☥ 𝔠𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔢 ☥

"Hear my sword.. In the making of my spell!!!" ☭

✪ i'm cassie

ᛉ my interests are:

music (i play guitar and do vocals, i listen to black metal and horror punk mostly) ـــــــــــــــــﮩ٨ـ

the arts ༒︎

horror ☣︎

true crime (not tcc, just interested in it and i research it a lot) ᡕᠵデᡁ᠊╾━

movies (psychological horror, horror, indie films, documentaries) ཐི༏ཋྀ󠀮

i'm a leftist and i have far-left worldly views and morals

ཐི favorites ཋྀ

artists ⌖

cancerslug

sigh

dreams of nature

none

nachzehrer

trist

lifeless

capitalist casualities

songs ⚠︎

blue, my lady death, home, dick solid, blood magick, try suicide, 3 days she bled 3 days i bathed, succubus - cancerslug

desolation, mentally numb (tragedies demo), schizo - sigh

last dawn, condor de los andes - dreams of nature

you did a good thing, it's painless to let go - none

necrophilic lust, lost lord of the vamphyri - nachzehrer

snení, neni cesty zpet i - trist

forgotten voices on the dreary winter - lifeless

dope and war - capitalist casualties

albums 𖤓

tales of a butcher, in the halls of the hopeless, whore, book of rats - cancerslug

1996-1999 - years in ruin - capitalist casualties

eastern darkness - sigh

in the nightside eclipse - emperor

first spell - gehenna

the pleasure of suicide - beyond melancholy

inner shouts from a sad soul - lifeless

filosofem - burzum

naturaleza ancestral - dreams of nature

"𝔖𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔶, 𝔱𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡"

many people discover black metal through mayhem, which in my opinion is very unfortunate. mayhem is arguably the most popular black metal band out there, and the reason they are popular is less because of the music, and more because of their various controversies.

because of mayhem, many people either hesitate to listen to black metal, diminish its overall quality and versatility, or avoid it at all costs. this is because, all in all, mayhem is just not that good. mayhems music is boring and overrated, and the lore is spoken about so much that it feels redundant and it isn't shocking in the slightest anymore.

"deathcrush" is the only ep that is mostly listenable, but other than that, at some point in your journey of listening to black metal and expanding your taste, mayhem doesn't compare to most other black metal bands out there. on top of that, the band itself and the music tend to steer people away from black metal because they associate mayhems (arguably) shitty sound and problematic history with the entire scene, which prevents black metal of much higher quality and better sound from getting the visibility it deserves.

as for morbid, the band in which mayhem's very own pelle "dead" ohlin was a member of up until 1988, is significantly better than mayhem. now, i'm not going to say its perfect or flawless, because it's not, but there is much less for me to say in regards to morbid because it is much better than mayhem and is a lot more listenable and enjoyable. (i even have a little morbid poster on my wall) if i could recommend one of these bands over the other, i'd definitely recommend morbid... in hopes of not accidentally influencing someone to become a "mayhem is the best and only trve kvlt norwegian black metal band!!" type of person..

unfortunately, that's just how it goes. with both bands sharing a former member, they do tend to get looped up and compared, and it's consistent that starting with one of these two bands will lead you to discover the other. these bands (specifically mayhem, i have little to no problem with morbid..) tend to make some pretty insufferable fans, with mediocre music.

thanks for reading 👍🏻

yeah, i don't talk about it much, but a few months back, someone who enjoyed my music burned a cd with my most recent ep on it, and they didn't have a printer for the cover art so they drew it themselves. maybe she still listens now, i'm not sure, but it's definitely cool what she did.

another guy paid me on bandcamp for a demo which was awesome too (i made a good 70 cents, fuck you bandcamp) and he also left a review.

 he said, "I like my black metal crunchy, loud, and violently miserable. This demo features a classic lo-fi sound with unique vocals and surprisingly pleasant melodies. Refreshing amidst many talented modern artists. Stands as a promising demo, and I look forward to more. :)"

no, the music was not good. moral of the story, black metal fans will enjoy shitty music as long as it's underground. eventually i'll make new music, and maybe i'll give updates here. (if you ARE a black metal fan with more interest in the obscurity of your music rather than the quality of it...however, some listeners enjoyed it, so maybe i am undermining the quality of my own work 🙌🏻)

korn and deftones are being posted on #blackmetal