What Sucks About This Genre: Black Metal Edition

Trollheart · 07-19-2018, 10:16 AM

Okay, let's go. Personally I find I'm getting a little more into Black Metal now than I used to, but things that still suck about it for me are a) vocals that I often can't make out at all b) some bands in the genre just plain suck donkey balls c) Mayhem and their ilk d) the way some of them take it so seriously when really it's just quite hilarious.

Okay, your turn.

rubber soul · 07-19-2018, 10:35 AM

Are you now picking on the devil's music?

Seriously, though, I don't really know enough about it to give a rating. I suspect I would respect the genre though. It seems to me like it's a heavier version of thrash and I'd probably give thrash a three (remember, I'm not a metal head

).

ManifestBlasphemy666 · 07-19-2018, 10:52 AM

Nothing.

It's the best music

ManifestBlasphemy666 · 07-19-2018, 10:57 AM

And please pick a good band to represent BM.

Not that crappy symphonic crap band in the pic you posted.

**Frownland** · 07-19-2018, 10:59 AM

1. When artists choose the cliched lofi aesthetic when it doesn't fit their sound (it works for a lot of BM though don't get me wrong).
2. Dumb makeup
3. Lotta redundancy. I like Darkthrone too guys.

I don't like how Mayhem's antics are so closely tied to the perception of the genre but I can deal with that.

3 suck.

~~MicShazam~~ · 07-19-2018, 11:53 AM

I voted 2. Meant to vote 4, but I had the wrong idea about how the ratings worked. Very ****ty genre. First day with BM is like "oooh, I like those icy atmospheres!". Day two is like "ok... that's all you got?"

And the panda makeup and dumbass attitudes of BM artists make me lol

**Janszoon** · 07-19-2018, 11:55 AM

The high cheese factor is what sucks about black metal.

The Batlord · 07-19-2018, 12:11 PM

Traditional black metal riffing is like the power metal riffing of extreme metal. It's largely indistinct, boring, interchangeable, and leaves little impression beyond a cheesy atmosphere.

YorkeDaddy · 07-19-2018, 12:14 PM

It’s something I enjoy like a few times a year, but I could never listen to it on a regular basis

~~MicShazam~~ · 07-19-2018, 12:17 PM

I like ICS Vortex's brief vocal part in this piece of cheese more than I like the whole rest of the genre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9cqKafnUrk

(Go to 01:12)

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07-19-2018, 10:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	What Sucks About This Genre: Black Metal Edition Okay, let's go. Personally I find I'm getting a little more into Black Metal now than I used to, but things that still suck about it for me are a) vocals that I often can't make out at all b) some bands in the genre just plain suck donkey balls c) Mayhem and their ilk d) the way some of them take it so seriously when really it's just quite hilarious. Okay, your turn. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-19-2018, 10:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	1. When artists choose the cliched lofi aesthetic when it doesn't fit their sound (it works for a lot of BM though don't get me wrong). 2. Dumb makeup 3. Lotta redundancy. I like Darkthrone too guys. I don't like how Mayhem's antics are so closely tied to the perception of the genre but I can deal with that. 3 suck. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-19-2018, 11:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	The high cheese factor is what sucks about black metal. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

07-19-2018, 10:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
ManifestBlasphemy666 Non Serviam Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: ThaiHell Posts: 620	Nothing. It's the best music

07-19-2018, 10:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
ManifestBlasphemy666 Non Serviam Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: ThaiHell Posts: 620	And please pick a good band to represent BM. Not that crappy symphonic crap band in the pic you posted.

07-19-2018, 11:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I voted 2. Meant to vote 4, but I had the wrong idea about how the ratings worked. Very ****ty genre. First day with BM is like "oooh, I like those icy atmospheres!". Day two is like "ok... that's all you got?" And the panda makeup and dumbass attitudes of BM artists make me lol

07-19-2018, 12:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I like ICS Vortex's brief vocal part in this piece of cheese more than I like the whole rest of the genre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9cqKafnUrk (Go to 01:12)