I love "hipster black metal".

Sorry about the awful post title, actually, fuck any stubborn elitist who uses the term "hipster black metal" on bands like Wolves In The Throne Room, Altar Of Plagues and Alcest. The so-called "atmospheric/depressive" black metal is currently one of my favorite types of music. Some such bands I've been stoked about recently:

Lantlôs - Neon

This album has Neige on vocals, so I guess you could rightfully compare it to Alcest. I wasn't too stroked on the previous album, but this one hits the jackpot. Awesome, highly melodic and melancholic stuff with lyrics on france, german and english. Loving this very much.
Spotify: Lantlôs – .Neon
Web: http://lantlos.com/

Deafheaven - Demo

Don't let the somewhat "nu metal-ish" name distract you. This is a recent signing of Deathwish Inc and apparently one of Jacob Bannon's favorites of 2010. They claim to be influenced by post rock and screamo alongside black metal, and you can hear that on their demo, as there are some moments very reminiscent of Envy and Funeral Diner. This is probably the third time I mention Alcest in this post, but again, yeah, I'd recommend Deafheaven to fans of said band.
Download: Mediafire
Web: http://deafheaven.tumblr.com/




The winter still reigns. Good luck surviving through it.

Kaikkien stoorien pitää loppua

http://betrayalatbespin.com/stories.php

Betrayal At Bespin posted this sweet brand new video for their song "All Stories Must End Sometime" (or is it just a part of longer song? Dunno, goddamn these artsy long songs separated by tracks) on youtube. In case you dont know them, I suggest you go to http://betrayalatbespin.com/ and take a listen as well as download their debut album. Basically one could describe them as "post rock"/"post metal" (I still think the term "post metal" sounds dumb as fuck but everybody's using it so what can I do) band and they're fucking good. They're kind of like a finnish post-rock version of Toto or something because as you can see from the video, for them playing instruments is fucking serious business, and they don't make mistakes in their music and sure as hell they don't do mistakes in life.