BEST BM "all around musician" poll

[MasterOLightning]

Vindsval covers all of those areas but far more efficiently.

Blut Aus Nord is not a one man band. Unless you're basing this opinion on his solo bands from the '90s, this claim is completely unjustified.

 

[Evil?]

Blut Aus Nord is not a one man band. Unless you're basing this opinion on his solo bands from the '90s, this claim is completely unjustified.

Vindsval did the first two BAN albums as a one man band.

 

[Mort Divine]

Vindsval did the first two BAN albums as a one man band.

Blut Aus Nord is not a one man band. Unless you're basing this opinion on his solo bands from the '90s, this claim is completely unjustified.

What Evil? said, not to mention Children of Manni and The Eye are no both very good.

 

[MasterOLightning]

No, there were session bass players on those releases. I don't think he is skilled beyond any other one man band. He is decent in many areas. Wrest is better at all instruments than most black metal musicians are at theirs.

 

[General Zaroff]

Ihsahn is one of my favorites.

 

[Skepticism]

Ihsahn, Quorthon, Infernus. Infernus is really underrated.

 

[Tonka Time]

god i like a lot of those guys lol, i picked garm tho cus the vocals he did on ulver's nattens madrigal were awesome, the album would be so much better if it was produced better imo

 

[Tonka Time]

Wrest is easily the best musician in black metal, as he is the only one that I am aware of who has displayed mastery of vocals, guitars, synths, bass, and drums. He is criminally underrated in all of these areas.

lol ill admit his vocals scare the shit outa me lol, i heard somtin about he was in a band called twilight or somtin??

 

[Skepticism]

Yea he is in Twilight. But Wrest underrated? Hes not underrated at all. Whenever USBM is mentioned, all you hear is his name.

 

[-Demonium-]

Wrest is easily the best musician in black metal, as he is the only one that I am aware of who has displayed mastery of vocals, guitars, synths, bass, and drums. He is criminally underrated in all of these areas.

Which album do you recommend that exhibits this? Because listening to the only Leviathan album (best of), Howl Mockery at the Cross, I can honestly say there's nothing above average for me.

Best all around musician for me would be either Abbath, Quorthon or Erik of Watain.

 

[unknown]

QUORTHON

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Isahn....

 

[MasterOLightning]

Which album do you recommend that exhibits this? Because listening to the only Leviathan album (best of), Howl Mockery at the Cross, I can honestly say there's nothing above average for me.

Best all around musician for me would be either Abbath, Quorthon or Erik of Watain.

Howl Mockery is not a best of, it's a demo compilation featuring work from before his generally better material. I would recommend the Leviathan half of the split with Sapthuran, also titled The Fourth Blind Wound. It opens with a fitting programmed intro. The first song has some pretty technical guitar playing early on. The drums and bass are at a high point in the second half of the second song. The drumming is not wildly fast, but a billion times more tasteful than Trym or Hellhammer. The bass in general is far above the norm for black metal. The third and fourth songs have good backing keys.

The Lurker of Chalice album displays an even wider array of talents.

 

[challenge_everything]

Garm for me. Everything he touches = pure brilliance. Even when he is not the driving force, he makes it good. Followed closely by Ihsahn.

 

[genocide roach]

is there a good BM musician who uses his own name? besides varg, but even he used a stage name
~gR~

 

[Life Sucks]

Ishahn

I'm surprised Rob Darken, Varg, Quorthon, Hellhammer, and Frost aren't on that list.

 

[Hubster]

Ihsahn first, followed closely by Vintersorg

 

[KevenZ]

Arioch
Necromorbus

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Wrest is easily the best musician in black metal, as he is the only one that I am aware of who has displayed mastery of vocals, guitars, synths, bass, and drums. He is criminally underrated in all of these areas.

Agreed.

Wrest is my favorite vocalist of the genre. Just pure hatred.

 

[Chairman Kaga]

Ghaal isn't all around, but he's a kick ass frontman for sure.