Figured it would be a waste if the black metal stuff that was posted would be buried in page 7 of an unrelated song complaint thread, so just gathering up a bit here..
What have you seen from Black metal?
Anyways, all the Norwegian/Swedish/Finnish stuff is pretty good. Children of Bodom (though technically not Black Metal), Deicide, Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth (British though) are pretty big names.
You might wanna try Behemoth (Polish) and Satyricon as well.
Yes, these are famous and for me honoured bands..
I higly recomend Dimmu Borgir and Sytyricon preliminary.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQdsKH3Qt8)
Its not off topic to mention an old school black metal, e.g. Mercyful Fate
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yFCwDU3bw4) - theyre great but some people really dont like King Diamond..
So enjoy the black waves.. >:D
Meh its okay. Im sure I love some music that everybody else here hates. Like you said, taste is subjective.
a friend of mine is devirginizing me to black metal, or whate'er. i like it so far and i've seen you know a bit about it...so...any recommendations?
One shitty thing that you may want to watch out for when it comes to black metal bands, is that
some of the bands/people have far right (nationalistic/fascist/nazi/racist) views. It's a good rule that one should support the artists, but there are exceptions...
For instance, although the latest Burzum record is quite good, I simply won't hand over any money to
that guy...
Yeah its a whole Black Metal sub genre. NSBM (National Socialist Black Metal) its called I think. Anyways, its tricky because some of them just say that stuff to provoke while in reality they got nothing to do with it. Kinda like Hanzel und Gretyl only without the obvious humor.
But most big names in the genre are more about religion then politics.
a friend of mine is devirginizing me to black metal, or whate'er. i like it so far and i've seen you know a bit about it...so...any recommendations?
This thread (combined with the current pathetic state of the industrial scene) actually made me
dive further into black metal, so I bought a bunch of albums:
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness (2002) (
example) - this is simply a great album, and I guess a great introduction to the genre too... accessible and good production
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1991) (
example) - one of the early black metal releases, and true to the genre - noisy, crap production, pretty dense and monotonous...
Darkthrone - FOAD (2007) (
example) - Not black metal anymore, sounds more like if Motörhead had hired Dave Mustaine as a singer...
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao (2007) (
example) - Pretty old school - this album actually got chosen as "metal album of the year" in the Norwegian governments yearly music award thingie
Satyricon - Volcano (2002) (
example) - Dunno what to say about this one... I bought the next one (Now, Diabolical) back in 2006 when it was released, and never got into it... this seems at least a bit easier for me to like.. :)
Dimmu Borgir - In Sorti Diablo (2007) (
example) - Orchestral black metal... it's pretty complex technical stuff... and very well produced... I love this stuff... although I still prefer their previous album (Death Cult Armageddon) (which I really really love).
Satyricon - Volcano (2002) (
example) - Dunno what to say about this one... I bought the next one (Now, Diabolical) back in 2006 when it was released, and never got into it... this seems at least a bit easier for me to like.. :)
Really? I thought Now, Diabolical was easier to listen too. Then again, that album was as minimal as you can get. I mean, one guitar and drums. On volcano they still where with 4-5 people I think.
Anyways, not sure if they where already mentioned, but The Kovenant. Cyber metal or something. Or just Industrial metal. Still, pretty nice stuff if you ask me. I gave up on them though. I dont like it when I have to wait 4+ years before they release their new cd. Especially when they said several times it would be released by the end of the year for like 4 times now. Instead we get re-releases from a bunch of old albums.
