I'm looking for Depressive Black Metal in the vein of Niflheim(Can)- please dont recommend Gris. I dont care about the production... i would perfer better quality stuff though. Thank you in advance!

Some excellent bands are Anti, Coldworld, Funeral Mourning (has funeral doom influences but its good), Life is Pain, Nae'Blis, Nyktalgia, Thy Light, and Veil (USA) I can give you more but these bands are really good.

I would also recommend Mortifera, Trist, and Hydra(Chile)

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Forest of Shadows is quite good, ide go with "Where Dreams Turn to Dust", my band might be doing a cover of Wish if everything goes as intended.

ive been listening to a lot of Hypomanie, they are pretty good. Canis Dirus and inferi are worth a try. But I second literally every band that UnderArozenMoon said, especially Veil. I also second Hydra, their album is free for download.

Ahh damn I forgot Hypothermia.
I've heard alot about Hydra...guess I need to download it

You must. It's riff heavy while still retaining the depressive sound. Oh, and did I mention the vocalist is female?

Blutklinge is really awesome Depr. BM to me...
also Drapsnatt are great (though they might be too harsh for your research when thinking of Niflheim/Gris)

You should look at the black metal reccomendation thread. Its whats its there for.

Hypothermia is awesome,glad you mentioned them, but i meant Hypomanie


(IDK the vocalist of Hydra was female. Thats awesome, she's sick)

Drapsnatt is awesome, but i think they arent really depressive.

Im downloading it now.Im pretty interested to hear Hydra and a female vocalist...hmm intersting
Edit:Thought i was downloading it...anyone have a url that actually works?

Not to sound rude or anything but depressive suicidal black metal is quite a bit different than most other black metal

So's black/death metal, but the threads are there for a purpose. I actually don't think DSBM IS different from most black metal; its worse, perhaps, but not different.

Woods of Infinity is a top notch black metal band with a unique use of strange, unsettling samples that keeps me on the edge of my seat. I'd also highly recommend Isolation to anybody who love thick layers of audio despair as much as I do. Really dreary stuff, yet strangely solemn and tranquil in its own way, with plenty of heartfelt melodies hidden under the cacophony. Nocturnal Depression is pretty much the epitome of minimalistic, gloomy music that evokes thoughts of isolation and suicide. Their music is as hopeless sounding as it is beautiful. Zuriaake is a strange, unique band that plays sad, lonely and ultra-raw black metal (perhaps similar to Xasthur at first glance) mixed with elements of Chinese classical music. Not something at the top of my playlists, but definitely interesting and worthwhile stuff.

All Im trying to point out is that for DSBM many people who would recommend on the black metal rec. thread think DSBM sucks and dont know anything about good bands.
That and it has a different sound.
Brutal death metal is different than death metal, and I think DSBM is different from black metal.

I also recommend the Chinese band Be Persecuted, and the Pakistani band Abyssed.