what about emperor? do you black metal brahs consider them legit?

Im no expert, but I've always been under the idea that Emperor are considered essential black metal

word..

I can respect them for eventually maturing enough to ditch the corpse paint but musically they don't really do anything for me. I take my black metal chased with some other genre of music, definitely not straight.

i like nightside eclipse. as for corpse paint, i never understood its appeal.

While I don't like Varg's views, his music is actually pretty good.

I can't stand Varg's music and his views suck. But for some reason he's incredibly interesting.

Well, I'm not that into Black Metal, but I found his music alright for Black Metal. He is indeed interesting.

i've only listened to Emperor and Darkthrone

both are pretty great

word up!

The whole culture of Black Metal I find to be interesting even though I'm not a big fan of music itself. I've been meaning to watch a documentary called "Until the Light Takes Us" which is a documentary concerning the whole scene in Norway during the early 90's. Darkthrone's "Transylvanian Hunger" to me is old school black metal in a nutshell. Low production value, excessive tremolo picking, and indecipherable screeched vocals.