Bloody hell, at least READ the links you post!

That "wiktionary" page even states that the secondary meaning of "hate" is as a stand-in for the noun of the verb "to hate" - hatred.

The noun is hatred.  "Hate" is a verb.

Noun

  Singular
hate

  Plural
hates
 

hate (plural hates)

Hatred.
He gave me a look filled with pure hate.

An object of hatred.
One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.

That last example is a colloquialism, completely idiomatic, thus proving that "wiktionary" is most likely as substandard as the Merriam-Webster bollocks spouted earlier on.

I believe he's creating the kind of music he would enjoy listening  to, which is not necessarily the kind of music he ought be creating - perhaps that is a better wording.

Many musicians listen to music which is absolutely different to the music they are creating at that time.  For example, In the Nightside Eclipse is just Thou Shalt Suffer, done in a style which better fits the music itself.  It's very different to Mercyful Fate, often quoted as Emperor's main influence at the time of recording.

The interpretation of music may change as it is created - that is, the style in/by which it is portrayed by the musician - but the music itself comes from the same people with the same drive and reasons to create music as they had originally.  There are definable shifts in style in Darkthrone's music, but the most notable of these, in my opinion, is Total Death, when, instead of creating good Black Metal, they created good Darkthrone.

Darkthrone are going through a midlife crisis.  Well, Fenriz is, regardless.

"Hate" is not a noun.

Oath Bound is my favourite, as it seems to cement their style somewhat more than Stronghold or Dol Guldur.  I can see how it's less adventurous than other releases, but, personally, I feel that that merely serves to increase the tightness of the album: the songs, though different, work with and complement each other, to produce a much more solid piece of work than Stronghold, which I bought about a week ago, having had it recommended to me by friends.  While a few tracks are excellent, and probably as good as the entirety of Oath Bound, a few songs on Stronghold were not worth their own length in recording time.  Summoning have the ability to produce very good music, then suddenly slip a dead rook in there, effectively ruining one's listening pleasure.

I think the use of the words "necro", "grim", and "aaayyyyyykkkkkk" should be banned.

Quote from: Cargést on February 24, 2009, 05:02:08 PM

Answer: kill the child, remove the problem.

Well theres someone who agrees with me. I know if I had a child who was born with a horrible affliction and who could never make a life for themselves and be happy, I'd rather it not have to suffer at all.

I just don't get why this reasoning is not looked upon as favorable.

It's cruel.  The child should decide for himself.  Life is a precious thing.

Basically, any bollocks excuse for not taking action is ok.

Agreed, Lord RawK.

"Philosophy" is personal - i.e. one's own - understanding, defined and labeled for easier classification by oneself (and others, should you choose to discuss).  Essentially, it is a "note form" version of what one believes to be true and real.  One can never understand the thought process simply by reading the notes, for the notes are devices of memory, and, if the memory is not present, the notes have no meaning.

A small number of you may remember, for some reason, that I was part of a band named Winter Moon around the turn of the year - in fact, one of my first posts, if not my first post, had the shoving of our music down your respective ears as its sole purpose.  Winter Moon has, since, effectively, dissolved - there is little to no collaboration between myself and the former bassist and drummer of Winter Moon, thus I have decided to redefine my music under the new name "Moldern".

The criticisms made about Winter Moon (aside from the name) were that there were "too many different styles", "the intro [was] pointless", and "[good ideas were] not developed enough and they [were] a little too far apart".  As a result of these criticisms, I have endeavored, to the best of my ability, to create less simplistic and more complex music, though the process of writing/recording is still the same - I create a drum pattern, come up with a good riff, and see if a good song comes out of it.

Furthermore, the overall sound has been worked on, so as to bring it closer to what I envisioned, at the beginning.

I have created a short medley of samples of songs, in chronological order, which can be located at http://moldern.wintermoon.co.uk/Medley.mp3

The track list, first by band, then by release, is as follows:

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Winter Moon:

0:00 - 0:27 In the Realms of Timeless Death - Odes to the Dead
0:28 - 0:55 Desecrate - Odes to the Dead

Winter Moon/Moldern:

0:56 - 1:22 Dreams of a Vagrant - Untitled (Frost Metal)

1:23 - 1:46 In Front of the Tomb - A Castle...
1:47 - 2:19 Observing the Night (bridge) - A Castle...
2:19 - 3:28 Observing the Night (duet) - A Castle...  (I would just like to say: this was entirely improvised, excepting the ending.  Both guitar parts were played on the spot, one after the other.  These were the only takes I did.)

Moldern:

3:29 - 3:57 Dreamed, Darkling - Winter's Dying Breath
3:58 - 4:46 Battlements - Winter's Dying Breath

4:47 - 5:24 To Touch the Skies - Untitled (Emotion Recollected in Tranquility)

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The last song is the first of the release I am currently working on.  I've resolved the "white noise" issues which were present throughout the "transition era" (i.e. post "Odes...")

I have tried very hard to make every instrument interesting, although I find the drums somewhat difficult, thus for the most part I use standard Black Metal drumming (the greatest display of drumming is on "Observing the Night")