Rock and Metal Society

thank you all! knew i could count on a good response in this thread. the overriding feel from this seems to be votes for Burzum and Fen, so ill probs start there and see how i go... and probably Ne Obliviscaris as well, actually, because im a nerd who likes prog and latin. thanks again

edit: also wanted to put this in here too.

With most things I think its best to start with the more accessible things before going into the more extreme guys.

One thing you'll have to get used to is foreign vocals, as a lot of the better black metal bands that have come out in recent years (Winterfylleth and Fen aside) are from abroad

I'm not at all an authority on BM, but these are my favourites:

Deathspell Omega - Fas Ite Maledicti in Ignem Aeternum

Probably my favourite album from these guys.

Spite Extreme Wing - Vltra

My favourite BM album at the moment, you'll probably warm to this one really easy compared to Deathspell Omega.

(not solely addressed to concubine) whats a good starting point for black metal? im looking to broaden my musical horizons, all ive been listening to lately is prog metal.

Because English lyrics in BM vocals are the easiest thing to understand. ;p

The whole Scandinavia ist krieg!122 thing should be ignored. Most of the big bands from that region have broken up or just suck balls now. It's all about France, the US, Italy and the UK (pretty much in that order). I guess a lot of the more well known UK/Ireland bands lean towards death metal (o hai akerdick) but still. Off the top of my head there's Akercocke, Fen, Skaldic Curse, Scythian, Winterfylltlyhththeht, Forefather, Altar of Plagues, Primordial, Code (I guess dudeman left the country but whatever), Anaal Nathrakh, Wodensthrone (need moar love), The Axis of Perdition, A Forest of Stars, Niroth, Void, Hectate Enthroned, etc.

YES!
I'd suggest listening to their first full length, The Malediction Fields, first. Then their second full length, Epoch, second. I fell in love with Fen within about 30 seconds of the first song on The Malediction Fields.

Have you listened to Ancient Sorrow (first EP they put out)? It's BEASTY! They added me on Myspace way back when (around the time of Ancient Sorrow, funnily enough) which was my first proper introduction to them, and countless plays of The Gales Scream Of Loss followed.

I've not heard much, if anything, from the split with Di Arma.

Yeah I've not heard anything from it, might have to Youtube it later to see if it's worth getting.

Likewise. Assuming the partial power cut I've found myself in doesn't get worse. The desktop has been cut, but internet is working and lights are only dimmed.
Apparently the street lights on the main road about a mile away are all off.

Dayum. Last time I had a power cut I was playing on Red Faction on the PS2, and it doesn't have an autosave... 4 hours of work gone in the blink of an eye. I was not happy

Sounds like an alien invasion.



I bet you got anal probe.

Whaaaaaaaaat. >_>


Is that dude about to cartwheel? Only girls cartwheel.