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Post by anfauglith on Nov 19, 2020 11:38:41 GMT -6
Yesterday I came to listen more closely to the project Lamp of Murmuur from Olympia, Washington. I kind of like it. Even though I have my problem with the vocals (with the rhythmics of it, to be exact). And maybe more speed and some more blast beats and double bass would be nice. The only thing that bothers me somehow is that I do not really know what his stuff is about. I can enjoy it on some kind of dark and grim cathartic approach. But if this guy is some kind of esoteric, I do not know if I would still like it. What do you thing of LOM? P.S.: Their full length album "Heir Of Ecliptical Romanticism" seems to be better concerning some of my points of critic above
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Post by julienbakerfan on Nov 19, 2020 22:40:41 GMT -6
His logo looks like esoteric symbolism, though I don't know what (if anything) it means.
The cassette cover of Melancholy Howls has the sigil of Lucifer on the side, but so do some of the other cassettes from the record label, so not sure if this is just the record label's thing or if the bands tend to share the label's ideology.
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Post by anfauglith on Nov 19, 2020 23:14:26 GMT -6
The symbol seems to be used by the label, Death Kvlt Productions, on some releases.
The LOM-guy said something in an interview about how he is just a vessel for his music which he claims to receive from a power unknown to him which he seeks to explore. Hm... This at least had a touch of some kind of dark gnosticism to me. I dont know. I like the sound, but it gives me a bad feeling when artists go to deep into that kind of stuff. I have no problem with fake esoteric symbolicism, if its thought as art. But if people really worship sone kind of... whatever, I'm out.
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Post by julienbakerfan on Nov 21, 2020 10:29:54 GMT -6
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal has the same kind of thing going on (it's emo rap rather than black metal). The guy behind the project writes songs about this spectral entity he says he invented...but who also communicates with him? Too creepy for me. I still love the song "Higher Power" though (which has nothing to do with occultism, FYI).
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Post by nocturnaliridescence on Nov 21, 2020 11:45:41 GMT -6
That's precisely the kind of thing I used to be into.
Don't be "creeped out" by them - the protection of God guarantees strength above whatever "esoteric forces" such people conjure. Keep in mind as well, these aren't esoteric forces in reality - there is no such thing. They are the same demons that have been behind every occult and pagan force throughout history, just in different "costumes", so to speak.
However don't be misled by them either. Just because these forces don't portray themselves as evil malicious horned monsters, covered in pentagrams etc, doesn't mean they're safe or benevolent. Their intentions are wicked no matter how they appear (2 Cor 11:14). There is only one mediator between God and man, and that's Christ (1 Tim 2:5).
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Nov 22, 2020 14:35:03 GMT -6
I dig the production and presentation. There's some pretty cool riffs and I'm happy to hear its not just another "2 note" black metal entry. The only thing that bothers me somehow is that I do not really know what his stuff is about. I can enjoy it on some kind of dark and grim cathartic approach. But if this guy is some kind of esoteric, I do not know if I would still like it. What do you thing of LOM? I'm a skeptic when it comes to "this". Specifically, an MP3 played or a CD spun, and then esoteric darkness oozes from the soundwaves and gives any Christian who listens to it a spiritual vasectomy against there will. Only in their mind, if at all. (my 2 cents)
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Post by anfauglith on Nov 23, 2020 11:21:31 GMT -6
Yes, that is right. If someone would like just hand me over the sound files of some real hard core esoteric-satanist-whatever band, lyrics unintelligible, and would credible tell me for example it was made by you and the lyrics are all about person experiences and thoughts, also about vacuum cleaning, I would not have any problem and could enjoy it without any worries. The problem just begins with knowing. If I know the person behind music I would otherwise enjoy supports antihuman ideas or really is a satanist I just can`t enjoy the music because I think the person's a dick and so on... My "problem" here is, that I am not the person who can just grab some music and not look into the background. I am always interested about the people behind it. I do not, however, necessarily have a problem with the usage of provocative or strong imagery if it is for the reason of art. Back to LOM: I am a bit of dissapointed about the price for the digital download, however. 10 $ for downloads on bandcamp for me is "premium section".
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Post by julienbakerfan on Nov 23, 2020 19:48:57 GMT -6
10 $ for downloads on bandcamp for me is "premium section". 10 bucks for 10 songs is reasonable for me, though not what I'd prefer to pay. When you get above a dollar per song is when I bow out.
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Post by julienbakerfan on Nov 23, 2020 19:51:44 GMT -6
I dig the production and presentation. There's some pretty cool riffs and I'm happy to hear its not just another "2 note" black metal entry. The only thing that bothers me somehow is that I do not really know what his stuff is about. I can enjoy it on some kind of dark and grim cathartic approach. But if this guy is some kind of esoteric, I do not know if I would still like it. What do you thing of LOM? I'm a skeptic when it comes to "this". Specifically, an MP3 played or a CD spun, and then esoteric darkness oozes from the soundwaves and gives any Christian who listens to it a spiritual vasectomy against there will. Only in their mind, if at all. (my 2 cents) Personally, I don't listen to anything that gives me "bad vibes." Better safe than sorry--at worst, I'm only missing out on a band that I can listen to at some other time if my opinion changes. At the same time, some of the stuff that I'm fine with might be way too edgy for other people--I'm specifically thinking of Amiensus (esoteric/occultic lyrics) and $uicideboy$ (too many issues to count. This is just my personal choice--I'm not going to force my convictions about listening to music on anyone else. I also have pretty high baseline anxiety levels, so anything remotely spooky is likely to freak me out. I can't watch newer horror movies because they're too "real" for me, even though I know everything in them is fake.
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Post by julienbakerfan on Nov 23, 2020 19:52:30 GMT -6
Also, it took me a couple minutes to realize how funny the phrase "spiritual vasectomy" is. I sense a Christian grindcore album with the same title in the future.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Nov 24, 2020 14:34:28 GMT -6
Personally, I don't listen to anything that gives me "bad vibes." Better safe than sorry- Absolutely friend, and while we may be on different our vibes, our biblical directive on this is in the same location. (Romans 14) I can't watch newer horror movies because they're too "real" for me, even though I know everything in them is fake. I must be quite desensitized. LOL I can't recall a time where I felt emotionally impacted by a horror film, except for REALLY good films that made me want to watch them again, several times over.
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Post by julienbakerfan on Nov 24, 2020 20:35:29 GMT -6
I get bothered by horror films, but not horror games. I think it's not any specific themes that bother me, but rather the possibility of a jump scare and the tension that it creates. I might just be more afraid of being afraid than anything. Illustration: I didn't find Texas Chainsaw Massacre scary in any way--kinda disturbing, but not scare. The Babadook (which is not a particularly scary film, objectively), scared me quite a bit.
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Death To Digital! Hail Analog Supremacy!
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Post by pillarovskulls on Jan 20, 2021 22:21:19 GMT -6
I really hate this trend of bands claiming to be raw or lo-fi black metal yet they all record digitally and run it through a tape emulator and try and pass it off as analog. IMO raw/lofi black metal should always be recorded to tape. if you want to record digitally fine but dont try and claim the raw label
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Jan 21, 2021 14:57:39 GMT -6
I really hate this trend of bands claiming to be raw or lo-fi black metal yet they all record digitally and run it through a tape emulator and try and pass it off as analog. IMO raw/lofi black metal should always be recorded to tape. if you want to record digitally fine but dont try and claim the raw label I agree with you on the trend of "overproduced" raw black metal bands... (metal in general is so overproduced anymore - which is why I'm more likely to enjoy some cellphone live recorded band's performance of a studio track, instead of the actual studio track itself) ...but IMO, even some analog can still be "overdone" in comparison to some digital. Just my 2 cents, but I think it has to do with how much they do to the music after they record it. (running the music through a billion algorithms before the mix/master, versus running an algorithm or two)
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Post by nocturnaliridescence on Jan 21, 2021 23:16:46 GMT -6
I'm more likely to enjoy some cellphone live recorded band's performance of a studio track, instead of the actual studio track itself I LIVE for low-quality recordings of concerts The more distortion and static (+reverb!) the better
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