Metal Music Discussion

[Klatrymadon]

Bal-Sagoth's okay, but I prefer Turisas to them really. But on the other hand, I haven't listened that much to Bal-Sagoth.

I would suggest that that's why, then!

I don't mind Turisas, but I tend to see them as one of the many bands who've taken elements of 'Sagoth and used them to create music that is ultimately more accessible. It's all fair enough, but these bands don't have the same appeal, for me. They certainly lack the imagination of mr. Roberts, at any rate.

I particularly dislike the way in which Dimmu Borgir cite the 'Sagoth as one of their favourite bands, whilst taking the pomp and grandeur of their music and turning it into fodder for the pseudo-gothic "MTV black metal" audience (as I rather ignorantly call it)!

Of course, there will be Dimmu fans here who'll say I'm talking nonsense, but there was something about the more recent stuff (Death Cult Armageddon in particular) that smacked of a watering-down and "gothing"-up of the unashamedly overblown Bal-Sagoth sound.