Bal-Sagoth
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Posted by The Alchemist, 23.09.2006 - 06:09
I post a part of an article of wikipedia: Byron Roberts formed Bal-Sagoth in 1993 in an attempt to form what he called "A sublimely symphonic black/death metal band swathed in a concept of dark fantasy/science-fiction and ancient myth & legendary." Drawing inspiration from such writers as Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank Herbert, J.R.R. Tolkien, Shakespeare, Arthur C. Clarke, David Gemmell, George Lucas, and Stan Lee, Byron set out to create his own dark fantasy universe, with tales told through the music of Bal-Sagoth. Dubbed "The Multiverse", the lyrical world of Bal-Sagoth is a vast landscape of fantasy/science fiction, ranging from intergalactic tales of gods and cosmic empires, to sword and sorcery style epic battles.
They're one of the bands I admire the most because of the fantasy and the great music, they have a unique style.
So, what do you think about them?
| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada  |
Bal-Sagoth's cheese factor is way too high for them to be considered extreme metal. It's like saying Manowar are extreme because they're loud.
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| Yasmine Posts: 1485 From: USA  |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.05.2011 at 20:47 That's like saying a movie can't be action cause its cheesy. And theres no such thing as cheese, cheese is just male embarassment, like mom catching you wanking it.
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| RavenKing Posts: 1941 From: Canada  |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.05.2011 at 20:47 I like Bal-Sagoth moderately but I share this opinion. Only their first album can be considered extreme. After that, the cheese factor is too high.
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| Llort Posts: 44 From: UK  |
My band opened for Bal-Sagoth in London tonight. Was a good night, but for whatever reason, Byron vanished and didn't turn up for the show! Ended up with my vocalist and one of the other support's vocalists handling the mic for their set. Not sure what happened to him, but they're playing Liverpool tomorrow - hope they manage to sort this out!
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 From: USA  |
Written by Llort on 08.07.2011 at 03:50 hahaha what the fuck?! im very curious how your guy knew the lyrics and whatnot
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| Llort Posts: 44 From: UK |
We're all big Sagoth fans, so he knew his fair share, though the fact that he was asked to sing for Bal Sagoth with about 2 minutes notice was obviously a bit of a system shock which threw him off a little. For us, that made it pretty awesome, but nonetheless it's massively disappointing that the first Bal Sagoth UK shows in 5 years were not quite to be - spoke to people who travelled from as far as Australia and the US to be there!
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 From: USA |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.05.2011 at 20:47 it's extremely cheesy.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada |
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Baz Anderson Posts: 13237 From: UK  |
Yeh, I heard about the whole mess of them Bal-Sagoth shows... I wonder why Byron didn't turn up to them... It's pretty sad really, because I know a ton of people will be wanting to see this band live. Fingers crossed for Bloodstock next year or something... if they can get their act together.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada |
With Dimmu already there I don't think there'd be enough room for the likes of Bal-Sagoth.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Baz Anderson Posts: 13237 From: UK |
Well they're an English band, and they played at Bloodstock in 2005 I think... so there is hope. Bloodstock isn't too discriminatory with styles, and Bal-Sagoth would be a middle-of-the-day type band too, not a headliner.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada |
I can tell they aren't discriminatory, they've got Alice Cooper and Anvil there too.  Pretty wide range, and it would make sense if Bal-Sagoth went since like you said, Dimmu would be headlining so it wouldn't really be a clash of the "extreme cheese" bands.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 From: Czech Republic  |
Not much can be told from 40 secs...i dont really like the spoken vocals though...
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60962 From: Sweden  |
If anyone has been wondering what the members of Bal-Sagoth have been up to lately... here's a quick update on their activities! The first album of Chris and Jonny's new musical project Kull, entitled "Exile" will be released soon by Black Lion Records, and Byron's new novel "The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor" (featuring the character who first appeared in the lyrics of the second Bal-Sagoth album "Starfire Burning Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule" back in 1996) will be published in May by DMR Books.
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