A Case for Black Metal's Greatest Album: Vlad Tepes/Belkètre - March to the Black Holocaust

Описание: Nick and Malus dissect this legendary split at the heart of the LLN movement with two of its main actors. Conversation revolves around the duality of this split as Vlad Tepes' would define all interpretations of French black metal while Belkètre would convey the spirit of French decadent art seen in other mediums and genres. The psychedelic folky melodicism of Vlad Tepes VS the minimalist brutality and ambience of Belkètre. What makes this collection of demos stand shoulder to shoulder with the greatest black metal albums as well as their inimitable idiosyncracies.

0:00 Background, Les Légions Noires, Vlad Tepes' and Belkètre's role within the LLN
19:19 "Night of Sadness" Belkètre's use of softness and ambiance within their style.
29:23 "Wladimir's March" Deep dive into Vlad Tepes's melodic sensibilities and their reimagination of black metal conventions.
36:03 "Drink the Poetry of the Celtic Disciple" The great French black metal epic, the use of production to create layers within composition.
44:27 "Guilty" how Belkètre embody the essence of French black metal and the art of creating genuinely unsettling music.
53:03 "Hate" further discussions of how Belkètre create haunting and unsettling music in original ways with a limited palette.
1:04 "Under the Carpathian Yoke" Defying all expectations, how Vlad Tepes make folk black metal exciting and the difficulty of emulating it.