Sounds like you need to accept that you're just a fucking faggot and brutal death metal is not for people like you. Gore and rape lyrics are just part of it, you should fuck back off to thrash or any other teenybopper genre.a

I'm actually a fan of Desolate Shrine (thanks to discussions and recommendations on the forum, because it was a 'random' death metal discovery from this thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=118137 ) - I guess their style is rather boring by more experienced death metal fans' standards, but I quite enjoy Desolate Shrine's heavy sound, dark atmosphere, and harsh vocals, so I have all of their albums and looking forward to a new one.
I didn't mention any Desolate Shrine's songs as an example of what I'm looking for because all the slow/softer-sounding (both metal and non-metal) riffs/solos/melodies on their albums are rather dark/dissonant (plus even if the lyrics+imagery on their albums are not extremely hateful/violent/disturbing for me and don't bother me way too much, it's still not the kind of lyrics+imagery that is preferred for this request), but their repetitive mid/slow tempo songs with some intense fast tempo parts are indeed a good example of what I consider "moderately extreme" death/doom/black metal.


Yes, this song has a really dark and powerful atmosphere and sound.
I don't think I've ever heard of Vassafor before, but I've checked out the band's "similar artists" page on MA and I've seen a few band names that I know (because some of their albums were on the "Top Albums of the Decade'' list on the MA forum). I remember that I listened to some songs by those bands and I quite liked their dark and powerful sounds, but I also remember that I was not able to get into any of those bands/albums because their music, lyrics, and imagery were way too aggressive/chaotic. A more repetitive and less overwhelming style is definitely a plus, but Vassafor's lyrical themes and imagery also seem too aggressive for me tbh. Well, I'll give Vassafor a try anyway. This band doesn't seem like the kinds of bands who are into calm, sad, and beautiful melodies at all, but there are a few slow calm-er parts on the song "Archeonaut's Return", which is a big plus. I'd prefer songs/albums with natural-sounding extreme vocals (because a sound of distorted vocals is unpleasant to my ears and it tends to make songs too extreme and disturbing/aggressive), but all the vocals on "Archeonaut's Return" are kind of drowning in the mix and the song is not vocal oriented in general, so they don't bother me that much.


Wow, this is such an amazing and unexpected recommendation. Atmospheric doom/death is one of my all-time favorite metal subgenres, so if lyrics/imagery on an album don't bother me too much, I can get into almost any album in this subgenre. "Il Nostro Silenzio" is no exception. <3
I've listened to this album and I really like the music - it's pretty repetitive and not too complex/extreme, but it has such a dark sound, mood, and atmosphere! I love the harsh vocals as well.
Some parts on the album definitely give me a black metal feeling/vibe: there is one part on the song "Il Nostro Silenzio" (on 4:43-5:46) that has a calmer mood and sounds quite similar to the slow, calm, and sad atmospheric black metal-inspired melodies/riffs that I'm looking for, but as for the rest of parts with some black metal vibe, they have rather a 'nervous' mood and make me think of much more unsettling subgenres of black metal, and not of relaxing atmospheric nature-inspired ones.
This is particularly noticeable on the song "RLS" which has a really dark atmosphere and a certain kind of slow nervous 'melody' that remind me of a mood and atmosphere on some very unsettling and extremely emotional black/doom metal and depressive black metal songs. Something that is closer to a mood and atmosphere on these songs/albums, I guess - https://youtu.be/-K6_ILLwjv8, https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Mercenar ... depression. But the difference is that the vocal style on ''Il Nostro Silenzio'' is not that loud or hysterical/desperate/hateful, the music is mostly mid/slow tempo, and even the fast and intense parts are not too extreme, so this album is definitely more accessible for me and therefore I don't mind all these nervous melodies.


Indesinence's style is also very close to what I consider "moderately extreme''.
The song "Fading (Further Beyond)" is indeed dark, heavy, and very exciting (but not too complex and exhausting) to listen to; the vocal performance is very impressive as well.
The long song duration is a plus because there are many quite long repetitive parts and some build-ups/transitions between slow and fast+aggressive parts. There is also a short slow part on 4:57-5:25 that sounds very similar to the kinds of sad, calm, and beautiful melodies/riffs that I'm looking for, plus there are two sad and very atmospheric short parts between 6:08 and 6:43, which is also a big plus because all these calm/softer-sounding parts make the listening process a little easier for me. So, I'll definitely give the album ''Vessels of Light and Decay'' a try.


This song is awesome. I like how the song starts off with the slow and "moderately extreme" part (plus the melody on 1:34-2:12 is very sad and beautiful) and becomes progressively more extreme/"as extreme as possible". I'm not sure if I can get into this album (I like the sound of the music and the guitar + drum playing, but the mood, the atmosphere, and the imagery are too dark and disturbing for me, plus the harsh vocals+the style of singing are too 'inhuman' and the vocal effects make the song even more extreme and disturbing), but I'll give it a try.


I don't mind extreme metal albums with some "moderately'' progressive approach, i.e. when song structures and guitar+drum playing are not too complex/not too chaotic, and when it doesn't make the listening process too exhausting.
I like this song, and I'm a fan of black/doom metal in general and I listen to albums from this subgenre quite often these days, so I'll check out the album "Hope Dies" ASAP.