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Awesome album indeed.
And the cover is also nice.

hmmm, i downloaded the Nachtmystium EP a while back, but it didnt do much for me.

But this sounds really interesting........BM without some form of experimentation is sooooo boring.

You are boring!!

This is good album indeed. I needed to give this one a few spins as I mentioned sometime ago, but once this grows on you... well, you get the point. I still prefer Demise though...

I mean like endless darkthrone clones playing 'raw' (ie, simplistice) BM fucking suck. Nachtmystium, however, do not.

This is some seriously awesome shit. 90 for me.

Well, upto and including Demise, they're generic as fuck as well. Eulogy wasn't generic though, and I haven't heard this one yet...

Well, from what ive heard, generic with just a hint of experimentation (and pretty decent, but not mind-blowing). And since this isnt considered generic, i will definitely listen to it.

Don't talk such rot. Minimalistic raw BM does not equal boring.

Check this out

And there are many other minimalist raw BM bands that are very good.

I mean i hate DarkClone bands, BM that copies early BM (which Nachtmystium seems to do on earlier works).

Minimalist or raw doesnt mean bad, i just prefer originality to a bad production and lots of Darkthrone 'inspiration'

How about Taake? Thats pretty generic and very Darkthrone inspired, but very good nonetheless.

lol, I never thought of Taake as Darkthrone-ish.... The good production and style of riffing is different, no? It sounds majestic, almost classically influenced to me. Like a mix of Mystic Forest and Darkthrone.

ok so your right. Raw, minimalist BM influenced by the second wave can be good. But a lot sucks. Which occurs in every genre anyway....

me = pwned :oops:

No no. No pwnage. Your opinion is as good as mine. Actually I find the same majesty in early Darkthrone.

I don't think the Darkthrone influence in Taake can be denied though.


You should check out the album I linked you too btw.. It's very good and it is not pure Darkthrone worship. There's a more pronounced feel of sadness and the overall impression is quite different.

But Taake isnt a straight up clone band. I like more music that is influenced by a band but doesnt rip them off, or does something experimental, adventurous. But then if its not good, its not good.

Sometimes though a band can just be great from sheer quality, even if they rip off another band. Noenum maybe? heavily Burzum-esque, but still awesome imo

Agreed. Taake isn't a clone band. If a band is just a blatant rip-off usually I don't bother either. That's why I consider Satanic Warmaster (for example) unworhty of my time. If I want what he has to offer I'll just listen to Darkthrone who have done the same and much more accomplished.



Yes. That is the case with the band I linked you to. Try it out.

Exactly. Satanic Warmaster and shit will never have any of my time.

And im trying to donwload Bekhira's album, but my pc's being a bitch.

Uhm, Taake has very little to do with Darkthrone, more with Ulver and the likes.

eh?... i don't consider Satanic Warmaster a Darkthrone-clone, am i supposed to?!? :? ... i can at least speak for the new album, which is the one i have heard the most, i don't think it sounds like darkthrone at all.

Taake is like an extension of the Norwegian bm of the 90s, it combines it all. I hear as much Darkthrone as Ulver, and stuff.

Hoest seems to take that "Norwegian bm rulaz" ideology of Fenriz pretty seriously though.

And Satanic Warmaster does have a lot of Darkthrone in it, they got that punky vibe, but I wouldn't call them a clone. Even if they are, they rule at it.

well... i don't think they have all that much Darkthrone in them. Just because bands has something in commen doesn't mean they have stolen from each other, besides there's several other old bands with punky vibes. I'm sure SW is more influenced by the finish scene

it reminds me of certain guy who believed some elements of Nargaroth was influenced by Forgotten Woods ( or was it In the Woods?) despite the so-called influential material was younger, because he though the band was older than Nargaroth, by a mistake of course. :roll: