Gratuitous Hoofbeats
You know, I would be totally okay with it if I never heard another metal song that included the sound of hoofbeats and/or the sound of clashing swords. I would also be okay with it if I never heard another one of those 30-45 second interludes consisting entirely of hoofbeats and/or clashing swords.
I’m just sayin’.
(Thankfully, since my iPod is my primary listening device, and I use playlists, I can just eliminate those interludes, and iTunes lets you alter the start time of a song, so if a track opens with gratuitous hoofbeats, I can make it start at the 25 second mark or whatever.)
jrg
8:58 pm Sep-23-2008Have you been listening to Dimmu Borgir? ;)
james
John Joseph Adams
9:08 pm Sep-23-2008It was Tyr that set me off on the rant, because they’re currently in my playlist. Also, possibly, Sabaton and Arkona–they both certainly had some stupid interludes and a bunch of songs that began with annoying crap (not necessarily hoofbeats, but might as well have been). The problem is widespread, however, and some sense must be beat into them.
jrg
9:25 pm Sep-23-2008By the way, have you picked up Swallowed by the Sun’s “The Morning Never Came”? The more I listen to it, the more I love it.
I also recently got Esoteric’s “The Maniacal Vale” and would recommend it if you are enjoying very long-form doom metal with growly vocals.
Have you heard Arkona, Besatt, and Thirst’s “Holocaust Zniewolonych Mas…”? Just curious as to how it is…some of the samples I’ve heard sound…well, lo-fi.
John Joseph Adams
4:56 pm Sep-24-2008I’m not familiar with any of those, I’ll check them out. Well, except for Arkona, which I mentioned, but I wasn’t aware of that split album you’re talking about.
Someone told me about Arkona a while back, but at the time, I couldn’t seem to find any albums by them here–but then I saw a review of Ot Serdca K Nebu in Decibel, so I went and bought it. I see that now Amazon MP3 has several albums listed, including the split you mentioned.
Jack Kincaid
8:22 pm Sep-24-2008WHAT? No hoofbeats or clashing swords? Oh, the horror of music without annoying, intrusive effects to detract from otherwise boring musical bridges…