i've got a list somewhere of BM bands stuff i want to check out and it's even more huge

This winter i'm gonna turn into a black metaller.There's no stopping me.

i'm going to start a black metal band

If you need Marrascas...............

like a trve misanthropic black metal it is going to be a one man band

and what are you gonna play?

black metal

i saw them supporting sunno))) last year in amsterdam; they did have a saxophone i'm sure.

i'm not that much into black metal, but it can be both good or hilarious to me.
in the case of lugubrum they were alright on stage, but i remember reading their lyrics because i heard most of those were in dutch (they're from belgium) and they made me giggle a lot... i'm not sure if they were meant to.

This is just a list of silly band names, isn't it? With the obvious exception of Marblebog.

enslaved are not really black metal, they are viking metal and stylistically, they are quite different. i guess you can count them since it's similar enough and they were part of the original trve norwegian black metal scene.

behemoth have long since renounced black metal (with the exception of the corpsepaint), they now play death metal, and being a damn fine band in the process.

the anaal nathrakh i've heard is very meh.

yes, leviathan is pretty awesome.

i can't believe i forgot arcturus.

early behemoth is still black, i was under the impression that viking metal is one of those things like war metal that kind of isn't really a genre in it's own right more like certain bands from certain styles can also be described as viking metal.

anaal nathrakh are superb, check out the codex necro or their peel session. they're the brutalestest.

Early Enslaved is some pretty fine Viking metal.


Oh, and pokkeherrie:
Lugubrum definitely have a sense of humor. I like that about them, because they stop just short of joke band/parody band.
They are to black metal what Alien Sex Fiend are to goth IMO.

Are Torr meant to be Viking Metal?I heard them being described as anglo-saxon Battle Metal.Reeeelly Silly.

Did anyone ever explain why or how death/ black/ thrash/ viking/ war/ etc metal aren't just absurd names thrown about to impress non-metallers?

Nah, I think they fill the 1066 metal.

ive really been digging a local bands cdr i picked up, leech is their name.

yeah, early behemoth is black metal, i actually saw them this summer and heckled them to play their bm set.

i heard anaal nathrakh's domine non es dignus and wasn't very impressed by it although i've heard nothing but unanimous approval, i'll give them another chance.

lately, enslaved have been rocking it too, isa is a superb album, i haven't picked the new one though.

that anglo-saxon description seems more like manowar than viking metal.

FURZE rule!! Heard them for the first time yesterday. It was like if Pentagram played black metal with weird delayed vocals.

I also read some review on Wolves in the Throne Room, searched out some of their music and it was pretty amazing. Also the first black metal band I've come across who I agree with politically. If I wasn't s lazy I would order their CD.

Death Metal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_metal

Black Metal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_metal

Thrash Metal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrash_metal

"Viking metal Viking metal is a cross-genre reference to metal bands with Norse-themed lyrics, usually about Viking tradition, culture, beliefs and other Viking related topics. As well, many people believe that there must be Scandinavian influences in the music itself to be classified as Viking metal. Most Viking metal contains black metal elements, but this is not always the case: the band Amon Amarth is rooted in the melodic death metal style, for example. There is also often overlap in Viking metal with folk metal."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...s#Viking_metal

list of metal genres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heavy_metal_genres

battle/war metal is the same type of deal as viking metal, it's a cross genre thing that is concerned with the themes dealt with in the lyrics more than a stylistic musical approach. bolt thrower are an example of battle/war metal, even though stylistically they are death metal.

I'm just saying Gorgoroth.

Death metal is where it's at for me. Fucking cryptopsy, gorerotted, visceral bleeding, severe torture, necrophagist, fuuuuck.