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Any of you others out there like modern classical, best known by Richard Wagner and Anton Bruckner?



Join us in the Bruckner group:

* http://www.last.fm/group/Anton+Bruckner

You might like the music of Anton Bruckner if you like:

* Richard Wagner
* Basil Poledouris
* Conan the Barbarian soundtrack
* Lord Wind
* Hans Zimmer
* Dead Can Dance
* Camille Saint-saens
* Johannes Brahms
* Franz Schubert
* Ottorino Respighi
* Burzum

1 .Jakim sposobem zacząłeś słuchać '31' ?
All The Cold - szukałem wykonawców podobnych do ColdWorld i przypadkowo napatoczyłem się na ambient black metal. Wydawał mi się absurdalny, na jakiej zasadzie niby da się zrobić ambient w którym prawie nic się nie dzieje i połączyć go z metalowym graniem gdzie raczej gitara nie może znajdować się na pierwszym planie. A jednak się da. ;)

2. Jaka jest pierwsza piosenka wykonawcy pod numerem '22', którą to pierwszy raz usłyszałeś/łaś?
ColdWorld - Suicide

3. Jaki jest Twój najbardziej ulubiony tekst piosenki wykonawcy pod numerem '29'?
Anathema -Electricity

"There were times you really made me smile
And there were times you really made me cry
And there were times i never really knew how to feel
But electricity it drew you near to me
What you needed was to be rid of me
And the fear made you so unsure of me
What you needed was to be rid of me"

4. Jaki jest Twój ulubiony album wykonawcy pod numerem '49'?
Summoning - Oath Bound

5. Ile płyt wykonawcy nr '13' posiadasz na dysku?
My Dying Bride - nie trzymam płyt na dysku. Jeśli już to tylko kawałki które mi się podobają. Trzymanie całych dyskografii dla samego trzymania to strata czasu i pojemności dyskowej.

6. Jaka jest Twoja ulubiona piosenka wykonawcy nr '50'?
Jelonek - Funeral of Provincial Vampire

7. Czy któryś utwór wykonawcy nr '4' sprawia, iż stajesz się smutny/a [jak tak, to sprecyzuj która]?
Norther - wszystkie z albumu N. Uświadamiają mi jak można zeszmacić markę zespołu kiedy w gre wchodzą duże pieniądze.

8. Czy któryś utwór wykonawcy nr '6' sprawia, iż jesteś szczęśliwy/a, radosny/a? [jw]
Blood Stain Child. Nie. Oni nie mają wywoływać emocji tylko zajebiście napierdalać na gitarze, grać wykurwiste melodie i nieziemskie solówki.

9. Którą z płyt wykonawcy nr '19' uważasz za najgorszą?
Aaskereia - Mit Raben und Wölfen. I jako że jest to jedyna ich płyta automatycznie jest płytą najlepszą ;)

10. Czy masz jakieś miłe wspomnienia z wykonawcą nr '33' ?
Officium Triste. Nie. Grają naprawde melancholijny i przygnębiający doom. Cała istota życia sprowadza się podczas sluchania do wyobrażeń o nieuchronnej śmierci, smutku za życia, zapomnieniu po śmierci. Jedynym ukojeniem może być świadomość że wszystkich czeka to samo.

11. Czy widziałeś/łaś wykonawcę nr '14' na żywo?
Honor. Nie i nigdy już niestety nie zobaczę. :(

12. Czy chciałbyś/abyś zobaczyć wykonawcę nr '5' na żywo?
ATB. Wychowałem się na muzyce elektronicznej. André Tanneberger zawsze był jednym z moich ulubionych wykonawców. W czasach kiedy o czytniku CD można było pomarzyć miałem nawet własną oryginalną kasetę ATB. Może kiedyś będzie okazja zobaczyć na żywo.

13. Kto jest Twoim ulubionym członkiem zespołu ze szczytu Twojego TOP50?
Varg Vikernes z Burzum. Za całokształt. Kilkanaście ciosów nożem w "samoobronie" w imię idei robi wrażenie. I w ogóle przechuj kozak jest. :P

New cities, new discounts at cool independent stores. Righteous.

*Austin screenings: we've just been held over until 11/30 at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz - 320 E 6th Street - see theater for showtimes. Thanks to all for making this run a success! A special thanks to Charles Salvo and Elisabeth Ruggles, our Austin street team ninjas, and all there who are helping spread the word!
Our friends at Waterloo Records in Austin would like to offer a 20% discount in store on any product by the bands included in the film when the movie goer shows their ticket stub! Offer does not include items already sale priced! See list of bands on their website or in store.
You can also visit Waterloo Records online at WWW.WATERLOORECORDS.COM
Michigan:
Green Brain Comics is offering 25% off the cover price of any one graphic novel in stock with ticket stub from the film. You can find Green Brain Comics at http://www.greenbrain.biz/ and their address is -13210 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI.

Our friends at Record Time in Roseville, MI would like to offer 20% off any one item in stock with a ticket stub from the film! You can also visit Record Time online at http://recordtime.com
Thank you to our wonderful friends at Waterloo Records, Green Brain Comics and Record Time. Way cool. I hope you all will take advantage of this!

* NY release date is Dec 4th at Cinema Village on 12th St. Directors present for Q & A for the opening weekend evening screenings. Tickets for opening night are on sale now: www.cinemavillage.com

*LA run begins Dec 11 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5. Directors will be there for evening Q & A on Dec 11 and 12.
LA facebook group is here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=175110541066&ref=nf

* Tones of Death is throwing a Premier Party on Dec 3rd at Fontanas in NY's Lower East Side.
8 PM – Until the Light Takes Us NYC launch party upstairs
9 PM – Goes Cube - 10 PM – Liturgy - 11 PM – Cable
FREE, 21+...The show is FREE with free beer/beer specials.

20% of poster sales from the show will go to Waggytail Rescue, a
nonprofit rescue taking care of NY's unwanted, abandoned, mistreated and lost small dogs who need new homes.
http://www.waggytailrescue.com/HTML

* Invisible Man limited edition run of shirts to support the film. All ordering info is through their website: http://shop.commissarystores.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=IM16

* Posters are available here: www.blackmetalmovie.com

* Confirmed cities are below, with many more being added very soon. If your city isn't yet listed, please consider calling your local indie theaters and asking if the film is coming there and very very nicely letting them know that there is a community of people who hope it comes - it really does help, as long as it's very polite and concise. People have been doing this - and it IS working! Canada - ditto. ALSO! People have started making Facebook group pages to bring the film to their city. Here are some pages that people have made, feel free to make your own, just invite all your friends and send me the link! You can also do it on myspace. Here are sample pages:

Austin: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=201863395791
Detroit/Grand Rapids: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=169254968841&ref=ts
Massachusetts: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Until-The-Light-Takes-Us-Massachusetts-chapter/302403005203?ref=search&sid=1260305673.1324498103..1
Seattle: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Until-the-Light-Takes-Us-Seattle-chapter/185881722602?ref=nf
Orlando: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=156956003589&ref=ts
Milwaukee: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000511545287&ref=ts
Milwaukee Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/untilthelightmilwaukee

STREET TEAM: Join us!- please send us a NEW EMAIL to untilfilm@gmail.com with your city in the subject line. Thank you very much! Please DO NOT reply to this email.

Distribution efforts continue throughout the world and there is much progress. Stay tuned!

*European Dates, more are currently being confirmed:
Antwerp, Belgium - Nov 25th
Cinema Zuid - www.cinemazuid.be

Cine-City Film Festival - Dec 1st
Brighton, England - www.cine-city.co.uk

US THEATRICAL: Confirmed Cities

New York, NY - starts Dec 4th @ Cinema Village on 12th St.
Austin, TX - starts Nov 20 @ Alamo Ritz, downtown
New Orleans, LA starts Nov 24 @ Zeitgeist
Detroit, MI starts Nov 27 @ Burton Theater
Grand Rapids, MI starts Dec 4 @ Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA)
Providence, RI starts Dec 4 @ Cable Car Cinema
Los Angeles, CA starts Dec 11 @ Laemmle Sunset 5
Houston, TX starts Dec 10 @ Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks
CHICAGO! starts Jan 8 @ the Gene Siskel Film Center - street team, I'm about to send you a separate email - if you're new and want to join - write me!
Denver, CO starts 1/29 @ Starz Theater

Canadian Premiere: Jan 15th, the film will be projected onto a giant ICE SCREEN in Winnipeg. More details TBA.

More cities added all the time.

DVD: We are working on it, no release date yet.

Thank you,
Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites

www.blackmetalmovie.com
mailing list: untilfilm@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20217005803
http://www.myspace.com/blackmetalmovie
http://twitter.com/blackmetalmovie

Winner of the Golden Athena in the Music and Film Selection, the top documentary award, at the Athens International Film Festival, Sept. 2009 in Athens, Greece.


Update from the UTLTU team.

Until the LIght Takes Us - Houston

Featured bands:

* Burzum
* Darkthrone
* Mayhem
* Ulver
* Satyricon

As a metal listener, I have been trying to get people to pay attention to why I listen to metal -- for most of my adult life. They focus on it being loud, "angry" and possibly antisocial, but never accept that it might have a reason for being that way and I might have a reason for liking it.

Until the Light Takes Us looks into why people make metal, and crosses political and genre lines to show how large corporations, fast food restaurants, religions and socially popular ideas are all the same type of thing, and metalheads have reason to reject it.

By looking into early 1990s black metal, this film explores the thoughts all of us have but are afraid to admit we do. Metal is only the lens, but the topic is a very human one: how do we both get along socially and stay true to ourselves?



See the film at these locations:

AUSTIN, TX
November 21-26 at Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
http://www.originalalamo.com/Show.aspx?id=6922

CHICAGO, IL
Starts January 8 at Siskel Film Center
http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/

DENVER, CO
Starts January 29 at Starz Film Center
http://www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/

DETROIT, MI
November 27 at Burton Theatre
http://www.burtontheatre.com/

GRAND RAPIDS, MI
Starts December 4th at UICA
http://www.uica.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=612

HOUSTON, TX
Starts December 10 at Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks
http://www.drafthouse.com/westoaks/

LOS ANGELES, CA
Starts December 11 at Laemmle's Sunset 5
http://www.laemmle.com/index.php

NEW ORLEANS, LA
November 24-30 at Zeitgest Art Center
http://zeitgeisttheater.wordpress.com/

NEW YORK, NY
Starts December 4th at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, between University and 5th)
http://www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/

PROVIDENCE
Starts December 4th at Cable Car Cinema
http://www.cablecarcinema.com/

Don't see your local theater or city on here?  Call your local alternative theater and request that they show UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US. Be polite, be friendly, and let them know that there's a big audience in the community. You'd be surprised how well it works!

* Until the Light Takes Us
* Last.fm
* MySpace
* YouTube (official trailer)

Featured bands:

* Mayhem
* Emperor
* Burzum
* Darkthrone
* Satyricon
* Ulver
* Boards of Canada

Dream Theater have been at the back of my mind for perhaps a year now, in a 'hey, these guys look like they might be pretty good, I should check them out some time' capacity. My desire to give them a proper look had been growing stronger for the last few months, however, mostly out of a need for a band that had long, dramatic guitar solos, after power metal stopped doing as much for me as it used to. I was finally persuaded to go out and get their Images and Words album about a month ago by Agraalofthemyst, and am very glad that I did. It certainly provides the long, technical instrumental sections that I wanted from it, and I often find myself amazed at the level of composition and instrumental ability. I did, at first consider the vocals a weakness of the album, and although I maintain that if it weren't for the instrumental sections, I probably wouldn't enjoy Dream Theater half as much as I do, James LaBrie's vocals are growing on me, and there are a lot of places where they do add significantly to the track. More recently, I have been listening to the epic METROPOLIS PART 2 whenever I have a spare hour and a half (the album loses at least half its atmosphere if it isn't listened to straight through, and for maximum effect, I like to listen to it after Metropolis Pt 1).

My second acquisition of the month was Ulver's Bergtatt, finally arriving after a wait of several months (I believe I first mentioned it a few journal entries back). This is my first black metal album (depending on whether you count Souvenirs d'un autre Monde), and it has certainly been an interesting experience. The clean sections of the album make it an excellent introduction, and I didn't find it tiring or difficult to listen to for the most part. It doesn't have quite the same energy that I got out of power metal (or, more recently, that I've been getting out of melodic death metal), but it does have different qualities to offer: it's very atmospheric, and the screamed vocals and vicious drumming and guitar playing express despair, pain and loneliness in a way that other genres aren't capable of. It has certainly done it's job, though: I'm now intrigued by the black metal genre in general, and eager to check it out in some more detail. Consequently, I have recently borrowed Immortal's At the Heart of Winter and Burzum's Det Som Engang Var from a friend, and am greatly enjoying the former, and finding the latter quite hard work (hopefully it will grow on me). Recommendations from anyone who knows of any other black metal artists who they think I should try are more than welcome.

Bass practice has unfortunately been going a bit more slowly recently. I had forgotten quite how intense the Cambridge terms are, and attempting to learn Japanese and practice bass on top of supervision work and tick assignments is probably rather over-ambitious. Hopefully I'll be able to pick things up again over the holidays.

Expect my next journal entry to be on December the 4th, and to be seven or eight pages of incomprehensible ranting about Sonata Arctica. I've been waiting a very long time indeed to see them live and am becoming increasingly excited that, on December 3rd, I finally will.

Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Bathory - Blood on Ice
Bathory - Twilight of the Gods
Burzum - Filosofem
Death - Symbolic
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Defamer - Chasm

My newest article for MetalSucks.net. I write about the controversial genre post-black metal. I contend that the style exists and originates with the Celtic Frost album Into the Pandemonium.

Read and comment here:
http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/11/19/tiberian-vocalizations-arthur-von-nagel-on-post-black-metal-and-being-a-shameless-metal-nerd/

Bands cited in the article:
Mayhem
Bathory
Burzum
Darkthrone
Celtic Frost
Emperor
Venom
Enslaved
Ulver
Immortal
Wall of Voodoo
Sigh
Therion
Cradle of Filth
In the Woods...
Green Carnation
Pink Floyd
Fleurety
Opeth
Cormorant
Winds
Arcturus
Ved Buens Ende
Slint
Aura Noir
Virus
Dødheimsgard
...and Oceans
Spinal Tap
Solefald
Borknagar
Age of Silence
Asmegin
Carpathian Forest
Sturmgeist
Blut aus Nord

- I'll hang around no motherfucking band, fuck all them, I'm the motherfucking best. I heard them motherfucking Mushroomhead and all that bullshit, that's bullshit.
- I don't listen to Mushroomhead, I listen to Burzum, Darkthrone, Mayhem, Darkthrone, Mayhem, stuff like that.
- That's evil, I'm fucking down with the devil, Joe. Down with the motherfucking devil. I've got his tail in my hand right now, Joe.
- Right.

Read the full article about the Black Metal Soundsystem here.

Sepultura
Mixhell
Darkthrone
Burzum
Mushroomhead
Mayhem