Quote from: Puks on Jun 03, 2010, 06:31:30 PM
Yeah, that's a good one, but I mostly prefer their older stuff.
Can't blame them for wanting to become rock stars, though. 
Yeah they have become the ones who call the shots in this genre... them and Dark Funeral. (I'm not counting Dimmu or CoF in because they're not BM anymore)
I don't mind it though... I have to agree with you that their old stuff is in some aspects better, but "The Age of Nero" was still quite alright apart from the shitty recording. I would even go as far and say that they have grown in some ways maybe...
Quote"organic" metal
Well the bands that you just listed are very good. Devildriver is one of my favourites. Killswitch where good up til As Daylight Dies (although that was already very weak for their standards). Their last album just sucked. Same with All That Remains... they are a shadow of their former self. Lamb of God are quite ok, though a but to repetitive. Machine Head are great but it's almost been an eternity since their last album...
However the bands you listed are not Black Metal and personally I have never heard one good american Black Metal Band...
America for me is the land of Thrash Metal and Metalcore. Although Metalcore is an aborration from Melodic Death Metal which again comes from Europe (Dark Tranquillity, (Old) In Flames, At The Gates)
