An admission of sin, but accepting the sin, accepting the evil in order to be rid of it. A purgatory of sorts. Without the painful processes (unless you’re in the moshpit), but still redeption for the self, if no one else….

1. Black metal is the most underground subgenre of metal
2. All black metal discusses bleakness/etc while all death metal discusses gore/etc.

To me, it sounded like a guy who knew something about metal – but not that much – was writing this. He sounds like an expert to a non-metalhead, but to us, he’s pretty uninformed and confused. Though I am pretty glad Immortal/Xasthur/Leviathan/Wolves In The Throne Room/Nachtmystium got some exposure.

This makes the staff at Metal Sucks seem like fucking Einstein.

Am I the only one who’s not buying Liturgy’s Hunter Hunt-Hendrix when he waxes poetic, as is his wont, about the so-called “burst beat”? I mean, good on ya for promoting your band by claiming you’re doing something new and radical, but my ears aren’t hearing anything rhythmically new in Liturgy’s songs. Maybe Liturgy is more willing to change up the beat than many black metal bands are, but, I dunno, all that really stands out to me is how at least three of Liturgy’s songs use the exact same transition from a blast beat to basically a half-time blast beat. So?

In summation, I hate Liturgy because they’re more successful than me.

Also, hooray for year-end lists! Been waiting for these for too long.

“Black metal has become the sin eater,” he intoned. “It is engaged in transgressive behavior to be rid of it.”

Interesting? Or plain silly?
That’s what I love about black metal. Simultaneously the dumbest and darkest thing ever.

Hails!

new immortal is damn good, even if your not into bm, id recomend it.