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Originally Posted by batreleaser
ive been listenin to burzum's anthology a shitload over the past three months. some of his stuff could have been just as safe being released by warp than a black metal lablel, some of his stuff even borders on gorgeous. it took me a long time to look past the gimmicky-ness of black metal, as well as homophobia, racism, and misogny of it, but then my brother, who listens to tons of black metal, got me into mercyful fate, mayhem, emperor, all the classic shit, and i was hooked. black metal is just as symphonic and beautiful as it is brutal. i love it.
side note: darkthrone's trasylvanian hunger is my favorite black metal record of all time, as well as being in my top 5 all time metal records.
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The sexism, racism and homophobia of certain metal bands isn't that much different from that of certain hip hop, I really don't see much difference between the two. In many cases it is not more than juvenile or cunning bravado.
Once you got that and you stop taking many of these people's philosophies seriously you begin to enjoy the tunes much better.
I mean, Burzum is an arsehole who deserves to rot in prison, still I wouldn't mind if he is allowed to make music while he's banged up.
I don't get the warp thing, why is that?