Written by metaleaterr on 02.01.2012 at 11:08
Listened this band a few days ago. Nice atmospheric black metal!:thumbup:

Written by Guest on 02.01.2012 at 13:41

Gonna be the first grumpy guts and say that I hope 2012 snips this trend in the ass pretty quickly. There was a time when I could say unequivocally that atmo-black was my favourite genre, back when The Ruins of Beverast, Walknut, A Forest of Stars and what have you fell under the umbrella and all had a unique take and personality of their own. Now though there seems to be a very close huddle of bands doing minor variations of the same theme and it feels horribly oversaturated. This year has been a wake-up call for me with this and Falls of Rauros and its brethren are all part of the guilty crowd, all pushing me further out to explore the more fringe styles of black metal in order to maintain my interest in the genre, which is both a good and bad thing I suppose. At the moment this band is tolerable and listenable, but it's a fair bet to say that 2012 will bring a whole cavalcade of bandwagoners that's going to make this kind of thing totally unpalatable for me, becoming the nouveau DSBM/last week's milk.

But anyway, nevermind the grumpy old man in the corner, go about your business as usual.

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Written by Merchant of Doom on 02.01.2012 at 14:22



yeah, that's why I started hating funeral doom...

Written by Guest on 02.01.2012 at 14:26

Written by Merchant of Doom on 02.01.2012 at 14:22



yeah, that's why I started hating funeral doom...

I was under the impression it was your favourite genre? With funeral doom you don't really get the luxury of enjoying particular avenues of it as it all more or less falls within the same ballpark. You can love one area of black metal and hate another.

Written by Guest on 02.01.2012 at 13:41
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Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.01.2012 at 14:42

Got confused here, with which bands are you comparing this stuff? Alcest, woods of desolation and the like?

Written by Guest on 02.01.2012 at 15:06

Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.01.2012 at 14:42

Got confused here, with which bands are you comparing this stuff? Alcest, woods of desolation and the like?

Ash Borer, Echtra, Petrychor, Alda, Verwüstung and yeah to a certain extent stuff like Alcest, WoD, even Ephiles and that general area. All strike me with a distinct lack of identity.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.01.2012 at 15:19


I fail to see how Ash Borer takes part of that group. It's stuff like Alcest and WoD, that is... this shoegaze/post-rock/black that is getting out of hand imo.

Written by Guest on 02.01.2012 at 15:22
Two sides of the same coin if you ask me.

Written by Guest on 02.01.2012 at 13:41

Gonna be the first grumpy guts and say that I hope 2012 snips this trend in the ass pretty quickly. There was a time when I could say unequivocally that atmo-black was my favourite genre, back when The Ruins of Beverast, Walknut, A Forest of Stars and what have you fell under the umbrella and all had a unique take and personality of their own. Now though there seems to be a very close huddle of bands doing minor variations of the same theme and it feels horribly oversaturated. This year has been a wake-up call for me with this and Falls of Rauros and its brethren are all part of the guilty crowd, all pushing me further out to explore the more fringe styles of black metal in order to maintain my interest in the genre, which is both a good and bad thing I suppose. At the moment this band is tolerable and listenable, but it's a fair bet to say that 2012 will bring a whole cavalcade of bandwagoners that's going to make this kind of thing totally unpalatable for me, becoming the nouveau DSBM/last week's milk.

But anyway, nevermind the grumpy old man in the corner, go about your business as usual.

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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.01.2012 at 15:40


100% agreed.

Written by Merchant of Doom on 02.01.2012 at 15:43

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.01.2012 at 15:40


100% agreed.

another grumpy old man!

Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.01.2012 at 15:24


Care to elaborate? Besides from the fact that bans like Ash Borer and I dunno... WoD are both labeled as atmospheric BM I fail to see anything else.

Edit: On a closer listening to latest Ash Borer I'm getting your point since it feels like a dark version of the others mentioned.
The big difference is probably that I don't share your opinions on the matter, while I agree that we have too much of the same stuff without variation/identity I do think that bands like Ash Borer try to be a bit different.

Written by Guest on 02.01.2012 at 15:59

Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.01.2012 at 15:24


Care to elaborate? Besides from the fact that bans like Ash Borer and I dunno... WoD are both labeled as atmospheric BM I fail to see anything else.

Edit: On a closer listening to latest Ash Borer I'm getting your point since it feels like a dark version of the others mentioned.
The big difference is probably that I don't share your opinions on the matter, while I agree that we have too much of the same stuff without variation/identity I do think that bands like Ash Borer try to be a bit different.

Well while I accept the differences between the likes of say, WoD and Falls of Rauros, all I hear is Burzum-esque guitar tones saturating effusive, melacholic riffs and progressions with folky/post-rock breakdowns and clean moments. It all amounts to the same thing to me, just slightly different ways of approaching it. It's something that I appreciated about 3 years ago but now it's just very samey.

Written by Merchant of Doom on 02.01.2012 at 16:04



sounds like Panopticon to me...

Written by Merchant of Doom on 02.01.2012 at 16:14

I think you are right... I only remember the more melodic stuff from Collapse, but the rest is much more in your face, until the acoustic guitar kicks in... listening to it now!

Written by Slayer666 on 02.01.2012 at 19:43
I for one am happy to be on the current bandwagon. I have little to no doubt 2012 will be over-saturated with similar releases to the point when it all just blends together and becomes one mediocre mess.

Written by RavenKing on 03.01.2012 at 02:56

I checked this a while ago because I was searching for something along Summoning's lines.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 03.01.2012 at 11:42

I take it as it's just a coincidence right? Because there's no relation between those two bands :\

Written by Slayer666 on 03.01.2012 at 11:57
I don't know, that cover reminds me a lot of Lugburz.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 03.01.2012 at 12:03

Look! There's a mountain in both... and look! it's black and white artwork... It must be the same goddamn artist because it can't be coincidence that they are SO similar.