rio wrote:
Rhys wrote:
Black metal is going in strange directions I don't really understand. I still like listening to this stuff though... just gives me weird vibes. It's black metal but somehow not....
Yes, absolutely. Quite a few bands taround the Cascadian scene have the same kind of effect.
The strange thing is this band takes the musical elements of BM, as well as a lot of the lyrical themes (e.g. nature) but somehow comes up with something that is very different in atmosphere to what we would call BM. A lot more chilled out and happy, in many ways. I could have made this point more clearly in the review, I think, but tis done now. Petrychor is another band I got that feeling really strongly off.
Older black metal bands often used nature as a theme, but in a much more negative way. Hvis Lyset Tar Oss is all about nature and the past, but when I listen to it I get a melancholic and hateful vibe, like "shit sucks cause the christians took away all that and the modern world I'll never get back to my pagan roots etc"
The vibe I get from Skagos is something like "Oh hey nature is so wonderful lets just bask in it's epic glory." I don't get the vibe of hate or malice that 99% of black metal presents.
Anyway at the end of the day it's enjoyable to listen to even if it has a strangely peaceful vibe/
