- Aug 27, 2012
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Hello,
I would like to present our website:
http://www.bestblackmetalalbums.com/
While the albums featured are predominantly Black Metal, there are a couple of things I should point out, because people can get a little carried away when it comes to genres and subgenres. Firstly, there are some albums that don't exactly fall within the Black Metal genre, but have been included for the sake of... basically... not excluding them. Some examples would be non-Black Metal albums by Celtic Frost, Behemoth, or even albums with only slight Black Metal influences such as those by Nortt or Vintersorg, or even albums by bands who have only minimal connections to Black Metal, such as early Kreator, Sodom and Destruction albums.
Also included are many Pagan/Folk metal bands with some Black Metal influences. For the sake of completion we have also included all albums by Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle Of Filth, etc... no matter how much some of them stray from Black Metal or otherwise simply "suck".
Secondly, for the sake of simplicity and clarity we have categorized our entire album database within only 9 distinct styles (or a combination of 2 of them). These are the following:
- Second Wave: Second Wave, Standard Black Metal, Scandinavian, etc ...
- Old School: Old School, First Wave, Punk, Speed Metal, etc ...
- Thrash: Thrash Metal, Blackened Thrash, etc ...
- Death: Death Metal, Blackened Death, etc ...
- Pagan: Pagan, Folk, Viking, etc ...
- Epic: Epic, Symphonic, Orchestal, Gothic, etc ...
- Industrial: Industrial, Electronic, etc ...
- Experimental: Experimental, Avant-Garde, Progressive, Post-BM, etc ...
- Ambient: Ambient, Atmospheric, DSBM & any predominantly "Ambiental" album.
It should be noted that this categorization is NOT an accurate representation of each album's specific subgenre, but rather a simple tool for assisting in the identification of each album's general style. So please, avoid the elitist genre-label-flaming! We will expand on the genres in the near future.
Some of our features include our Top 100 list, a Random Album tool, album previews that link directly to our YouTube channel, filters by country, year and style, band biographies, and also a comment/user rating system that doesn't require registration.
To get started check out our Top 100 list:
http://www.bestblackmetalalbums.com/top_100_black_metal_albums.php
And here is our YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BestBlackMetalAlbums
Bear in mind we have only recently launched the site, so not all albums have reviews yet!
Enjoy, all feedback is welcome!
I would like to present our website:
http://www.bestblackmetalalbums.com/
While the albums featured are predominantly Black Metal, there are a couple of things I should point out, because people can get a little carried away when it comes to genres and subgenres. Firstly, there are some albums that don't exactly fall within the Black Metal genre, but have been included for the sake of... basically... not excluding them. Some examples would be non-Black Metal albums by Celtic Frost, Behemoth, or even albums with only slight Black Metal influences such as those by Nortt or Vintersorg, or even albums by bands who have only minimal connections to Black Metal, such as early Kreator, Sodom and Destruction albums.
Also included are many Pagan/Folk metal bands with some Black Metal influences. For the sake of completion we have also included all albums by Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle Of Filth, etc... no matter how much some of them stray from Black Metal or otherwise simply "suck".
Secondly, for the sake of simplicity and clarity we have categorized our entire album database within only 9 distinct styles (or a combination of 2 of them). These are the following:
- Second Wave: Second Wave, Standard Black Metal, Scandinavian, etc ...
- Old School: Old School, First Wave, Punk, Speed Metal, etc ...
- Thrash: Thrash Metal, Blackened Thrash, etc ...
- Death: Death Metal, Blackened Death, etc ...
- Pagan: Pagan, Folk, Viking, etc ...
- Epic: Epic, Symphonic, Orchestal, Gothic, etc ...
- Industrial: Industrial, Electronic, etc ...
- Experimental: Experimental, Avant-Garde, Progressive, Post-BM, etc ...
- Ambient: Ambient, Atmospheric, DSBM & any predominantly "Ambiental" album.
It should be noted that this categorization is NOT an accurate representation of each album's specific subgenre, but rather a simple tool for assisting in the identification of each album's general style. So please, avoid the elitist genre-label-flaming! We will expand on the genres in the near future.
Some of our features include our Top 100 list, a Random Album tool, album previews that link directly to our YouTube channel, filters by country, year and style, band biographies, and also a comment/user rating system that doesn't require registration.
To get started check out our Top 100 list:
http://www.bestblackmetalalbums.com/top_100_black_metal_albums.php
And here is our YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BestBlackMetalAlbums
Bear in mind we have only recently launched the site, so not all albums have reviews yet!
Enjoy, all feedback is welcome!
