tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post8603597349307361300..comments2023-10-24T00:24:11.707-07:00Comments on Poetry of Subculture: Bethlehem - Dictius Te NecareHelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-64780287108983377402011-02-04T19:54:55.507-08:002011-02-04T19:54:55.507-08:00Let it be noted for all future argumentation that ...Let it be noted for all future argumentation that we have achieved this common ground.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-69091394511120252702011-02-04T19:48:19.007-08:002011-02-04T19:48:19.007-08:00Hey, I never said sodomy wasn't metaphysical!Hey, I never said sodomy wasn't metaphysical!GSV JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151693998976927921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-48935845826514268952011-02-04T18:32:19.832-08:002011-02-04T18:32:19.832-08:00Your taste is your taste but yes it is romantic. E...Your taste is your taste but yes it is romantic. Everything is metaphysical, even sodomy :)Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-12111113780902886142011-02-04T12:42:44.439-08:002011-02-04T12:42:44.439-08:00But Byron --- and the rest of the "metaphysic...But Byron --- and the rest of the "metaphysical" poets --- make me want to kill myself. If this is romantic, I'll stick with lust.GSV JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151693998976927921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-87109839477474513952011-02-04T10:06:12.115-08:002011-02-04T10:06:12.115-08:00*origin of the name. I should proofread more.
Als...*origin of the name. I should proofread more.<br /><br />Also I neglected to mention in the text how a very simple +3dB mixing choice in the favour of the vocals here is 'to blame' for the record's characteristic immediate assault: Had the record been mixed more evenly, with the vocals less up-front, it'd be immediately less scary. One needs only listen to their debut "Dark Metal" to figure this.<br /><br />Bethlehem were counting on the screaming head to make a lasting impression and they achieved this: this record is infamous in metal and non-metal circles for it, and it got cultural outsiders to pay attention, much like Burzum did with their early screaming head material. However, to appreciate this record I do believe it's necessary to listen to something else besides the loud vocals on top.<br /><br />After it stops being scary, it stops being impressive as-a-thing-in-itself, but it starts being useful, like great Heavy Metal does.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-65172790170757912562011-02-04T09:59:07.244-08:002011-02-04T09:59:07.244-08:00It's romantic metal at its core, it's not ...It's romantic metal at its core, it's not any more suicidal than reading Byron. As in, talk of self-destruction as means of empowerment instead of admittance of the oncoming end. The screaming head and the photographs of bass guitarist and composer shooting up heroin sadly took publicity in a different direction. Not to mention "Gummo".<br /><br />I have no information on the origin of the record, I lean towards "it's just latin" but it wouldn't be the first time Bethlehem has shown suprising depth in that department.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-57850264023372589762011-02-04T08:43:47.511-08:002011-02-04T08:43:47.511-08:00Always thought this record was just a not-so-subli...Always thought this record was just a not-so-subliminal suicide bomb, which is why I never listened to it when it was released, much less now. One of the genuinely "scary" bands out there. <br /><br />Does the title have a Roman origin, i.e. a deeper context, or is it "just Latin?"GSV JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151693998976927921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-13084220657845081272011-02-02T18:21:00.123-08:002011-02-02T18:21:00.123-08:00It's an emboss filtered drawing of a bone drag...It's an emboss filtered drawing of a bone dragon, as far as I can tell!<br /><br />The singer is the bassist for cult death metal band Pavor, I guess you already know this.<br /><br />The Lost Soul (official name for that Doom enemy) comparison is apt!Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-54608041101009486182011-02-02T11:05:54.357-08:002011-02-02T11:05:54.357-08:00Great record and a PHENOMENAL singer. It's fas...Great record and a PHENOMENAL singer. It's fascinating.. The image of a cut off head you get from this.. Because the vocals makes me think of those flaming skulls from the good old DOOM 3D. A spirit floating around in an empty space, trapped in horrible existence, hissing and screaming in agony. Always restless, always on the edge, never at peace..<br /><br />BTW do you happen to grasp what is that thing on the album cover? I have the ostra records reissue with different cover art and it's hard to say from these small pictures on internet.Nekromantishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439391978636334926noreply@blogger.com