"archetypical black metal way" is the best I heard of Immortal's descriptions. They are no less cheesy than any other brutal black group in the market, and they're one of the best. They dont use keyboards, and the music is "straight" most of the time, meaning that there are not a lot of solos...
I'd say Opeth is a doom band, with a lot of progressive death into it. Every band is simply "itself" after all, but human mind likes to categorize things :) And of course Candlelight needed a genre simply for easier marketing purposes.
The album is great, Simen is great, but my main problem lies with Dimmu's image. I have no problem with corpse paint, and the way the new album is presented in a sorta thematic way is really cool too [just checked out the pics of the video and the booklet in their website], but my problem lies...
Damn shame that Immortal ended as a band, but I guess Abbath is still going to be active in the scene [he _must_ have a pet project :)].
Still sucks though, Immortal way on the right track, and fuck, they hadnt come to Turkey yet...
The best visual addition to the music: something you saw in the market and you've been awfully attracted to. Something which makes you feel something; you know what I mean :)
I think my choice would be Katatonia's Brave Murder Day:
Ad noctum, Colossus, A Tale of Pagan TOngue, the whole Empricism [Inherit the Earth especially], the Presence is Ominous, Witching hour, Oceans Rise, and the acoustic masterpiece Gryning [hope I wrote it right].
"by allah! dimmu borgir is not black metal i say"
Hahaha this is the funniest line I heard today :)
Imagine a bunch of ministers trying to classify meat: melodic Swedish death, ummmm, melodic death, melodic black, ummmm brutal kinds... fuck it let's just ban everything else than nu-metal, by...
Actually do any of you guys know how to make real mead? Some honey into beer and some other stuff as far as i understand, years ago i tried to do it with a friend o'mine with a recipe we had found on the net, but the end result was... gruesome to say the best :)
TiamaT: the Ar
CyniC: Veil of Maya
Snatch Soundrtrack: Dreadlock Holiday
Katatonia: Relention
Immortal: Within the Dark mind
Vlad [of Agathodaimon]: Angel Deformed