Given that 'hipster black metal' seems to be 'American black metal,' that's not a very descriptive label.

But it's a particular, ornate style of BM that may or may not do anything for you. My interest in black metal is fairly limited, but they're one of the bands that hits the right notes, for my ear.

I still don't get what aspect of them makes them the least bit "hipster". And they sound nothing like Shining.

Still working on getting the album.

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I disagree, but Finland (Vordr, CoO) and France/French Speaking (Peste Noire, Akitsa) are pumping out the best black metal nowadays.

I mean, you can't forget we have Bone Awl, Grinning Death's Head and now Endless Humiliation (playing with them in Philly!!!). Speaking of which I'm making a new thread about this now.

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I popped in Ulver's Nattens Madrigal (easily in my top 3 black metal albums) after a good year of having not listened to it and I was stunned at the realization that I never recognized the similarity there is between the two. I was then less stunned to see Colin specifically say that Krallice is a kind of "throwback" to some of the older BM bands, like Ulver.

John, if you don't have that album, fucking get it! Krallice is cool, but its got nothing on that masterpiece.

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Napster has it so I'm going to finish listening to Anata's Under a Stone With No Inscription then give it a spin.

I've got Krallice's new record Diotima on pre-order. I don't get that excited about new music these days but Krallice and Nile always whet my appetite.

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Krallice never fail to deliver! The album takes multiple spins before the listener can truly appreciate what's going on but once everything clicks into place you're left with an awesome record once again.

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Good news. I'll have to check it out when I get some cash moneys.

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Listening to the new Krallice now. Very Krallicey and fantastical. Their composition style is just awesome. When I first started listening to them I couldn't really get into that Baroque sound they sometimes dance around but I love it now. There seems to be a bit less of it on Diotima, but I've only given it a listen through once. The last track, Dust and Light, is fucking great.

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"Dust and Light" is right up there with "Energy Chasms" and "Intraum" in competing for my favourite track of theirs. And what a great track with which to end the album; that outro is just phenomenal.

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I still haven't heard their first album. I've heard a few when I first started to get into them and I remember digging it, so I'll have to swing back to that one once I get my fill from the latest.

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