Hi-End for Black Metal?

Gawdbless,

It was 9:06 minutes long. And no, I could not last the duration. I tried twice. Just couldn't do it.....

Enjoy,

TIC

I have to go with Shadorne about AC/DC, Casey33.

For rockers, I think that they're one of the best, even the radio DJ's were questioning why it took so long for then to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame.

For musicians, when you really sit down and listen to the way Malcolm and Angus play off of each other, they're even more incredible.

Now that I'm 55, I've mellowed and listen to their older brother, George, a whole lot more than I do them. Is everyone familiar with George's group: "Flash and the Pan"?

Ironmine, I apologize and hope I don't take your thread down the wrong path. Type O Negative is about as hard as I ever went.

i will listen to a little black metal from time to time on my basement system ,ill listen to dimmu borgir,dissection,samael,emporer etc.

if im really in the mood for some metal i like to throw in some old school death metal like six feet under,deicide,cannibal corpse,obituary etc,i just have to be in the right mood for it

i must be getting older because i enjoy artists like lucinda williams,steve earle,hank 3,and emmmylou harris more so than most metal bands these days

mikeys

I like both early/proto Black Metal and audio equipment but I know I'm in the minority here. I like just a tiny bit of the more well known and newer BM bands but I really love stuff like Venom, Bathory, Celtic Frost, Mercyful Fate, etc. There's a ton of great NWOBHM stuff you should check out to go back even a little further...Witchfynder General, etc.

Synthfreek, you've described my tastes exactly! I don't do much of the new stuff, but listen to the classics all the time. I managed to catch Celtic Frost on the Monotheist tour, just before the breakup. Absolutely stunning show and fantastic album - they were responsible for so much innovation in modern heavy music, the scene still hasn't absorbed all of it. Venom, Bathory, Mercyful Fate - all favorites as well. I am a real big fan of Destruction, Coroner and Bolt Thrower as well, in addition to many others. NWOBHM favorites: Praying Mantis, Samson, and anything Nicky Moore was in (from Tiger to Mammoth).

My system is also horn/tube: Klipsch La Scalas, Quicksilver Horn Monos, Cary SLP-2002, Rega Jupiter 2000, Michell Gyro SE/RB600/Goldring 1042, cabling mostly analysis plus + nordost. A balance of smoothness with enough detail and great dynamics - the combination works really well for metal.