Enslaved

Karl Hungus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PgxBWhvExw

Has to be said, they're one of the few bands to come from the Norwegian Black Metal scene that still capture my attention and still release great albums. I'd consider them up there with Emperor, and that's not said lightly.

smackbunnybaby

enslaved are a quality band and benefit from the fact they incorporate folk/pagan/viking influences into their music and are not just straight up black metal.
To be able to release albums of such quality like Isa and Ruun so far into their career after releasing classics like Eld etc already is testament to their talent.
I saw them at Hellfest his summer and they were great, more so given they had to replace Mayhem in the lne up.
really looking forward to the new album.

John

Aye, I like Enslaved a lot. It took me a bit to get into Ruun but it turned out to be a class album in the end.

nonamemark

I love Enslaved, I only heard of them when they replaced Mayhem at Hellfest, Isa and Runn are mind blowing albums, I have Frost on my computer too, must give it a listen

MooseJam

I don't like these gggrrrrr aren't I really scary bands lol

John

MooseJam wrote:

I don't like these gggrrrrr aren't I really scary bands lol

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MooseJam

how do you embed a youtube video in a post

Fozzy

Can't say that I'm much of a black metal fan at all, but I like Enslaved. Frost is a really good album, they were only teenagers when they released that album I think, right?

It wasn't me!

MooseJam wrote:

I don't like these gggrrrrr aren't I really scary bands lol

That is a poor and ill-educated opinion which probably should have stayed in your head.

Karl Hungus

MooseJam wrote:

I don't like these gggrrrrr aren't I really scary bands lol

Why are you under the impression that the point of the music is supposed to be "gggrrrrr aren't I really scary"?

I'm sure you're refering to the vocals with the 'ggrrrr' part, so if you believe distorted vocals are supposedly scary, as opposed to clean vocals, does that logic apply to the instrumentation? It's like saying that distorted guitars supposed to be scary compared to clean guitars. Would you come to that same conclusion?

Undergod

I like Enslaved.

MooseJam

Karl Hungus wrote:

Why are you under the impression that the point of the music is supposed to be "gggrrrrr aren't I really scary"?

I'm sure you're refering to the vocals with the 'ggrrrr' part, so if you believe distorted vocals are supposedly scary, as opposed to clean vocals, does that logic apply to the instrumentation? It's like saying that distorted guitars supposed to be scary compared to clean guitars. Would you come to that same conclusion?

I'm just imagining thats the point, that the band are trying to portray themselves as scary or dark or evil, it's the very same way I would talk to a child if I was pretending to be a monster. As for distorted guitars well they can sound good unlike the vocals which both sound plain daft and scream I'm trying really hard to be a boogieman. Of course thats just my opinion.

nonamemark

I would say you're the one looking at this like a child, no offence but a childs reaction is "ughhhhh it's scary". The think with most black metal is that you need to look past all the "scary" stuff to the music, which tends to have many, many layers and yes, is hard to listen to but after a while the brilliance of it shows. Black metal tends to become a parody of itself sometimes (look at Immortal) Who was is that said when asked to describe black metal said it's like classical or opera, you have to practice to listen to it. Euronymous?

Pugsley

Never listened to them very often until after I seen them at Wacken, jebus they put on a live show, absolutely superb band entirely.

Karl Hungus

Moosejam, whether or not you think distorted vocals sounds daft is besides the point. The fact is, it's just the same as distorted guitars in the musical sense, just like turning the gain up on your amp. It can add more dynamics and texture to a song, make it sound more agressive or heavier than if it had only clean vocals.

Nobody listens to Dave Vincent's (Morbid Angel) vocals and says to themselves "Yeah, he sounds really scary." It's simply not the point of the music in the first place. However, I can say with certainty that people could listen to Dave's vocals and say "Yeah, he sounds really heavy." That's the point right there, it's about a heavier, more intense vocal sound, not about being 'Scary' or something idiotic like that.

Nonamemark, I wouldn't exactly say that you have to 'practice' to listen to it, but I'd say it's an aquired taste.

JIZZLORD

i really really liek enslaved, probably my favourite band at the moment (according to last fm, they are ).

i like the direction they've bee going, the old stuff like eld and the new stuff like isa or ruun are in contrast to each other, but listening to old and new stuff you can tell it's still the same band, Compared to emperor where anthems and prometheus are vastly diffferent stuff, But enslaved have the interesting progressive nature similar to that of emperor, that's one of the reasons why i love enslaved, they're progressive and interesting

MooseJam

I checked out morbid angel and they are pretty good it has to be said, enslaved in comparison are very poor, the vocals sound like someone is strangling a cat and the music is very tame, if they want to be heavy they should play some heavy music and get someone who can actually pull off distorted vocals ala Dave Vincent.

Morf

Enslaved are a fantastic band, have to say i prefer their later more progressive output, loved them when they played here last year

It wasn't me!

MooseJam wrote:

I checked out morbid angel and they are pretty good it has to be said, enslaved in comparison are very poor, the vocals sound like someone is strangling a cat and the music is very tame, if they want to be heavy they should play some heavy music and get someone who can actually pull off distorted vocals ala Dave Vincent.

Um, they're two entirely different styles. Black metal vocals are very different, intentionally so, to death metal vocals. Black metal tends to use thinner, more screeching vocals, as opposed to death metal's deep growls. The music is a subjective thing. It's not any real difference in terms of heaviness to Morbid Angel I would say, but it's very different in style and approach. I would consider it more textured and progressive. It's black metal, it's not death metal, so it sounds different, the two are hard to compare, but to call it "tame", after "I don't like these gggrrrrr aren't I really scary bands lol", is just silly, so do try to stop looking foolish.

MooseJam

It wasn't me! wrote:

Um, they're two entirely different styles. Black metal vocals are very different, intentionally so, to death metal vocals. Black metal tends to use thinner, more screeching vocals, as opposed to death metal's deep growls. The music is a subjective thing. It's not any real difference in terms of heaviness to Morbid Angel I would say, but it's very different in style and approach. I would consider it more textured and progressive. It's black metal, it's not death metal, so it sounds different, the two are hard to compare, but to call it "tame", after "I don't like these gggrrrrr aren't I really scary bands lol", is just silly, so do try to stop looking foolish.

well you learn something new every day, I don't know much about death metal or black metal though I'm sure thats obvious, I can give my impressions on it though and I could see myself liking death metal and not the screeching black metal. By the way theres nothing contradictory in "I don't like these gggrrrrr aren't I really scary bands lol" and calling the music tame, he is grrring and the music is pretty tame, it's no heavier than your average pop song. Maybe I'm coming across as very foolish but teh internet is anonymous

It wasn't me!

MooseJam wrote:

it's no heavier than your average pop song.

You are wrong.

Maybe I'm coming across as very foolish

See the above quote for details.

MooseJam

Ok i'll say no more, I know nothing about the subject