I never really got too into black metal

but I always liked Burzum and KPN

and Agalloch's Pale Folklore album, early Ulver as well (Skyrim tavern-core)

I mainly just listen to the main ones now. There are some decent second rate ones like Gontyna Kry

Emperor, Graveland, Beherit, Immortal, Burzum, Ildjarn/Nidhogg/Sort Vokter

Those are the main ones I listen to

There are some good Gorgoroth songs too, but the bulk of their material can easily be bypassed

I think Darkthrone is boring

First album (the death metal one) is good

FIRST TWO GORGOROTHS ARE GREAT

ALSO THE FIRST FOUR DARKTHRONES

BUT WHAT A GREAT LIST OTHERWISE: "Emperor, Graveland, Beherit, Immortal, Burzum, Ildjarn/Nidhogg/Sort Vokter"

It may be the thousand of Darkthrone ripoff acts like Judas Iscariot that make me indifferent to their music. It doesn't move me

Not like other bands do

Where I can get lost in the music

They had a voice of their own

I'll grant them that much

I mainly just listen to classical. Metal while drinking or working out

Unless it's something special

Then I'll listen to it while doing math

I think what bugs me about metal is it does not have enough of an escapist peter pan complex vibe

@spaceplacenta it's a good riff

song is kind of just there

peter pan complex?

metal is escapist almost by definition

@Deleted User 57835c2c MUCH OF IT DOES, BUT IN A TOLKIEN/LOVECRAFT/NIETZSCHE KIND OF WAY

yeah

BUT THAT WAS THE GOAL OF BURZUM AS YOU RECALL

TO STIMULATE THE FANTASY OF MORTALS

IT IS NOT ESCAPIST LIKE THE CRYSTAL METHOD

OR ENYA

all metal has this goal implicitly

it's black magic

which is the fantasy I identify with more

OR EVEN BRIAN ENO

YES

PETER PAN

HMM

PARTS OF REM ARE LIKE THAT

AND DANZIG