http://mapofmetal.com

[Rob Swanson]

http://mapofmetal.com


check this out, it's a nice guide and includes playable tracks for each sub-genre.

click on the silver skulls to change the genre summaries. i found clicking on the actual text isn't very responsive.

[Cthulhu]

Originally Posted by Robbie Sinclair

http://mapofmetal.com


check this out, it's a nice guide and includes playable tracks for each sub-genre.

click on the silver skulls to change the genre summaries. i found clicking on the actual text isn't very responsive.

It's pretty good, but it overemphasizes some sub-genre/scenes and doesn't represent a few important ones. For instance, where the fuck is the French black metal scene of today? Every metalhead I know is shitting themselves over Deathspell Omega (and rightly so) and bands like Antaeus and Blut Aus Nord are just as important.

[DVSK]

ive only heard Deathspell omegas last album, i like it tho

[Cthulhu]

Originally Posted by Dusk

ive only heard Deathspell omegas last album, i like it tho

Paracletus is fucking phenomenal, but everything they've released since 2004 has been pretty much gold.

the rundown:
Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice [2004] (the first part of the trilogy)
"Mass Grave Aesthetics" (a 20-minute track that first appeared on the split From Entrails to the Dirt... [2005], then later released as a standalone EP in 2008)
Kenose [2005] (the "appendix" to Si Monumentum, basically a mini-album, but it's quite possibly their best release)
"Diabolus Absconditus" (another 20-minute song appearing on the split Crushing the Holy Trinity [2005], hasn't yet been released on its own)
Fas -- Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeturnum [2007] (the second part of the trilogy)
Chaining the Katechon [2008] (another 20-minute track, definitely the best of the three, released as both a split and a standalone EP)
Paracletus [2010] (the last part of the trilogy)

So basically, hear all of that.

and for your listening pleasure:

the riff at 1:30 and 2:48 makes my ears orgasm.

[DVSK]

ok cool