In this video I offer you to play a game: guess 5 iconic black metal riffs that I am playing on my acoustic guitar.
Riffs in the video:
- Darkthrone - In the Shadow of the Horns (from the album A Blaze in the Northern Sky, 1992)
- Bathory - Raise the Dead (from the album Bathory, 1984)
- Summoning - Lugburz (from the album Minas Morgul, 1995)
- Burzum - Spell Of Destruction (from the album Burzum, 1992)
- Mayhem - Freezing Moon (from the album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, 1994)
Honestly, I’m not a fan of Darkthrone and Mayhem, and those riffs are the only ones that I like from all of their songs I had a chance to hear.
If I had to choose my favorite riff of all these five, it would be Summoning - Lugburz. The whole album Minas Morgul is brilliant, and for me it stays the best of their albums. It’s the creepiest, the darkest one, while all the following ones have just epic mood, which is nice too, but there is always something missing in them for me.
Like Summoning’s “Minas Morgul”, the first five albums of Burzum take a special place in my heart. Despite their mastering quality has become a meme, I actually think that everything before Filosofem, especially Burzum ‘92 sounds good. I can hear all instruments clearly, and nothing is too compressed. There is a specific “homey” DIY feel to them, with all Varg Vikernes’ performing imperfections that feel, I would say, cozy. Filosofem is overcompressed, as it’s already 1996 when it’s released, and the loudness war has started… But it’s fine to listen to in headphones if you can get used to that weird guitar tone, which I even find enjoyable.
Bathory’s “Raise the Dead” is the best song from their debut album, in my opinion. And actually the only one I like from that album, because for me personally, Bathory starts from their second album - “The Return……”.
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