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> Musically, it's almost entirely straight-up bad (when Varg Vikernes is the best a movement has to offer, you know there's a quality problem) That's a very pr
by craigsmansion 8y ago
> Musically, it's almost entirely straight-up bad (when Varg Vikernes is the best a movement has to offer, you know there's a quality problem)
That's a very precarious judgement call, unless you mean the severely limited production value, which has become a hallmark of black metal by itself.
- eponeponepon 8y agoNo, I mean half of them flat-out don't know how to handle their instruments properly, and even the ones who do are still using them to make art that is lazy, adolescent and derivative. The production-value stuff I totally understand and wholly dig, and that's not why I lack respect for their music.
- craigsmansion 8y ago> half of them flat-out don't know how to handle their instruments properly I'd venture to say that's in the eye of the beholder. A highly skilled, say, progressive rock guitarist could reasonably claim all of them don't know how to handle their instruments. > lazy, adolescent and derivative. I wouldn't discount any argument that would claim this is true for all metal. In a way, that's part of its appeal.
- eponeponepon 8y ago> In a way, that's part > of its appeal. You're not wrong - and this is no small part of why it's a tough problem. But I think those three are a bit of a "pick any two" situation.