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Posted by Unknown user, 29.01.2016 - 12:41
Hello.
I just got a gift certificate for some music and I want to buy some black metal records on vinyl.
I already have some Darkthrone, Burzum and a little Mayhem. I'm looking for essential black from Norway, you know, like "True Norwegian Black", but its not necessary limited to Norway. Since people can always argue whats the most essential records of black, I was hoping for a little help for records you absolutely need to own.

I have a few I think is records you NEED to own:
Mayhem - Deathcrush
Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon
Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger
Burzum - Burzum/Aske

These are the owns I have so far as I think is essential. I have a few Gorgoroth, but I'm not sure how essential they are, compared to others at the time.
05.02.2016 - 16:42
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Written by angel. on 05.02.2016 at 15:49

Deathcrush for me is not an essential, it doesn't even worth my time.

Esential can be bands what don't belong, worship and sing about St. Ann , as old Ulver, Arcturus, Immortal, Enslaved, Emperor, read a DerRoz review aout Ulvers opener... how he descrives nature and midnight sun, such bands, such albums wil be essential
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05.02.2016 - 17:39
Warman
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Written by immortal83 on 04.02.2016 at 18:04

Should we say that the only essential albums are from 'The Inner Circle' and a few bands more (Immortal, Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir)? Could bands like Summoning and Agalloch have some essential albums? And another band that could be included here is Cradle of filth, with the albums Dusk and her embrace and Cruelty and the beast, in my opinion, despiting the fact that they're from UK and many people doesn't consider them as a black metal band.

I'd guess that Agalloch and Summoning are essential to some point. I don't know which of their albums though. And sure, those Cradle records are some absolutely amazing stuff, but I don't know if they're that essential to the black metal scene. Maybe, maybe not.
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06.02.2016 - 01:18
Lord_Regnier
Written by angel. on 05.02.2016 at 15:49

Deathcrush for me is not an essential, it doesn't even worth my time.

Reading a comment like this one just proves what I said in my first post on this thread: there is no such thing as "essential records".
What is "essential" for some can be crap for others. What we consider as "essential" depends on our tastes and perception.

Even though some people would argue that "Deatcrush" is an "essential" BM record, other people, like you (or me, in this case), don't like it at all. For us, it is surely not "essential".
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06.02.2016 - 02:14
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Written by Lord_Regnier on 06.02.2016 at 01:18



Reading a comment like this one just proves what I said in my first post on this thread: there is no such thing as "essential records".
What is "essential" for some can be crap for others. What we consider as "essential" depends on our tastes and perception.

Even though some people would argue that "Deatcrush" is an "essential" BM record, other people, like you (or me, in this case), don't like it at all. For us, it is surely not "essential".

yes it's all a bit stupid really isn't it.
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06.02.2016 - 03:38
Lord_Regnier
Written by [user id=136611] on 06.02.2016 at 02:14

Written by Lord_Regnier on 06.02.2016 at 01:18



Reading a comment like this one just proves what I said in my first post on this thread: there is no such thing as "essential records".
What is "essential" for some can be crap for others. What we consider as "essential" depends on our tastes and perception.

Even though some people would argue that "Deatcrush" is an "essential" BM record, other people, like you (or me, in this case), don't like it at all. For us, it is surely not "essential".

yes it's all a bit stupid really isn't it.

Perhaps "influential" would be a better term to use than "essential". Though the influence of a band or album can be matter to debate too to a lesser extent.
For example, some bands influenced other artists much later (even after the band has been disbanded for years in some cases) but were not famous at all or highly regarded in their time. The link can be more tricky to establish than it looks at first.
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06.02.2016 - 22:27
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Written by Lord_Regnier on 06.02.2016 at 03:38

Perhaps "influential" would be a better term to use than "essential."

But the two terms are often used synonymously, and I think that most people are aware of that. So I don't really have much of a problem with it. If I had a friend say "recommend some essential sludge albums" to me, I would understand that as "recommend me some sludge albums that were massively influential in the genre's development." And it's really not all that subjective, actually, because regardless of whether one likes a particular album or not, if it was greatly influential upon bands and albums that came after it, then that's it, end of story. It's not debatable.
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07.02.2016 - 04:33
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Written by Auntie Sahar on 06.02.2016 at 22:27

regardless of whether one likes a particular album or not, if it was greatly influential upon bands and albums that came after it, then that's it, end of story. It's not debatable.

That's why i don't get why people are mentioning bands like Midnight Odyssey and Aquilus.
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07.02.2016 - 15:36
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You can still get essential albums that weren't influential, and you can get influential albums that aren't essential (or are shit). "Essential" is generally a poor choice of word anyway as it doesn't mean much without some kind of context. I think in this thread it's fairly obvious what is meant though. I would have probably said "landmark" albums or something.
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07.02.2016 - 15:42
!J.O.O.E.!
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Actually I made a list of this nature for my housemate a few years ago. Might as well get some use out of it (I imagine a few of the links have gone down)

Copy and pasted with no changes because I'm lazy:

Black Metal 101 for Emily
8 September 2013 at 15:35
Feel the kvlty grimness.


Black Metal 101

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (Advanced Course: Ordo ad Chao)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8VIhIIq-kk

Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iaj2w7Bp58

Bathory - Blood Fire Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eW1UNxr_5w

Burzum - Filosofem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wqVA66qTNc

Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse (synthy, but nice)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tccZs_veliA

Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c3L0bqUnao

Immortal - At The Heart of Winter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meIh4oZ-hNs

Enslaved - Frost (Contemporary Education: Isa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKZCmmCMq44

Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGikqZUemV4

Ulver - Bergtatt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNyIWBCFq5Y



Contemporary Education


Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires Circumspice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DAiFBx1UU0

Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgvIgelDL7w

Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro (if you like anything on this list it'll be this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6_MMo4rKFY

Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArCdr0WDT4

Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yf3eyXhlwg

Absu - Abzu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nLbP9RO_fs

Alcest - Écailles de Lune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhRNN8BIZxE

Shining - V: Halmstad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubqghZPeZsA

Nachtmystium - Instinct: Decay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWLMGdgXdkY

Xasthur - To Violate the Obvlivious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZHsto0aVnQ



Advanced Course


The Ruins of Beverast - Unlock The Shrine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUuCvDp89_M

Gnaw Their Tongues - Eschatological Scatology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmwxg-d5ABY

Cobalt - Eater of Birds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKlY0pWLnU

The Meads of Asphodel - The Murder of Jesus the Jew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0T9GUqfDG4

Darkspace - Dark Space III (More synth, but very tastefully done)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwt_UjLPrk

Arizmenda - Within the Vacuum of Infinity...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JenmPZlhJAc

Blut aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God (two tracks off this as it's pretty diverse)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxNaDV-205g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOI72uJYd5Y

Wyrd - Huldrafolk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRH3EQ4SVUY

Lurker of Chalice - Lurker of Chalice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1VISLfRDfg

Svart Crown - Witnessing the Fall (Supporting Nile in Brighton)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUWMrzirHE




Pretty well-rounded list, even if I do say so myself.
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07.02.2016 - 16:22
Karlabos
I wish I had a housemate into black metal too =p
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07.02.2016 - 16:22
!J.O.O.E.!
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Yah maybe I should do a PhD tier or something 8]
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07.02.2016 - 20:44
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Written by [user id=4365] on 07.02.2016 at 16:22

Yah maybe I should do a PhD tier or something 8]

the advanced ones are subjective but the rest of the list is the most simple/best answer to this thread so far.
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07.02.2016 - 20:50
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by [user id=136611] on 07.02.2016 at 20:44

the advanced ones are subjective but the rest of the list is the most simple/best answer to this thread so far.

Yeah once you go beyond a certain point it pretty much becomes just about personal taste.
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07.02.2016 - 21:58
Nesrail
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Written by [user id=4365] on 07.02.2016 at 15:42

Actually I made a list of this nature for my housemate a few years ago. Might as well get some use out of it (I imagine a few of the links have gone down)

Copy and pasted with no changes because I'm lazy:

Black Metal 101 for Emily
8 September 2013 at 15:35
Feel the kvlty grimness.


Black Metal 101

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (Advanced Course: Ordo ad Chao)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8VIhIIq-kk

Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iaj2w7Bp58

Bathory - Blood Fire Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eW1UNxr_5w

Burzum - Filosofem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wqVA66qTNc

Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse (synthy, but nice)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tccZs_veliA

Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c3L0bqUnao

Immortal - At The Heart of Winter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meIh4oZ-hNs

Enslaved - Frost (Contemporary Education: Isa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKZCmmCMq44

Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGikqZUemV4

Ulver - Bergtatt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNyIWBCFq5Y



Contemporary Education


Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires Circumspice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DAiFBx1UU0

Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgvIgelDL7w

Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro (if you like anything on this list it'll be this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6_MMo4rKFY

Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArCdr0WDT4

Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yf3eyXhlwg

Absu - Abzu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nLbP9RO_fs

Alcest - Écailles de Lune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhRNN8BIZxE

Shining - V: Halmstad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubqghZPeZsA

Nachtmystium - Instinct: Decay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWLMGdgXdkY

Xasthur - To Violate the Obvlivious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZHsto0aVnQ



Advanced Course


The Ruins of Beverast - Unlock The Shrine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUuCvDp89_M

Gnaw Their Tongues - Eschatological Scatology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmwxg-d5ABY

Cobalt - Eater of Birds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKlY0pWLnU

The Meads of Asphodel - The Murder of Jesus the Jew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0T9GUqfDG4

Darkspace - Dark Space III (More synth, but very tastefully done)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwt_UjLPrk

Arizmenda - Within the Vacuum of Infinity...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JenmPZlhJAc

Blut aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God (two tracks off this as it's pretty diverse)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxNaDV-205g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOI72uJYd5Y

Wyrd - Huldrafolk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRH3EQ4SVUY

Lurker of Chalice - Lurker of Chalice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1VISLfRDfg

Svart Crown - Witnessing the Fall (Supporting Nile in Brighton)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUWMrzirHE




Pretty well-rounded list, even if I do say so myself.

Just the kind of list I was looking for. Thanks.
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07.02.2016 - 23:28
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by [user id=30790] on 07.02.2016 at 21:58


Just the kind of list I was looking for. Thanks.

No problem
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08.02.2016 - 16:15
IronAngel
Hooray for lists! Subjectivist plebs who defy them are just threatened by the prospect of educating themselves and admitting their private experience isn't the centre of the universe. There's never a reason not to know the classics, whether in literature, film or music.

You probably have everything you need in this topic already, and then some. J.O.O.E.'s list is probably the most balanced and complete, though in fairness I would include Summoning's Stronghold there. And if you like the Nordic 2nd-waveish bands of the turn of the millenium, I guess Taake, Windir etc. mentioned above, but who cares.
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08.02.2016 - 17:21
Karlabos
^Except that you don't need to own the classics to know them. You could always listen to them on youtube... :
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08.02.2016 - 20:10
IronAngel
Written by Karlabos on 08.02.2016 at 17:21

^Except that you don't need to own the classics to know them. You could always listen to them on youtube... :

I don't see what that has to do with the topic, though. Whether you intend to 'tube them or buy them, you still need to know what they are. If the OP is asking what they are, his listening/buying habits have no relevance to our answers (and besides, aren't our business).

For me, building a library is about surrounding yourself in the treasures of (in my European case) Western civilisation and human culture in general. It is about having key pieces at an arm's reach if ever I need them for reference. It's not like I've actually read more than bits of Chaucer's, Shakespeare's or Wilde's complete works, but if I didn't have the editions handy my library would feel pretty inadequate. The same can be said of canonical records, although the canon is of course much more fractured and contested due to the number of specialist genres. For the genres I really like (and for classical; that's easy), collecting the "essentials" whenever I come across great deals is a reward in itself and puts my personal, idiosyncratic favorites into context.

I am the kind of person who will buy a classic album by an artist I don't really know or am not especially enthusiatic about just because it's a classic, if I find a good (usually second-hand) deal. I don't like them all, and I may pass them on later if I'm really not going to ever listen to them again, but exposing yourself to new things and learning to like something you didn't think would be your thing is part of the fun.

Collection-building is serious business!
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08.02.2016 - 23:15
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Collecting is just the short lasting high of materialism, it's not really very serious at all
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08.02.2016 - 23:43
IronAngel
Did this actually turn into a serious moral sermon on the evils of materialism? Guy asks for recommendations of essential albums and you tell him he shouldn't buy albums because it's materialistic? I can't tell if you're being facetious, but I think that's a very miserable and banal viewpoint. Life is a "short lasting high of materialism", if you want to put it that way, and I can't think of many better ways to beautify it than to surround yourself with what's greater in life than your own subjectivity. (Besides, can anyone deny the euphoria of organising your library once again, switching from alphabetical to genre, nationality or chronology-based order for a change, or back? It's heaven.)

I am suspicious of people with empty homes; it speaks of empty lives. This of course is only half-serious and no doubt an unfair prejudice, but I would be miserable without my thousands of books and hundreds of CDs.

I don't think collecting and collection-building are the same thing, though. Neither me nor, as far as I can tell, the OP is a collector by temperament. You know, the kind of person who hunts after rarities and must have a complete set of first printing records from every drone band from Oregon, or whatever. I just think it's a good idea to own good stuff if it comes my way.
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09.02.2016 - 01:23
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Written by IronAngel on 08.02.2016 at 23:43

Did this actually turn into a serious moral sermon on the evils of materialism? Guy asks for recommendations of essential albums and you tell him he shouldn't buy albums because it's materialistic? I can't tell if you're being facetious, but I think that's a very miserable and banal viewpoint. Life is a "short lasting high of materialism", if you want to put it that way, and I can't think of many better ways to beautify it than to surround yourself with what's greater in life than your own subjectivity. (Besides, can anyone deny the euphoria of organising your library once again, switching from alphabetical to genre, nationality or chronology-based order for a change, or back? It's heaven.)

I am suspicious of people with empty homes; it speaks of empty lives. This of course is only half-serious and no doubt an unfair prejudice, but I would be miserable without my thousands of books and hundreds of CDs.

I don't think collecting and collection-building are the same thing, though. Neither me nor, as far as I can tell, the OP is a collector by temperament. You know, the kind of person who hunts after rarities and must have a complete set of first printing records from every drone band from Oregon, or whatever. I just think it's a good idea to own good stuff if it comes my way.

I'm not telling anyone not to buy albums or that materialsm is evil, i collect myself. I myself would never be satisfied with just songs on my laptop, but you will never be satisfied with just the albums you got anyway, thats materalism for ya, just a short high that you get over once you have recived the album ejaculated over it and then put in the pile with the rest and then told everybody about on the net. If thats taken too seriously then you might need to get out a bit or you will turn into a metal version of comic book guy, and then whos life looks empty?

I was only half serious with what i said anyway.
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09.02.2016 - 01:32
Nesrail
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I just wanted to get ideas for some black metal records I need for my collection. By saying that, I have been called a poser and feel all kinds of hatred like I never listen to a metal record before.
Chill out guys.
As IronAngel said, some records are classics and is a must in a metalheads collection. I'm just looking for some classics. Again, by essential I mean "classic records you really need to own". I listen to Deathcrush only once, because its a classic, but I like Mayhems later records way more.
My general collection is far greater than I wrote in the first post but still I feel like I miss some "essential" records in my black collection (even though my black metal is the the majority in the collection).

I'm not new to metal as some of you might indirectly suggest, just expanding my collection and some of you expanded my horizon, and thanks for that.
(this forum was one a nice place, can't we keep it that way?)

Btw a friend of mine and I choose to listen to all the black metal vinyls I have everytime Friday the 13, just for a revisit. Its a great way to never let your records collect dust
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09.02.2016 - 10:52
IronAngel
Written by [user id=30790] on 09.02.2016 at 01:32

Btw a friend of mine and I choose to listen to all the black metal vinyls I have everytime Friday the 13, just for a revisit. Its a great way to never let your records collect dust

My wife and I are going through all our albums alphabetically to make sure we've both heard every one of them at least once. Once that's done, I guess we'll sell/give away all the stuff we really don't want to listen to again (already put away a bunch of melodic metal from my teenage years) and start over. It's a great way both to keep the collection up-to-date and manageable, and rediscover forgotten favorites. That said, we only have like 600-700 albums so it's not like there's any huge surprises to discover.

@No one: I figure by my tone it is evident that I, too, was half-joking and half-preaching. I don't think a "brief material high" is an accurate way to describe the experience, though. At least for me, it's not that you take great pleasure in a single purchase and then forget it. Much of the pleasure comes from the collection as a whole, the knowledge that you do have a respectable selection of, say, traditional doom or 19th century English poetry or whatever. Everything is at an arm's reach shoud I ever need it, and I don't need to get a whole lot of use out of a single item for it to be worth it. Just looking at your books or CDs can be inspiring and produce actual happiness (which has been confirmed by research).

I guess the serious (but not too serious) point I was making is that we shouldn't diss materialism. It's not original or controversial, it's just banal. We are matter, and happiness is probably achievable through recognition of that fact. We like stuff, and that's OK!
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09.02.2016 - 21:04
Maco
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Written by [user id=30790] on 09.02.2016 at 01:32

I just wanted to get ideas for some black metal records I need for my collection. By saying that, I have been called a poser and feel all kinds of hatred like I never listen to a metal

People here like to make a big deal of little things. Don't mind it too much.
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09.02.2016 - 22:47
Paz
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Written by [user id=30790] on 09.02.2016 at 01:32

I have been called a poser and feel all kinds of hatred like I never listen to a metal record before.

Welcome to the Metal Storm? forum!
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27.06.2016 - 11:30
Sang Dalang Abu
This.

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14.07.2016 - 18:52
If we're talking how essential a bm record is from an influence standpoint, Strid is pretty high up there.

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19.07.2016 - 20:30
Enteroctopus
Written by ANGEL REAPER on 30.01.2016 at 16:18

You know what posers do ? gather essential records ....

There's nothing wrong with a disciplined exposure to a genre for the purposes of expanding your boundaries, but as for purchasing on vinyl I would say that is a poser thing to do. There is no reason to own vinyl unless you are already familiar with the albums, like on MP3, and just want the authentic version of a favorite.

If someone says, "Hey, Burzum is great!" and I want to check them out I will put them in Spotify or something and give it a go.

I would buy vinyl of obscure stuff like Jazz or world music, though, because chances are it may not be available in other formats. A lot of music has been forgotten by time, but this is not true of the given list: Burzum, Emperor, etc., all easily listenable on whatever streaming service you like, if the purpose is to try them out.
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