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3 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Welcome, death and black metal are a lot of what I listen to as well. What are some bands you dig?

As far as death metal goes: Immolation, Angelcorpse, Hypocrisy, The Chasm and Order From Chaos are some bands I really like. As regards black metal I'm quite fond of Deathspell Omega, Paysage D'Hiver, Beherit and Grand Belial's Key. What are yours?

 

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As far as death metal goes: Immolation, Angelcorpse, Hypocrisy, The Chasm and Order From Chaos are some bands I really like. As regards black metal I'm quite fond of Deathspell Omega, Paysage D'Hiver, Beherit and Grand Belial's Key. What are yours?

 

So you like some of the more ambient bm?  Do you listen to any Dungeon Synth?

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8 minutes ago, Balor said:

So you like some of the more ambient bm?  Do you listen to any Dungeon Synth?

I'm definetely working on that. I already listen to dark ambient (stuff like Darkspace, Wormlust and late Beherit) but I still need to check out some dungeon synth albums. Any suggestion? 

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1 hour ago, MattCantina said:

As far as death metal goes: Immolation, Angelcorpse, Hypocrisy, The Chasm and Order From Chaos are some bands I really like. As regards black metal I'm quite fond of Deathspell Omega, Paysage D'Hiver, Beherit and Grand Belial's Key. What are yours?

 

Nice, Immolation rules, especially "Here In After" and the couple albums right after that. I used to really love Hypocrisy but I haven't listened to them much in a long time. My listening really depends on my mood. Lately it's been dark old-school Finnish DM like Demilich, Convulse, Depravity, and early Amorphis, but I love more melody-driven prog death like Opeth, Edge Of Sanity, Akercocke, Disaffected, Death, and Atheist, and I'm also into a bunch of the dissonant stuff that's been gaining more steam over the past few years - Gorguts, Ulcerate, Ad Nauseam, etc.

With black metal I'm similarly all over the map - Bathory, Celtic Frost, early albums from Satyricon, Ulver, Rotting Christ, Darkthrone, a little bit of LLN stuff, melodic 90s bands like early Sacramentum and Naglfar, more recent melodic/progressive/atmospheric bands like Furia, Fen, Drudkh, and Wędrujacy Wiatr, and some dissonant stuff like DSO and Jute Gyte. 

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8 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

Hey Matt, what's happening? Looks like you found my main forum, welcome.

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Nice man, glad to see you there too! I decided to migrate from Amino and try out something new. This place seems pretty cool

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Hey Matt welcome to the forum 

Thanks! I appreciate that

 

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Thanks! I appreciate that
 
I've been on here for several years, and while it doesn't have anywhere near MA's traffic, it doesn't have anywhere near the level of trolling or childish bullshit either. There's a small, but cool collective of regulars and a good vibe, and I know that you have good taste, so I think you'll be a great fit with us.

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24 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

I've been on here for several years, and while it doesn't have anywhere near MA's traffic, it doesn't have anywhere near the level of trolling or childish bullshit either. There's a small, but cool collective of regulars and a good vibe, and I know that you have good taste, so I think you'll be a great fit with us.

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Thanks ban for considering me a cool regular I appreciate that and you are pretty cool too

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6 hours ago, MattCantina said:

I'm definetely working on that. I already listen to dark ambient (stuff like Darkspace, Wormlust and late Beherit) but I still need to check out some dungeon synth albums. Any suggestion? 

Oldenhelm is a great Dungeon Synth project.  Honestly, I am new to the genre myself also.

Wormlust sounds interesting.  Any recommendations on which release is the best starting point?

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8 hours ago, Balor said:

Oldenhelm is a great Dungeon Synth project.  Honestly, I am new to the genre myself also.

Wormlust sounds interesting.  Any recommendations on which release is the best starting point?

I'd say the bands I already mentioned are some of the most known in the dark ambient genre. Burzum's ambient albums are pretty interesting too (Dauði Baldrs and Hliðskjálf) although fans seem to like his black metal material much more. Wormlust at the other hand has just one full-lenght album but I think it's pretty solid, so you should check that out.

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8 hours ago, MattCantina said:

I'd say the bands I already mentioned are some of the most known in the dark ambient genre. Burzum's ambient albums are pretty interesting too (Dauði Baldrs and Hliðskjálf) although fans seem to like his black metal material much more. Wormlust at the other hand has just one full-lenght album but I think it's pretty solid, so you should check that out.

Most of Burzum's material is pretty good (I am a huge fan).  I will have to check out the Wormlust album.

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