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Originally posted by Bosse de NageIf "awsomeness" equals "barbarity", yes.
http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/21849/Norwegian-Diplomats-Trained-In-Black-Metal
Does this add to Norway's awesomeness?
Discuss.
Black Metal is just viking raping and pillaging translated to the auditive (I hesitate to call it "musical" ) domain. It's only awesome if you've never been at the wrong end of it. Uncultured savages, the lot of'em.
Richard
19 Jun 11
Originally posted by Bosse de NageYes, yes it does.
http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/21849/Norwegian-Diplomats-Trained-In-Black-Metal
Does this add to Norway's awesomeness?
Discuss.
I wish the politicians around here just had a musical bone in their body, let alone get into black metal.
I've only heard of speed, death and heavy metal before.
I'm assuming it's called that because of it's lyrical content.
21 Jun 11
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Originally posted by karoly aczelThe name is (probably) derived from Venom's 1982 album "Black Metal".
Yes, yes it does.
I wish the politicians around here just had a musical bone in their body, let alone get into black metal.
I've only heard of speed, death and heavy metal before.
I'm assuming it's called that because of it's lyrical content.
I'm guessing you don't know it because you're American, and in the US the popularity of black metal is very limited. In Northern and Eastern Europe and France it's quite popular within the heavy metal subculture though. In Finland especially - probably the only country where heavy metal still has mainstream popularity.
25 Jun 11
Originally posted by Bosse de NageI know not this Black Metal you speak of, but Norway needs nothing to prove its awesomeness. Except for a brief falter during WW2 (Quisling), Norwegians have had great and brave leaders, magnificent composers, playwrights, and produced who I think is the greatest artist of all time.
http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/21849/Norwegian-Diplomats-Trained-In-Black-Metal
Does this add to Norway's awesomeness?
Discuss.
26 Jun 11
Originally posted by KazetNagorraAustralian, but yeah... about the same
The name is (probably) derived from Venom's 1982 album "Black Metal".
I'm guessing you don't know it because you're American, and in the US the popularity of black metal is very limited. In Northern and Eastern Europe and France it's quite popular within the heavy metal subculture though. In Finland especially - probably the only country where heavy metal still has mainstream popularity.
26 Jun 11
Originally posted by AThousandYoungNo, not really. First of all, there is Christian-themed black metal (so-called "unblack metal" ), and a musical style is hard to define by its lyrical content.
Black Metal = Heavy Metal + Satanism
Black metal is similar to thrash metal in that it emphasizes speed and blast beat drums, but tends to have even higher speed, intentionally poor production to give an "underground" sound, shrieking high-pitched vocals and en emphasis on tremolo riffs and texture rather than melody. Perhaps the most notorious figure in the Norwegian black metal scene is Varg Vikernes, a.k.a. Burzum, who was convicted of murdering his bandmate and the arson of several historic churches.
More recent black metal artists have sometimes incorporated other musical styles into the paradigm, such as (dark) ambient, folk or shoegaze.
Not sure if this teaches you as much as Norwegian diplomats know though.
26 Jun 11
Originally posted by KazetNagorraWhats Meshuggah then? (I have no idea what they're singing about)
No, not really. First of all, there is Christian-themed black metal (so-called "unblack metal" ), and a musical style is hard to define by its lyrical content.
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Not sure if this teaches you as much as Norwegian diplomats know though.