I’m on the same page as unknown regarding Manowar, they just aren't my thing. 👍 Metal fans act just like everyone else, except when things get special. 😁
That's just how it is, there's really nothing more to say. ironfalcon18 and Dark Throne are the absolute best in Heavy Metal. 😁 Immortal and Emperor have totally sold out, and honestly, Satyricon has been heading down that same path lately.
It looks like they sold out and started playing commercial stuff just to move more units. Take Sons of Northern Darkness, for example—they've got that typical sound that appeals to every teenager between 14 and 17 who wants to buy an album. Why didn't Dark Throne sell out and start playing that pseudo-heavy metal 😁 ? Emperor is nothing more than a police informant 🙂
Ryan Ruiz, let me know once you've actually listened to how that punker stood up for America and those nuclear Olympic Games 🙂 Satan is a much more vicious lunatic than 99.9% of the black metal fans out there 😁
I really messed up 😁 Back when 1987 Bathory recorded Under the Sign... Varg Vikernes was only 14 years old when he put together the original Aske with those three tracks—Screams from the Forests Unknown, Lord of the Depths, and Spell of Destruction 😁 He didn't technically release them until two years later on some demos, but just think about where Hellhammer and Bathory were when he was only 14... 🙏Grishnackh
I’m pretty impressed you managed to pull that off from one of those million metal sites on the Internet 🙄 I know about Hellhammer and Bathory, but they were way too underground for the general public until Dark Throne, Burzum, and that whole crew hit the scene. Plus, that was all before the murders and church burnings started 😁 🙏 Varg Vikernes
When nothing remains but a skeleton, you'll arrive in all your glory—you're coming back, Satan.🙏 And then there's the beautiful Mario...👍 😈Satan Panonski😈
It's true that the shift from Heavy Metal toward Black Metal really started gaining momentum with Mercyful Fate, Venom, and King Diamond. Since Varg Vikernes was born in 1973, he definitely wasn't just some kid back then 😁 The Black Metal we recognize today actually began With Varg Vikernes, Burzum, Dark Throne, and Mayhem. You could also include older acts like Uruk-hai and Old Funeral. But you can't really count Mercyful Fate, Venom, or King Diamond as Black Metal by today's standards; the sound has changed so much since then.
I'm currently in the process of tracking down every single album by Therion—there are over 20 of them now, including those early ones originally released on cassette 😁 Back when Therion was still known as Blitzkrieg 👍