mooyagi wrote:This is good news. Hopefully the album never gets released. Re-recording a classic that has no need for re-recording was a dumb idea.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=162529
Laura wrote:So...I swore I'd never join facebook, but then totally caved after the cruise and joined so I could see everyone's pix and stuff....and fyi, I'm keeping it just for music friends.
So, I noticed recently that one of my fb friends is friends with Kristoffer Rygg - aka "Garm" of Ulver!! So, I thought what the hell, I'll send him a friend request. I've sent requests to a few other musicians and got no response, so didn't expect anything. Well, he accepted my friend request today - woohoo! I don't know why this thrills me so much - he's got over 3,000 "friends" (guess it's kind of a quiet day for me ), but I am so crazy about this man and his music - so brilliant imo. I really need to squeeze Ulver into my top 10 bands I can't live without" list somewhere.
...also...still working on my HITS/Bergen write-up - big wall-o-text and pictures it will be!
shaneos wrote:I just found this track from a band called Botanist. You'd have to say it lands firmly in the avaunt-garde area of Black Metal seeing as it's one man performing on a hammered dulcimer.
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlaye ... =140123775
Egokrusher wrote:shaneos wrote:I just found this track from a band called Botanist. You'd have to say it lands firmly in the avaunt-garde area of Black Metal seeing as it's one man performing on a hammered dulcimer.
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlaye ... =140123775
I love odd instruments in black metal. Den Saakaldte and Solefald's use of the saxophone is brilliant. I've heard of Botanist before, but never checked them out. I'll admit the first time I seen the band name, I immediately thought of this marijuana culture subgenre that's popping up in metal. (Weedeater, Cannabis Corpse, Bongzilla, etc).
soundcurve wrote:Laura wrote:So...I swore I'd never join facebook, but then totally caved after the cruise and joined so I could see everyone's pix and stuff....and fyi, I'm keeping it just for music friends.
So, I noticed recently that one of my fb friends is friends with Kristoffer Rygg - aka "Garm" of Ulver!! So, I thought what the hell, I'll send him a friend request. I've sent requests to a few other musicians and got no response, so didn't expect anything. Well, he accepted my friend request today - woohoo! I don't know why this thrills me so much - he's got over 3,000 "friends" (guess it's kind of a quiet day for me ), but I am so crazy about this man and his music - so brilliant imo. I really need to squeeze Ulver into my top 10 bands I can't live without" list somewhere.
...also...still working on my HITS/Bergen write-up - big wall-o-text and pictures it will be!
Hopefully it is the real him. I avoid FB though it is a great resource when I am doing a investigation. Oh how people cry for privacy but put so much out there. "But I made my FB private" . . . okay
If you are putting a lot of work into your HITS write up maybe a web zine / metal site would dig it too. Glad you had fun!
Laura wrote:
One of the most beautiful places I've ever seen - Gudvangen (took a 12 hour excursion on my last day, August 29th into the fjords and countryside around Bergen)
Laura wrote:Regarding the write-up, it has actually turned into something more elaborate and complicated than I originally planned on doing and evolved into being about the whole trip, random thoughts, etc. I'm writing that just for me and won't be publishing or posting that anywhere - I'll probably end up culling parts of the HITS sections and put that on the HITS thread... but, lol - it's a work in progress. I will say this though - Bergen and the surrounding areas are...for lack of a better word....pretty damn magical. Considering Bergen is relatively small (population around 262,000), there are some really fantastic museums there as well and I went to several. So, the combination of doing a lot of sightseeing of "beautiful things" (art, buildings, historical artifacts, flowers, scenery) during the day and then seeing four nights of extreme metal bands was really cool; in other words, the juxtaposition was striking! Loved it. Here's a random selection of a few of my pictures (took about 450 in all) that hopefully give an idea what I'm talking about.
shaneos wrote:Nader Sadek: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/ ... decay#more
KevinP wrote:shaneos wrote:Nader Sadek: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/ ... decay#more
FYI, Nader Sadek is death metal, pure and simple. Nothing black metal about it. Just saying
Laura wrote:soundcurve wrote:Laura wrote:So...I swore I'd never join facebook, but then totally caved after the cruise and joined so I could see everyone's pix and stuff....and fyi, I'm keeping it just for music friends.
So, I noticed recently that one of my fb friends is friends with Kristoffer Rygg - aka "Garm" of Ulver!! So, I thought what the hell, I'll send him a friend request. I've sent requests to a few other musicians and got no response, so didn't expect anything. Well, he accepted my friend request today - woohoo! I don't know why this thrills me so much - he's got over 3,000 "friends" (guess it's kind of a quiet day for me ), but I am so crazy about this man and his music - so brilliant imo. I really need to squeeze Ulver into my top 10 bands I can't live without" list somewhere.
...also...still working on my HITS/Bergen write-up - big wall-o-text and pictures it will be!
Hopefully it is the real him. I avoid FB though it is a great resource when I am doing a investigation. Oh how people cry for privacy but put so much out there. "But I made my FB private" . . . okay
If you are putting a lot of work into your HITS write up maybe a web zine / metal site would dig it too. Glad you had fun!
I know what you mean about questioning the "realness" of Garm's fb page - in this case, I do think it is the real him though, mainly because of some of the pictures and postings. Although, of course I could be wrong.
Regarding the write-up, it has actually turned into something more elaborate and complicated than I originally planned on doing and evolved into being about the whole trip, random thoughts, etc. I'm writing that just for me and won't be publishing or posting that anywhere - I'll probably end up culling parts of the HITS sections and put that on the HITS thread... but, lol - it's a work in progress. I will say this though - Bergen and the surrounding areas are...for lack of a better word....pretty damn magical. Considering Bergen is relatively small (population around 262,000), there are some really fantastic museums there as well and I went to several. So, the combination of doing a lot of sightseeing of "beautiful things" (art, buildings, historical artifacts, flowers, scenery) during the day and then seeing four nights of extreme metal bands was really cool; in other words, the juxtaposition was striking! Loved it. Here's a random selection of a few of my pictures (took about 450 in all) that hopefully give an idea what I'm talking about.
View of Bergen from atop Mount Fløyen (love the fact that both a metalhead and family group are in the picture!)
Near the university...(saw so many beautiful flowers in Bergen)
Finnish black metal band Archgoat at the Garage venue (only holds about 250 people) on August 24th (I did not take this pic - took it off someone's public flickr page - my picture is really blurry ) I think Archgoat is perhaps the most intense concert experience I've ever had - I was right in front of this guy for the whole set (I think this is Ritual Butcherer - one of the guys who apparently is a practicing Satanist ) - VERY over the top...and awesome!
Crucifix in the Bergen Museum (Cultural History Collections) http://bergenmuseum.uib.no/english/dks_e.php - they had a fantastic Christian art collection - I'm not religious, but I do love a lot of Christian art and architecture!
The rebuilt Fantoft Stave Church (the one that Varg burned down in 1992) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantoft_Stave_Church - I absolutely love these buildings - spent a lot of time there.
Swedish black metal band Nifelheim at the USF venue (holds about 2,000 I was told) on August 26th - omg - the expressions on these guys faces were priceless!!! Great perfornance! I only have one of their albums - Envoy of Lucifer - like it a lot and plan to buy more of their music.
The harbor area near the hotel where I stayed
Skulls at the Bryggen's Museum http://www.bymuseet.no/?vis=77&spr=ena
Primordial at the USF venue on August 26th - one of my top five favorite performances of the whole festival - Alan is incredible! (yet another of my famously bad indoor gig photos! )
Saw so much interesting vernacular architecture - love this street name - Strangebakken
Totally makes me think of the Led Zeppelin song "Misty Mountain Hop" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4jUy2FJW_w So I'm packing my bags for the Misty Mountains where the spirits go now, over the hills where the spirits fly.
Mayhem at the USF venue on August 27th - they totally kicked ass and I am DEFINITELY going to see them in Chicago in November! The huge upside Norwegian flags were so cool - hope they bring those for the US tour!
One of the most beautiful places I've ever seen - Gudvangen (took a 12 hour excursion on my last day, August 29th into the fjords and countryside around Bergen)
mooyagi wrote:Thanks for making me scroll down really far to see what you wrote, Kate
MadameLePink wrote:Beautiful pictures, Laura! I can't believe that I've been living in Scandinavia for 17 years (anniversary today!) and I've never been to Norway
soundcurve wrote:Cancertid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPKd8GEfTPI
Metalwrath wrote:ANybody recognise this black metal band?
Metalwrath wrote:ANybody recognise this black metal band?
KevinP wrote:Strike that last comment. I just tried to listen to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0OQgduEkYE and I can't.
soundcurve wrote:KevinP wrote:Strike that last comment. I just tried to listen to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0OQgduEkYE and I can't.
I don't know man, sounds a lot like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM7UGhF42tc
KevinP wrote:Archgoat, surprised anyone finds it even "listenable"....blah, blah, blah...
Laura wrote: I had listened to a bunch of Archgoat before seeing them in Bergen (my favorite song of what I've heard is Whore of Bethlehem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q45CP5qJfnI - love this)
Laura wrote:paint, spikes and (what looked like real) blood of some sort on the Archgoat guys (and as I've said before, I really dig this kinda thing, and yes, I know most people probably consider that strange )
KevinP wrote:Laura wrote: I had listened to a bunch of Archgoat before seeing them in Bergen (my favorite song of what I've heard is Whore of Bethlehem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q45CP5qJfnI - love this)
Still makes me stratch my head how you enjoy that. I would hardly even classify it as music, it's so poorly produced/played/constructed. For someone with such diverse tastes I would think you would laugh at the mere sound of this (which I do ). I can understand Marduk, Emperor, Enslaved, and those types.
Obviously TEHO, so whatever wets your willy
Laura wrote:WARDRUNA
Unfortunately, I "discovered" them too late! They played in a theater in Bergen during one afternoon of the Hole in the Sky week. Before I went, I had decided I wasn't going to go to the few daytime gigs since I was already going to 6-8 hours every night for four nights and there were many other things I wanted to do during the days. Well, if I had REALIZED who Wardruna is, I would have gone! It is an unusual musical project of Kvifrafn, Lindy Fay Hella, and GAAHL.
from the website...
Sowing New Seeds, Strengthening Old Roots
Wardruna is a Norwegian musical constellation set out to explore and evoke the depths of Norse wisdom and spirituality. Musically Wardruna has its main focus on the cultic musical language found in the near-forgotten arts of galder, seidr and the daily acts of the cultic life, mixed with impulses from Norwegian / Nordic folk music and music from other indigenous cultures.
Here they are performing at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo (where I've been - very )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKMDcTnezvU
and another....Kauna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOabYzPuErI
I love this kinda stuff - for many years I listened almost exclusively to the kind of music they play on: http://www.starstreams.com/ and Wardruna reminds me of some of what they play there.
EvilDan wrote:Laura wrote:paint, spikes and (what looked like real) blood of some sort on the Archgoat guys (and as I've said before, I really dig this kinda thing, and yes, I know most people probably consider that strange )
If my Watain experience is anything to go by, you would easily be able to smell if it was real blood.
Laura wrote:EvilDan wrote:Laura wrote:paint, spikes and (what looked like real) blood of some sort on the Archgoat guys (and as I've said before, I really dig this kinda thing, and yes, I know most people probably consider that strange )
If my Watain experience is anything to go by, you would easily be able to smell if it was real blood.
From what I've heard of the Watain gigs, it sounds like the smell is more from the rotting animal carcasses (big yuck!), than just plain blood. If someone had a relatively small amount of real blood smeared on their body or face (like the Archgoat guys), I don't think that would necessarily smell bad or smell much at all. And regarding the Watain gigs, I passed on the one in Chicago because of what I had heard about the stench. I might enjoy sensory overload, but when it comes to smell, only of a good kind! (especially since my sense of smell is highly sensitive)
Laura wrote:
From what I've heard of the Watain gigs, it sounds like the smell is more from the rotting animal carcasses (big yuck!), than just plain blood. If someone had a relatively small amount of real blood smeared on their body or face (like the Archgoat guys), I don't think that would necessarily smell bad or smell much at all. And regarding the Watain gigs, I passed on the one in Chicago because of what I had heard about the stench. I might enjoy sensory overload, but when it comes to smell, only of a good kind! (especially since my sense of smell is highly sensitive)
Egokrusher wrote:Laura wrote:
From what I've heard of the Watain gigs, it sounds like the smell is more from the rotting animal carcasses (big yuck!), than just plain blood. If someone had a relatively small amount of real blood smeared on their body or face (like the Archgoat guys), I don't think that would necessarily smell bad or smell much at all. And regarding the Watain gigs, I passed on the one in Chicago because of what I had heard about the stench. I might enjoy sensory overload, but when it comes to smell, only of a good kind! (especially since my sense of smell is highly sensitive)
I've been to my fair share of crust/punk/d-beat shows in my day, and if I can smell rotting human (that's still alive) and tolerate it, I think I could handle a rotting carcass stench. Hell, in this rural area, you smell it quite often (both actually). I'd love to see Watain, but they, like so many bands, play dates close to me at the most inopportune times. Nothing major has come to Huntington, WV in a long, long time. This place used to get loads of shows. Dissection, Morbid Angel, Gwar, Immolation, Nile, Dying Fetus, The Faceless, Napalm Death, etc. Hell, I watched the Black Dahlia Murder and The Red Chord in the YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) before anyone, myself included, knew who they were. I think there were about 20 people there. Anyway, I'm rambling. I'd bear the stench to see Watain, just drink a lot of Jäger and stand in the back. I bet most Watain fans hope for shows that are open air.
The best live black metal act I've ever seen would have to be Wolves in the Throne Room. Dimmed all the lights, lit about 40 candles, and rocked a fog machine. Cheesy, yes, but in that atmosphere, it was bad ass. The $2.50 24 oz cans of PBR helped too.
Laura wrote:
rotting human....? huh? Re: rotting carcass stinky at a Watain gig or anywhere else for that matter? I still say no dice to that.
Cool you saw Wolves in the Throne Room - I only have the EP Malevolent Grain which I like and have listened to a bit more online. They were just here in Chicago at Reggie's a few weeks ago but I missed it. I have the opposite problem you have where you live - there are waaaay more music events of all kinds that I would like to go to but can't for this or that reason. I don't think your description sounds cheesy at all - sounds really cool. Agalloch at Reggie's last spring was similar - no candles, but major fog plus some kind of incense. That was an incredible show!!! I've said this several times before - but Agalloch on the ship's pool deck on an after midnight time slot with REAL fog rolling in would be be unbelievably great.
And cheers to cheap PBR. Ha - I think I surprised Bentz! that I actually paid $6.00 for a few Blue Moons at Reggie's on Sunday before I switched to PBR. Speaking of beer prices, the cheapest drink you could order at the two Hole in the Sky venues was a draft beer called Hansa - I can't remember what the Kroner amount was at the moment, but I've got my credit card account open in another window and I'm looking at one of the charges from the USF venue and this is what the USD conversion turned out to be for ONE BEER (argh):
08/27/2011 USF VERFTET $11.05
Laura wrote:From what I've heard of the Watain gigs, it sounds like the smell is more from the rotting animal carcasses (big yuck!), than just plain blood. If someone had a relatively small amount of real blood smeared on their body or face (like the Archgoat guys), I don't think that would necessarily smell bad or smell much at all. And regarding the Watain gigs, I passed on the one in Chicago because of what I had heard about the stench. I might enjoy sensory overload, but when it comes to smell, only of a good kind! (especially since my sense of smell is highly sensitive)
EvilDan wrote:I also have a very weak gag reflex
Egokrusher wrote:I want more black metal on the boat! Specifically, Carpathian Forest. Especially if they're as ridiculous as I expect them to be. Music is great, and in the end, that's all I really give a damn about. I still question whether they want to be taken serious or if it's tongue in cheek. This is definitely black metal to get drunk to.
Egokrusher wrote:That's a whole bunch of money for one beer. I think the most I've ever paid for a beer is $9. It was a pint of Stella at some pizza joint in Minneapolis. Though I have paid high dollar for specialty imports, but I don't think that qualifies. I've been eyeballing Chimay for quite some time but haven't been able to bring myself to pay $15 for a four pack. Might have to do it anyway. Every beer I've ever had from Belgium has been amazing, and considering it's brewed by Trappist monks, it should be great quality.
soundcurve wrote:Egokrusher wrote:I want more black metal on the boat! Specifically, Carpathian Forest. Especially if they're as ridiculous as I expect them to be. Music is great, and in the end, that's all I really give a damn about. I still question whether they want to be taken serious or if it's tongue in cheek. This is definitely black metal to get drunk to.
Yea I never took them serious enough to scope a album. I assume it was a big joke on black metal. The links you posted have a punk-ish black metal vibe which I dig. If you were to recommend one album from them to give a couple spin which would it be?
EvilDan wrote:Laura wrote:From what I've heard of the Watain gigs, it sounds like the smell is more from the rotting animal carcasses (big yuck!), than just plain blood. If someone had a relatively small amount of real blood smeared on their body or face (like the Archgoat guys), I don't think that would necessarily smell bad or smell much at all. And regarding the Watain gigs, I passed on the one in Chicago because of what I had heard about the stench. I might enjoy sensory overload, but when it comes to smell, only of a good kind! (especially since my sense of smell is highly sensitive)
I also have a very weak gag reflex. The smell was atrocious, so i stayed at the door where I could get immediate fresh air. Some people brought stuff that they wiped under their noses (like coroners or medical examiners do in tv and movies). However, it was a pretty intense scene. I totally understand how some of the people equated it with a religious... strike that... spiritual experience.
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