Thread: Black Metal

Some excellent bands have been mentioned here so far. Some of my favourites (whether or not they are merely blasphemous or actually orientated around the occult) are:

Dissection, Inquisition, Archgoat, Blasphemy, Black Witchery, Beherit, Watain, Secrets of the Moon, Ofermod, Ondskapt, Necros Christos, Nehemah, Mortem (Peru), Deathspell Omega, Ancient Wisdom etc

Also, on another note, I've been enjoying quite a lot of dark ritual ambient kind of stuff lately. I've been listening to Zero Kama, Zoat Aon, Hexentanz, Enemite, Halo Manash, Okk-uLth, Funerary Call, Darkness Enshroud, Black Seas of Infinity, Aghast etc etc.

Anyone enjoy any of these bands and projects??

I seriously recommend Enochian Crescent for everyone who has a bit, say twisted, taste and enjoys finding subliminal meanings (interest in occult is of course clear point without mentioning). For starters "Ghost of Saturn" video
- YouTube - Enochian Crescent - Ghost of Saturn

And Ondskapt. More than perfect atmosphere for trance for example. Mostly opens for those familiar with 'dark side' of the way, or so I suppose..
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Black metal is my favorite form of music.


Some bands that i like:


Burzum
Darkthrone
Mayhem
Xasthur
Leviathan
Satanic Warmaster
Absurd
Dissection
Watain
Craft
Venom
Bathory
Dodsferd
(early) Satyricon
(early) Gorgoroth

Originally Posted by S33k3R

Aw..now thats a bit unfair ...just 'cus we don't chillit out with the dark ones don't mean we bop to Brittney.

I've heard some of Therions stuff...meh..iz OK. I just find that the Genre seems to be to fuzzy and same same. Heavy is no problem, I cut my teeth on old school Sepultura, Morbid Angel and Napalm Death years ago. Perhaps if you could point me in the right direction I might revisit the subject

Hi Im new here I find this place very intreasting. I just wanted to point something out to you if I may.
Nothing wrong with death metal or thrash etc but when it comes to blackmetal you have to get rid of old concepts of metal you listened to pre Blackmetal then you will see the true beauty of the music.
what you will find particularly the old style of black metal is it is about atmosphere more than a riff to mosh to or a groove although an original black metal groove is usually loose raw and has its own entity the more you listen to it the more you will understand it.
dont dismiss it alot of metal heads do treat it as its own thing rather than compare it to say morbid angel or cannibal corpse etc.

I cant believe nobody mentioned Darkthrone, Mayhem, or Bathory.
I dont consider C.O.F. black metal, I call them faggoth. Dimmu is moving in that direction as well. I recommend Old Man's Child and Dark Funeral as well.

Oh ****, nameless mentioned those three. Sorry. Oh well, try Dark Funeral and Old Mans Child.

for really satanic stuff check out VON - satanic blood

my favorites lately have been

nightbringer
striborg
emperor
krieg
profanatica
demoncy
crimson moon
summoning
deathspell omega


somewhat unrelated but check out bird from the abyss which is a kind of doom folk but on a black metal label. reeks of the occult.

Really, no one shall mention behemoth or burzum?

I have found the topic I am very interested in but here are mentioned just noticable bends. There is A LOT of good underground black metal too.
Try:
Celestial Bloodshed
Arckanum
Corpus Christii
Horna
Baptism
Vorkreist
Svart Crown

And without occult:
Lyrinx
Austere
Sanctus Daemoneon (well they sing abou inner demons)

Occult but not BM:
The Devil's Blood (TOTBL)
Ghost

I guess that the last two bands are known to all.

Originally Posted by MISANTHROPYpure

Really, no one shall mention behemoth or burzum?

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