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This is a black metal album with lots of melodically rich and badass thrash my riffs and some cool solos and generally all of these songs are basically a series of dope guitar parts and a pretty consistent flow. Very accessible brand of black metal without being overtly so. Like it still has the weird vocals and some more extreme black metal aesthetic choices, but also there is a very approachable charm on Display here. Any metal or even hard rock fan probably will find some really tasty nuggets in this mix.
The songs are consistent, and the album flows, the only critiques I have aren’t really major ones - also they are quite vague and unhelpful. Those are: I am not a fan of the vocals. Kinda meh. Next one is I guess I just prefer my BM to be draped in atmosphere or more indecipherable. And if it’s not atmospheric or gauzy or draped in fog I like it massively symphonic. And if neither of those I want it to fucking rock. This has the last characteristic but not the first 2.
And the last critique is so stupid, and it’s 100% on me, but I didn’t quite vibe with this album. Like it may have something to do with my poopy day or mild headache, but in my 2 listens (it deserves more and will get them at some point) it never went from “wow, this is pretty cool” to “Holy shit, let me stop what I’m doing to soak in this absolute beast or a record!”
Okay that’s all. Computer acting weird so I typed this on my phone. Thumbs are sore. Probably more typos even then usual. Apologies for that. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
The songs are consistent, and the album flows, the only critiques I have aren’t really major ones - also they are quite vague and unhelpful. Those are: I am not a fan of the vocals. Kinda meh. Next one is I guess I just prefer my BM to be draped in atmosphere or more indecipherable. And if it’s not atmospheric or gauzy or draped in fog I like it massively symphonic. And if neither of those I want it to fucking rock. This has the last characteristic but not the first 2.
And the last critique is so stupid, and it’s 100% on me, but I didn’t quite vibe with this album. Like it may have something to do with my poopy day or mild headache, but in my 2 listens (it deserves more and will get them at some point) it never went from “wow, this is pretty cool” to “Holy shit, let me stop what I’m doing to soak in this absolute beast or a record!”
Okay that’s all. Computer acting weird so I typed this on my phone. Thumbs are sore. Probably more typos even then usual. Apologies for that. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
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Classic album indeed. Great and somewhat iconic album cover. The debut by one of the greatest bands in metal and certainly black metal history. GFrom what I understand this was an influential album in black metal, helping to usher in a new era for the genre and looking at the date and looking at the major releases before and after this release date, I can visualize this being a massively influential album indeed. I am not super familiar with so called first wave black metal, having only heard the bathory albums and that great 1989 Anno Domini album as far as I can recall. Still, this does seem to take what especially Anno Domini did and perfect it and make it uglier and eviler and more gnarly.
When first I saw this was chosen I was a bit hesitant. As with any album so famous and "Important" I was worried I was just going to be listening for educational purposes, which is generally annoying to me. But after a couple false starts with me being interrupted mid first classic 10 minute track, I finally listened to this through in one sitting. And as it went along I did notice that I was sinking more and more into its world. At first I will admit I felt at arm's length and was a bit irked by the straight up black metal mayhem going on. But by the end of that epic first track I think I was bought in. This album has more texture and detail than I was giving it credit for from my one listen a long while back. I thought it was one-note before, but no now I am hearing the riffs, all ugly and crusty and lo fi, slow down and speed up and get chunky one minute and have this ascending victorious vibe the next, its great. The drumming is classic BM - sound terrible but in the best way, and the constant blast beats become almost soothing after awhile. The vocals are either the most typical black metal vocals ever or perhaps they just were influential to so many after that I only now think they are typical because they were copied. They certainly sound evil and at times pained. The big gnarly walls of sound that the musicians create are certainly impressive.
Certainly one of the better BM albums I've heard. I have noticed, at least as of now, that I have a definite preference for other forms of extreme metal. No album has come and changed fully my perspective on this strange genre. If I were to have a line up of all the most major sub genres of metal and there was an equally acclaimed album presented for each I would probably pick em in this order: Grindcore/Deathgrind>Sludge/Atmo Sludge>Death Metal/Technical Death>Thrash/Speed metal>Black metal/ atmo BM>Doom Metal ... and I am tired of wracking my brain for others. But yeah, BM isn't the least interesting but decidedly lower in terms of hit rate than those other genres ahead. Dead As Dreams, Exercises In Futility, Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, Filosofem, Bergtatt, have been the main albums in the genre to blow my mind. This debut Darkthrone has not ascended there yet, but its damn fine.
Okay I have rambled on long enough. This was excellent and informative. and EEEEEvIIIIIIIlllll [First added to this chart: 01/05/2022]
When first I saw this was chosen I was a bit hesitant. As with any album so famous and "Important" I was worried I was just going to be listening for educational purposes, which is generally annoying to me. But after a couple false starts with me being interrupted mid first classic 10 minute track, I finally listened to this through in one sitting. And as it went along I did notice that I was sinking more and more into its world. At first I will admit I felt at arm's length and was a bit irked by the straight up black metal mayhem going on. But by the end of that epic first track I think I was bought in. This album has more texture and detail than I was giving it credit for from my one listen a long while back. I thought it was one-note before, but no now I am hearing the riffs, all ugly and crusty and lo fi, slow down and speed up and get chunky one minute and have this ascending victorious vibe the next, its great. The drumming is classic BM - sound terrible but in the best way, and the constant blast beats become almost soothing after awhile. The vocals are either the most typical black metal vocals ever or perhaps they just were influential to so many after that I only now think they are typical because they were copied. They certainly sound evil and at times pained. The big gnarly walls of sound that the musicians create are certainly impressive.
Certainly one of the better BM albums I've heard. I have noticed, at least as of now, that I have a definite preference for other forms of extreme metal. No album has come and changed fully my perspective on this strange genre. If I were to have a line up of all the most major sub genres of metal and there was an equally acclaimed album presented for each I would probably pick em in this order: Grindcore/Deathgrind>Sludge/Atmo Sludge>Death Metal/Technical Death>Thrash/Speed metal>Black metal/ atmo BM>Doom Metal ... and I am tired of wracking my brain for others. But yeah, BM isn't the least interesting but decidedly lower in terms of hit rate than those other genres ahead. Dead As Dreams, Exercises In Futility, Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, Filosofem, Bergtatt, have been the main albums in the genre to blow my mind. This debut Darkthrone has not ascended there yet, but its damn fine.
Okay I have rambled on long enough. This was excellent and informative. and EEEEEvIIIIIIIlllll [First added to this chart: 01/05/2022]
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