Black Metal's Unexplored Fringes - One Man Metal - Part 1/3 

And he only bought it a couple weeks ago. Lol

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Hahaha

What's wrong with a drum machine?

@@Xogroroth666 what isn't wrong with it? It isn't very metal. Varg sure as fuck didnt use a drum machine...

@Arya No shit. People are just too dumb to understand such things

@Árpád not by any legal yardstick

@Jesus Hong still selfdefence.. also, Caesar fucked Brutus' mom, so there's a history lesson for you

This comment wins.

But Varg = everything that is right with Black Metal. He walked the walk. That is all that matters. Everything else is just "entertainment" until they actually live what they speak of.

Facts!

he got a tattoo just to show how serious he was!

Fucking oath

Ikr oooOoOoof

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true i don't even like bm but might check his stuff out now

@St Alfonso The production makes you throw up. That's for sure. Can you imagine how it would sound with a decent sound?

sikk cops 👏👏👏Vice did a 30 min doc on Gorgoroth. But not about the band and its music, but instead about the controversy surrounding their frontman. Fucking reporters.

sikk cops. yeah, I'm tired of seeing the articles/docs of racism in black metal. like, I do understand that the community has those individuals, but I wish to learn more of the genre

''Artist"...LOL!!!!!!!!!!

True (no pun intented)

Black metal is inherently sensational it's not just about the music it's the image and stories you think most black metal bands actually worship satan unironically

Shantrek ylospollas Yes this is absolutely amazing yet not understandable for me. I'm suffering from major depression and countless other mental health issues, which I don't even know all the names for them anymore. I only do things which are absolutely necessary and leave out everything else, which I don't have to do. These people suffer from similar things, yet they have the will and energy to create music, on their OWN. I can't relate to that, but I find it so fascinating and I'm happy for them, that they found something, which they love doing.

koden hrebs I have (not suffer from I hate that) bipolar type 2 with psychotic features (mirroring schizotypal on my upswings) and heavy anxiety and I make (as different aliases) everything from Deathcore to Post Rock to Dubstep to Folk Punk and have amassed my own studio. Break through the dim grey.

koden hrebs as a musician, record producer, extremely depressed yet accomplished individual who has fought major depression his entire life, I can explain it. Focusing on the creative process is cathartic when you're depressed; it allows you to sublimate the emotions which have been bothering you for so long, and do so in a way you don't find arduous and ineffective (like therapy), or trivial and "just to make other people happy". If you stop, the brain will consume itself. Feel me? Oh yeah, heroin helps too :| The fact that work is created is more a really awesome corollary, and not the intent.

Leroy Johnson very very well put.

Leroy Johnson Are you saying heroin helps with depression? i sure hope i read that wrong . As a recovering heroin addict myself i have found heroin to be only good for destroying ones self

Same. It is.. inspirational. Definetely.

Same. It’s one of the best documentaries ever!

Been there haha

Sameee!!

Same.

Same

yessss

I was half asleep already when I clicked on this video. Falling asleep only to be awoken by that kkkkkiillllllllllllll!!!! Anyways these guys remind me of the goths from south park

@Christopher Norris I just got a cringe-induced seizure

Mike Fantasia but these are metalheads, not like goth pussies

@Christopher Norris lmao

Very true

Thats it g. Thats whatit feels like when i make mrtvi

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Same here dude, I like others now and then tho to help take the weight of my shoulders. For more personal /experimental I use my one man project

What's your project

Tried it but I have a buddy for it for some content. But most songs in style I usually take over and record everything on my own because I am the only one who can play an instrument well 😭🤣

I agree! I just posted my first song

I got a little project going right now and I totally I love being able to make each part sound the way I want it to. And it also lets you experiment, for example I just finished a black metal song but I also plan on making a stoner metal song as well.

@A Flick all the other bm docs are filled with stock footage of venom and talk about nothing but mayhem and emperor and sensationalized bullshit like the burnings

@@bornwithclothes Eternal flame of Gehenna, for example is a good one.

Some of us here in the US have been a part of it longer than what you know. Long before. Just saying...

@@metalheadmike774what are you saying? Black metal popped up originally in England and Sweden with bathory and venom and then Norway

@@DrinkingBleachOnTheBeach dude i was listening to Bathory, Venom in 1988 and Celtic Frost in 1986. I just fell in love with Norwegian black metal movement. It was my passion for 2 decades. But yes it all originated from those bands.

I felt kind of sorry for Scott. He is obviously an incredibly isolated person, and it seemed almost like he was so used to being depressed and alone that he wouldn't let himself be happy. It seemed like he had a heavy guard up around him and at certain moments he would drop it and smile slightly or get slightly more upbeat like when he saw his cat, but then realize it and descend back into the depression. Quite sad

THOTH when was the part with the cat?

Dude, I know! I started to get like a panic attack after listening to him talk. And did you notice all of the scars up and down his arms?

Lil peep the GOAT

thoth where is xastur with the cat part ?

ah yes, the most overrated black metal band ever

+shane c theres already been too much stuff made about Burzum, and barely anything about these 3 artists.

varg is the quintessential black metal loner, one doesn't even need to mention him any longer

oh, you mean the one man project of racist murdering sociopath Kristian Vikernes? that Burzum?

Babby's first BM.

Apparently you've never encountered fun.

Maybe 10 or 20 beers. Not one.

@@loganmohler737 word

Striborg seems pretty chill

If boring and anti social is your idea of a good time

Woah

Ussually yes.

because being truly indie and underground means you only want a select few to discover and enjoy your music haha. If they can't read the logo and still want to check it out, you know they're dedicated.

... Or you could just learn how to design a decent logo. Some mostly illegible logos are works of art, though. I have always loved Xasthur's logo.

well they are one-man bands so clearly they spend a ton of time and pour loads of thought and emotion into their releases. Striborg is an interesting and funny guy, but his stuff is pretty naff. Leviathan and Xasthur are brilliant and unique projects, though. The latter doesn't make BM anymore anyway, he ended it then revived it as an acoustic act. The guys certainly pour far more time and effort into their releases than the average, garbage mainstream metal band does.

From California too man. I show my love for black metal and I'll admit it. You'll find us as you keep looking.

I live in Arabia. I love BM but of course I don't have many folks to talk to about it. I do however have a guitar instructor and he's a very nice guy, we talk sometimes about metal in general. But I do feel alone in my love for BM here. It's fine though, I don't like live gigs and in general I find going outside repulsing (as edgy as it sounds). This is music to enjoy alone to me. It's not music to go into a crowd and have fun to.

I'm in norcal and there are metal shows in the city. You just have to look.

Same and from LA too, and it's quite true. I've always kind of withheld my interests from people and kept to myself. Now it's just consuming me in my mid 20s.

@@jexikavindictive It's mostly grindcore, crust, and thrash, though. You know, punk-ish subgenres performed in taprooms and sidewalks with needles.

I disagree. I hate journalists, but this guy is mentally disturbed. He's funny though.

@@fredfredericks3496 'mentally disturbed' is such a funny term thrown around by people living in a delusion where everything is rainbows and sparkles, just accept the fact that life isnt like that alr and cut the bullsh. These types of people are just living life in its purest form, which is really tough but definitely not a mental illness.

I think it’s more so he’s been unhappy and lonely for so long that he has a large compendious of internal anger directed towards a abstract of those that are happy. It’s frustrating to feel that way when other’s don’t, however he acknowledges that many feel the same way.

Hippie Grinder669 that’s when you’re the most creative and real don’t suppress it all the time, embrace it sometimes and see what becomes of it.

I too agree.I share same .NO time for egos .while others find it necessary to compete,I feel no need to compete on creativity.self expression is NOT a competitive sport. Scott and I have more in commend than he will ever know.

THREE WORDS... XASTHUR FUCKING RULES!!! NOTHING MORE!!!

Vernictung would agree.

do you ,Lord Gangrel Agar Waen,like Tietanblood ? I will post my cover of Leviathan division soon. Verrnictung would be eager to hear some of your accomplishments .

But does he reply?

Why? care to explain?

@@jessepinkeye2339 because he actually says in the interview if his neighbors found out who they were they'd throw rocks at is house... It's kind of self explanatory

@@MrBgood84 ooh I thought that actually happened some time after this vid. Thanks mate.

What’s your name?

Alexander Bjerkvik Im Gonna start a One man Circle jerk

how so? not saying that he isn't but I am most impressed by xasthurs music

I don't care what they're like as people. Striborg are pretty fucking good man.

Striborg is deep you have to meditate to it. Do that and its awesome

Ahh, me too. I just didn’t share anything on camera. I don’t wear it on my sleeves like Americans do. I am autistic, does that sound like enough struggle for you? Everyone has a story or rather too many to mention.

​@@suicidalghost6719wow I didn't think I'd see you here 😂. Btw keep up the great work and I'm a great fan.

Same

i cant agree with that, because there is no "real" in black metal, or you end up like 99% of todays "black" metal commercialism that attend huge commercial metal festivals, pose around with fake blood etc. Leviathan for me is perfect example of an extremely personal black metal that is 100% original and thats what i love about this band/artist. jeff did amazing job, he mixes pure black metal riffs with strange noise and drone stuff, and makes it so personal with vocals. and contrary to popular belief that black metal from usa sucks, leviathan and xasthur are 2 of few best black metal artist ive heard so far. once upon a time, les legions noires movement was what i consider true black metal of that time, same with inner circle, but that was in early 90s. LLN is dead, and ex-inner circle bands now pose and make clowns of themselves on hellfests etc. in short they live from old cult status (i mean bands like todays mayhem etc). there are still amazing bands from these 2 countries (france and norway) like peste noire, mutiilation, s.v.e.s.t, darkthrone, aura noir, etc. but bands like old mayhem, old burzum, vlad tepes, old belketre, old darkthrone, its thing of the past. i know most of metal people today will disagree with me. this is just my opinion and view on today's metal scene.

to be honest i was referring mostly to bands like dark funeral for example, that empty, plastic side of what black metal has become, pure exploit and show. mostly bands today sound like that, same recycle over and over again. thats why i extremely respect and like peste noire, to me they are like middle finger to the whole bunch of clowns on the scene today. another masterpiece that is so underrated today is album urfaust from 2003 by french band s.v.e.s.t. i swear its pure masterpiece, but not for every ear, it has pretty noisy sound. thats what black metal is about. was, to be more precise. i dont judge anyone who listens that, or any kind of music, its just my opinion on the music itself today. hell, i heard lots of opinions on my music taste in my life, i listen all from earth, sunn o))), boris, eyehategod, electric wizard, sleep, st.vitus, candlemass, to bands like belketre, vlad tepes, burzum, peste noire, darkthrone, etc...

well yes, there was a shock element through evolution of black metal, i agree, but its not that what makes it do soulless today. i meant things like overdoing the same thing over and over again, recycling, plastic and overproduced sound, too much focus on visual, almost symphonic sound, lack of raw sound and atmosphere, etc, i mean, for me personally, those things kill the very point and soul of black metal. i know there are people that like that and i really respect anyones taste. many of my friends like that sound today, even if they are almost 40 and they grew up on "good old" metal. i just feel like "you heard one, youve heard it all". and again, im saying this only in general, there are as always few exceptions for me that make great music today in this subgenre.

yeah its good but not real Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone Shining is true nordic Black Metal. Could be because I live in Norway that I feel this way😂😂

how is shining fitting into category of those 3? :D

Where do you see references to those albums?

I meant to write 4:52

Not to mention Gorguts sneaking into frame.

Glad I wasn't the only one to pause it there just to look at his music collection :D

and Clandestine Blaze's Deliverers of Faith, actually my favorite record by him.

Hahahahaha yeah I find that kinda interesting

***** In the U.S, it's hard to come across Black Metal...especially really good shit (the underground Black Metal)... It's not as popular in the U.s like it os in europe...but there is some pretty good shit in America, you just have to look deeper

***** There's actually a lot of good black metal bands in America in places like Florida or Texas

Thanks!

metalsabatico does that also go for the song that plays at the beginning? around 2:29

Rape cures Autism was wondering that myself

That’s not autism. That’s more like psychopathy. Psychopathic tendencies are common among the fringes of the metal scene. Especially black metal.

I'd still share my beer with him.

Well it makes sense in every way

They're probably just saying that because of the really dark, sort of BM aesthetic of Black One, which is pretty stupid, a band's sound shouldn't be judged just by one album.

True. Hey I was listening to your DBR and Beverast uploads yesterday during work. Thanks. Also nice prof pic, good episode

Lol thanks man, I haven't uploaded anything in a while, need to get back on that. And YES, quite possibly my favorite episode. "Lemme see that chocolate thunda!" :D

Sunn O))) collaborated with Malefic on an album. Plus they have dabbled a bit in black metal though mostly on the album with Scott

Drone is not a subsection of doom tho, drone doom/drone metal is the fusion of both drone music and doom metal.

Word

True.

Gay

Jef Whitehead probably isnt nice.

​@@Misantroph0 Most loners aren't mean or bad people, they just want to be left alone

Black Metal is the perfect candidate. Totally ripe for the Spinal Tap treatment. Never take yourself too seriously.

I love your profile

Obey Rostipher Russell's pretty the most normal compared to Jef and Scott.

Finally a sane person here.

Yeah I bet he is a kick-ass D&D player!

JR Robinson, he has a band called Wrekmeister Harmonies

Or maybe they have no interest in the world? Have you looked around lately? Shit is pretty fucked up.

whiskeyhammer FukkU Bad things happen in the world, along with beautiful things. Be strong enough to bear the former, vulnerable enough to let in the latter, and you'll be okay. If they had no interest in the world, they wouldn't distribute their music. And that music, as dark as it is, is something of a lifeline. But they don't need to be accepted by proxy. People will accept them.

@atownlefttrain I highly doubt these people make music for anyone but themselves. I know for a fact Wrest has a lot of stuff he has never released. And maybe it's an outlet, to keep from being consumed by their demons.

whiskeyhammer FukkU I am sure they make music for themselves, in the sense that people who over-inflate their own misery and are "disappointed" with the world are suffering from a form of narcissism. But narcissists do want to be recognized in some form, as they do, that's why they make CDs. By calling them narcissists, I am not putting them down, I mean that they are emotionally stunted and dealing with an adolescent form of self-obsession. What makes me sad, getting back to my original post, is that the best way to not be consumed by your demons is to be vulnerable enough to be loved, and to let the love and beauty that is in this world shine through you. They feel more comfortable living in a cave searching out phosphorescent rocks for light rather than stepping outside and embracing the sunlight they desperately desire. But misery can be comfortable and familiar. Happiness can radiate in the terrifying unknown. It is a fatal flaw in love to hold onto your pain like it means something. I hope they will find a way out.

atownlefttrain Oh christ, you're one of "those" people. "There is no refuge from yourself" - Matt Rasmusssen "You're on Earth. There's no cure for that" - Samuel Beckett "You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself" - Albert Camus Think about it.

Thanks 👹🔥

I've been wondering this for years. Thank you!

Can I smell your feets?