WOEBOT said:
found a copy online of venom's original "black metal" lp. that was the original one wunnit?
Well, is the record who give the genre is name, but it's not the first "black metal" album, that's an honor that goes probably to Black Sabbath. Also is not even Venom first lp but the second, the first, "
Welcome to Hell" is more punkish and maybe better but "
Black Metal" is the one to listen for historical importance (in the genre). Mind: Venom were no more satanist than Iron Maiden or Sabbath, musically were more akin to Motorhead and like them their principal interest was drinking and girls, only norvegians would ten years after find their lyrics meaningful and seriuos....
... the other two the Unholy Trinity of early Black Metal were Hellhammer/Celtic Frost and Merciful Fate. King Diamond of MF was LaVey satanism's influenced. Album like "
To Mega Therion" by Celtic Frost or "
Melissa" by Mercyful Fate were as important (maybe more) than Venom to define the Black Metal of the '90.
WOEBOT said:
(all the time cribbing from edwin pounceys (slightly boring apart from the intro) underground metal primer in The Wire)
Give a cursory look minutes ago: it's not about neither Black or Death Metal, it's all about recent evolutions in the very slow doom metal of the Souther Lord label. I have to check some of the records discussed. I have Earth 2 and is incredible, drone metal. Not something Bevis and Butthead would love.
Tolkien: I have read "Lord of the Ring" and i have the right to say that is one of the worst books ever, if not the worst. (The Hobbit is not so bad in comparison). Fuck Tolkien.
ciao da francesco