Very excited for this. MVII is my favorite BAN album, and MVI is tied with The Work for my second favorite. It's remarkable how well Vindsval can write majestic and epic black metal with the Memoria Vetustas in contrast to the other cold mechanical and eerie albums and still make it all undeniably Blut Aus Nord... if that makes sense.

Yeah, I like how Vindsval once described in an interview regarding BaN's varied albums as showcasing different facets of the band's sound...very fitting.

I found MorT to be fascinating and fantastic, by the way.

Maybe my definition of folk is more broad in this sense than yours but I've always thought it sounded very folksy. The melodies, the clean vocals, the subject matter(Fathers of the Icey Age, Heathen Blood of Ours, The Impure Blood of theirs, War, ancient warriors etc) all strike me as evoking something more than just black metal. Perhaps Viking would be a better description, I don't know, but I've always viewed the album as such even though its certainly a black metal record at heart.

You evil, evil fuck. Why would you bump this after 6 months with nothing. You gave me a heart attack in my penis.

You evil, evil fuck. Why would you bump this after 6 months with nothing. You gave me a heart attack in my penis.

well that wasn't my intention but it's amusing to me so I think I'm going to make necro-ing old threads of anticipated upcoming releases a regular thing then. just getting impatient about news for this release, I expected it in December but it looks like that ain't happening.

Yea I see the BAN and DSO comparison thrown around a lot too and I don't see the reasoning. Other than both being from France, having dissonant qualities and dealing with abstract philosophical and metaphysical themes it's like apples and oranges imo. I always thought ruins of Beverast sounded more like BAN than DSO

well, they both have dissonant riffs at some point, but yeah i think BAN has a bit more atmosphere.

^ Well put, they're both likely the biggest names in new, artsy and pretentious BM, and they're heads of that "movement", but they're not really doing the same thing at all. DsO obviously more chaotic and techy, while BAN is mechanical and controlled. Obviously BAN also have a melodic side too, but I'm assuming in the context of DsO we're talking more Work Which Transforms God than the MVs or the debut.

No news on MV III, but does anyone know when Liber II will be released on CD?

...I'm pretty sure I bought Liber II on cd a month or so ago. .. I'd just get up and go check, but I'm too far from my house.

Unless I'm either a shit head or completely forgetting vital information (or totally thinking of the wrong thing), I'm pretty sure I bought Liber II on cd a month or so ago. .. I'd just get up and go check, but I'm too far from my house.

I always hear people lumping in or comparing these guys with Deathspell Omega, and maybe I haven't been listening to the right songs (can't remember which ones I've checked out) but holy shit they don't even come close. It's been awhile since I gave these guys a try but I don't know. Not saying they're bad, I do remember listening to half an album or so and enjoying it, but their sound isn't at all similar to DsO. Please, prove me wrong. The few times I've listened I didn't hear anything that even slightly resembled any work by Deathspell Omega. If anyone is comparable it's Dodecahedron.

Agreed that after revisiting Cosmosophy it's a great record. Initially I was very underwhelmed and went back to the first two. 777 records. Now after more listening it makes sense and the whole 777 trilogy makes even more sense. I can't stop playing all three in rotation, which is blotting out anything else at the moment. Think only MV3 will dislodge them, really need that released soon.

What is also annoying when you hear about DSO in the context of French BM scene, this band doesn't really have any personal connections to French BM, doesn't sound like any other French band, and feels as isolated from the 'scene' as BM band can be. Sentences akin to "The French black metal scene is growing rapidly with DSO and BAN as the forerunners of the movement" have no sense at all.

What is also annoying when you hear about DSO in the context of French BM scene, this band doesn't really have any personal connections to French BM, doesn't sound like any other French band, and feels as isolated from the 'scene' as BM band can be. Sentences akin to "The French black metal scene is growing rapidly with DSO and BAN as the forerunners of the movement" have no sense at all.

This will be released instead of MV III (DMP0100) https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 6155_n.jpg

Maybe something "MoRTish" from BaN?