Originally Posted by Engine

^he said atmospheric/shoegaze black metal bands became really popular in the last five years and the shit caught on and has prompted an increasing number of metal bands to play with that sound, duh.

Even Trollheart appreciates Panopticon so congrats on being even less in touch than Trollheart, Chula. Just read the wiki article if you're curious, it's all very simple. Lord, this thread is embarrassing

Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

Black Metal didn't really turn the metal world upside down in a short period of time. It's only really become popular recently... say 2010 at the earliest

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.