All these bands starting with Necro, I'm confused

necromantia is old greek black metal. you really should check out the "scarlet evil witching black" album! they use two bass guitars! no rhythm guitar on the whole album!
 
Erik said:
necromantia is old greek black metal. you really should check out the "scarlet evil witching black" album! they use two bass guitars! no rhythm guitar on the whole album!

woah! I'm definitely intrigued...I think TER just got a bunch of their early stuff in stock, reissues or something

This them?
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(this isn't the reissue cover I don't think, but this is the album you refer to?)
 
yeah (i was going to reply with some dry sarcasm along the lines of "no it's one of the other 200 albums called "scarlet evil witching black" but i cba)

let me know if you want me to upload a song


EDIT: the three important greek black metal bands:

necromantia
rotting christ
varathron

owning the seminal albums by each is quite recommended
 
I would love to hear a song, yes!

I've heard of Varathron too, but I keep forgetting to check them out. I have the first Rotting Christ demo (new digi reissue w/ bonus tracks) in my cart at TER as well.

And why don't you include Legion of Doom? I really like them, and they've at least been around since 93 or so, though I realize that places them "2nd wave" or whatever.
 
ITT SAMPLES OF GREAT OLD GREEK EXTREME METAL BANDS

necromantia "devilskin"
http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=08AXRXBER0W483D304JTO605BP

varathron "the tressrising of nyarlathotep (act I)"
http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=260Q43GZJ6HPF3UKYH6O3AFAFH

never heard legion of doom. another greek band that's awesome is NIGHTFALL (early) but they don't really qualify as black metal. they do have a number of similarities with the aforementioned bands though:

nightfall "poetry of death"
http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2VYX6M983F4HA2675TLT06DH9H
 
MajestikMøøse said:
Necrofagist, am i rite?

:tickled:


I think it's safe to say that Erik is correct in recommending those 3 greek bands! I remember this album having quite a different sound, warmer recording than most BM i've heard:

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MadeInNewJersey said:
Who the fuck is who? And what do they play and/or sound like?

Necromantia
Necrophagist
Necrophagia

a million more, WTF?

oh yeah, but there once was this really, really cool death/thrash band called necropolis, right?





















































































(the old name of my band :loco: )
 
I think I'm going to take the chance

I listened to those tracks you posted

Necromantia = TEH WIN

Nightfall = not bad, need to hear more

Varathron = MILD WIN, but good enough for me to take the chance I just spoke of :)
 
i must say, Necrophobic's "The Nocturnal Silence" is quite nice. Reminds me of my fave Edge of Sanity album, "Orthodox", but with more maturity and crunch and a bit more malevolence.