Every time I think I'm starting to grow up a bit I take an outsider's view of the music I listen to. Since I've arrived in Korea it's been predominantly black metal and then punk. A bit of hip hop also snuck it's way into my radar such as the new albums by Hi-Tek, AZ, all of the Papoose mix tapes (this guy is fuckin tough).
But let's get to the metal. I gave in and tried out some American Black Metal (ABM) and I found some great shit. The most impressive was a band called Judas Iscariot. They are essentially a Darkthrone ripoff but I may even like them a little better. Then there's Leviathan. They cross many borders of metal but the over the top evil vocals keep them kinda black metalish I suppose.
A few days ago I found this band Marblebog (can't remember where they are from but I'm thinking Poland or Hungary for some reason) and I've been listening to their two albums for about three days straight. Shitty production, vocals that come very close to being annoying but they never quite do. His voice actually makes me smile sometimes because it is so ridiculous. I listen to a lot of stupid metal but this may just take the grand prize. His scream is fucked. It's impossible for me to describe it, and if you heard it you'd most likely bust out laughing and say "Man, how can you listen to that crap."
And I would have no rebuttal at all...
The guitar riffs are really repetitive but they are truly original (well, as original as one can get in metal) but they are played a little too long sometimes but I guess that's the point.
I don't have anywhere to go with this post. Time to go.
Mainly, I'm wondering if anyone knows what a Marblebog is?
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