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December Flower · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 1:29 am Post subject:

Great review. This is far too raw for me but hell, this is probably THE black metal classic if there ever was one.

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You didn't make it sound nearly as good as it is. I'm sorry, but spening that much time on Freezing Moon makes it sound like the rest of the album is not intresting.

Though, this is easliy one of the best metal albums ever made and the definitive black metal album. Perfect from start to finish.

deathkvlt · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:47 am Post subject:

Honestly I've never been a great fan of Mayhem; although this album is good and it is most definitley a classic, I prefer a lot of classic albums like Transilvanian Hunger, Hvis Lyset Tar Oss, Filosofem, Pure Holocaust and Nemesis Divina. But yeah, it sure is a classic.

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Very true. But it's definitive because, in my opinion, it sums up what black metal is at heart. Not because it's the most important black metal release. Though, it's still not my favorite black metal album. I do agree with Deathkvlt that Transylvanian Hunger and Hvis Lyset Tar Oss are better albums.

But I still think that the album is greater than Freezing Moon and listening to songs just to have knowledge they exist. Funeral Fog, Buried by Time and Dust, and From the Dark Past are all near perfect songs. The rest are great, some are lacking(like Pagan Fears, in my opinion), but they're all very good songs.

I guess this is going nowhere, and the most I'm doing is complaining about your "Killing Songs" comment.

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Why do people like Transylvanian Hunger so much? I had it, didn't care for it much. :\

Maybe because the production was horrible, at least on the one I had.

I'm gonna listen to it again, Maybe I'll like it this time, since I'm more into BM now. x_

kakaman · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:40 am Post subject:

crazy albüm
i like buried by time and dust

Dead Machine · Einherjar Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 3178

Ben@MetalReviews · MetalReviews Staff Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 197

Definitive Black Metal is Ulver's Nattens Madrigal.

Ben

deathkvlt · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:06 am Post subject:

Misha · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:47 am Post subject:

valefor · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:15 pm Post subject:

A near perfect album... the only irredeemable quality being Atilla's vox.
Strange, his voice sounds a lot different with Tormentor.
I have to say that I disapprove of lowering the bass in the mix, Varg's basslines are a major part of the oppressive atmosphere
created on this album; I always liked that distorted grinding bass!
I bought the tape back in the mid-nineties, and the CD about a year ago, and you can really hear the difference.
Excellent choice for a classic!
Hails!

Dago · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject:

I have actually listened to it twice today and i changed my opinion on it, it get a well deserved 80/100

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100/100 here. This is probably the only album that I can say, without a doubt, I will listen to at least once a week. Hell, I think I'm even one of the few people that I've seen that actually enjoys Attila's vocals rather than just tollerate them.

Kathaarian · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject:

This isn't the best BM album around that's for sure , it's not even close. But overall it's a very good solid BM album in it's purest form. I guess it deserves to be called a classic. Cause after all these years it still kicks ass!

Dudeguy · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:03 pm Post subject:

def a classic

North From Here · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:07 pm Post subject:

DMDS is decent, I'd give it an 78-80 rating.

Ulver's Bergtatt, Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky, Satyricon's Dark Medieval Times, Emperor's In the Nightside Eclipse, and Burzum's Hvis Lyset Tar Oss are far better examples of the best from that time and place.

That said, Freezing Moon is pretty awesome.

Misha · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:24 pm Post subject:

I rate it 50/100, not bad when you get into it... 100% classic though!!

valefor · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:19 am Post subject: