Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives

Message board

* FAQ    * Register   * Login 



Reply to topic
Author Message Previous topic | Next topic
somberlain93
I'm not sexist, I have binders full of women friends!

Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:20 am
Posts: 50
PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:27 am 
 

I was fairly sure that I read one or two interviews where Varg claimed that there would be two compilations to feature re-recorded versions of classic songs from the first four albums. I was expecting the second one a few months back, but haven't heard anything. Has he spoken about this since? Maybe he decided against releasing it?
_________________
The idiot that put that text under my username needs to grow up.

Top
 Profile  
CrushedRevelation
Devil's right hand

Joined: Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:47 am
Posts: 6070
Location: The cavern's core
PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:23 am 
 

I hope he has decided to not go ahead with it, as it seems like a shameless cash grab. The first four albums are perfect as they are, and I for one see no need to re-record what is already excellent material. The atmospheric, bleak, melancholic sound and tone is captured and rendered SO well on those early recordings that re-recording them seems redundant to me. The earnest aggression is wonderfully prevalent as well, no doubt due to the primitive, but brilliant none the less recording technique employed. I don't need to hear re-recorded tracks that have already stood the test of time to these ears many years after hearing them when they were first available. To me it would be almost sacrilege, like re-recording De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.
_________________
Not for mercy does the evolution of I progress...

My collection

Top
 Profile  
~Guest 285196
Metalhead

Joined: Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:11 pm
Posts: 2187
PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 7:10 am 
 

Yes. Just look through the last couple of interviews on burzum.org. I think in one or two of them he says that he's happy with how Hvis lyset tar oss and Filsofem turned out originally.

Top
 Profile  
InTheMistByTheHills
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:15 pm
Posts: 10
Location: United Kingdom
PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 8:47 am 
 

Im one of the people that enjoy all these rerecordings so i hope he goes ahead with some new Filosofem stuff.

Also i would really like to hear a De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas rerecording.

Top
 Profile  
Poisonfume
Metalhead

Joined: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:26 pm
Posts: 1227
Location: Greece
PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:21 am 
 

People saying this is a shameless cash grab aren't looking at this form a musicians perspective. Why would he not want to rerecord the best material of his career if he thinks it sounds like absolute shit? Is it a cash grab too when a band rerecords demo era songs for full lengths?
Could well be a cash grab in certain ways. But not a shameless one...he is justified in what he's doing, in my opinion.
_________________
I pray for total death

Top
 Profile  
BrutalCatfish
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:55 pm
Posts: 5
Location: United States
PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:02 pm 
 

I thought most of the appeal of the first few albums/ why they are still regarded as so awesome was the raw, unrefined feel. I like em the way they are and even if he did re-record, i would probably still prefer listening to the origionals

Top
 Profile  
kapala
Metal newbie

Joined: Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:56 pm
Posts: 156
Location: Sweden
PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:46 pm 
 

They probably got put on the backburner when him and his wife decided to make their ridiculous documentary.
_________________
MariusBR wrote:
Go ask a Swede by the way. [...] They would probably tell you that the only way to be BM is to wear a mace in your pants.

Top
 Profile  
Twisted_Psychology
Metal freak

Joined: Sat May 16, 2009 8:22 pm
Posts: 6256
Location: United States
PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:10 pm 
 

InTheMistByTheHills wrote:
Also i would really like to hear a De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas rerecording.


Who would even play on something like that? Obviously Attila and Hellhammer are still around but Mayhem might as well be a completely new band these days. It just reminds me of Let There Be Blood in all the wrong ways.
_________________
Lavaborne (Power Doom): https://lavaborne.bandcamp.com
The Skyspeakers (Heavy Psych): https://theskyspeakers.bandcamp.com/
Cloud of Souls (Experimental Doom): https://cloudofsouls.bandcamp.com/

Top
 Profile  
Kveldulfr
Veteran

Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:01 pm
Posts: 3698
Location: Nowhere
PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 7:14 pm 
 

Twisted_Psychology wrote:
InTheMistByTheHills wrote:
Also i would really like to hear a De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas rerecording.


Who would even play on something like that? Obviously Attila and Hellhammer are still around but Mayhem might as well be a completely new band these days. It just reminds me of Let There Be Blood in all the wrong ways.


What about Snorre? he was on DMDS too and he can obviously play the same parts he recorded, only the bassist will change, and I guess Snorre can also do it.
_________________
Forestfather Facebook - Folklore black metal.
Er Murazor Facebook - Melodic death/black metal
ÆRA bandcamp- Pagan black metal

Top
 Profile  
Tornado
Metalhead

Joined: Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:21 pm
Posts: 533
Location: United Kingdom
PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:49 am 
 

Kveldulfr wrote:
What about Snorre? he was on DMDS too and he can obviously play the same parts he recorded, only the bassist will change, and I guess Snorre can also do it.


I think Snorre could very well be the only person to save Mayhem, now that Blasphemer has gone. He doesn't seem to be doing much with Thorns these days, so I'm sure he'd be up for it! Makes perfect sense to me, especially as he was part of the band 20 years ago!

Top
 Profile  
hakarl
Metel fraek

Joined: Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:41 pm
Posts: 8816
Location: Finland
PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:17 am 
 

Besides Attila's iffy vocals, is there any particular reason to re-record that masterpiece? The production is perfect, each performance apart from Attila's is top-notch.

Same goes for Burzum, although the originals don't hold a candle to what Mayhem was at its height. What were originally passable and inventive black metal songs sound pathetic when recorded with Varg's modern day clinical, sterilised approach.
_________________
"A glimpse of light is all that it takes to illuminate the darkness."

Top
 Profile  
jute
Metal newbie

Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:30 am
Posts: 150
PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:54 pm 
 

What, in your opinion, gives the best Mayhem material an edge over Burzum's? I personally think "Key to the Gate" is better than anything Mayhem ever did (and better than anything else Varg has ever done, for that matter), though I like DMDS a lot. I agree that the re-recordings are unnecessary and unsuccessful.

Top
 Profile  
Panflute
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:11 am
Posts: 467
PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:19 pm 
 

I seem to be one of the few who was glad with the re-recording, as the vocals kind of ruined Burzum/Aske for me. I do agree that his new approach is too sterile, as the old Burzum songs were really atmospheric, imperfect as they might have been. That being said, I don't think Det Som Engang Var and especially Filosofem could benefit much from a re-recording.

Oh, and re-recording DMDS would probably be one of the most pointless endeavours in modern music history.
_________________
Black Ivory Tower - in-depth reviews

Top
 Profile  
hakarl
Metel fraek

Joined: Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:41 pm
Posts: 8816
Location: Finland
PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:25 pm 
 

jute wrote:
What, in your opinion, gives the best Mayhem material an edge over Burzum's? I personally think "Key to the Gate" is better than anything Mayhem ever did (and better than anything else Varg has ever done, for that matter), though I like DMDS a lot. I agree that the re-recordings are unnecessary and unsuccessful.

Riffing and atmosphere. Not only is Mayhem melodically superior (contrary to the popular opinion, I don't consider Varg to be particularly talented in terms of melody writing - his successes come across to me more as flukes than the fruits of talent and hard work), but the songs are much better crafted, full of action and more vibrant in every way.

Key to the Gate is excellent, but it's simply not as brilliant as Funeral Fog.
_________________
"A glimpse of light is all that it takes to illuminate the darkness."

Top
 Profile  
Kveldulfr
Veteran

Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:01 pm
Posts: 3698
Location: Nowhere
PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:08 pm 
 

What's the point on comparing Burzum with Mayhem? their music is absolutely different in every possible aspect, it's like comparing Emperor with Darkthrone.

I like better Burzum for overall atmosphere but Mayhem had/had better musicians and often better riffs. Now, if we were to compare Euro/Blasphemer/Snorre riffs to Infernus, that's another debate which might prove worthy.

I hope Varg only focuses on releasing new stuff. His later input might be seen as 'not that good for many', but hell, who has surpassed their prime days from the oldest norwegian black metal bands still alive?

For me, Varg still has it. Glemselens Elv, Jeg Faller and Æra are all masterpieces in their respective styles.
_________________
Forestfather Facebook - Folklore black metal.
Er Murazor Facebook - Melodic death/black metal
ÆRA bandcamp- Pagan black metal

Top
 Profile  
maxxpower
Metal newbie

Joined: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:04 pm
Posts: 399
Location: United States
PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:51 pm 
 

Interesting, I was jus listening to In the Depths of Darkness last night and I actually liked it more than the originals. Even though Varg's newest black metal vocal style is annoying(sounds like he's got something stuck in his throat, or like he's whispering), I like the guitar tone on these re-recordings.

Filosofem is just fine the way it is and I don't see how he could re-record the ambient tracks. I've never found Hvis Lyset Tar Oss appealing so I don't care if he re-records it or not.

Top
 Profile  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Reply to topic


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: mirons and 51 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

  Print view
Jump to:  

Back to the Encyclopaedia Metallum


Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group