Bear

 

 

This is hands down one of the best videos on the whole wide internet. Holy cow!

 

 

You're under a citizens arrest

put your hands on the car

and get ready to die

 

A short gif from S07E02:

 

 

That was hilarious. Holy fuck!

 

The cut from Jorah to the pie was excellent.

 

Also, Missandei. Daaaaaaamn!!!

I don't know, but Ruki was so good up until Disorder. I really liked his more raw and amateurish sounding vocals from 2002-04. Love it!

It was a great idea yesterday, but right now, at 6.30 am waiting to go to work, I kinda wish I had slowed down a bit and maybe had a few beers less. But it was a good idea yesterday, and that's what counts.

 

I think I've lived up here for about 6 years, and only two of the summers have been nice and filled with great weather if I am ot mistaken. The rest have mostly been shit with a warm, sunny day here and there, but mostly rain, wind and shit like that.

Getting drunk on a thursday despite having to go to work on friday. That's what great weather does to one where I live. Haven't had this nice weather in a long time, and even now it's not all that.

 

Also, I don't get 99% of Blackdoll's posts when he/she posts about music. It's all a big, far WTF, every single time.

5 hours ago, The Reverend said:

 

I can only find one source to confirm it but Vamps is playing some shows with Danzig and Deafheaven!?! Pretty legitimizing. (or is this that other band whose name is The Vamps or something?)

 

Anyway, I think @tetsu_sama69will be excited if true!

 

It should be the Japanese Vamps, yeah. A bit surprised Danzig would go on tour with these, or just share stage. Haven't heard much from Vamps, but their debut album are one of the worst rock albums I've ever heard. Absolute garbage.

 

But Danzig and Deafheaven should be cool. Especially Danzig. MOTHER!!!!

 

 

That's how me and @Disposabledress and dance when we're out hitting on girls. What did we use to call those type of pants back in our MSN days, brah?

What a way to kick off the new season. That didn't made my epectations towards the new season any lower, that is for sure.

1 hour ago, The Moon said:

like they're not trying to anything new with the sound ? ?

 

Which is something that goes for what, 80-90% of all rock, punk and metal bands currently active, and is something that can be said for 80-90% of all rock, punk and metal bands over the past 20-25 years.

 

 

Another huge name of cinema, and one of the biggest and most important names as far as horror goes, is gone. George A. Romero, an absolute legend.

 

Do yourself a favor and watch Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Martin, Knightriders and Creepshow if you haven't already.

Oh, my bad. Good then. I'm very surprised about how well-received Nocturnal Depression was when they broke through, and they still have quite a strong name. I don't get it at all.

 

I'm not surprised by that. I don't think I've ever talked to someone in real life nor on the internet who's aware of Brocken Moon. Which is a bit of a surprise to me. Now, the debut album Mondfinsternis isn't all that to be honest. Quite a standard affair. It's ok, but not much more than that.

 

But the demo Schattenlicht des Mondes and the two albums Das Märchen vom Schnee and Hoffnungslos however are really good, and not quite as standard. Superb atmosphere! Tho, some might have problems hearing past the production of Schattenlicht des Mondes or the godawful, embarrassing cover art for Hoffnungslos. But if you are able to do that you'll find quite a lot to enjoy.

 

This song sums up the quality of Das Märchen vom Schnee very well:

 

 

Which did you not know?

 

Not really a fan of Nocturnal Depression. They sound way too Happy Days- and I'm in a Coffin-esque to me. I just can't get into the atmosphere, and when you can't get into the atmosphere it's not worth anyone as the subgenre is all about atmosphere. Should like it, but just can't.

 

 

But since we're on a Japanese music forum, let's include some Japanese bands too:

 

Kanashimi

A nice mix of funeral doom and depressive black metal. Always thought this project was a bit underrated.

 

Samayoi

Another project by O. Misanthropy (Kanashimi), but with him he's got the help of Vlood (Magane, Zombie Ritual) and Alabaster (Magdala Ju-nen). Aside from a split with Infernal Necromancy, these guys never got past the demo stage. A bit more on the melodic black metal side of things than other bands in the genre, but a depressive black metal band nonetheless. Good stuff

 

Dysthymia

Fairly traditional depressive black metal, but the demo is very good. Great atmosphere, and some of the changes during the riffs are really odd. Makes it a lot more interesting.

 

Kronlarvo

Doomy, depressive black metal. This is an album that stands out from the crowd IMO. I think the atmosphere is a bit similar to Krohm (a band I forgot about in my previous post. Both albums and demos rules!), but the sound is entirely different.

 

 

 

Some news:

 

Portrait - Burn the World

 

Burn the World

 

Portrait started off really strong in 2008 with their self-titled debut album which was a really good Mercyful Fate worship album, but since then they've gotten gradually worse. Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae were a more King Diamond-esque album adding more finnese and technique to the riffing, but still a fantastic album. Crossroads were also very good, but going in a much more progressive direction. This new song however, was boring. It was bad. Robin Holmberg (Vampire)  has joined on guitars, and maybe that explains the more thrashy riffing. I don't know. Not impressed at all.

 

 

Attic - Sanctimonious
 

The Hound of Heaven

 

Attic formed a bit later than other Mercyful Fate and King Diamond worshippers such as Portrait and Trial, but they are no less good. Sanctimonious will be their first album since 2012's great The Invocation, and judging by this song this will be no worse. The intro is 100% Kind Diamond. Could easily have been taken off a King Diamond album. The vocals are brilliant and probably the closest I've heard anyone come King Diamond. In other words, best Kind Diamond song in ages!

 

 

And for those who missed it, Trial released their third album earlier this year. Less Mercyful Fate/King Diamond-esque than Portrait and Attic, but very good tho.

 

Motherless

 

 

 

Vulture Industries - Stranger Tides

 

As the World Burns

 

These guys started as an Arcturus-esque worship band, but with every single release they've moved further and further away from that sound and found other inspirations/influences. Devil Doll is a band that basically took over for Arcturus on their last album, even including a FANTASTIC interpretation of Devil Doll's Eliogabalus. The sound of this song was surprising. Very psychedelic rock-esque, and I wonder if they're familiar with Hail Spirit Noir. I get some strong Hail Spirit Noir vibes from this track, and that is cool.

 

 

Favourite depressive black metal albums? I'll join in and I'll post a shitload of my favourite releases of the subgenre, but a lot of these are from before the boom, tho. Some might disagree with including an album like Hvis lyset tar oss, because is it really depressive black metal? Well, it sure is borderline. But a lot of the albums that were released post-94 that has the depressive black metal tag to them are heavily influenced and based on the sound of Hvis lyset tar oss, End of Life, Strid, Ravens over the Road of Kings, Forgotten Woods, Through the Woods, As the Wolves Gather, Sjel av natten and a few more. And while that doesn't make the original album a part of the subgenre itself, I do feel like Hvis lyset tar oss belongs on the list.

 

Strid - End of Life

Strid - Strid

Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss

Forgotten Woods - As the Wolves Gather

Forgotten Woods - The Curse of Mankind

Forgotten Woods - Sjel av natten

Forgotten Woods - Forgotten Woods / Through the Woods

Nidhoggr - Ravens Over the Road of Kings

Wigrid - Hoffnungstod

Wigrid - Die Asche eines Lebens

Nyktalgia - Nyktalgia

Hypothermia - Rakbladsvalsen

Hypothermia - Gråtoner

Hypothermia - Veins

Hypothermia - Köld

Trist - Stíny

Trist - Sebevražední andělé

Trist - Zrcadlení melancholie

Xashur - Nocturnal Poisoning

Xasthur - The Funeral of Being

Make a Change... Kill Yourself - II

Austere - Withering Illusions and Desolation

Austere - To Lay like Old Ashes

Lifelover - Pulver

Lifelover - Konkurs

Drowning the Light - Drowned

Woods of Desolation - Toward the Depths

Woods of Desolation - Sorh

Min Kniv - Av aske

Nargaroth - Geliebte des Regens

Brocken Moon - Das Märchen vom Schnee

I Shalt Become - Wanderings

Mortualia - Mortualia

 

Then you have bands like Bethlehem, Celestia, Leviathan, Mortifera, Sombres forêts, Gris, Amesoeurs and so on which is borderline depressive black metal on certain albums. But enough to be included? I don't know. But all these bands rules.

 

Anyway, 33 albums, but only 19 different artists. Tells you everything you need to know about this subgenre IMO. After the boom a billion and two bands formed, but the vast majority is hilariously bad, sad and ridiculous. When it hits, it hits hard. But for most part it doesn't hit at all. The albums are usually very very good, or simply bad. There's rare to find something inbetween.

 

But it is a genre I play a lot during winter. Bands like Trist, I Shalt Become, Woods of Desolation, Hypothermia, Forgotten Woods and Strid are in heavy rotation during winter. Especially Trist is nothing short of perfect during this time of year.

 

 

The worst example of this subgenre is probably this hilarious piece of music:

 

 

Good on them having an elephant doing the vocals, tho.

On 7.7.2017 at 9:06 AM, Tokage said:

Berberian Sound Studio, I see this listed as a horror film in several locations, but to me it just feels like 'British nerd gets bullied by Foreigners: The Movie'. David Lynch's influence is palpable here, as well as the creator's love for the italo-horror scene. Great soundtrack and some VERY great visuals, but I found the movie to be lacking in terms of an actual story. 

 

I love this film, and I think it's very overlooked. I think it is a very wicked, weird and creepy film with an odd atmosphere and a nightmarish feeling to it. A film as much about hearing as seeing. Very interesting, very entertaining. Loved it!

44 minutes ago, plastic_rainbow said:

For some reason though, the version I was watching missed a few spots in their English dub, but I guess they didn't think it was important and decided to leave it undubbed....

 

This is very normal for an italian western/horror/exploitation film from the 60's through 80's. The reason being that they hired people of different nationality. Like Phenomena, the cast consists of actors of american, british, belgian, italian and probably other nationality. So no matter if you watch them in english or american, it'll be dubbed and the sound will not match the mouths a lot of the time.

 

So take Suspiria. There were, as far as I know, not recorded any sound during the shots, or at least not properly, and the actors spoke in their own languages. Jessica Harper in English, Stefania Casini in Italian, Udo Kier spoke German and so on. Which makes the dubbing work extremely difficult.

 

Or take The Good, the Bad and The ugly. Clint Eastwood,Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach spoke English during shots, while Aldo Giuffre, Mario Brega and Luigi Pistilli spoke italian. So this is another film where the sound won't match the mouths. However, in the english dub of the film we do get the voice of Eastwood, Van Cleef and Wallach, while the italian cast is subbed, and vice-versa in the italian version of the film.

 

Now, that's the film history lesson for today. Hope you enjoyed and learnt something new.

 

 

I'm not sure if I said this already, but the most similar film to Suspiria you'll find is Inferno. Visually it's perhaps a bit more colourful, and it doesn't have the same story. But the overall tone, especially visually, is similar and of course beautiful.

 

But if we're only talking visual style and with a slightly dreamy feeling to it, films like Crimson Peak, The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears, Amer and Kwaidan might also fit your interest here. All very different both from eachother and Suspiria, but they do have stunning visual style and very dream-like atmosphere.

 

Crimson Peak is a visually stunning romantic gothic horror film which is as much a romantic film as anything else. Good, but disappointing. Visually stunning and with some of that dreamy-feeling to it, tho not as nightmarish as Suspiria or Inferno.

 

The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears and Amer are what we refer to as neo-giallos. Both films are directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani which I personally consider two of the most unique and interesting directors of the 21st century. These films are almost exclusively aesthetic and about the visual style and atmosphere, but they're amazing IMO. They're very messy and fucked up tho, and not for everyone. Very much nightmarish too.

 

Kwaidan is one of the best Japanese films of all time, a four part anthology film based around ghost stories. Four amazing stories that is as well-told as they are beautiful looking and superbly directed. Visually stunning and with some of that dreamy-feeling to it, tho not as nightmarish as Suspiria or Inferno.

 

But let's be honest here: Suspiria is a one-of-a-kind type of film, both narratively and visuallly. There's simply nothing quite like it.

 

 

Edit: the film below, Berberian Sound Studio, might also be one to check out for the feeling and atmosphere alone.

 

 

This is brilliant. Never thought I'd see I am Bread in SGDQ. Also, this game IS hard as fuck. Probably the second hardest game I've played, beaten just by Ghosts ‘n Goblins.

 

 

 

 

This Super Oanga World run is also hilarious. It's so much fun, both from the player, his run and the couch. Hilarious! I love me some CarlSagan42.

 

 

 

That sounds very good, though not quite Hammer of the Witches. The choir sounds really nice.

 

 

 

Tried this game the other day. I was already very, very familiar with the soundtrack which is amazing, but the gameplay was really fucking nice. Will start playing through this game next week.

 

 

And that soundtrack, boiz. Holy fuck!

 

This one was a dark Imperial stout with lots of coffee and chocolate. I liked it a lot. One is more than enough for an avening, but it was damn good. Satanic Panic!

 

 

 

Oh, this was fruity as fuck. Really liked it!

 

 

 

Bought both because of their names btw. I love the whole "Satanic Panic" era of the 80's and I fucking love the shit out of Dr. Caligari. One of my favourite horror films.

On 6.7.2017 at 2:02 AM, plastic_rainbow said:

I finally watched the classic masterpieces Rosemary's Baby and Suspiria, and I have to say that I enjoyed the later more. I just LOVE the pink hue lighting that can be perceived in almost every scene. Amazing art direction. It also had a good soundtrack, and the overall atmosphere reminded me a lot of Clock Tower (snes). I'm now interested in the director's other films, and I just found out that Phenomena actually influenced the Clock Tower (snes) game, having the same character names and all, so I can't wait to watch that one next~

 

Rosemary's Baby was kind of just a decent watch. It didn't give me a pleasing horror film experience like Suspiria did, but I can see how it's good for what it is.

 

 

I'm a huge fan of both films, but I consider Dario Argento one of the best directors of all time and Goblin is by far my all time favourite prog band. Suspiria is kinda unique, but Dario Arengot's "Inferno" has some of the same feeling and visual style, if not even more fantastique, but it's the most similar films I've seen. And I've seen quite a lot.

 

Phenomena is also a fantastic film, but I wouldn't say it's similar at all. But it's great. Check it out!

 

But as far as Dario go, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Cat o' Nine Tails, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Deep Red, Inferno, Tenebre, Phenomena, Opera, Two Evil Eyes, Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome are all worth a look. But the majority of these are way different, tho. But quality!

Anyone else had the chance to enjoy Vintersorg's new album yet? I called Naturbål a masterpiece and a return to form, but this album juat continues his good trend in recent years. Another step up from the previous album. Pure fucking magick!

Obscure Burial is about to release their debut album and this song sounds, as expected I would say, amazing. Total Necrovore- and Incubus-worship. Sounds grim and great!

 

 

Yes, Urarv sounds amazing. Really looking forward to the album too.

 

 

I spoke about metal punk a few posts above this, and I'll continue that:

 

Japanese thrash/heavy metal punkers G.A.T.E.S. are finally releasing their debut album, 18 years after their formation. G.A.T.E.S. are Yoshiaki Negishi (ex-Church of Misery) on vocals, Tatsu Mikami (Church of Misery, Sonic Flower) on bass, Shinji "Samm" Tachi (ex-Sabbat, ex-Metalucifer, Magnesium) on drums and some unknown guy called Masayasu Futatsugi on guitars. In other words, these guys have experience and they're familiar with creating music of the highest quality.

 

So far they have a bunch of split releases with bands such as Metal Skull, Disclose, Blüdwülf, Burning Leather and Children of Technology, as well as a few demos, EPs and singles. Can you imagine Motorhead, G.I.S.M., Black Uniforms and Inepsy having a baby? I can, and I know exactly what it sounds like as I am already familiar with G.A.T.E.S. If you're not, check out their EP Devastation from 2008:

 

 

On 20.6.2017 at 11:42 PM, Disposable said:

DISPOSABLE 2017 MASTERPOST 

work in progress

 

 

Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife 2

 

More bangers. Swae Lee has gotten better and better and at this point he is like a wolverine tearing a carcass sherds. His verses on Set The Roof just rip things apart. Awesome.

 

Whether this is as good as SremmLife I don't really know yet. Some songs aren't as good as the others, but the others rank high with a suaveness not really found anywhere else. Case and point see By Chance.

 

 

 

Yes! Imagine if his big brother was just half as good as him, or 1/3rd as good as him. Shiiiiit! Really looking forward to  Swae Lee's solo album. Hope the musical style is something similar to SremmLife 2 tbh.