Yeah, idgi either. Maybe Nödtveidt is too toxic for comfort in 2020? To his credit, however, he is dead.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
Found dead in a circle of candles no less! Not sure if it's the toxicity, or the fact they never became as big as, say, Darkthrone or Mayhem.
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 13:27 (three years ago) link
You're probably right. Meloblack also tends to be viewed with some amount of suspicion, or so it seems to me.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
Personally I understand the suspicion tbh! It's just... this will blow anyone away I think.
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 14:10 (three years ago) link
Hey I missed this. This is of course a great record - Night's Blood for me, it's a fantastic opener that immediately lays all the cards on the table what you're going to get. I think now after 25 years of loving both, this one's better than The Somberlain, not so much for the riffs/melodies but because of the much faster songs, there's just way more energy here. As with many of these grandiose sounding albums, it's pretty amazing just how young Nödtveidt was when this (and The Somberlain) was written/recorded.
its innumerably many imitators
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
As a latecomer to the metal scene, I defer to your judgment on this, obviously. I suppose it’s a retrospective impression more than anything: on RYM, for instance, SOTLB falls two spots short of the all-metal top 50, whereas The Somberlain isn’t even in the top 100 despite being #2 on the meloblack chart, followed by... Windir.Btw I completely agree with you as regards tempo. I’m fond of the debut’s comparative doominess, but it does lag a bit at times.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link
That Windir record is fantastic tbh.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
I think meloblack got a bit of a bad rap around that time (1995-1997) since there were so many of these bands around and this style didn't have the inherent badassery that Sunlight-sound Swedish DM and Norwegian BM sound had, but there was a lot of quality stuff made in that short period even if it all blends together at some point. Dissection mainly stood out for the really good hooks I think.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 17:58 (three years ago) link
I actually haven’t heard it yet, but I’m slowly getting there.xp
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
Don't listen too much of this stuff or you'll start to hate it as much as everyone else did at the time.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
Heh, I feel like I’ve reached my limit already with melodeath and I haven’t even heard that much of it, so I’ll keep that in mind.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link