyday
>>64541944
yes :^)
>>64541919
nothing i usually attend 15 or so, but i live in the middle of nowhere
>>64541907
i agree
>>64541873
thanks
Did pretty good
>>64541985
how is being able to tell what genre an album is from its cover a bad thing?
>>64541983
I mean, I'm willing to engage.
I just don't see what you think is so great about the ones you keep posting.
Hell, I think this chvrches album cover is better than ~90% of metal covers and I literally cannot stand chvrches as a band.
>>64542104
oh shit nigger what are you doing
>>64542104
uh oh
>>64542078
They're all samey. They all seem to want to get across the same tone to me. the one I explicated here>>64541985
It seems limiting. Like the genre keeps trying to be more and more extreme.
Honestly I was surprised Deafheaven was metal when it came in just based on the strength of the cover.
It's a good cover.
>>64542104
bingo!
>>64542101
I heard churches in a mall once. I don't really remember anything standing out to me regarding their music. I like electronic music too, mind.
This album cover though, is not very good in comparison to 60%+ of metal's album covers.
>>64535836
>hates melodeath because it's too poppy
>hates tech death because it's soulless wank
>hates deathcore because it's total shit
/metal/ is literally me
>>64542104
>like atmoblack
>wants a new Necrophagost record
>dirtbag darren guitar
>more than 10 slam songs on music player
>doesn't listen to thrash
>wants to make metal great again
You what?
>>64542172
god fucking dammit
10/10 bait if you're actually the same dude as >>64542101
>>64540758
fucking love it. thanks man.
>>64542172
well done
>>64542177
Reread my post. I hate Chvrches.
Obviously it's a matter of taste but I just seem to find all the metal covers I see juvenile for lack of a better word. Like this idea that you are a warrior in this wilderness, or an agent of the devil or whatever.
>>64542227
I'm the same dude and I'm not baiting. It's totally serious.
Here, maybe all the covers I've posted so far are too clean for you all. here's a messy one I like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHec0NUB8IA
Converge playing Jane Doe live.
Thy Catafalque is the best prog metal band
Why do people here hate ghost?
>>64542172
What about this? These folks have some hottest covers I've seen. Shame the music is kinda whacko
>>64542325
Rehash of old glam metal tropes coupled with gimmick imagery and pitchfork shilling
>>64542325
i don't hate them, their music is just completely uninteresting
>>64542104
HOW THE FREAK DO YOU UNIRONICALLY LISTEN TO A ONE SECOND SONG?
JUST AHEHHHFHDHFFHHREEREEEEEEEEE
>>64542342
This is good. Probably the best looking metal cover I've seen.
>>64542290
>I hate Chvrches.
I know, I read that part. I'm just showing you my cards.
>but I just seem to find all the metal covers I see juvenile
Which is interesting, because I find that perspective to be juvenile. Not hostility, but I just think there's a definite set of rules for what can be considered "juvenile", and really... nothing and everything is juvenile. The only thing that matters is presentation. Any subject can be considered juvenile or adult, depending on how you manipulate the looking-glass.
For example: this album cover. Is it juvenile? How can you tell?
Who /black metal hooligan/ here?
https://youtu.be/sZWLlU0d5eM
>>64542346
>glam metal tropes
>Ghost
the fuck
>>64542464
still not as good a troll as halford
>>64542290
Then being "juvenile" is great, metal's all about being "juvenile" with the balls to accept that you are, that takes a lot of maturity. That's most likely the reason why metal has such a passionate fanbase when compared to the outside, from the outside looking in everything seems autistic and immature, but it takes some real guts to proudly accept yourself as part of that autistic immaturity.
>>64542491
perceived autistic immaturity*.
If I say I like cars and hate motorcycles, then that's how it is. That doesn't make me autistic, it just means I don't like cars. If I like to work with metal instead of working with wood, it doesn't mean anything other than I have a preference based on my experience with them.
Shit dawg
Am I a normie?
>>64542442
>this album cover. Is it juvenile?
Yes, solid bright red font and graphics on black and white image makes reading anything on it a chore.
satanic imagery +poor mock european heraldry + antisemitism denotes an aspiration to edginess that screams "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" at the top of its lungs.
And you'll tell me I'm bringing baggage to it, and of course I am. I understand that, but I'm still going to argue that I'm right.
>>64535843
leave
Gonna see marduk tonight.
Do you go to shows?
>>64542491
>>64542528
I mean, sure. On the surface this is true. It's a trite sentiment, accept yourself for who you are, but in practice, maybe you aren't actually a good person and you should evaluate why you do the things you do. That last statement isn't meant to target anyone specifically, it is rather a general indictment of the mentality that accepting who you are is the end goal.
>>64541855
this is ugly af
>>64542625
Seeing Revenge and Rites of thy Degringolade this summer
>>64542702
>muh minimalism
>>64542325
Meliora was my 3rd place AOTY of 2015, family.
Any bands does keys better than Nokturnal Mortum?
>>64541331
reading your posts and looking at the covers that you posted (especially this>>64542101) it seems like you just have shit taste in aesthetics. pls never become an artist. also i'm gonna post some pics to try to change your mind, but it seems like you're a lost cause t b h
pic related
>>64542599
Well, 1389 is a Bosnian band, so I wouldn't exactly call it mock-european. Antisemitism is rather often espoused by edgy people, though if you follow one general rule (racism is bad, for this example), then it also follows (through no means other than logic), that generalizations are bad, because racism is hate bred from generalization. I'm going to skip the "edgy" part and just assume you feel all antisemites have no good inherent reason for their feelings, and can't be sympathized with or heard out.
That is a generalization.
in short, your looking glass was chosen the moment you read the title of the album, and that colored (pun intended) your perception of the album art, far beyond the other band's pentagram or the red, black and white text/art juxtaposition.
Something you find garish might be done with a purpose. That's why it's art I suppose.
>>64540388
What is the In the airplane over the sea of
/metal/?
>>64542912
>>64542293
Man. I'm not sure about the best prog ever, but they surely are amazing. Probably my fav bm-related prog.
Tuno Ido Tarlat and Roka Hasa Radio are constantly on my playlist, so fucking epic it hurts.
Also, Sgurr is bm aoty of 2015
>>64542819
>muh minimalism
Seeing as it's a minimal synth band, yeah.
It's appropriate for the album and the tone of the music and I suppose your image might be too, but I don't think that's a good thing. I have worked in a record store for a little over a year at this point and have a pretty good sense of the kind of clientele that purchases metal. Mostly dads that are presumably going through midlife crises and kids that don't think the world understands them. They don't stink as bad as the people that come in for ICP stuff though, so at least metal has that.
ICP reminds me of metal in that there is this unified very ugly aesthetic to everything they put out.
>>64542976
>>64542974
something like Sunbather or The Ark Work i guess
>>64542912
here's something he may like.
>there are people in this thread who think this album artwork is bad
>>64542974
paysage d'hiver
>>64543022
>>64542976
wow, first time listening to this
its really fucking good
>>64542974
As somebody who doesn't care about NMH, probably this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2F3XNwVUeE
>>64543007
You really have no idea what you're talking about, and are only looking to impose your taste on others rather than have a real discussion, but I'll keep posting good album covers like
>>64543016
>>64542949
>>64542922
to enlighten you.
>>64543040
Solid taste
>>64543007
You are forgetting that not everyone actually goes to record stores anymore. I order everything online and am a well adjusted person with weird interests.
>It's appropriate for the album and the tone of the music and I suppose your image might be too, but I don't think that's a good thing.
Also, you don't think the art on the case should be reflective of the music? Wut?
>>64543059
art is alright, but the satanist is one of the most overrated albums ever
>>64543007
That's because most music is focused on the opposite spectrum of emotion and visual aesthetic. Wholesome, warm, lovely, happy, cool, fresh, sweet, and even primary negative emotions like fear, anger, and sadness. Of course all of these emotions are conveyed in the most normal-as-possible way. Simple, and almost as if the writer of the song has little to no life experience.
>>64543059
>>64543032
lol
>>64543170
If you write music as if you have no life experience other people can more easily embed themselves within whatever easy to digest feeling it tries to make you feel.
This is my favorite album art.
>>64543232
Good choice, black and red is easily the greatest color scheme ever devised.
>>64542915
>I wouldn't exactly call it mock-european
Not what I meant. It's mock heraldry, meant to look like heraldry albeit with a slightly edgier tilt.
>though if you follow one general rule (racism is bad, for this example), then it also follows (through no means other than logic), that generalizations are bad, because racism is hate bred from generalization
Nope. Generalizations are not bad, they are extremely useful and your ability to discern which generalizations are valuable and which aren't is an extremely important skill.
Race based generalizations however rarely have anything to do with facts and are rarely correct. Apart from that though, hating the jews is incredibly passe, they've been almost completely assimilated more more than a century, yes well before WWII.
Generalizations are obviously highly subject to change due to cognitive biases but generalizations are an integral part of the human thought process. Without them you can get caught in the minutiae of the exception. It's a balance that only comes with time and experience.
>in short, your looking glass was chosen the moment you read the title of the album
I actually noticed the awful choice of cover first and assumed that it was sympathetic to the plight of the jews until I read the cover. It doesn't change the fact that the actual graphic design of the thing is awful.
I'm okay with the aesthetics of anti-art by the way but that clearly isn't what they were doing in that cover.
>>64543188
>>64543125
i really like it. the production is pristine, and the blasting sections like the one in blow your trumpets gabriel are legitimately beautiful. it's also got some top notch riffs and it feels cohesive as an album. what's not to like?
>>64543080
yeah i love that album. one of my favorites from last year. the production is unlike anything else i've heard in bm
>>64543369
I love album art threads
Now that I'm getting deeper into BM it's getting harder and harder to find downloads of certain albums. What's the go-to place for getting music?
>>64543437
rutracker
>>64543437
Unfortunately there's no one place that has everything. You could use SoulSeek and browse people's collections and hope they have what you want, or you could go to Bunalti, or Realm of Metal and look there. or hope to god there's a blogspot out there with an in-tact mediafire upload.
>>64543416
>>64543420
me too. it seems like the original anon i was trying to prove a point to left long ago, but i'm gonna keep posting my favorite art because i'm a loser and i have nothing better to do
>>64543170
>That's because most music is focused on the opposite spectrum of emotion and visual aesthetic. Wholesome, warm, lovely, happy, cool, fresh, sweet, and even primary negative emotions like fear, anger, and sadness. Of course all of these emotions are conveyed in the most normal-as-possible way. Simple, and almost as if the writer of the song has little to no life experience.
anon, you are so full of shit. Some of the stuff I've posted here as album covers is darker, harder, colder, sadder and even edgier than most metal.
>Liars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUUG4NQatWU
>Throbbing Gristle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5amEt8d6Qk0
>Triangulo de amor bizarro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9sbXzLXF8s
>>64543490
>>64543548
This Zeal and Ardor is some good shizznit
>>64543491
None of those songs are anywhere near as complex as most metal.
When did you grow out of metal /mu/? For me it was around my 17th birthday.
>>64543491
I'm just talking about what draws a lot of people to metal in the first place, really. For a lot of metal fans, the genre itself was the first thing they saw (other than horror movies) that made a subject of the stuff that makes normal people toss and turn at night. The idea that being interested in these things won't make you into a murderer or theistic satanist.
Metalheads have been fighting for a long time, and though a lot of non-metal can meet the same emotional spectrum that metal can, the problem is most often they don't. Most kids don't grow up knowing about prog rock, or noise, or dark electronic music.
A metalhead would be wrong to say that non-metal can't offer the same emotions, but would be right to say that metal is much more noticeable than obscure emotionally-ambiguous "pop" music.
>>64543491
>throbbing gristle
the fucking archetypes of industrial
I love you
>>64543629
>complexity
I don't give a shit how complex or hard to play it is. I don't listen to music so that I can masturbate to technical accomplishments or musical structure.
If I want that I'll go to Arnold Schoenberg.
>>64543491
Industrial music is extremely samey in theme just like Metal.
>>64543700
There have been studies done on music appealing to people based on an expectation of sound and then subverting that expectation. Complexity is important, just not in that masturbatory sense.
