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Not my fault everybody that use to post here is gone, HH.

 

Where did I ever say, or imply that it was your fault? People move on, including myself for the most part. I had a wild hair and decided to post back here, and was just commenting on how things have changed. It hasn't helped that Metal has been plateauing hard imo for the last several years, there's been nothing that has really impressed me deeply. A lot of good albums, but nothing that's really effected me since the days I first heard stuff like Slayer, Possessed, Dark Angel, Celtic Frost, or Bathory.

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Not my fault everybody that use to post here is gone, HH.

 

Where did I ever say, or imply that it was your fault? People move on, including myself for the most part. I had a wild hair and decided to post back here, and was just commenting on how things have changed. It hasn't helped that Metal has been plateauing hard imo for the last several years, there's been nothing that has really impressed me deeply. A lot of good albums, but nothing that's really effected me since the days I first heard stuff like Slayer, Possessed, Dark Angel, Celtic Frost, or Bathory.

 

 

 

I wasn't saying i was just saying in general.

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That Reverorum Ib Malacht is probably the most interesting release I've heard in the metal genre for a long time.

 

 

Well, I'll talk about it. You've introduced me to other stuff I thought I'd hate, but ended up being either pleasently surprised or at least somewhat interested.

 

Okay, just checked that out. Never heard of them until now, but I started listening to those 2 tracks and began perusing the web for more info on them.

 

The irony is that finally a BM band who is more or less part of my religion (this band identifies as Roman Catholic Black Metal) gains some momentum, yet uses many of the attributes of BM that I don't particularly like. Some of that dissonance sounds like it came from another planet (not a good thing in my book) but it is clearly executed well. I feel like the band achieved the result they were aiming for. It's intriguing on a number of levels, parts are even what I'd call mezmerizing! The end of the first track, was really quite cool. Yet, I still like more traditional, bombastic and guitar driven metal more than I could ever really dig this. As for the doomy, post-metal stylings that I like, they are so rooted in bands like Neurosis (cool that they'll be at MDF this year, should be 1 of the headliners) that the post black stuff still sounds so alien to me.

 

Lots of people irl seem to think I don't like bm much because of the associatian with satanic stuff. But honestly I find that part just silly. Ok, burning churches, not so much, that's just really disrespectful, I can't support that. Fortunately that was a long ass time ago and aside from that, my main beef with BM old or new has always been the extremely lo-fi production and the dissonance, and sometimes the vocals. Some of the incessant wailing is irritating. Some bm vocals I like though. More often I find that I like bm vocals in other forms of metal though. Like Goatwhore (who I saw somewhat recently) is certainly not a black metal band, more like blackened death or blackened thrash. Either way, their combo works. Oh yeah, and those guys themes tend to skew toward the evil stuff and the anti-religion stuff for sure.

 

While that doesn't bother me, it is also nice to philosophically identify with a band too. I've warmed on bm in general over the time that this forum has known me. I still prefer viking or atmospheric stuff over lo-fi raw, dude just wailing & screeching over blastbeats that sound like they were recorded in a cave, in 1958 or so.

 

What I like about Rev Ib Malacht is the more atmospheric drone/ambient type stuff. I like regular post-metal enough to dig some of those parts that I heard, especially in that second (long track of multiple songs I imagine) vid you posted. Elsewhere on the web I read that they did some demos that were pretty much just ambient and people said it was boring. I'll believe that, I don't mind the traditional bm elements that break the monotony. The difference is, with this band, those moments seem to pop out from left field in the middle of segments that sound like background themes to a horror film, along with ominious chanting and mumbling, and then BAM it's time to get weird. Not in a typical, we were being quiet and now we're yelling and drumming really loud, GOTCHA type of way. Instead, just getting weird! The result is that for a Christian metal band, this shit is more frightening than most of the satanic black metal out these days. BM has always been intense or atmospheric and sometimes is designed to sound scary or intimidating. But this stuff... it's just unnerving. I don't know how original it is or not. They sound pretty unique to me. I haven't heard anyone call them a copy of anyone though and I checked a few webzines for reviews. The sheer immensity of you Fried hyping up a Holy, Unblack, White metal band had me intrigued enough to delve deeper.

 

Much respect for being unbiased man. I've seen mods from one site in particular hating on them for no real reason other than their faith. Some come right out and said it, others try to disguise it, but are the same guys who typically rave about any lo-fi ambient bm stuff that sounds even remotely like this.

 

On that note, I fully expect their next album cover to feature an image of one of the band members heads' being plunged underwater for a Baptism. Sorry about the mess :hqhq:

 

Also, be careful Fried, this music has deeply hidden messages and if you listen to it long enough you may venture down a dark path... I know you're thinking it's just harmless music. Then before you know it, you'll be building churches, donating canned goods to the food bank, praying for your neighbors in times of need and doing nice things to help out the community.

 

 

Nice to see you post here again too mate. I always enjoy reading your posts.

 

I don't know what I can possibly say to that but I should point out that I was Anglican educated so I'm not a stranger to the faith. I was actually quite good at it and I had the feeling for a while that I could of been being groomed for a monk-life in the clergy. Parts of that still appeal to me. Unfortunately though, the faith isn't one of them. heh...

 

Also if you or anyone else is interested this is a long interview RiM did a few years ago now. Only on archive.org as the old Hammemit/Emit website is now closed.

http://web.archive.org/web/20140114210914/http://hammemit.wordpress.com/malacht/

 

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We just finished recording our first song with our band :P (and Nightwish sucks, I'm from Finland like them :kenny: )

 

Ps. Sorry about going straight to advertising, but i've never quite got myself to register here before, although i've been playing wwe games since know your role.

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I wish I had more time to enjoy this "year of the dead" but it's already September and there are only a few months to go in the year.

(sorry for my poor attempt at humour).

 

While this is not really my style I listened to your track. I hear some Iron Maiden influence in the main riff. I'm not a fan of the mosh section starting at 3:17 but I enjoyed the ambient change at 3:45.

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Cannibal Corpse are playing in London on Halloween. Will be the second time I get to see them if I manage to cough up the money. Not a massive fan, but they put on a great show. Any fans of The Corpse?

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