What do you think about depressive black metal bands like Xasthur, Abyssic Hate and others?
Yeah I agree that the song mentioned is quite a 180 degree turn for us. It was actually the first song that was written for the album and I think shows that we are not just only about speed; we too can slow things down and keep the same intensity. On the subject of forms of black metal be it depressive, raw, necro, brutal, and any other description tag put before the words black metal, makes no difference to me, if its good and I connect with it thats all that matters, the catch phrases and forms of black metal are just becoming too redundant. Black metal is black metal regardless of what one wants to describe it as. I really like and support what Xasthur is doing 100%, Abyssic Hate are a good from what I have heard but have not really delved deep into their releases. The only form of black metal I cant stand is symphonic or that sort of shit, the stuff with heavy presence of keyboards, female opera vocals, you know what I mean. I cant stand that shit. The romanticism/beauty slant in b
