KRALLICE AT GREAT SCOTT TONIGHT![views:9617][posts:63]_____________________________ [Apr 24,2011 11:50pm - Uh ""] I think my beef with hipster black metal is that especially once you find out it's hipster black metal and that it's not about the hate, misanthropy, depression, anti-christianity, satanism, nihilism, or whatever the fuck, and is casually made with the "hey, I'm bored with grindcore, sludge, deathcore, At The Gates-rip off and retro-thrash metal this week, let's start a black metal band" attitude, it starts to show in the music after a few listens. Not saying all hipster black metal is bad, but the interpretation of the music gets influenced a bit with that context. Like you can begin to hear Wolves in the Throne Room wanting to be Weakling rip offs with an updated indie post rock influence, Woe, especially with their new album, having a hodge podge of different black metal styles with some indie rock parts, Krallice including their overly technical riffing and changes, Ludicra barely being black metal anymore, and Liturgy being total homofags. Context influencing musical appreciation has always been an age old debate. Should context of the music actually influence how much you like a band. Theoretically it's easy to say no... but what if your band plays a Black Sabbath cover but a bit heavier or cleaner or whatever. Is your band actually better than Sabbath now and all their albums should be thrown out? |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 25,2011 12:02am - arilliusbm ""] well said |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 25,2011 1:03am - the_reverend ""] arilliusbm said:old modest mouse > kralliceold mm is better than almost anything. That singer had a way with words. Never ending msth equation 7" ftw. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 25,2011 1:29am - Chriskar ""] i agree with this, although its hard to watch the singer of a band get berated for wearing "hipster shoes" even though he has an upside down pentagram tattooed on his elbow...the clothes dont make the man. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 25,2011 1:35am - arilliusbm ""] who said anything band members wearing anything? general statement was made about fans and/or people attending show. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 25,2011 1:39am - Chriskar ""] arilliusbm said:who said anything band members wearing anything? general statement was made about fans and/or people attending show. true. was incorporating sentiments from numerous other threads on RTTP. although you get the idea. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 25,2011 1:41am - goatcatalyst ""] ... Which is why Profanatica is the best black metal band ever: they wore nussing, Lebowski |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 25,2011 1:46am - arilliusbm ""] goatcatalyst said:... Which is why Profanatica is the best black metal band ever: they wore nussing, Lebowski Eagerly awaiting the updated band photo. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 25,2011 1:53am - the_reverend ""] NO PHOTOS KVLT |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 25,2011 3:26am - TRUBLACKFAK ""] This SHIT sounds happy!!!! Thats what I like about black metal, it transcends pessimism and darkness. I love it when they play this music at gay clubs, its so hawt |
| ______________________________ [Apr 25,2011 7:33am - Yeti ""] stop calling it black metal. it's not black metal. it's plaid metal. crotchety old men bitching about the lost days of old FTW. |
| ____________________________ [Apr 25,2011 8:09am - Uh ""] arilliusbm said: goatcatalyst said:... Which is why Profanatica is the best black metal band ever: they wore nussing, Lebowski Eagerly awaiting the updated band pornography. |
| _____________________________ [Apr 25,2011 4:35pm - ptf ""] The singer of Liturgy looks like Leo DiCaprio and sounds every bit as snobby. I can smell his Liberal Arts degree through the video. |
| _________________________________ [Apr 25,2011 8:17pm - reimroc ""] all this buttmad is giving me the HARDEST boner right now |