Yeah I really like Satyricon's Volcano but I need to check out the albums after that. And I also recently got in to some of Darkthrone's later stuff (I love Total Death!) They have a pretty extensive discography though so it has taken me some time to sort through it. What is another good album by both of these bands that exemplifies this style?

Satyricon's "The Age Of Nero" and Darkthrone's "Ravishing Grimness".

check out gehennah from sweden and that hellfire album into fire (also from sweden, emulates the bathory debut). there's tons of stuff in this vein, but these two come to mind first. bulldozer is a good call as well. if you like hellhammer's sound, try warhammer. as for newer darkthrone, I'd personally recommend the underground resistance (but ravishing grimness is good too).

I like IN but that album is not quite what i'm looking for in this context. Think closer along the lines to their songs Body Mind Soul or Hate(but shorter of course) and you'll see what I mean

Antimateria
Cosmos Glorifying Black Metal from Finland

https://soundcloud.com/punapeto

https://www.facebook.com/cgbmff/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Kinda like a Cosmic Church/Drowning the Light fusion. Not as bad as I thought it would be actually. Got an album soon?

Album will be released this year.

Looking for more early second wave stuff with an "outlandish"/"more-modern-art-than-good-metal" take on black metal, like Von, Abruptum, Vondur, Absurd demos, perhaps Morbid...

mmmh.. maybe early Bestial Summoning? they play sloppy and monotonous black metal, with possessed vocals and random doom riffs!

also things like early Havohej (in particular the plain weird ep Black Perversion) and early Countess (for their random use of keyboards and clean guitars) may work!

I just came back to this thread to mention Havohej as another example.

I love the big sound and atmosphere, the bleakness, the overwhelmingness, of black metal. Currently I'm listening to Sun Worship - Elder Giants, I love Inquisition(seen em 3 times now) both their early stuff like Invoking the Majestic Throne of Satan and more so Nefarius Dismal Orations, Ominous Doctrines, and Obscure Verses for the Multiverse.

Thoughts on what to check out? Classics or newer stuff, all suggestions welcomed.

Edit: Now listening to Horna - Sanjoesi Aarelle, this is excellent.

Beherit?

You asked for it

I used to know a lot of this yucky stuff, lets see...

Early project by the Gnaw the Tongues guy, starts out really promising like early Emperor then gets noisy and dumb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMJALURDOHo

You probably already know this one, its amongst the more popular LLN satanic fart demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AFjuRzglHU

There was also this crap by the Azhubham Haani guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5P9uG1fozk

LOL, this guy wins the most kvlt award: http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/ ... _photo.jpg
too bad his music is some constipated caterwauling over what I can only perceive to be a set of tumbling cymbals and piss static: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjmIF8IFhUY

This exists, and its not good. Well I guess its better than most of this stuff. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDKdUAfp-JU

Here's a somewhat decent one, they sound like early Beherit except with industrial mortal kombat drums and cat piss vokills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojbkeefXMpY

This was kinda cool too, I don't remember keeping it for very long though, more early noisey blast puke material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UacNG1MKi8o

Don't say I didn't warn you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8udUqBfifls

DON'T ASK, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. YES THAT IS A PENIS STEED, NO I DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHY IT IS BLACK METAL: http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Bi ... Demo/70683
(I never could find this but please share if you do, I always wanted to hear this one)

For most bands getting weird is something that happens as they age, not so with this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnvjOzfdIs

If you like Absurd at their scratchiness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJkIjRcJdfA

I seem to remember this being unmusical as fuck, could be wrong: http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/La ... acht/47869

And the classic black metal doesn't need guitars just a cymbal that sounds like a railroad crossing band Dawnfall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igw4JM_qHR0

I know there's more but I can't recall them at this time.

wow, thanks a lot. baobhan side are great, new era actually put out a compilation cd of their stuff. I remember one of their tapes on it being really good and/because more being straight black metal-like. I'll play it later and get back to you about it.
mussorgski became a bit different with their 1995 or 1996 full-length and turned active again a few years ago. IIRC correctly, you can bandcamp their releases. I have one of their other tapes which I actually like. I'll check out later which one it was.
thanks for astral. I hadn't known them before, but liked that song.
the anubi guy died in a drowning accident. very weird stuff, I don't like it though. LP re-issue has been announced/in the works for years now (by inferna profundus?).
I guess droneriot knows about coven of the worm. never been my cup. also, very NS. some (greek?) NS label put out a demo comp post-2000. they featured krieg of wehrhammer and adonai obscura of forgotten darkness.
dawnfall, haha. they were on countess's label. they're still selling the album, I guess.

I'll dig through some old tapes later and see if I can find a few things that may fit your request.
off the top of my head, I could think of hieronym inferiorum, who were somewhat funebre inferi. not sure if it fits your request. synth-dominated occult/satanic "black metal", here's the full demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlKv_ZMVfGQ if anyone's truly interested, I actually have an original copy of this for trade or sale haha.
I'll try to come up with more stuff later.

MORDOR IS NOT GOOD!!???!? HOW DARE YOU.

And Bhaobhan Sidhe is classic, always loved them.

I should further clarify my request by mentioning that the examples I mentioned are indeed outlandish and more modern art than good metal, but have a clear idea of what they want to play and create a unique sound, rather than just being confused and inept.

Coven of the Worm is one of my favourite examples for the inbuilt audience of NSBM, you can slap something far-right on any crap and people will be into it. Basically like Star Trek-themed black metal or black metal played by Elvis impersonators would be, people who listen to it think it means they have actual friends because the band they never met says the same stuff as them.

so that bhaobhan sidhe recording I meant was the first demo and 7". great stuff. not too keen on the later stuff though.
I've also replayed that mussorgski tape (unholy stories), really good shit. you can hear quite some later arkona in there, which is always welcomed here.

droneriot, I'm not sure if you're aware of it, but check out the asmodian coven blog for more bizarre/outlandish stuff in there. I recommend sacrilegeous (sic!) from finland to you, some of it is maybe a bit reminiscent of abruptum. weird stuff anyway.

Hey, I got a rather simple question here:

I'm looking for BM with tremolo-picked riffing like in the opening of "I am the black wizards" , that is also more on the agressive side and has and absolutely nastily distorted guitar tone. Gorgoroth's 3rd is also pretty close to what I'm looking for riffing-wise, especially "Krig".

About the guitar tone:
Compare the version here:

to the much rawer (better) sounding one here:

That guitar (bass?) tone which starts after 7 seconds into the song, holy shit! (If only the guitars where more prominent compared to the drums/vocals on this, at least you can't hear the synths in this version.)

So, aggressive Gorgoroth-style tremolo picked riffing on top of an distorted-beyond-belief droning fuzz.
Any recommendations?

That's fairly specific, here's a few which I think may be close:

They're interesting but definitely not for me


Wasn't a lot of early black metal confused and inept? haha

I think most of the bands on my list were serious, if bad, if anything give Codex Gigas and Astral a listen.

IC Rex - Sielun kadotuksen sinfonia

Niden Div actually seems quite good, thanks. I think I've seen them mentioned somewhere here before, but for some reason did not pay much attention to them. Looks like I need to give them a few more listens.

And you really are not kidding on that last piece, the guitar tone is really nicely thick and drone-y, with some melodic picking sitting on top. Nice! (Although I really wish they had more interesting riff work, generally speaking. That riff starting at 2:44 in that last video is really good, but their other material seems somewhat.... dull?)

@Ilwhyan: That IC Rex piece is cool, quite along the line of what I'm looking for, thanks! (just needs a better mix, hnnggg). Kind of reminds me of SVEST's Urfaust, actually, in both regards.

Yeah, it's ear-piercing. It's unfortunate, because some of the material is really strong, and I rarely feel like listening to something so abrasive.

The other stuff on that EP is not quite as aggressive yes, but it is still very high quality.

Did you like any of the other things I posted?

Thank you so much, I checked out each band and all of them are great!



I appreciate that, I just sampled each band and it sounds promising; thank you.



Thanks both great albums!

DeadSea: When I listened to some of the other recommendations to you, I was reminded of an intro to a black metal song that I just couldn't recall. You know that feeling when you recall a song, but can remember which band or what song if your life depended on it?

Well, I figured out today that it's Korgonthurus - Täydellinen maailma, täydellinen kuolema from the Bloodhammer split. I thought you might get a kick out of that song. Bloodhammer also has some very nasty distortion tones, though it's not really that good as a band.

Temptestuous, Ilwhyan: Sorry for the rather short reply last time, I went and re-listened to thesamples a bit more closely.

With those Cirith Gorgor and Ildjarn peaces I don't know, the tones does not relly do much for me (also, the Cirith Gorgor production on this seems a bit 'sterile'? Bear with me, I'm no musician) and the riffing is rather bland and uninteresting. Not my cup of tea. Also true for that Ungod sample, maybe it's the mix on that one, but it sounds too tinny/faint for me.

I really like the sound Graveland and Nauthis have, that is plain nasty. Sadly it's mostly killed by the production (Nauthis expecially). Need to check out more of them. Tone-wise this actually reminds me of Mutiilation's Travels Through Sadness and Hate (although far too tinny and not going anywhere riff-wise), and Vlad Tepes' Under Carpathian Yoke (although they more or less screw that song up, especially when trying to layer 2 riffs on top of each other)

Like I said, the Nidhogg sound is quite what I'm looking for, but the riffing is too "textural" and lacks aggression/manicness for my taste. Would be okay still, if it had that frantic tremolo-picked noodling on top like those first 30 seconds of I am the Black Wizards or even Burzums Jesu Dod (his only song I like, actually).

Ic Rex has both: nastily distorted yet full (bassy) tone riffin on the 'bottom' (which just could be slightly more aggressive), but with bitingly distorted tremolo picked riffing on top (I listened to Tuli Kylmästä Jäästä). But production is ass, sadly. Niden Div is _very_ nice, but yeah, a bit too tinny (still, I like the prominent bass in the mix). Very cool riffing. Must get the full EP.


On top of the already mentioned Urfaust by S.V.E.S.T. (and of course Gorgoroth), I can't
really think of other good examples for this atm.
I only got one rather, uh, exotic sample which somewhat come close, too:

https://youtu.be/TPUWIkbOoyc?t=36
Not bm, but the tone is cool, and the frantic drums -- actually frantic everything -- in that part are insane, too.


Edit: Just listened to Korgonthurus - Täydellinen maailma, täydellinen kuolema, nice stuff, cool sound (nevermind the second half of the split) . Just wished this was more developed, the riffing changes directions every other moment. Need to listen to more of their stuff, too.

I'm still looking for something like Mortualia's second full-length. Not really looking for Shatraug's other stuff like Sargeist or Horna though. As much as I love Sanojesi disc 2, for example, it sounds totally different from Blood of the Hermit in my opinion. Thanks all who read this.

Still looking

Hails! You guys should all check out this band called Murg from Sweden. One of my go to albums lately.


A couple of my other favorite albums from 2015 were by Djevel and Fluisteraars, definitely check them out. Nice to see someone actually mention Darkthrone's Ravishing Grimness, the title track rules.

I've never come across anything like Blood of the Hermit. Thankfully there should be a new Mortualia album out this year, so fingers crossed.

Not sure why I have never really listened to Mortualia, but it reminds me very much of Wigrid, Morthond or maybe to a lesser degree, Basilisk. Maybe not quite as riffy, and more repetitive than you're looking for, but worth a listen. In the meantime I'm gonna listen to some Mortualia and I'll try to think of more similarities.

Wow... that was something.
EDIT: Gonna ask for something like this. I’m looking for very weird early BM just like droneriot described, but more along the lines of Aurea Aetas. Something explosive, really original and maybe a bit more BM than this though. Deathcrush influence would be nice.

Holy fuck!! That band is amazing!! Just checked it out now!!

Please recommend me something in this vein. Especially the tracks 'Vigil' and 'Jagoeldr'

Looking for something similar to Lunar Aurora's Andacht. So I guess atmospheric/dsbm? I love how it doesn't sound cheesy and gives me chills every time. Thanks.

That was all I had and I spent a good year going through old black metal stuff, no doubt there's more hidden somewhere however.



Glad something worked at least!

Anyone have any digital black metal projects? Think of starting one kinda like Sutekh Hexen, but digital. While I'm still searching for riff players, I'm curious if a good sound can be pulled iliff with just digital instreuments. Honestly sounds like it'd be terrible, but I've never heard any

Try these:

Mefisto (Sweden) - Megalomania demo 1986: https://youtu.be/iQZ1_d2YpMc?list=PLqytfNFx9Ghw6tkSoQqGLLy45OcrJM9wk

Zadkiel (Japan) - Hell's Bomber EP 1986: https://youtu.be/QXVo8yPmk2M?list=PLqytfNFx9Ghw_sWuL-3rvWSGyKBRFq331

White Hell (Japan) - Lucifer single 1985: https://youtu.be/JP-HsISFAKg?list=PLAFD1278D70823C48

I really need more bands that sound like the first two Blut Aus Nord albums, Memoria Vetusta in particular.

forgot to mention syphilitic vaginas, check them out if you don't know them yet.