Talk:Norsecore

References to the term "Norsecore"
http://www.metalstorm.ee/articles/article.php?id=4
 * Black Metal was never about being one-dimensionally fast, and this is exactly what Norsecore is, blastbeat and scowling galore. Hardly even fitting the structure of traditional metal (extreme or otherwise), Norsecore frequently falls into a trap of trebly noise.

http://www.raging-metal.d2g.com/columns/tfnw/0003.html
 * "Norsecore" bands are something of the opposite of faggoth, they hold the same ideology as black metal, but without being metal. Essentially, norsecore bands set black metal style lyrical content to a sort of trebly grindcore.

http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/BW-WB.htm <---interview with the person who coined the term
 * Norsecore is a musical genre. It´s basically the missing link between Grindcore and Black Metal. While the imagery of BM is there the musical structures are more "Core" than "Metal". Similar, FagGothic is the offspring of the unclean mating of BM with Goth Rock.
 * The blueprint for Norsecore is DARKTHRONEs "Transylvanian Hunger" CD. Notice the unaccentuated guitar droning underlaid by breakless drum chaos. Many "elitist" people like to describe that sound as "cold, atmospheric, depressive, whatever" and think everything in that vein is KVLT. People who know their Metal also know that recordings of that kind are well.... Not Metal. If you like or dislike the sound is entirely another thing of course. I don´t and the term was meant derogatory when I invented it but since it has become a valid description
 * Errrm, I'm not sure this person knows what Goth Rock is, and these "FagGoth" BM bands have nothing in common with it musically.

Not Subjective at all.
This isn't a subjective article, this is extremely opinionated. I understand that Norsecore was meant to be a derogatory term, but it's quite obvious that the author of this article agrees with its derogatory use. Also, the term "USBM" I'm guessing refers to "United States Black Metal?" This is a really obscure and probably made up on the spot abbreviation. Either that, or it's something that's only widely used in the Metal community, which, again, isn't subjective.

Kronos o 00:46, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

USBM is the standard abbreviation for United States Black Metal. It's extremely widely used. A Google search for USBM and black metal currently turns up over 27,000 results.

-Ascaris (non-user) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.9.93.122 (talk) 00:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)