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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 15 2008 at 16:07
Originally posted by avestin avestin wrote:

It seems there is a misconception here; Admins do not make decisions on band additions with the excpetion of Prog Related bands.

There is a Prog Metal team that deals with this, as there is a team for every genre/style here in PA.

The Prog Metal team members are:

Jody - TheProgtologist (who happens to be an admin, but that has nothing to do with this)

Mike - MikeEnRegalia (who built the RatingFreak website)

Theo - The T

 

You can address them

 


Correct, Assaf (except for the 'h' in Teo Wink).

Glad to see that, although the PMT members have not joined in, my suggestion/action to include the band name in the thread title does indeed attract more people to the discussion. Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 17 2008 at 23:14
All this talk about them makes me wanna go buy their latest album. Clap
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2008 at 00:47
Personally I would see this as a grave move. I heard their new album last year after not listening to them since their 'Enthrone Darkness Triumphant' attempt. I unfortunately come from a background where there was a lot of hate for the band, so this could slightly change my perception, but not too much as to dismiss them on personal opinions alone. For someone who has spent a lot of time with the Black Metal genre (I would struggle to called what DB do these days BM) they sound backwards (to my ears) with all the interesting material being produced by the so called post-black metal band, it leaves DB's releases looking disposable. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2008 at 03:00
Well, a SC just dissed the idea. Yup . . . I'm screwed, lol. I tried though, eh?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2008 at 04:22
Tee-hee. None of my words were said with malicious intent by the way. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2008 at 04:40
Originally posted by keiser willhelm keiser willhelm wrote:

Originally posted by Mandrakeroot Mandrakeroot wrote:

Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

Taken from the Tech/Extreme Prog Metal definition found here on the site:
 
Progressive Black Metal
Black Metal is not a very technical genre – at least the original, “old-school” Black Metal is inherently non-technical and lo-fi. Typically the bands listed here are much more technical than the usual Black Metal outfit and/or add avant-garde elements to the music, or a more epic approach to songwriting.
 
 
But no, we can't include Dimmu Borgir because . . . oh wait, there is no reason not to include them according to this definition, is there?
 
After the division of Prog Metal for clarity on various sub genres of Prog Metal I think it is only right to reconsider the Dimmu Borgir for inclusion.

The split didnt add any new definition for what was to be conisdered prog, those were already in place. it was just a way to reorganize. the same criteria is in place for band inclusion now that was in place before. If they were rejected then the same reasoning would be applied now as it was then

 
This is true, partially. Because Prog Metal is not a part of Prog but of Metal we must take account of this. Indeed with the new division Dimmu Borgir fit brush as a band Progressive Black Metal, while previously were too far from the definition that was given to Prog Metal since the vision was too much on the side of Prog and many inclusion of bands Were poorly tolerated because they were simply Extreme Prog Metal. But if we look good as a band  like Dimmu Borgir we discover that the new definition also includes their musical experiences.
 
And I speaking with the experience of who has listened carefully and understood Dimmu Borgir.
 
This I wanted to say with my previous post.


Edited by Mandrakeroot - February 18 2008 at 04:43
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