Vespair
@Vespair@lemmy.zip
Formerly @Vespair@lemm.ee
- Comment on Same Shafeeq, same. 1 hour ago:
Exactly. Like yes, this is cool, no doubt, but if a person truly had to stop and think about how this plant grew beyond just a quick knee-jerk reaction, surely this would have to be the logical conclusion… right?
- Comment on type shit 1 day ago:
I couldn’t care less about the topic, personally. Do it or don’t; you’ll certainly never hear me out here pushing for it. But none of these losers were victims of some great tragedy. This is MRA messaging bullshit and I’m constantly sick of ostensibly left people falling in line with it.
I’m not saying circumcision is right, I’m saying on the list of issues that actually matter in the world and are worth the effort of “solving,” circumcision is like #431253124324 on the list at best.
- Comment on type shit 1 day ago:
Nobody is ever going to take you seriously if you keep equating this to genital mutilation, which in common usage clearly and always refers to female genital mutilation which is so vastly different and more barbaric so as to render any kind of comparison immediately moot.
If you have to speak in hyperbole and melodramatics to make your point, you don’t have a point.
- Comment on type shit 1 day ago:
This is exactly what I mean by the anti-circumcision movement might have a point in theory, but in reality it’s a bunch of dudes who think they wouldn’t have tiny dicks if not for the surgeon.
I know it’s a “joke,” but I also down damn well that these men actually believe this bullshit deep down.
It will forever be impossible for anyone who isn’t deeply reddit-brained to take this cause seriously, at all.
- Comment on SNSD the GOAT🫶 2 days ago:
- Comment on Hee Hee Ho Ho Ha Ha 2 days ago:
I respect and appreciate what Hasan does and the impact he has even if I myself am not a fan.
But boy, I do wish he managed to be less annoying while doing it, or that we had a better face for the movement in broad media than him.
- Comment on Choose! 3 days ago:
Ved Buens Ende is new to me, thanks for that 🤘
- Comment on Choose! 3 days ago:
Frankly, a lot. I’m a big fan of rateyourmusic, so I’d recommend starting there:
rateyourmusic.com/genre/black-metal/
rateyourmusic.com/genre/death-metal/
That being said, without being immersed in the genre it can be hard to tell the difference, and description alone can be unclear, so I’d really recommend listening to a few examples from each of those pages.
And it is worth noting that both of these are huge genres with a number of subgenre children below them, so some of this is going to be in broad strokes.
In general, black metal is going to be largely defined by consistent use of tremolo-picked and blast beats supported by double bass; death metal uses these elements but these are a consistent fixture of black metal. Black metal tends to be very “wall of sound” in its approach - everything all at once in maximalist ways - but with little to no strong regard for production or recording quality. In terms of pace, black metal tends to be almost punk-like in tempo, driving and fast but rarely breakneck-blistering. And the vocals of black metal tend towards high pitched shrieks and fry screams, though clean singing (especially theatrical) is not terribly uncommon (though an all clean singing black metal song is basically unheard of). Lyrically (side note: I am not a fan of defining music in genre terms by lyrical content), black metal has a long history of very particularly anti-Christian, pro-Satanic lyrics, and unfortunately there is also a large segment of black metal that is full of disgusting white supremacist rhetoric; thankfully that segment has largely self-segregated and you’re unlikely to run into them in most modern metal circles. And the lineage of black metal is strongly influenced by punk rock; black metal would not exist without punk.
In contrast, death metal may feature tremolo-picking and double-bass supported blast beats but these are usually textural parts of a greater whole. Death metal was born directly out of thrash metal (itself the evolution of short-lived speed metal), so death metal sounds a lot more “metal” than punk-influenced black metal. Beyond tremolo picking, guitars in DM tend to be very down-tuned and feature very prominent riffs; where black metal is “wall of sound,” death metal is frequently very very guitar and/or vocals-forward, and these elements usually sit very clearly in the mix rather than blending in. Songs are also traditionally more progressive in structure than black metal which tends towards repeating motifs. The tempo of death metal is often very fast, but this is not a requirement. Vocally, death metal is where you hear “growling” most. These vocals are usually low false chord growls rather than the high-pitched fry scream shrieking of black metal. Lyrically death metal can be extremely diverse with no real set expectations like in black metal, though a sense of the grotesque and macabre is certainly common. While not wholly detached from punk music (nothing post-speed metal really truly is), there is no glaringly obvious punk DNA like you can hear in black metal.
Keep in mind these are generalities and meant to apply to the “traditional” or “baseline” versions of these genres; the sub- and microgenre children thereof all have their own rules and whatnot that can radically change this.
Jon Barbas, music critic and reviewer from Heavy Metal Philosophy has a saying that I fully agree with: “Death metal has the highest floor but lowest ceiling in metal while black metal has the lowest floor and the highest ceiling.” What he means by that is that most black metal is genuine garbage but the good black metal is transcendent. Death metal has a super high average quality rating, so if you listen to any random DM band you’re probably gonna have a decent time; black metal has a super low average quality rating so if you just pick any random BM band you’re probably gonna have a terrible time. But man, if you take the time to find some good black metal, goddamn is it good.
All this said, I’m not an expert, just an avid fan whose “special interest” happens to be heavy music genres. I highly recommend you read the RYM pages and listen to some of the examples from the corresponding lists to get a feel for it yourself.
- Comment on Choose! 4 days ago:
I definitely think Vader is a better fit for specifically Epic Doom Metal rather than traditional doom metal.
- Comment on Choose! 4 days ago:
I disagree with this. At best, this is a square-rectangle situation. I’d agree that many, maybe even most, stoner metal bands are also doom metal bands, but the vast majority of doom metal bands are not stoner metal. No savvy person would refer to Thou as stoner metal.
And counterintuitive as it sounds, what a band calls themselves actually does not matter at all. Genres are descriptive, not prescriptive; if Depeche Mode came out today and called themselves a black metal band it wouldn’t make their music not synthpop/dark wave.
- Comment on Choose! 4 days ago:
Stoner metal is a separate thing from doom metal.
It is strongly influenced by doom metal, but distinct from it.
- Comment on Choose! 4 days ago:
Extreme metal isn’t a genre, it’s a container for genres such as black and death metal
- Comment on it's a matter of motivation 1 week ago:
I just think it’s boring that you think money is the only reasonable motivator for these people. There are other forms of compensation and appreciation. And it’s not the only option available to us. It’s crazy to me that people understand the idea of countries that have military conscription but can’t fathom the idea of a system of workable civil conscription.
As I see it you successfully identified a problem and a solution, but that does not suggest that that is the sole or even best solution.
- Comment on Im pan so anyone can apply 3 weeks ago:
Thank god, sexless puritanism has become a real epidemic, anything we can do to push back against it is a win.
- Comment on We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?' 3 weeks ago:
Maybe I’m the one out of my depth, but my understanding is that the objection is not to DLSS overall, but the specific implementation of DLSS 5 and it’s AI-driven focus. I am not claiming nobody is asking for DLSS, I’m claiming nobody is asking for the AI-driven focus of the upcoming iteration.
- Comment on We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?' 3 weeks ago:
Because, going back to the original metaphor, nobody asked for cinnamon in the first place, so any amount wasted on it is stupid.
- Comment on We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?' 3 weeks ago:
But this specific iteration of DLSS is deeply wrapped up in the AI hype machine which is directly related to the datacenter buildout. The reason 5 has been a hot button topic centers around that AI upscaling showcase which only exists because NVidia is deeply invested in AI. This is what I mean that nothing in is a vacuum.
- Comment on We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?' 3 weeks ago:
Nothing exists in a vacuum; those impacts are real even if indirect.
- Comment on We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?' 3 weeks ago:
Astute, I think you’re right.
- Comment on We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?' 3 weeks ago:
Because the cost of having that option has somehow both made the steak more expensive and the equipment to cook it more scarce.
- Comment on We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?' 3 weeks ago:
Load-bearing if there, but yeah that’s a good point, thank you.
- Comment on We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?' 3 weeks ago:
No, it’s like ordering a steak at a restaurant and then somebody from the kitchen supply company coming it once it hits your table and sprinkling a bunch of cinnamon you didn’t ask for all over it.
- Comment on We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?' 3 weeks ago:
Bro opening up your sandwich to put mayo on is a vastly different experience than you opening up my sandwich to put whatever condiment you choose on my sandwich.
- Comment on We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?' 3 weeks ago:
I’m just gonna copy & paste my comment from another thread on the topic:
They don’t care. Nobody thinks this is a meaningful announcement, it’s just another pretense to justify AI as Nvidia and much of the entire US economy are so deeply sunken-cost invested in the “future AI ecosystem” that they just need any headlines to keep the machine churning. That’s what this is. Doesn’t mean it isn’t real and gamers won’t have to suffer with it, but no point of this is actually to make anyone’s gaming experience better in any way.
- Comment on Why don't they just take the alt route? 3 weeks ago:
The new island looks like a pizza slice or dorito.
- Comment on Nvidia's DLSS 5 Is a Slap in the Face to the Art of Video Game Design 4 weeks ago:
They don’t care. Nobody thinks this is a meaningful announcement, it’s just another pretense to justify AI as Nvidia and much of the entire US economy are so deeply sunken-cost invested in the “future AI ecosystem” that they just need any headlines to keep the machine churning. That’s what this is. Doesn’t mean it isn’t real and gamers won’t have to suffer with it, but no point of this is actually to make anyone’s gaming experience better in any way.
- Comment on 👾 The Future is Here 👾 4 weeks ago:
For posting context links you are officially the coolest person on the internet, fyi
- Comment on A sudden epiphany. 4 weeks ago:
Everywhere is filled with absolute dipshits. Frankly the bar for “gifted” should not be looked at a praise-worthy state of those deemed such, but rather as a scathing rebuke of the general idiocy rampant across humanity.
- Comment on Lemmyshitpost lately 4 weeks ago:
Man, fucking sing it!
- Comment on congrats! 5 weeks ago:
I was gonna upvote this post, but it’s at 666 currently so I couldn’t.
