Black Metal

Hmmm....just got back from our dinner at Kick (a restaurant in downtown Kristiansand) where I sat across from a graduate student at the University of Agder who told me about Norwegian Black Metal, a subgenre of heavy metal music, which features growling and fast guitars.

Here's Wiki's definition: "Raw, fast and complex instrument handling, satanic or anti-Christian texts, often relatively obscure, rapid light vote (often called "grim vocals"or" screaming "/" black metal scream ") in addition to the quality (especially in the early 90 century) was in lo-fi because of lack of money. In addition, black metal is usually destructive, sad, dark and cold. Many black metal bands have fast drum beats and blast beats that require a quick and sustainable drummer."

Apparently Black Metal musicians were reacting against the state church of Norway. Bands include Mayhem, Immortal, Emperor, Dark Throne and Venom.

Bill and I checked it out on YouTube--what we saw was vile. Maybe some of the stuff is innocuous, but what we watched seemed to be nothing more than adolescent nihilism. (Bill's tastes run more toward the Beatles. I'm a Mary J. Blige fan.)

Another fellow told me to go to the Milky Way Cafe in Amsterdam, where one can buy some Space Cake filled with hashish.

Hmmm...

I enjoyed the evening but wanted to be home with Bill and the kids. It was Walter's birthday today (well, yesterday because it's after midnight). He got 9 hugs and 9 kisses, but as I did not administer these in front of any of the kids at school, he tolerated them.

Goodnight,

Martha