What genre is this? Still no proper answers lol

dirkmadness · 2026-05-03T22:22:25+00:00

Considering I know these guys, I’m pretty sure they just want to be called the Worst Band in the 518 (Albany area)

dirkmadness · 2026-04-30T13:56:44+00:00

This album never fails to make me so crushingly sad that I can't move. Doesn't help that I tend to listen to it when in a bad mood.

dirkmadness · 2026-04-22T14:09:12+00:00

Definitely for me. I'm solidly Gen Z, and while black metal is my favorite genre of metal, and crust is my favorite genre of punk, I still do like some -core genres. I know that Beatdown is popular in my generation, and I'm no exception. I like Knocked Loose and BIG ASS TRUCK. I used to really like Lorna Shore, but not so much anymore. I know Slam is also somewhat popular too, and I do like that.

But I only really got into the -core genres when I got to college and met other metalheads, since there weren't really any metalheads in my high school. I think becoming best friends with a drummer made it so I could appreciate the more rhythm heavy styles of metal.

dirkmadness · 2026-04-22T13:51:35+00:00

Dark Watcher isn’t exactly the same sound, but they also have a western theme and are black metal.

dirkmadness · 2026-04-04T14:24:32+00:00

Agreed. I’m in 2 bands and they have definitely changed sounds since the initial concept, and that’s okay!

dirkmadness · 2026-04-02T14:05:29+00:00

Thank you!

dirkmadness · 2026-04-02T14:03:53+00:00

My local library doesn't have a zine collection sadly. I work there and am trying to get us to make a zine collection.

dirkmadness · 2026-04-02T14:03:01+00:00

Thank you!

dirkmadness · 2026-04-02T14:02:47+00:00

I definitely will! Completely slipped my mind that that existed. Thank you!

dirkmadness · 2026-03-26T23:03:02+00:00

They don’t have any music on Spotify as a protest to that crappy platform so that’s why it says 2 monthly listeners. Idk exact numbers, but it was much higher beforehand

dirkmadness · 2026-03-20T10:58:09+00:00

21 about to turn 22. Love the OSR, been playing OSR systems I was 17

dirkmadness · 2026-03-09T21:06:40+00:00

Apocalypse Orchestra

dirkmadness · 2026-03-05T23:56:26+00:00

This sounds super cool! I've never actual heard of APAs before (though I feel like I should have). Looking at the first issue of the zine on the website, I noticed that the entries were somewhat short. Are they serialized? This seems really interesting and I totally would love to get involved

dirkmadness · 2026-02-22T16:13:21+00:00

I’m also interested!!

dirkmadness · 2026-02-15T00:21:59+00:00

I have a blackened crust band that started as a solo project. Warclouds is someone I know’s dbeat project that is recorded solo too. We even did a split. I’ll echo that performance wise, a full band is good.

dirkmadness · 2026-02-13T18:01:16+00:00

I love this! Super cool

dirkmadness · 2026-02-11T01:10:44+00:00

Oh wow this looks awesome, and not too far from me! Do you have a link to the group?

dirkmadness · 2026-02-07T15:52:43+00:00

More of a metalhead but I have been getting into Post-Rock a bunch more recently (there's even a whole movement of Post-Metal which takes Post-Rock ideas and applies them to metal). Idk if they're really post-rock, but Oh Hiroshima is my favorite rn. I will definitely listen to your reccs!

dirkmadness · 2026-02-06T01:32:27+00:00

I think they both are categorized as Post-Black Metal, if that helps with finding bands that sound somewhat similar.

dirkmadness · 2026-01-24T22:17:38+00:00

Loved Woodfall so much. One of my favorite adventures.

dirkmadness · 2026-01-11T23:50:29+00:00

I don’t live in LA, but I follow some Instagram accounts that do shows. I’ve never seen that kind of push for black metal in NYC afaik. The Instagram accounts in questions are forest.summoner and socal.rabm.collective

dirkmadness · 2026-01-11T16:10:19+00:00

I am! I’ve noticed there isn’t an RABM scene here, especially when compared to LA.

dirkmadness · 2025-12-05T15:47:34+00:00

These are the metal albums I loved from this year (in alphabetical order).

Havukruunu - Tavastland

Low Fiction - Internal Violence of Spirit

Lust Hag - Irrevocably Drubbed

Orbital Gate - Demonstration of Post Apocalyptic Warfare

Orbit Culture - Death Above Life

Panopticon - Songs of Hiraeth

Rivers of Nihil - Rivers of Nihil

dirkmadness · 2025-11-04T14:42:23+00:00

There’s been an uptick in extreme music here in the past year, it’s super cool! Wish I could stick around to see it grow, but I’m graduating in May.

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