Check Enthroned's Armoured Bestial Hell, I think you'll love it.

Hey guys. Im kind of a newb when it comes to black metal, really, I just havent heard a whole lot of stuff. Right now im looking for a band that is fucking COLD! Im not into alot of brutality, not my stuff. Atmospheric stuff that makes you feel like your walking through a dark forest, surrounded by the snow and the ice and death awaits you as you keep walking....Bit dramatic there, but yeah. Bands kind of like:

Imperial Crystalline Entombment (Very polished, but amazing wintery stuff! WE ARE FUCKING ICEEEEEEEE)
Paysage D'Hiver (RAW)
Xasthur (not so cold, but he/they have that dark, deathly sound..)
Darkthrone (Pretty chilling, great sound. Especially Transilvanian Hunger-era)

Yeah, thanks for all the help everyone.

Sacramentum, preferably the album "Far Away From The Sun" moledic snowstorm and is light on brutality just like you mentioned and Although their music has some "beautiful parts" it is still "Cold".

When I read the second part of your sentence a particular song came into mind and that is "Manchmal Wenn Sie Schlaft" by Nargaroth from the album "Geliebte Des Regens" so check that out. That album definetly embodies the sort of feeling you are looking for.

Your BM request seems rather generic as many bands fit the criteria you are looking for, but these two are what first jumped into my mind so here you go.

Im sorry I couldnt be more descriptive. Will go check out the stuff you recommended, I appreciate it, and thanks.

Don't be sorry I don't mind.

Aaskereia should do the trick. Vocals are very much alike Burzum's, but the music is quite fast with lots of blastbeats and doublebass drums.


Keep an eye on the band Onryō ( http://www.myspace.com/onryokaidan , you can download that song from last.fm). As far as I know the guy is writing a release now.

I want my black metal with a very dark atmosphere and varying from very fast tempos to ambient like fillers or from very fast drumming to headbanging riffs. Some of my favorite black metal albums to give hints are:

Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon
Thunderbolt - Inhuman Ritual Massmurder
Nargaroth - Black Metal 1st Krieg
Burzum - Filosofem

That's a very, very interesting song. Thanks a lot

I've already gotten into Graveland a little bit, thanks though, as I can see some similarities there.

As for the Butterfly Temple recommendations, I'll definitely have to look into those two, as I haven't heard / heard of them yet.

Much appreciated!

I just listened to Northern Breeze's debut, so I was wondering, could someone recommend me something like that. Melodic, but not so melodic. Something raw, like Blut Aus Nord

To sum it all up, rec. me something like:
Blut Aus Nord
Northern Breeze
Verdunkeln

Ah, what a great album. You'll like Ravencult too if you liked Northern Breeze. Northern Breeze in overal take influence from both the Hellenic and the Norwegian BM scene. You may also like Nocternity and Agatus (well, Agatus are way too NWOBHM-influenced but anyway). Shores Of Sheol may be of your liking too.

Thanks walking encyclopedia of black metal

Yeah!, NB is a great band, Mors recommended it to me some time ago, and I find it perfect for what I was looking for. Now, I have one Blut Aus Nord album (Mort) and I didn´t like it. Then I went to the reviews and found that all other albums haver better scores, so, I read all the reviews and can´t decide which should I get, help please!!!

Get their first two, especially Ultima Thulee, really great black metal full of atmosphere.

Can anyone recommend bands similar to Windir? I love their keyboard oarts and pure craziness and would love some more bands in the same vein

Mistur is supposedly similar. I haven't heard it in a long while, but as far as I remember, Windir was far better.

Indeed, I feel that Windir will be very hard to beat. But thanks for the suggestion, I will check them out

If you haven't already, check out Lifelover's two albums (Erotik & Pulver). They have the depressive sounding vocals. It's shoegazey black metal.
I personally, love them.

I say if you want good black metal with a raw sound
Definately check out Behexen or Satanic Warmaster

I have the albums but I've yet to listen them carefully. I guess I have to do that soon.

When I first heard Erotik, I couldn't stop listening to it for a week straight (I think growing up on Sonic Youth has something to do with it).
Pulver is much more traditional in the black metal sense, but it's definitely Lifelover.

Edit: I guess it's not so much "shoegazey" as it is just noise rock.

We can all agree that Windir can't be beat, but try Cor Scorpii. They released their debut Monument. I think you would like it, very atmospheric.


Can someone rec me something like Sear Bliss, epic and atmospheric. It's a really broad rec, so just name a few. I already know Summoning though

I know them, and love them a lot. They're 5th on my last.fm for a reason. I had the same with the addiction in the beginning. I started with Pulver and couldn't stop listening to it. M/S Salmonella is an amazing song.

Just checked out their myspace, exactly what I was looking for Thank you!

Sear Bliss are very good and they manage to create a great atmosphere with their trombones. Now, you won't find a lot of other BM bands with trombones (personally, I do not know any such band so I guess it doesn't exist but you can always check Necromantia, In Lungua Mortua and such acts) but you will find a a lot of very good atmospheric BM bands. From the top of my head and without some extra notes, check out Altoriu Seseliai, Eldrig, Varathron, Bornholm, Fanisk, Agatus, Nocternity, Zemial, Kawir, Fiendish Nymph and Order Of The Ebon Hand. I'm a bit busy right now but I'll return with more recommendations. I hope I helped.

You don't know every BM band that exists....

Todesfaust

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=28122

But I should say I don't think this band really counts.

I wanted to know what the name Anaal Nathrakh means if it means anything at all. I also want to know the right way to pronounce it.

The name comes from Merlin's Charm of Making in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981). Given Michael Everson's transcription, Anaal Nathrakh means "serpent's breath".



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaal_Nathrakh

Unfortunately, I don't know every BM band yet



Interesting band. Thanks for listing them. But why don't they count?

Are there any Black Metal bands that sound really slow, harsh, raw(but not lo-fi), nihilistic, heavy etc. Basically anything that sounds like a BM version of Winter's 'Into Darkness' album.

Because they used to have a live member who played the trombone. Well, you could count them, but I'm not sure if they actually used trombone on their releases.

There is something I would like to ask:

Forgotten Woods have used on Sjel av natten a special kind of reverb in the vocals and the same style can be recognized on Av Aske of Min Kniv...

Are there more bands which use this in the same manner?

Thanks

Can you guys recommend me black metal bands that uses acoustic guitar/piano interludes or parts such as Dissection and Ulver ? I'd prefer classical guitar/piano over folk but folks still fine. Something with a real romantic or somber. I also know Agalloch but I'm very new to black metal in general in that i have not even listened to most of the classics.

I'm looking for really cold sounding black metal. A sound similar to that of Blut Aus Nord's first album.

2 really good bands you should check out are Darkspace and Paysage d'Hiver. They are very talented, raw, cold sounding bands. I recommend Darkspace II by Darkspace.

I just re-discovered the awesomeness of Darkthrone's The Cult Is Alive. I also quite enjoy Blackthrone, although their vocalist sucks ass. I'm basically looking for more punkish BM in this vein. I'm listening to Fuck off and Die now (the band, not the Darkthrone album) and it sounds very enjoyable.

And now for some painfully obvious suggestions:

"Fuck You All" by Carpathian Forest has a similar punk-influenced vibe. You could also try the Nattefrost and Dodsferd albums.

Thanks. Dodsferd sounds very nice. Also I never really bothered about CF, but the new one sounds like fun. I never checked out Nattefrost, probably because I always get the impression that he's dumb as fuck, but it doesn't sound bad at all.