a decade of black metal in review[views:23091][posts:93]________________________________________ [Jan 3,2010 5:30pm - ancient master ""] well, since "black metal" seems to be "in" these days I thought Id make a thread of my favorite "black metal" releases this past decade. please also post some of your favorites (in alphabetical order) Abigor - Fractal Possession AEIOU - F.H.T. An - World Minus Population Anaal Nathrakh - Domine Non es Dignus Astrofaes - Those Whos Past is Immortal Blood of Kingu - De Occulta Philosophia Draugr - Nocturnal Pagan Supremecy Drudkh - The Swan Road Drudkh - Blood in our Wells Drudkh - Microcosmos Ehwass - Dusza Lasu Elite - We own the Mountains Haive - Mieli Maassa Hate Forest - Purity Horna - Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne Isengard - Vinterskugge Judas Iscariot - To Embrace Corpses Bleeding Kroda - Towards the Firmaments Verrge of Life Lucifugum - On the Sortilage of Christianity Lurker of Chalice - S/T Manegarm - Dodsferd Manes - Under Eine Blodraud Maane Maniac Butcher - Epitaph Marblebog - Forestheart Mysticum - Lost Masers of the Universe (best of) Nav' - The Wolf Sun Negura Bunget - 'n Crugu Bradului Negura Bunget - Om Nokturnal Mortum - Weltanschauung Obtest - Auka Seniems Deviams October Falls - The Womb of Primordial Nature Paysage D'hiver - Winterkalte Pest - Black Thorns Sargeist - Satanic Black Devotion Scorpions - In Trance Skyforger - Latvieðu Strçlnieki Slavland - Echa Wieków Pradawnych The Stone - Zakon Velesa Striborg - Trepidation Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame Sunwheel - Monuments of the Elder Faith Taake - Hordaland Doedskvad Temnozor - Folkstorm of the Azure Nights Thorns - Thorns Trist - Stíny Twilight - Twilight Varg - Wolfszeit Veil - Sombre Verivala - Voitomme Volh - Solemn March into the Ragnarok Vrolok - Resurgence Vucub Cane - Voices of the Mourning Walknut - Graveforests and their Shadows Weakling - Dead as Dreams Wedard - Ein Leben in der Ewigkeit Wind of the Black Mountains - Sing Thou Unholy Servants Windir - 1184 Xasthur - Nocturnal Poisoning Thats it...have a nice night! |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 3,2010 5:42pm - boblovesmusic ""] Scorpions? |
| __________________________________ [Jan 3,2010 5:56pm - DreadKill ""] Here I am, rock you like a plague storm of night spirits howling across the frost-covered moon |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 3,2010 6:05pm - Boblovesmobile ""] DreadKill said:Here I am, rock you like a plague storm of night spirits howling across the frost-covered moon win! |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 3,2010 6:23pm - ancient master ""] hahah I put that as a joke but the first 4 scorp's albums with uli jon roth are awesome |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 3,2010 6:25pm - arilliusbm ""] Good list but that manegarm album is their weakest IMO. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 3,2010 6:32pm - slarcturus ""] immm in a traaanncee hey baby tell me cant you hear the wintermoon calling? |
| __________________________________ [Jan 3,2010 6:48pm - demondave ""] I'm going to use your list as a listening guide for the next month. off the top of my head I can think these: Katharsis - VVorldVVithoutEnd Watain - Sworn to the Dark Does warkult black metal count? (Blasphemy/Beherit style Black metal) if so add: Manticore - Bowels of the Holy Anoint Us In Evil Nuclear Desecration - Desecrated Temple Of Impurity |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 2:06am - metal_church101 ""] [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 10:28am - CrabRagoon ""] People really like that vucub cane band? If they ever have a show good luck wading through hipsters to get to the "mysterious being, recording in a dilapidated barn" Some of my favorites Furdidurke - Demo II Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags Nachmystium - Instinct//Decay Cirrhus - Demo II Volahn Atomizer - the newest one, the title escapes me Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters Iskra - Bureval Just to name a few... |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 10:29am - arilliusbm ""] Black metal = hipsters |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 10:46am - ancient master ""] ha, VC is my friend tony its funny that you think its mysterious |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 10:47am - ancient master ""] i wouldnt really call iskra black metal |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 12:20pm - Paul CNV ""] Isengard "Winterskugge" came out in 1994... Beherit-If you don't have this you are a poser Watain- Sworn to the Dark Helrunar-Pretty good pagan bm from Germany Aborym-"Generator" (This album has a lot of dumb riffs but the cool sinister passages make up for it) Varathron- Stygian Forces of Scorn GBK- Judeobeast Assasination Absurd- Totenlieder Mayhem-Ordo and Chao Absu-Absu Aborym-With No Human Intervention Shining III Craft-Fuck The Universe Craft-Total Soul Rape Wodensthrone-Loss Antaeus- Blood Libels (Plenty of filler on this one but the mind fucking evil shit makes up for it) Gorgoroth-Ad Majoram Sathanas Gloriam (Cry about Gahl all you want, Sign of an Open Eye is mesmerising) Hateful Abandon Dark Throne- Hate Them Witch Tomb/Martyrvore split... If you don't have it, poser, prost and yup Blut Aus Nord- The Work That Transforms God (Criminally under rated, probably because they are French) Deathspell Omega- Si Monumentum blah blah blah Enslaved- ISA That's all I can think of right now |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 12:21pm - Paul CNV ""] THAT'S BEHERIT-ENGRAM!!! |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 12:27pm - MikeofdecrepitudE ""] Drudkh - Myspace clips Krallice - Myspace clips Wolves in the Throne Room - Myspace clips Nachtmystium - Myspace clips Leviathan - Myspace clips Xasthur - Myspace clips Twilight - Myspace clips Cradle of Filth - Godspeed on the devils thunder Eyes of Noctum - Myspace clips + demo |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 12:33pm - goatcatalyst ""] Ladytron ist krieg |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 12:33pm - MikeofdecrepitudE ""] Infernecron - Through the Ritual Hills Winterthrone - too kvlt for a title |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 1:23pm - arilliusbm ""] fail |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 1:25pm - the_reverend ""] ahahahahaha |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 2:48pm - CrabRagoon ""] Have you heard that new iskra album? It came out this in december 09, it doesn't sound anything like their earlier stuff |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 2:50pm - CrabRagoon ""] The only reason i say that about vc is that youthattack posted the demo on their site for sale, and all the hardcore kids ate it up. It on a bunch of blogs as "black metal from a mysterious being in western mass" |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 2:53pm - arilliusbm ""] black metal ist no longer krieg, ist hip now. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 3:15pm - MikeofdecrepitudE ""] Blame Herugrim ..oh wait |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 3:24pm - arilliusbm ""] The herigrim recordings are sounding so hip, I can't wait to upload them on myspace and add every person I see. THX 4 THE ADD CHK MY DEMO THX. Nah, 1000 copies shall do. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 4,2010 3:29pm - Pires ""] arilliusbm said:black metal ist no longer krieg, ist hip now. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 3:39pm - ancient master ""] Paul%20CNV said:Isengard "Winterskugge" came out in 1994... i was talking about the LP bootleg sorry, which came out in 01 |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 3:42pm - MikeofdecrepitudE ""] Vinterskugge makes me want to pillage Allston Village. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 4,2010 3:54pm - arktonormous ""] Pires said: arilliusbm said:black metal ist no longer krieg, ist hip now. - metalhead, circa 1991 |
| _____________________________ [Jan 5,2010 6:49am - Yeti ""] Marduk - Rom 5:12 Drudkh - Forgotten Legends, Autumn Aurora, Blood in Our Wells Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatum Trahunt Immortal - Damned in Black Moonsorrow - Verisakeet Craft - Fuck the Universe Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon Enslaved - Below the Lights Horna - Ääniä Yössä Astrofaes - Those Whose Past is Immortal Thorns Finntroll - Nattfodd, Ur Jordens Djup |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 10:43am - Dr. Sphincto ""] goatcatalyst said:Ladytron ist krieg Zing! |
| __________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 1:47pm - Paul CNV ""] ARCKANUM-ANTIKOSMOS |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 1:51pm - ancient master ""] shit that was good |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 1:57pm - arilliusbm ""] I've yet to actually sit down and type out my list. Hopefully I'll do that tonight. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 2:20pm - Paul CNV ""] I am also a Jonny come lately when it comes to Lifelover but the stuff I heard was absolutely incredible... I will definately be picking that up. and URFAUST- GEIST IST TEUFEL I also need to hear more Secrets of the Moon |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 2:22pm - arilliusbm ""] Secrets of the Moon is a good listen. No one mentioned Lunar Aurora - Zyklus? |
| __________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 2:25pm - Paul CNV ""] Ofermod- Tiamatu Aura Noir-Hades Rise The Ruins of Beverast-Rain upon the Impure |
| __________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 2:33pm - arktouros ""] Paul%20CNV said:Mayhem-Ordo and Chao THANK you, somebody appreciates this. I wanna add... Keep of Kalessin - Armada Morrigan - Plague Waste and Death, Celts, The Damned, Headcult Summoning - Oath Bound |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 2:36pm - arilliusbm ""] arktouros said: I wanna add... Keep of Kalessin - Armada I can see why a drummer would like this but this album did nothing for me compared to their previous material |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 2:39pm - ancient master ""] dont get me wrong I love summoning, but I thought oathbound was not as good as say Minas Morgul, or Dol Guldur....just my opinion though |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 2:47pm - arilliusbm ""] Ever heard the Polish band Minas Morgul? Polish blackmetal is usually good, but it's hard as fuck to find some releases. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 2:51pm - arktouros ""] ancient%20master said:dont get me wrong I love summoning, but I thought oathbound was not as good as say Minas Morgul, or Dol Guldur....just my opinion though same here, i hold them in high regard but IMO with Oath Bound they perfected their composition and threw every conventional metal rhythmic/melody fallback into the fire and completely came into their own sound. arilliusbm said: arktouros said: I wanna add... Keep of Kalessin - Armada I can see why a drummer would like this but this album did nothing for me compared to their previous material once again we have complete opposite opinions about the same band haha...their newest album only has a few good songs on it, and their older stuff is alright but never grabbed me. the songs that atilla did vocals for are good. the drums on armada are probably the best composed display of drum speed in the world, but it's only part of why it's one of my favorites. also, Absu - Tara and the s/t (and again, not all because of the drums...) |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 2:58pm - arilliusbm ""] I really liked the opening tracks on armada but the album seemed to lose my interest as it went on. I suppose it's one of those albums you have to listen to in chunks. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 3:13pm - goatcatalyst ""] Old Wainds - Scalding Coldness |
| _____________________________ [Jan 5,2010 3:17pm - Yeti ""] arktouros said: Paul%20CNV said:Mayhem-Ordo and Chao THANK you, somebody appreciates this. i find absolutely nothing redeeming about this album. i tried to like it but it just aggravates me. the drum sound makes me want to stab my ears out. then again, most Mayhem has done nothing for me save De Mysteriis and before. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 3:28pm - goatcatalyst ""] if it counts, the Mayhem "Life Eternal" thing that Attila put out is fucking superduper. superior in sound to DMDS |
| _____________________________ [Jan 5,2010 3:32pm - Yeti ""] i really want to hear that. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 3:32pm - goatcatalyst ""] Inquisition - Invoking The Majestic Throne Of Satan and all Deathspell Omega releases, especially Si Monumentum and Kenose (I'm a total herb for this band) |
| _____________________________ [Jan 5,2010 3:33pm - Yeti ""] that reminds me i love Funeral Mist - Salvation as well. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 3:33pm - goatcatalyst ""] get crazy, tony http://www.mediafire.com/?dm4wyu3yegz |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 3:38pm - arilliusbm ""] Inquisition is stunning live. |
| ________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 4:18pm - c.DeaD ""] I loved "Ordo Ad Chao". It sounded like Blasphemer was listening to way too much French stuff, but it's got an awesome atmosphere and Attilas vox are fantastic. Great riffage as well. Lugubrum-"Heilege Dwazen" and Lifelover-"Erotik" immediately come to mind as far as recent black metal oriented stuff that I highly dig. |
| ________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 4:20pm - c.DeaD ""] Yeti said:that reminds me i love Funeral Mist - Salvation as well. Just like Watain, overrated and boring. Though, I really like the songs at first, then they just bore the shit out of me as the record goes on. Have yet to hear the latest one. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 4:41pm - goatcatalyst ""] i was loving the new Funeral Mist when it came out but honestly haven't listened to it in a while. i really like what he does with atmospherics... not typical for the genre. and the perverse religious themes go beyond the genre standard |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 4:46pm - arilliusbm ""] whats the genre standard? |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 5,2010 11:05pm - ArilliusBM ""] there's plenty of different styles of BM so I'm not sure which one you're alluding to.. anyway, here's some more that I can remember... my apologies if they're mentioned above: Alghazanth - Subliminal Antenora (meh, maybe not.. some songs are killer) Asmegin - Hin Vonderde Sod & So Asmodee - Symptomes De Ruine (crazy drunken french black metal frenzy) Astrofaes - Heritage Black Candle - Nightfire (came out in 99 I believe, not sure why I always liked it) Blodsrit - Ocularis Infernum Blut aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God Camulos - Spiel Des Blutes Carpathian Forest - Defending the Throne of Evil Celestia - Apparitia-Sumptuous Spectre (are they still coming around here??) Clandestine Blaze - Deliverers of Faith Corpus Christii - The Torment Continues Countess - Heilig Vuur Dark Fortress - Tales From Eternal Dusk Darkspace - ALL RELEASES Darkthrone - Too Old Too Cold - FUCKING GRAVEYARD SLUT Deathspell Omega - Si Momentum Requires, Circumspice Dissection - Maha Kali single (this version of Maha Kali blows the album's away IMO) Drautran - Unter dem Banner der Nordwinde demo Drudkh - Autumn Aurora Embraced - Within Enid - Seelenspiegel (not exactly black metal, more on the avantgarde side) Enslaved - Mardraum - Beyond The Within (not black metal, as they clearly point out all the time) Eternal Majesty - From War to Darkness Forefather - Ours is the Kingdom Forgotten Tomb - Love's Burial Ground Foscor - Entrance to the Shadows' Village Frozen Shadows - Hantises Funeris Nocturnum - From the Aspect of Darkly Illuminated Graveland - Memory And Destiny Grom - Pagan War Machine demo Holmgang - Runens Advarsel (similar production to Ulver's Nattens) Krohm - A World Through Dead Eyes Krieg - Sono Lo Scherno Lunar Aurora - Elixir of Sorrow, Zyklus, and Andacht Lunar Aurora & Paysage D'Hiver - (Split) Macabre Omen - The Ancient Returns Magog - Hymns to the Ancient Menhir - Hildebrandslied Misteltein - Divine. Desecrate. Complete (although it sounds a little too much like Dimmu's SBD) Mutant - The Aeonic Majesty Mystic Circle - Open the Gates of Hell Nazgul - When the Wolves Return to the Forest ... the spanish one Negura Bunget - 'n Crugu Bradului and Om Nightbringer - Temple of Not (SPLIT) - Rex ex Ordine Throni Nocternity - A Fallen Unicorn (EP - atmospheric as fuck) Norden - Glory in Flames Oathean - Ten Days In Lachrymation Odal - Sturmes Brut Ondskapt - Dödens Evangelium Pantheon - Vargrstrike Rakoth - Jabberworks (avantgarde) Rivendell - The Ancient Glory Root - Madness Of The Graves (close enough..) Sear Bliss - Forsaken Symphony, Glory and Perdition, The Arcane Odyssey Shining - III Siebenbürgen - Delictum Sirius - Aeons of Magick Sorhin - Apokalypsens Ängel Taake - Over Bjorgvins Graater Himmerik Trollech - Synove lesu Urgehal - Through Thick Fog Till Death Velvet Cacoon - Genevieve Valar - Magic and Wyrmfire (for summoning fans, but not as good) Woodtemple - The Call From The Pagan Woods Wyrd - Songs Of The Northern Gale demo Xasthur - To Violate The Oblivious ....this thread made me realize that most of the shit I listen to is in the 90s. I'm not hugely familiar with that many newer BM bands; there's plenty of them. Germany has a GREAT scene right now, as well as France. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 6,2010 12:54am - goatcatalyst ""] arilliusbm said:whats the genre standard? [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 6,2010 12:57am - goatcatalyst ""] adding Negative Plane "Et In Saecula Saeculorum" to the list |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 6,2010 2:18am - quintessence ""] [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 6,2010 3:09am - goatcatalyst ""] Nakedlady altar or fuck off |
| _____________________________ [Jan 7,2010 7:41am - Yeti ""] ArilliusBM said:Darkthrone - Too Old Too Cold - FUCKING GRAVEYARD SLUT gah, how could i forget The Cult is Alive. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 7,2010 9:33am - arktouros ""] just a hellish rock and roll freak |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 7,2010 11:20am - goatcatalyst ""] Nice rack and all |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 8,2010 9:39pm - metal_church101 ""] [img] |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 8,2010 9:42pm - metal_church101 ""] [img] |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 14,2010 1:29pm - demondave ""] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 12:16pm - ancient master ""] gonna update with 2010 records sargeist - let the devil in slavland - lechita absu - absu nokturnal mortum - voice of steel arckanum - sviga lae blood of kingu - sun in the house of scorpio burzum - belus inquisition - Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm lutomysl - lutomysl october falls - a collapse of faith twilight - monument to time end temnozor - shu nun ep |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 1:00pm - goatcatalyst ""] Black metal is dead. Only oOoOO is real |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 1:40pm - ancient master ""] troOoOO, ive been getting into some "chill wave" as they call it Salem - King Night is good |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 1:58pm - aril NLI (sXe) ""] Black metal sucks. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 2:00pm - aril NLI (sXe) ""] MikeofdecrepitudE said:Drudkh - Myspace clips Krallice - Myspace clips Wolves in the Throne Room - Myspace clips Nachtmystium - Myspace clips Leviathan - Myspace clips Xasthur - Myspace clips Twilight - Myspace clips Cradle of Filth - Godspeed on the devils thunder Eyes of Noctum - Myspace clips + demo Lol'd. This board needs more Mikeov |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 4:29pm - goatcatalyst ""] Salem is cool. Ya heard Gatekeeper? |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 6:06pm - ancient master ""] nah, ill check it out though |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 6:21pm - goatcatalyst ""] "Giza" is the shazzzzzz |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 6:38pm - arkquimanthorn ""] ancient%20master said: temnozor - shu nun ep that was astrofaes, and those two songs are amazing, i can't wait for the next album. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 6:57pm - ancient master ""] thats right my mistake |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 6:58pm - arilliusbm ""] a decade of black metal in review: [img] /thread |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 9:40pm - ancient master ""] cool opinion bro |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 9:45pm - arilliusbm ""] all black metal post early second wave is fail. |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 2,2011 12:32am - ancient master ""] I concur with you on some counts, but not all |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 2,2011 1:33am - conservationist ""] arilliusbm said:all black metal post early second wave is fail. TRUE, EXCEPT "ENGRAM" AND SELECTED DEMONCY AND BLACK FUNERAL RELEASES -|- OH AND FUCKING ILDJARN |
| ____________________________________________ [Jan 2,2011 1:44am - Woah!_Shut_It_Down! ""] [img] [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 2,2011 1:46am - goatcatalyst ""] Plenty of great shit in the last ten years, you cantankerous old tryhard buttdarts who don't listen to Robin Trower |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 2,2011 9:48am - aril NLI (sXe) ""] SM:10 |
| _____________________________ [Jan 2,2011 9:57am - Slag ""] lol @ sXe |
| _________________________________ [Jan 2,2011 12:47pm - reimroc ""] i would post an aril reaction image but i'm lazy |
| _______________________________ [Jan 2,2011 8:47pm - mike29 ""] Don't mean to shit on your list, Ancient Master, but the Weakling album came out in 95 and the Wind of the Black Mountains in 96, I believe. Good albums, though. Judeobeast Assassination is my top BM album for this decade. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 2,2011 9:14pm - ancient master ""] Weakling Dead as Dreams Full-length, 2000 material recorded in 1998 but released after the band broke up in 2000 wind of the black mountains yes you are right, black sun shall rise came out in 00's though, which I guess is what I should have put, however I do not enjoy that album as much. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 2,2011 9:25pm - aril NLI (sXe) ""] ancient, I was half joking about bm this decade. there's been plent of good releases. I'd still argue that 90s bm was better, but this past decade had been good. I certainly don't like the direction most black metal is going in, but then again, I don't listen to blackmetal as much anymore. everything has been done and most bm is emotionless and meaningless now. plus hipsters just ruin everything for me :-( |
| _______________________________ [Jan 2,2011 9:31pm - mike29 ""] I stand corrected. For some reason I thought Dead As Dreams came out earlier. I'll throw in the new Profanatica as well. Not exactly groundbreaking, but evil and dark as fuck. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 2,2011 9:35pm - ancient master ""] yeah hipsters suck but i dont care what they like/ dont like, theyll be on to the next thing when bm isnt cool anymore |
| ________________________________ [Jan 3,2011 1:38pm - stench ""] endless dismal moan - lord of nightmare marduk - wormwood triumphator - wings of antichrist haemoth - kontamination behexen - my soul for his glory |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 3,2011 1:42pm - RichHorror ""] bennyhillifier |
| ________________________________ [Jan 3,2011 1:42pm - stench ""] triumphator might actually be '98 or '99 but it's still awesome |