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schizoid
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:00 am 
 

google translate tell me I am pronouncing Macabre wrong. But if that's the case, I think the band is too.
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bastardnasum
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:13 am 
 

Maybe they pronounce it as in french, being Canada bilingual...

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:14 am 
 

Keltic vs Celtic

So basically if you're referring to the Celtic people you use the muted form, everything else that doesn't relate to that uses the sibilant form. They're both correct.

One band that me and my friends can't seem too ever pronounce right is The Chasm, which should be pronounced "kazem", but we always call it "tchasm". Pretty weird I know, but I think it's a habit due to names like "Artch Enemy" or "Martch" and stuff like that. And it does sound so weird to say "The Kazem" in our language. :lol:

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:20 am 
 

Drudkh is correctly pronounced "droo" (the last cluster of letters is silent), however for convenience I always pronounce it "droodkh" with the "kh" as in Scottish "loch" or German "bach".
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:30 am 
 

InnesI wrote:
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Is it "Officium" like OFF-SHI-UM or OFFEESEE-UM?


Sounds like latin to me which would probably mean its closer to a pronunciation without the sh-sound.


I would pronounce the "c" like an "k", because if I recall it correctly from school, this is the way the "c" is pronounced in spoken Latin.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:36 am 
 

I always butcher Tvangeste, I usually just wind up saying tvan-ges-t but I think the 't' may actually be silent though I'm not sure.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:40 am 
 

Nephilim96 wrote:
AnimeDad wrote:
"TAAAH-kay? TAAAH-kee? Toke? Taaaayk?"



I say Taake kinda like you say "talk", but I'm sure that's wrong.


Its very close! Specially for Swedish people. Add a -e at the end and you'll be doing it perfectly.

In America (the continent) I've never heard Celtic as Keltic, although I know it from Tom explaining it.

The Swedish/Norwegian names seem to be pretty easy, since most of letters are pronounced the same in those languages, latin and Spanish. The double A (aa) and the å are the same, pronounced something like english 'aw'; the swedish ä is just like spanish/latin 'e' (english e of pet). Fjäll : fi-él, just spanish Fiel (faithful)

The ø and ö are the same, pronounced like a combination of 'o' and the aforementioned 'e'. Also, the 'o' is pronounced by default like a 'u' with a good share of exceptions. Troldskog is pronounced Trolld-skoog (skog : forest).

Now, Drudkh sounds like Droo(d-kh). Negura Bunget seems to be Ne-goo-rah Boon-get.

Now, as someone else pointed out, the mythological names like Samael and, Baal, Belzebuth, Azazel, etc should be pronounced like original latin, Belial is Béh-lee-al, Ba-ál for Baal and the oher one Bel-zeh-bóot.
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Celtic Frosted Flakes
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:44 am 
 

If anyone wants to know, Taake is pronounced "Toh-keh". "Aa" is the old nordic spelling of the letter "Å" which is like a mix of "A" and "O".
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:34 am 
 

I think every American symphonic metal fan has referred to the original Nightwish singer as Tar-juh at some point in their lives.

I know one example that I find funny is Danzig's post-Misfits band Samhain. He's always pronounced it as Sam-hane but I jammed with a guy who referred to them as Sow-win at one point. It is technically how the holiday is pronounced but it threw me off when he first said it.
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Atropus
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:38 am 
 

Danzig's American, so I guess it's forgiveable, but yes, it's actually "Sow-ain"

Knowing Tarja is (Sami) Scandinavian though, I've always called her "Tar-Ya"

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Atropus
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:41 am 
 

Erosion Of Humanity wrote:
I always butcher Tvangeste, I usually just wind up saying tvan-ges-t but I think the 't' may actually be silent though I'm not sure.


I called it "Twan-ges-ta" a couple tie, though I know it's wrong.....

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:33 pm 
 

Here's a stupid one for you all. Alestorm. I used to call them 'Al-uh-storm'. For a few years. The thing is, I never had to say their name out loud. It wasn't until less than a year ago that I saw a tour announcement with a band 'Halestorm'. I paid attention because the name was similar to Alestorm. I pronounced Halestorm as 'Hail-storm', then remarked how Alestorm should be pronounced 'Ale-storm' and how it was a better name, and then realized what an idiot I was.

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metroplex
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:41 pm 
 

In Latinamerica it's always Celtic and not Keltic, no matter what you're talking about.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:54 pm 
 

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Panflute
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:51 pm 
 

Celtic Frost, because c+e is an s in my book.

I pronounce Kawir as 'Ká-wirr' most of the time, even though I know it's pronounced 'Ka-véér', at least by their vocalist on the live DVD.

A part of me is inclined to pronounce 'Motörhead' as 'Mo-turrhead', seeing as that is what happens when you add an Umlaut to an 'o'.

Drudkh - no fucking clue.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:18 pm 
 

Is Kalmah pronounced Kall-Mah, or Kal-Mah?
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FaultyClockwork
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:23 pm 
 

I pronounce "Watain" as Wuh-TAIN and when I saw them in concert with Behemoth people were pronouncing it WAH-tain, so I guess that.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:37 pm 
 

I mispronounced Lykathea Aflame for at least two or three years until very recently. It reads most naturally as "lie-KATH-ee-uh", but after listening to its pronunciation in lyrics and whatnot I'm fairly convinced that it's a pseudo-Greek word and it's pronounced "LIKE-uh-THEE-uh".

While I'm here, any Norwegians want to tell me how to pronounce "Knokkelklang"? Is it "knock-uhl-klayng"?
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Erosion of Humanity
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:40 pm 
 

I always pronounced it "Lie-keth-ea" but the way you said sounds way better :lol:
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katatonia47
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:46 pm 
 

Like a dude on the first page said, I always sound Jewish when I pronounce Drudkh. I say 'Drood-random throat noise that sounds like a 'kay' sound'.
And I've always pronounced Lykathea Aflame as 'La-Kay-Thea'.
There are a bunch of others, such as anything French, because I can't even pretend to properly mimic a French accent.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:31 pm 
 

InnesI wrote:
Otherwise a classic example is Motörhead. Since I'm Swedish I tend to actually pronounce it with the Ö-sound even though I know I shouldn't. It was just a fad for bands to add diacritic marks over randomly selected letters in band names. I find it works out nicely and doesn't sound to off since I do pronounce the rest in an English way. The Ö isn't that pronounced then.

Ha, I'm German so I used to do the exact same thing :D

EDIT: Winterfylleth comes to mind. Do they want me to pronounce that as it would be in Old English (rhotic r's, y like German ü/Norwegian u), or do they use a Modern English pronunciation? This goes for pretty much all the bands whose names are drawn from extinct languages.

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Atropus
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:28 pm 
 

FaultyClockwork wrote:
I pronounce "Watain" as Wuh-TAIN and when I saw them in concert with Behemoth people were pronouncing it WAH-tain, so I guess that.


It's "Vah-tain".

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:48 am 
 

MutantClannfear wrote:
I mispronounced Lykathea Aflame for at least two or three years until very recently. It reads most naturally as "lie-KATH-ee-uh", but after listening to its pronunciation in lyrics and whatnot I'm fairly convinced that it's a pseudo-Greek word and it's pronounced "LIKE-uh-THEE-uh".

While I'm here, any Norwegians want to tell me how to pronounce "Knokkelklang"? Is it "knock-uhl-klayng"?


Nockle-klang.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:14 am 
 

I'm German, so I pretty much mispronounce anything with a "th" in it. :P
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:33 am 
 

Celtic Frosted Flakes wrote:
MutantClannfear wrote:
I mispronounced Lykathea Aflame for at least two or three years until very recently. It reads most naturally as "lie-KATH-ee-uh", but after listening to its pronunciation in lyrics and whatnot I'm fairly convinced that it's a pseudo-Greek word and it's pronounced "LIKE-uh-THEE-uh".

While I'm here, any Norwegians want to tell me how to pronounce "Knokkelklang"? Is it "knock-uhl-klayng"?


Nockle-klang.


No.

It is Keh-enhe-aw-kehl-keh-lah-ahngeh

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:56 am 
 

droneriot wrote:
I'm German, so I pretty much mispronounce anything with a "th" in it. :P


I bet you really like zis band called Zerion.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:25 am 
 

At first I pronounced Municipal Waste as Munikipal Waste. Well, I still do that. To annoy a friend who is a fan of them.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:14 pm 
 

I believe you pronounce Taake = Too-ka
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:39 pm 
 

I've always pronounced "Borknagar" as "born-agar",with the silent K as in "know", because that's what makes sense to me when looking at the word as an English speaker.

It's only very recently that I've heard Brun himself say "bork-nagar".

Either way, I still say "born-agar" cause I don't care :lol:.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:50 pm 
 

Sarcofago usually comes up in these threads. Where does the emphasis go? I've been saying it as sar-CAWF-ago, but I used to say SARC-ofago. I have a feeling it's meant to be sarco-FAE-go. Actually, I tend to alternate between these three. Can't remember what the conclusion was on the matter in previous threads.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:20 pm 
 

Brazilian say "Sar-CO-fa-go", as it's pretty phonetic..... no long vowels there.

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Yanks say "sar-caaaw-faggo" because we think of the word "sarcophagus," which we also say with a "caw".

Caaw caaaw.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:34 pm 
 

Panflute wrote:
droneriot wrote:
I'm German, so I pretty much mispronounce anything with a "th" in it. :P


I bet you really like zis band called Zerion.


Speaking of Therion, I've always said it as "Theer-ee-ahn." That's wrong, isn't it?

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AnimeDad wrote:
Yanks say "sar-caaaw-faggo" because we think of the word "sarcophagus," which we also say with a "caw".

Caaw caaaw.


The same reason I usually say it that way too.

Those crows that keep me awake every morning have been mocking me this whole time. :eek:
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:04 pm 
 

DoomMetalAlchemist wrote:

Speaking of Therion, I've always said it as "Theer-ee-ahn." That's wrong, isn't it?



That's how I've always said it too but I've heard some people say "ther-y-on" not really sure which is right but I prefer the other way.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:16 pm 
 

Sarcófago is the same in spanish and portuguese I think. Sar-co (like on control)-fa-go, nothing overly long or something.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:11 pm 
 

Not only does the entire USA say "Seltic Frost," but we also say "The Seltics" when talking about the basketball team from Boston.

I didn't have a clue that "Celtic" was pronounced "Keltic" until several years after it was too late, due to this fact. I won't be changing the way I say it this late in the game.


Also, I say Malevolent Creation wrong. I say it: "mal-VOLENT creation" instead of "Muh-LEH-volent"

I don't really care that this is wrong, and I'm not going to change.

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soul_schizm wrote:
Not only does the entire USA say "Seltic Frost," but we also say "The Seltics" when talking about the basketball team from Boston.


That must be regional because I've always said "keltic" unless talking about the basketball team, in fact that's the way we were taught in school at least up north here. I also pronounce the word arch phonetically as opposed to putting a 't' in it and saying "artch" or even some people say "ark" which I don't understand either.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:36 pm 
 

"Seltic" is used in the context of the Scottish football team Celtic too. I've always pronounced it "Keltic" Frost though, "Seltic" has no balls.
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I pronounce Slough Feg - Slow Feg as in opposite to fast, rather than with an ow sound which is correct apparently.
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