This genre has always been of interest to me, although I have not listened to that much of it, mostly the main projects. But what I have heard so far has been excellent, so I have set up this thread so others can share some of the gems of NSBM. Here are a few noteworthy albums/artists I have discovered so far. Share yours and opinion on these if you want! Maybe you guys don't allow discussion of NSBM, I don't know.

I was wondering whether this should go in the recommendation section, but I've decided to put it in the discussion for now.

-Fanisk - Noontide (this is by far the best I've heard so far and one of my personal favourites of all black metal)
-Graveland - Dawn of Iron Blades, Immortal Pride, Creed of Iron (ok, Graveland isn't purely NSBM anymore but it's definitely worth a mention)
-Nokturnal Mortum - NeChrist, Weltanschauung, The Voice of Steel (I'm not sure if they are still NSBM)
-Absurd - everything including and after Asgardsrei.
-Gontyna Kry - Welowie (hidden gem right here)
-M8l8th - By the Wing of Black (I was surprised how good this album turned out to be)
-Fullmoon - United Aryan Evil (I just can't get enough of this demo, it has the same atmosphere as Graveland, unsurprising since Rob Darken helped with some of the tracks and the production.)
-Hate Forest - Battlefields, Purity, Sorrow
-Dub Buk - Місяць помсти, Iду на Ви!, Русь Понад Усе!
-Forest (Russia) - Песнью В Жатве Горя
-Apraxia - Kolovrat
-Temnozor - Folkstorm of the Azure Nights
-Wolfnacht (everything they have done seems to be solid)

I would mention Kroda, but it seems they are not an NS band.

Thanks for reading!

Brace yourself...

Good NSBM has other qualities othen than lyrics about denying the holohoax and killing minorities, i'd say it feels more "passionate" than usual black metal. Few bands pull off this sound properly, so the genre is mostly dull music for 15-year old Hitler wannabes and people with a fetish for nazi germany.

With that said, I definitely second Absurd, Fanisk and Graveland as gems of the genre. M8l8th's Непоколебимая Вера is also very worth checking out.
Bilskirnir is a very solid band, check it out if you don't know yet.

Sigrblot might be worth too, though I only heard their split with Absurd and GBK

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I love M8l8th's By the Wings of Black, and various stuff by Absurd, Temnozor and the likes...But I just think that NSBM should not be a genre. True there are certain elements involved which are not found in other sub genres of black metal, but it's basic standing is the same.

The "Brace yourself..." is in regard to the imminent argument about racism.

Shut the fuck up.

There's nothing wrong with NSBM threads. Unfortunately, the two sides of the equation, the NS folks drooling from both corners of their mouths and shouting racial slogans, and the ANTIFA crew with their equally retarded font-banning habits and endless scene-making abilities tend to ruin these threads.

Now, discuss the music. But the moment someone uses this for propaganda or politics, I will ban the person and the poster next to him. A movie taught me that this is an effective method of crowd control in a confined space and exceptional disciplinary environment... so behave, no matter what your skin colour, political opinions, status of foreskin ownership or your opinion on other people's foreskin ownership status, or whateverthehell it is might be. Discuss the music, touch the politics behind it, but don't start a yelling match with other with IQ in the low 70s, and we'll do just fine.

The above springs from experience. Take it as a promise, not a warning.

Carpathianchrist, try avoid being a sensitive retard here. You are already near the "exit" door here, and the bouncer is flexing.

When someone ask for recommendations on a genre wich main particullarity is the lyrics with racial,etnic and social hatred you just cant separate the political content from the music.
Back to the thread...I´m not so much of a NSBM fan but i really like the early Peste Noire stuff which was pretty related to those themes.

The only band widely considered NSBM that I actively listen to is Nokturnal Mortum, and I only listen to their albums without any obvious promotion of said ideology. I have been meaning to properly check out Temnozor for quite some time, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Otherwise I don't listen to or support NSBM. I do enjoy a few bands that are "on the fence" so to speak though.

Also, can anyone elaborate on the political stances (or lack thereof) of bands like Goatpenis and Moonblood?

I haven't delved into the realms of NSBM particularly, nor do I know much about it, but I did enjoy Wolfenhords' latest "The Truth Shall Set You Free".

They are involved in the brazilian skinhead scene, and I remember finding some interviews with them in explcitly nazi supporting websites, but the band itself seems to have no political stance other than blowing shit up.

Like the OP said, Fanisk is really, really, ridiculously good. Very grandiose atmosphere and excellent riffs to boot. Their lyrics are very abstract too (the cover art of Noontide, not so much) so anyone who's really sensitive to racist content can probably adopt an ignorance is bliss approach and still enjoy the music. Was shocked to see that they recently released a new album.

Fuck, I had no idea.

boy, I dig the aggressive sound in NSBM. I am not a racist, just saying.

Dark Fury (POL) - Blood and Honor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNN5Vh1LaeE

Syny Severa (RUS) - Eagle Gaze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oa5RLmbAhs

Sunwheel (POL) - Industry of Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBAEsZgA3PI

Schiffbruch 88 (GER) - Wir Von Schiffsbruch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfa8v6ZAfo0

Wulfhere (USA) - From The Black Hell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8hhE_LuGOI

Some faves already mentioned in the first post, so...


Der Stürmer - No mention yet?! Propably the most uncompromising band out there.

Lord of Evil/War 88 - noisy and even punkish but so furious. White Aryan Resistance demo is mandatory to check out everyone interested in.

Capricornus - Yes, his solo material. The 7" Stahlgewitter is one of the most fucked up ("musically") recordings out there. Full-lenght album is also as rabid as the dog on the cover.

Thor's Hammer - Another Capricornus project. Very hateful.

Veles - Very often forgotten but absolutely classic polish band. All their material is 100% recommended. However, Black Hateful Metal is not for those with weak mind and heart.

Infernum - Classic polish band. Taur-Nu-Fuin is in the line of the Graveland classics like Carpathian Wolves and Thousand Swords. Same line up too except Karcharoth (aka Anextiomarus in Infernum) on vocals and guitar and Darken only doing keyboards. Farewell album features lyrics written by Witholf of Fanisk.

Branikald/Nitberg - Blazebirth Hall classics.

Wodulf & Ravenbanner - Both are projects including Hjarulv and Jarl von Hagall from Der Stürmer.

Totenburg - German band that has only got better and better after releasing the album Pestpogrom.

White Wolves Kommando - Already split up band but all the four demo tapes and the 7" ep are top notch.

Martial (pol) - Another polish horde. Demo tape "Death to Inferior Races" is not very far from the sound of Lord of Evil/War 88.

Aryan Blood - Very straight forward.

Im puerto rican but i cant deny my love for graveland and grand belials key.

Neither Graveland or GBK are NS if you ask the bands themselves. Both of them get tagged as NS becase of their responses on interviews or favourite bands in album thanks lists.

I am going to second Fanisk. Such a stand out album, sounds like nothing else! Also not sure it has been mentioned yet but my other favourite of the genre is Kataxu-Hunger of elements. Epic album just like Noontide!

Wodulf - Wargus Esto. not all that into black metal but this album is great.

Classic, haha. I'm seconding Totenburg. "Pestpogrom" is an overlooked monument of crushing, catchy and fucking hateful black metal.

Ohtar, When I Cut The Throat is one of my favourite CD's of the genre.

Selbstmord, another project associated with Dark Fury people.

Kataxu is great, similiar to Fanisk, the dark ambient tracks are gay though.

Hodur, they are worth mentioning too

Wolfnacht, greek band with Der Sturmer member

Ad Hominem, surprised they aren't mentioned, famous french band

Paganblut, mainly for metal versions of Nazi marches

Wotanorden, they are more of viking metal though

I think I said this before, but you can barely make out the lyrics in the majority of the bands anyway. With that said, most of the bands I like are less... blatant. Instead of talking about killing blacks, Jews, etc, it's usually just about how great x country is or how jolly the vikings are, although some of the themes of driving people out of their sacred land and all that could easily be interpreted as a far right theme.
So yeah, the bands I like are Nokturnal Mortum, or the Voice of Steel, really, Iuvenes, Graveland, Pagan Blood and Kataxu.
The Voice of Steel has just so much energy and effort put into it, and it's really hard not to like this. Iuvenes and Graveland are both similar epic and atmospheric viking metal bands, though I prefer Iuvenes out of the two, as Rob's voice really grates on me sometimes. Pagan Blood is just good fun pagan black metal to me.

I like some of the typical favorites: M8l8th, Fanisk, Kataxu, Sunwheel, etc. I just discovered Wolfenhords from Croatia, which has some pretty nice tunes.

I am also a big fan of Dub Buk, Nokturnal Mortum, Temnozor, Kroda, Graveland, Absurd, etc. but I'm not sure I would consider any of them to be NSBM. I consider most of them to be pagan metal with occasional racialist content. I don't feel like that's enough to qualify it as NSBM.

Yes, but it's also possible to discuss the ideology and the politics from a detached point of view, and not turn this thread into a stupid argument or propaganda soapbox. Sure, discuss the music and the politics, but keep it civil. While I enjoy a good, intelligent discussion on, say, communism, I do not enjoy an alcoholic Karl Marx wannabe preaching it to me with spittle flying and the preachers ears, or at list his comprehension of counter-arguments turned permanently off, while all the while ruthlessly exploiting his own employees, including illegal procedures.

The above is based on real life experience. It's the reader's turn to understand the analogy.

I was kind of afraid of this thread, but those are guidelines I have no problem obeying, and I feel like I have to get this off my chest:
Normally I don't care about the personal views of artists I listen to, but this is something that crosses the line for me. I have problems (and I don't try) enjoying music that I know was crafted by the same minds that also hold fascist/racist ideologies. You can call me narrowminded, but this is something that actually just spoils the whole musical experience for me. For this reason I even managed to, while being familiar with nearly all of the canonic BM bands, completely avoid Burzum (for example). I don't like the idea of supporting those people by buying their records either, but I long stopped caring if others give a damn about it. Judging them is not at all worth the effort.

There is a theory I sympathize with, which is that black metal is prone to produce shallow propaganda instead of a worthwhile musical experience when combined with political agendas. It makes sense to me, but since I don't listen to any NSBM in the first place I don't actually have any evidence.

Well, I personally can't take any satanic BM seriously, either, and any christian message is just white noise to me anyway, so I would not be put off by NS message in black metal, if it was good enough. Unfortunately, all NSBM I've heard so far has been absolute crap. And the ideology is repulsive enough to me to keep me from looking for more, just like christianity, so no thank you...

No Drudkh or Nokturnal Mortem ?
Hate Forest or Astrofaes ?
What about Arghoslent ?
Graveland ???

Kataxu ? The Hunger of Elements album was pretty decent.

Those are the only NSBM bands I can think of right now. Some are maybe only playing on the fringes of such ideology, but the rumors persist. Oh, no Spear of Longinus either ?

But you are correct, most NSBM is horrible quality and not worth supporting on any level for any reason.

Well, out of the list of bands you posted, that's the only one that I noticed in this context. And, without understanding a word of their lyrics, I'd bet that they are roughly as NS as, say, Moonsorrow. Which is to say, not at all.

I'm not familiar with the rest of the bands, but Drudkh is above average, yes. And a lot of bands are playing on the fringes of christianity, too, for example. Same difference.

I'd be curious about Moonblood as well, but as far as I can remember they weren't NS. Tags on last.fm don't prove anything.

I suppose my Drudkh comment may be partially due to shared member type situation. If you are NS I kinda suspect that beleif follows no matter what band you jam in. Perhaps Drudkh does not sing about such concepts openly, yet with shared members from such other acts that are openly NS, how could Drudkh not be.
Flawed logic perhaps, whatever, at this point the whole NS thing is simply the new shockwave, about as dangerous as a devil on puppet strings on some album released 20 years ago now blaring out the number of the beast that had/has so many simple minded humans dwelling in medieval fears.

Culture is culture, some epic, some still rather savage. You could blame that on color or the vile evils of politics and economic circumstances.

Personally I take superiority at a different level. Genetic for sure, but it comes in all colors. Those that work hard at being fit and epic, that is good. Evolution through superior mental ability and physical wickedness. All humans could acheive, but few choose to try.

Is there anything that indicates that Hate Forest was NS in any way? It kinda bugs me that people associate any of Roman Saenko's projects with national socialism.

I listen to alot of NSBM/Pagan BM... I've given up on labeling the bands tho... so many bands play BM with pro-aryan / anti-semitic lyrics and then just turn around and say we don't play NSBM or distance themselves from NS ideals... it's all for marketing & touring purposes... It's obvious to me what it is I'm listening to regardless of whatever tag the band has attached to their music...

I haven’t examined the lyrics carefully but the booklet of HF’s “The Most Ancient Ones” says “True Aryan Black Metal”. I also have a friend who has a Drudkh shirt which reads “Art For White Intellectual Elite”…
Mind you I don’t think this makes either NSBM bands but it does bring a bit of controversy regarding the issue.

You guys covered all the 'essential' bands. I thought I would throw out Thunderbolt. Granted, they stated in interviews that they 'outgrew' NS ideology to focus on the usual Satanic BM thing but the first album and the split with Kataxu are fantastic, and very much released as 'NS' black metal.

I would personally remove all the NS tags in the bands on MA. I feel it's not a particular genre opposed to something like Viking metal (not fond of the term either, but there's a particular scene to it). If the band is really a NS band it could very well be indicated in the lyrical themes.

Occult Crypt, from Germany. Heavy, industrial tinged black metal with excellent production and ambient / martial passages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMVbyjMy3Nk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n4kDF0vnQk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Ry97oL8_Y

I think they may be worth keeping. For one, a lot of people are disposed to group such bands together and a lot of people specifically look for/avoid bands based on this exact criteria. Also, NS bands do, in fact, tend to have stylistic commonalities with eachother in contradistinction to qualities to be expected of them based on other factors affecting their relationship to black metal as a whole (like geographic location and time) because NSBMers tend to listen to and be influenced by other NSBM bands specifically because they are NSBM.

This thread is missing out Ad Hominem. I don't care what they say, the band's NS policy is quite obvious. But they're good.


I'd like to recommend Eugenik and Bannerwar, especially Bannerwar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otmVcJPTH7I

Fanisk, which was praised here as something exceptional, turned out equally superfluous and ridiculous as all other outright NSBM I've listened to so far. The actually good bands tend to be ones that don't appear to work as political soapboxes, but are first and foremost musical outlets. I have to agree with what Napero said, though with the exception of my enjoying Grand Belial's Key, Thunderbolt, Sigrblot and even Walknut.

lol wut

I notice NSBM tends to go one of two ways, either the music is hindered by concentrating too much on the ideology, or the ideology fuels the musicians to make amazing, passionate music. I don't listen to a lot of NSBM, but there are a few bands I like. Also, I'm not gonna be super specific here, so I'll include nationalist bands that might not be Nazi/racist.

I'm an avid Nokturnal Mortum fan. Their demos are amazing, Lunar Poetry and Return of the Vampire Lord especially, I hope to get Marble Moon soon. Goat Horns is also breathtaking. I didn't really like NeChrist from the few songs I heard, don't know where in the hell that one came from. Weltanschauung was also great, but not as good as the older work.

Kroda is pretty good, I've got ...Firmaments on vinyl, and it's a good piece of folk/black, though the guitars were recorded too roughly to fit, in my opinion.

When I was like 13 or so, my friends and I used to play Moonknight, they're not too amazing, but I like 'em for nostalgia's sake.

I also play a little Aryan Blood from time to time.