I would use Gin for Cobalt, but overall it's a great list

Can't stand Krallice, and not particularly interested in Deafheaven (somehow calling them USBM seems very wrong) but very fine list otherwise. Don't think I've listened to Woe though.

Hmm, only thing I like that's on this list is Wolves in The Throne room. Would I dig anything else then?

Written by tea[m]ster on 13.04.2012 at 01:27
Hmm, only thing I like that's on this list is Wolves in The Throne room. Would I dig anything else then?

Other bands from this list you should like (based on your taste in music): Deafheaven.

That's pretty much all, but if you took a shot in the dark with Velvet Cacoon, Castevet, or Lurker of Chalice, you might be pleasantly surprised.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 13.04.2012 at 01:34

Written by tea[m]ster on 13.04.2012 at 01:27
Hmm, only thing I like that's on this list is Wolves in The Throne room. Would I dig anything else then?

Other bands from this list you should like (based on your taste in music): Deafheaven.

That's pretty much all, but if you took a shot in the dark with Velvet Cacoon, Castevet, or Lurker of Chalice, you might be pleasantly surprised.

Weren't Weakling supposed to be the band that WITTR were influenced by?

Written by Oaken on 23.04.2012 at 19:59

Weren't Weakling supposed to be the band that WITTR were influenced by?

But not as easy to listen to. Longer songs, rougher production etc.

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 20:01

Written by Oaken on 23.04.2012 at 19:59

Weren't Weakling supposed to be the band that WITTR were influenced by?

But not as easy to listen to. Longer songs, rougher production etc.

But definitely easier to listen to than Lurker and Leviathan.

Written by Oaken on 23.04.2012 at 20:02

But definitely easier to listen to than Lurker and Leviathan.

I wouldn't call Lurker difficult to listen to all. Virtually nothing abrasiveness about the style and production. Mostly dark ambient with bit of acoustic guitars, female interludes etc here and there.

Written by tea[m]ster on 13.04.2012 at 01:27

Hmm, only thing I like that's on this list is Wolves in The Throne room. Would I dig anything else then?

You can also take a shot at Cobalt. I don't know about the album on the list but their latest called Gin is a damn fine album quite easy to ge tinto imo. Clear sound and interesting ideas overall.

Needless to say that the first place HAD to be Lurker Of Chalice. What a masterpiece of bitch black ambient tranquility yet still so easy to get.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 21:06


You can also take a shot at Cobalt. I don't know about the album on the list but their latest called Gin is a damn fine album quite easy to ge tinto imo. Clear sound and interesting ideas overall.

Really? I find Cobalt to be quite abrasive soundwise (post-songs/sections aside of course). I wouldn't recommend them to someone wanting anything melodic ;]

Quite a caustic sounding band.

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 21:09

Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 21:06


You can also take a shot at Cobalt. I don't know about the album on the list but their latest called Gin is a damn fine album quite easy to ge tinto imo. Clear sound and interesting ideas overall.

Really? I find Cobalt to be quite abrasive soundwise (post-songs/sections aside of course). I wouldn't recommend them to someone wanting anything melodic ;]

Quite a caustic sounding band.

I dunno, I found them easy to dig. I just went along with the lines of "I won't recommend him anything that could be called just regular black".
Gin specially, at least stuff like the s/t song or Dry Body. Not that hard to get into and possibly enjoy.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 21:14


I dunno, I found them easy to dig. I just went along with the lines of "I won't recommend him anything that could be called just regular black".
Gin specially, at least stuff like the s/t or Dry Body. Not that hard to get into and possibly enjoy.

I found them easy to get into because they're balls-to-the-wall loud, unapologetically harsh and write amazing riffs. If Teamster can appreciate that then he's onto a winner.

Even so if this doesn't make your ears want to bleed and your teeth nearly shatter then there's something a bit wrong with you ;]

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 21:17

I found them easy to get into because they're balls-to-the-wall loud, unapologetically harsh and write amazing riffs. If Teamster can appreciate that then he's onto a winner.

I don't know how different Eater Of Birds is to Gin as I haven't heard it. But Gin does sound easy to access and it's still a very rich and complex album with quite a sense of melody as far as I recall.

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Even so if this doesn't make your ears want to bleed and your teeth nearly shatter then there's something a bit wrong with you ;]

I found the song pretty headbang-friendly and I moved my left foot a lot. I don't understand how there's something wrong with me just for finding the song a very fun and bloodpumping tune.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 21:25

I don't know how different Eater Of Birds is to Gin as I haven't heard it.

Sorry all I read there was that you hadn't heard Eater of Birds. I don't think I know you any more, man.

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 21:29

Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 21:25

I don't know how different Eater Of Birds is to Gin as I haven't heard it.

Sorry all I read there was that you hadn't heard Eater of Birds. I don't think I know you any more, man.

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Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 21:32


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Watch the next episode of "BM love" next week

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I see the infernal washing power "soap" opera has spread across the Earth to exotic lands...

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 21:34
I see the infernal washing power "soap" opera has spread across the Earth to exotic lands...

I honestly don't know what you meant with that.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 21:35

I honestly don't know what you meant with that.

An example:

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 21:37
An example:

Damn there were a couple of lines I did not unerstand at all because of the accent Funny stuff though.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 21:41


Damn there were a couple of lines I did not unerstand at all because of the accent Funny stuff though.

If you're talking about 0.09 - 0.11 then I have no fucking clue what she's saying either. Something about a keg to a wine gum or something.

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 21:44

If you're talking about 0.09 - 0.11 then I have no fucking clue what she's saying either. Something about a keg to a wine gum or something.

Hhahaha that part was exactly the one I had in mind. Fucked up english.

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 20:06

Written by Oaken on 23.04.2012 at 20:02

But definitely easier to listen to than Lurker and Leviathan.

I wouldn't call Lurker difficult to listen to all. Virtually nothing abrasiveness about the style and production. Mostly dark ambient with bit of acoustic guitars, female interludes etc here and there.

Really? If so, then I would say that they have risen to the top of my "To-Listen-To" list.

Written by Oaken on 23.04.2012 at 21:56

Really? If so, then I would say that they have risen to the top of my "To-Listen-To" list.

Or maybe it's hard to listen to for you because for a black metal record it has barely any black metal in it

It's only considered a black metal album because of its associations with Leviathan. In my opinion.

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 21:57

It's only considered a black metal album because of its associations with Leviathan. In my opinion.

There are still many traces of black metal in a couple of songs though. Also, like Lucas cleverly pointed out in his review;

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If you approach this purely on a theoretic, genre-based level you will come to the conclusion that this "Ambient Black Metal" album actually has way to few influences of Black metal to actually count as a Black metal album. But at the same time you cannot deny that there is something here that can only be there because of the background of the creator.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 22:07


There are still many traces of black metal in a couple of songs though. Also, like Lucas cleverly pointed out in his review;

That it exactly. It's ambient black metal in the more literal sense: black metal influenced dark ambient of sorts, rather than the Velvet Cacoon style of fuzzy ambient black metal.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 22:07

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 21:57

It's only considered a black metal album because of its associations with Leviathan. In my opinion.

There are still many traces of black metal in a couple of songs though. Also, like Lucas cleverly pointed out in his review;

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If you approach this purely on a theoretic, genre-based level you will come to the conclusion that this "Ambient Black Metal" album actually has way to few influences of Black metal to actually count as a Black metal album. But at the same time you cannot deny that there is something here that can only be there because of the background of the creator.

So can I say that it is Dark Ambient played with the mentality and the atmosphere of Black Metal?

Written by Oaken on 23.04.2012 at 22:10
So can I say that it is Dark Ambient played with the mentality and the atmosphere of Black Metal?

That's not a bad way to put it.

It neither counts specifically as dark ambient: it's too structured, neither is it a black metal record. It's both, neither and something more.

Written by Guest on 23.04.2012 at 22:12

It neither counts specifically as dark ambient: it's too structured, neither is it a black metal record. It's both, neither and something more.

Let's just say it's great music.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 23.04.2012 at 22:12

Written by Oaken on 23.04.2012 at 22:10
So can I say that it is Dark Ambient played with the mentality and the atmosphere of Black Metal?

That's not a bad way to put it.

Thanks for clearing it out.

Written by Oaken on 23.04.2012 at 22:18

Thanks for clearing it out.

Hopefully you'll enjoy it. It's such a masterpiece of pitch black tranquility. Sometimes it's almost too calm if you know what I mean... Like you feel something behind you all the time, just watching.
Also, that album has in my humble opinion the best bass any BM album could ever have.