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Lofi beats are nice and all, but honestly I’m able to focus best with black metal. It’s oddly relaxing. Just a solid wall of noise, with no chance of understand

Lofi beats are nice and all, but honestly I’m able to focus best with black metal. It’s oddly relaxing. Just a solid wall of noise, with no chance of understanding the words. It’s what I listened to all through grad school, and back when I had to work in an office. Such as: Leviathan - X (demo) Krallice - esp first four albums Yellow Eyes - anything Ustalost Judas Iscariot - Thy Dying Light

ofou 5y ago
One of my closest friend is also a metal listener and I admire him. The rhythms are so complex to chill to me, but I deeply respect the genre.
- nerdponx 5y ago
  Certain kinds of black metal in particular can have a hypnotic or even psychedelic quality. The songs tend to be relatively long and repetitive. Guitar riffs are often tremelo picking, drum parts are often "blast beats", and vocals might have a lot of reverb and are generally unintelligible, so it all kind of smears out into a wash of noise. This stuff is a niche within a niche within a niche, but it's very distinctive and very different from the "aggressive" sound in most other styles of metal. It also goes back to the early days of the style. Check out the Mayhem song "Freezing Moon" and the Darkthrone song "Transylvanian Hunger" for classic examples. The one downside of black metal is just how many bands and individuals are either loosely or directly related to or affiliated with white power, neo-fascis, or just plain racism. Finding a new band (mostly from Europe) tends to be a "are these guys Nazis?" dice roll. The answer usually isn't obviously "yes", but it's less often obviously "no" than one would like. It doesn't help that there's a fine line between being "edgy" for the sake of being edgy and actually being a Nazi.
  - ryantgtg 5y ago
    The rabm subreddit is helpful for identifying non-fascist bands. Have you heard the surf rock versions of Freezing Moon and Transylvanian Hunger? They’re great!
nerdponx 5y ago
Maybe check out Sanguine Eagle and Volahn.
aexl 5y ago
I like the sound of hair dryers to focus, something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFL1w-Ptrks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFL1w-Ptrks
gremloni 5y ago
Black metal music is complex but ironically repetitive and boring. I also find it hard to get into a trance/flow state without some sort of rhythmic bass element.

ofou 5y ago

One of my closest friend is also a metal listener and I admire him. The rhythms are so complex to chill to me, but I deeply respect the genre.

nerdponx 5y ago
Certain kinds of black metal in particular can have a hypnotic or even psychedelic quality. The songs tend to be relatively long and repetitive. Guitar riffs are often tremelo picking, drum parts are often "blast beats", and vocals might have a lot of reverb and are generally unintelligible, so it all kind of smears out into a wash of noise. This stuff is a niche within a niche within a niche, but it's very distinctive and very different from the "aggressive" sound in most other styles of metal. It also goes back to the early days of the style. Check out the Mayhem song "Freezing Moon" and the Darkthrone song "Transylvanian Hunger" for classic examples. The one downside of black metal is just how many bands and individuals are either loosely or directly related to or affiliated with white power, neo-fascis, or just plain racism. Finding a new band (mostly from Europe) tends to be a "are these guys Nazis?" dice roll. The answer usually isn't obviously "yes", but it's less often obviously "no" than one would like. It doesn't help that there's a fine line between being "edgy" for the sake of being edgy and actually being a Nazi.
- ryantgtg 5y ago
  The rabm subreddit is helpful for identifying non-fascist bands. Have you heard the surf rock versions of Freezing Moon and Transylvanian Hunger? They’re great!

nerdponx 5y ago

Maybe check out Sanguine Eagle and Volahn.

aexl 5y ago

I like the sound of hair dryers to focus, something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFL1w-Ptrks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFL1w-Ptrks

gremloni 5y ago

Black metal music is complex but ironically repetitive and boring. I also find it hard to get into a trance/flow state without some sort of rhythmic bass element.