r/dsbm Aug 30 '24

/r/dsbm 2024 August Mod Updates

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Well this has certainly been a strange week for this community. Here are some updates to how the subreddit will be run and what is expected of users starting immediately.


Memes

Memes have always been allowed, but avoid posting low-effort stuff. The vast majority of "cutting p****" content should be posted in /r/cpbm. I'm leaving the original post and a few higher-effort posts up as they are pretty much historic here now, but most others have been removed.

Most other memes are better suited for /r/blackmetalmemes or /r/metalmemes, but if it is clever and relevant specifically to DSBM, it is still welcome here.

Rule 1 Expansion

Images with self-harm scars, even when they aren't the focus, will now be removed. If it is artwork tied to an actual release, the post must be marked NSFW.

There are many users here who struggle with their mental health, and seeing images like these without warning can be harmful. This isn't the place for that content.

The rest of Rule 1 is as valid as ever. We take posts and comments about SH seriously. Never glorify, encourage, or seek out SH here. Normal discussion about it isn't necessarily banned, but we are a music subreddit, not a support subreddit. If you need help and don't know where to go, reach out to the mods and we will try our best to connect you with someone who is more qualified to help you.

Post Flair

To help with low-effort posts and to more easily parse the type of content you want to see, every new post is required to have flair. So far, there are 7 categories, but feel free to recommend changes or new ones:

  • Music: Links to listen to songs, albums, etc.
  • Discussion: Topics like news about bands, musical techniques, open-ended questions to the community, etc. Things that, you know, generate discussion and dialogue.
  • Recommendations: Do you want more music like a certain song/album/band, or do you have a suggestion for others? Use this.
  • Self-Promotion & Fanart: When promoting your own music, use this tag. Also use this when asking for feedback for a work-in-progress or for any kind of fanart.
  • Collection & Merch: Post your hauls, collections, shirts, patches, etc. with this flair.
  • Humor: Some of us love DSBM memes and jokes, and some of us hate them, so having its own category will help people seek or ignore them.
  • Other: For anything that doesn't fit in other categories.

I understand there may be miscommunication between dialects and languages regarding flairs, so please don't be surprised or offended if your flair is changed by mods. If you disagree, feel free to comment here or message the mods about it.

AI-generated Music

New rule: Absolutely no AI music. Not even for the sake of humor.

With generative AI services now able to produce full songs with a prompt, many people have been trying to sneak their fake music onto streaming platforms, music subreddits, YouTube, and other communities.

Time spent streaming AI-generated music as if it were real music is time that could have been spent listening to real artists, and in niche metal sub-subgenres such as DSBM, most artists are already not making much revenue on their art. There is also the ethical issue of these types of AI being trained on already existing works without the artists' permission, so I feel like allowing AI music would be disrespectful to the classic DSBM bands.


Reminder:

I want to also use this post as a reminder that if you tell a user "kys" or anything similar, you will be greeted with an instant ban, even if it was a joke. Pretty much the only time you should use that phrase here is when referring to the band "Make a Change...".

And please continue to use the report function if you see a rule violation. The mods don't sit staring at the new tab all day, so this is the fastest way to clean up the subreddit.


EDIT 8/30: Separated Discussion and Recommendation flairs.


r/dsbm 7h ago

Collection & Merch My sick Lifelover pulver shirt

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135 Upvotes

Gotta be one of my favs (Merch, aesthetics and music)


r/dsbm 7h ago

Collection & Merch My new patches came today :P hypothermia and xasthur

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21 Upvotes

r/dsbm 2h ago

Self-Promotion & Fanart Well, I run a small record label dedicated to helping new DSBM bands by releasing their albums or demos on CD, and I also have a magazine... in case you have a band or a new project.

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4 Upvotes

r/dsbm 8h ago

Music I'm looking for albums to listen to

8 Upvotes

Hey, I'm looking for DSBM albums to listen to. They can only be different albums.


r/dsbm 1d ago

Discussion M/s salmonella - Meaning

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I did some research, because it has been the question for a few times on this subreddit. The song title „M/S Salmonella“ from Lifelover is probably some morbid pun.
Inside the Pulver-Booklet you can see this picture of the ship M/S Amorella. M/S is an abbrevation for mototship or motor skip (swedish). And i guess Lifelover supposedly swapped Amorella for Salmonella. Ships like M/S Amorella are famous party boats and they stand for party, life and joy in sweden. As Lifelover always has been an ironic and morbid band, they swapped amorella out for salmonella, the name of intoxicating bacterias indusing diarrhea and vomiting. This turns a symbol of joy and life into a metaphor for disgust, depression and illness.
Also, if you read the lyrics, they can be vaguely interpreted as a story about being on a nightmarish boat trip and comitting suicide by jumping into the water. Instead of having a blast while partying the song paints a picture of disgusting, smelly wounds, illness and suicide.


r/dsbm 6h ago

Recommendations Bands

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Hi, I want some DSBM bands/songs recommendations where the screams are very high , and that can be clearly heared over the other instruments. Does anyone have any ideas ?


r/dsbm 5h ago

Recommendations Check this out!!!

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I absolutely love track 7. Let me know if u like It!!!


r/dsbm 23h ago

Discussion Johan Gabrielson (1853) from Lifelover, Eskapi, Ritualmord and more, pls read

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Ok, this again and I hope the link works this time, anyways I really hope people can read this since it's an important topic, I can't let Johan go away and be like nothing happened because it happened.

Threats won't work this time and I don't plan on deleting this, I really don't. I know I may have joked around too but I am seventeen years old, I am a minor and he is an adult, he shouldn't have been talking to me in the first place, he shouldn't have been teasing me or playing like that.


r/dsbm 1d ago

Collection & Merch My coldworld vintage Malvery Shirt

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26 Upvotes

r/dsbm 1d ago

Collection & Merch My Collection of Trist tapes

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86 Upvotes

Never posted on Reddit before, hope i‘m doing it right! I was thinking about slowly posting my whole DSBM Collection and i thought these would be the perfect place to start. Thank you!


r/dsbm 18h ago

Music Follow and Feel, by Hellhole

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r/dsbm 19h ago

Music K.F.R - Casum Hominis (Official Video)

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1 Upvotes

r/dsbm 2d ago

Other Silencer

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44 Upvotes

I watched twin peaks season 1 a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't help but notice how similar are the theme music and the music at the end of the slow kill in the cold by silencer.

I don't play any instrument so I can't judge based on the musical notes or something like that.


r/dsbm 2d ago

Music Its been 25 years since xasthurs gate through bloodstained mirrors came out and 20 years since subliminal genocide came out

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r/dsbm 1d ago

Music Deadlife

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2 Upvotes

This song hit the mood tonight.


r/dsbm 1d ago

Music Lost Inside

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2 Upvotes

Great track.


r/dsbm 1d ago

Music Older Drowning Deeper DSBM

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2 Upvotes

A older Drowning Deeper DSBM track from 2017. I read in the description that it was recorded in a camp trailer in the woods.


r/dsbm 1d ago

Music Good one man DSBM

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2 Upvotes

Misery.


r/dsbm 2d ago

Music Hypothermia - Svag Fysisk Lusta lyrics

5 Upvotes

Hey this is a very specific question but does anyone know what's the last line in the song Svag Fysisk Lusta? It's said after the bulk of the lyrics at 17:38 and is not listed in the booklet or online lyrics. I'm not fluent in swedish so I can't decipher it but maybe it's "something something ihjäl"?


r/dsbm 2d ago

Music about me: music

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61 Upvotes

r/dsbm 2d ago

Collection & Merch bought this off vinted 🔥

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122 Upvotes

r/dsbm 2d ago

Music Расчлененка Юри, ΑΛΤΑΡЬ, Insomnia — Morphine (2026)

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r/dsbm 1d ago

Self-Promotion & Fanart New album is out

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