tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1532912624070333187.post8517880538762298264..comments2013-12-21T15:19:41.122-08:00Comments on THE FORGOTTEN SCROLL: THE PAST IS ALIVE #2 - REVEREND BIZARRE – In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend (Sinister Figure - 2002)C. P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00179646354039781102noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1532912624070333187.post-54767360696533339972013-12-21T15:19:41.122-08:002013-12-21T15:19:41.122-08:00Not sure, possibly.Not sure, possibly.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1532912624070333187.post-3043408289013789922013-12-19T09:39:39.473-08:002013-12-19T09:39:39.473-08:00Hah, I had almost forgotten that I wanted to repl...Hah, I had almost forgotten that I wanted to reply to your comment. I apologize! <br /><br />Your theory does indeed hold value. Did not the same thing happen to the metal scene as a whole? Everything had to be serious in the post-Grunge age, where no fun was allowed and everything had to be dead on serious with steely gaze. <br /><br />Probably, these bands also took inspiration from their predecessors, ignoring the aspects you describe above, in order to fit with their times. <br /><br />Did my post somehow influence one of your latest Poetry installments? <br /><br />Normalized Freakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03064603625162406138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1532912624070333187.post-26193137611371684242013-12-08T02:43:15.174-08:002013-12-08T02:43:15.174-08:00The startling realization in all of this is that f...The startling realization in all of this is that for these people (and their compatriots at the time of the COTD nonsense) the 'truth' in Doom Metal was encapsulated in the emotions you describe above, without any dialectic point of release to level against them. No power, to catharsis, no flying into the heavens to sit with the angels or whatever:<br /><br />In the music that inspired them, Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Cathedral, there was always either hippie love-each-other, regal christian power and justice or groovy fun-fun-dance-dance songs to balance the moroseness. <br /><br />So when COTD said "True Doom" should be only about the negative emotions, they were actively representing doom metal in a false way. <br /><br />This leads to my argument: the 'true' in COTD is not a concept that arrived on Doom Metal by itself, it comes from the scandinavian happenings in the '90s, from black metal murders and arsons. It was Doom Metal's attempt to 'serious up' so it can compete in grimmness and despair with those black metal teenagers. The only way to be 'true' is to become a caricature, it seems.<br /><br />Naturally, Reverend Bizarre cover and pay homage to Burzum on one of their next records.<br />Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.com