black metal, especially some of the stuff more than a few years old, seems to be all about terrible mixes and a shitty sound, as if a lone microphone was placed inside of a metal pipe to record the instruments, and the singer later growled directly to tape.

that is to say, a huge sound (like a billy anderson or boston record) is not typical.

I guess my initial impetus in exposing you to these records (other than sharing some kickass black metal terrors) was to see if the (admittedly stereotypical) self-loathing tendencies of Der Juden could be triggered by a music that expressed such sentiments, creating a sort of Dan Burros feedback loop. Maybe I tried too hard.

Anyhoo, hail Satan!