tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523249.post5149555685312397983..comments2024-01-29T13:50:30.524-08:00Comments on ASK EARACHE: No love for Aussie avant-black pioneers Portal then?Digbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369393137798141351noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523249.post-81016636391754229892011-11-22T12:11:23.750-08:002011-11-22T12:11:23.750-08:00I respect that Portal is not yours (or even everyo...I respect that Portal is not yours (or even everyone's) cup of tea, but I think it's a bit unfair to get hung up on the genre tag given to them. I think people just don't know what to call them yet. Consider that at the beginning of a lot of new genres, fans, critics, journalists, label reps, etc. struggle to find a tag. It's not really until years later after more bands have CernunnosTrismegistushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730147756039984670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523249.post-76187865913404190852009-12-03T13:59:20.532-08:002009-12-03T13:59:20.532-08:00Thanks for the comments.
Its all metal at the end...Thanks for the comments.<br /><br />Its all metal at the end of the day, I realise that, but its fun to split hairs and debate bands, its what I do all day anyway for a job, with my A&R staffers, not often so publicly.<br /><br />I reckon Skeletonwitch sounds a bit like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Kjvu0fxGY" rel="nofollow">Dark Tranquility</a> Moonclad Reflection demo era 92. Digbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369393137798141351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523249.post-79220066779726340512009-12-02T05:32:58.812-08:002009-12-02T05:32:58.812-08:00Portal have a bit of hipster cache, mostly because...Portal have a bit of hipster cache, mostly because of being picked up by the hipster of the moment label, Profound Lore (supplanting Southern Lord). I did like Outré when I listened to it in the dark at 1am.<br />However, I think that Skeletonwitch sounds like an effortless, unconscious blend of Thrash, Black and Death. They sound like a bunch of guys who grew up listening to all three genres ReallyGood@Woundingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523249.post-59330469034402468532009-12-02T04:05:27.576-08:002009-12-02T04:05:27.576-08:00oh i forgot to say you brought up a great point ab...oh i forgot to say you brought up a great point about the "other influences" brigade. for me thease bands who mix bm with thrash are re treading ground that destroyer 666 and several other australian and canadian "war metal" bands have been doing for years!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523249.post-36997261311047619792009-12-02T03:52:08.661-08:002009-12-02T03:52:08.661-08:00nah not on the street team dig, Just wondering how...nah not on the street team dig, Just wondering how sometimes a band with huge flaws can be hyped up so much. I actually like them on a retrospective trip because they sound like early akercocke call it a blast from the past for me, as for me some of the later akercocke albums were a little to umm opeth esque for my liking. <br />and i agree with you fully on skeletonwitch the band sounds ropey asAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com