Black Metal CD reccommendations

[dEaThToFaLsEmEtAl34]

I just recently got into black metal. Does anybody have any reccomendations of cds I should buy?

 

[Varg Vikernes]

well lets start with the essentials...

Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky

Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse

 

[Birkenau]

The Essentials...
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Beherit - Drawing Down The Moon
Ulver - Bergtatt
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi

 

[Hammer of Might]

can't you use search? There was a big black metal list recently

 

[Mort Divine]

Dies Irae - Circle of Leth
Darkestrah - Sary Oy
Darkestrah - Embrace of Memory

 

[EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY]

Immortal, Gorgoroth,old Cradle Of Filth, old Dimmu Borgir,Emperor, Dissection,1349 ,Old Mans CHild,Marduk, Burzum,Darkthrone,Solefald,Nattefrost,Ancient,Dark Funeral,Mithotyn

 

[CF87]

Sacramentum-Far Away From The Sun,The Coming Storm.
Darkthrone-A Blaze in the Northern Sky,Under A Funeral Moon,Panzerfaust. Also check out their first death metal album 'soulside journey' which is ace.
Necrophobic-The Nocturnal Silence

 

[Birkenau]

can't you use search? There was a big black metal list recently

I presume you're talking about this? I second the ones in bold.

essentials; these are the recordings widely agreed upon as classics, though will a little of my personal taste interjected. familiarity with these will allow you to more easily determine what else is worth listening to and what's derivative crap;

immortal - pure holocaust
burzum - burzum/aske, det som engang var, hvis lyset tar oss, filosofem
darkthrone - transilvanian hunger, panzerfaust, under a funeral moon (how was i the first person to mention them?!)
bathory - under the sign of the black mark, blood fire death
enslaved - vikinglgr veldi
mayhem - live in leipzig, de mysteriis dom sathanas
emperor - in the nightside eclipse
gorgoroth - antichrist
ulver - bergtatt (controversial one here...)
graveland - thousand swords (personally can't understand what people see in this one, but it's accalimed enough that you should at least check it out)
summoning - dol guldur
beherit - drawing down the moon
necromantia - scarlet evil witching black
varathron - his majesty at the swamp

some more recent/less classic stuff

nokturnal mortum - goat horns, lunar poetry (all their albums are pretty good as far as i know)
deathspell omega - si monumentum requires circumspice
drudkh - autumn aurora, forgotten legends, the swan road
mutiilation - remains of a dead ruined cursed soul, vampires of black imperial blood
vlad tepes/belketre - march to the black holocaust (split)
alcest - le secret
nocternity - onyx
krieg - the black house, patrick bateman
antaeus - cut your flesh and worship satan
moonblood - blut and krieg
blut aus nord - the work which transform god (it's now become trendy to hate this album, but oh well. their earlier stuff is apparently good too)
velvet cacoon - genevieve
graveland - memory and destiny, the fire of awakening, dawn of iron blades (this era of stuff is far superior to his supposed "classic" material, imo)
demoncy - joined in darkness (some people absolutely love this, personally i think it's pretty good but am yet to hear in it what they hear....still trying, though)
gontyna kry - welowie

there's more, but i'm not going to make a huge list of bands. i don't think i've omitted anything of undeniably high quality.

edit: i definitely advise downloading before buying with black metal

also, I suggest checking out the ANUS list as well.

1. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
2. Immortal - Pure Holocaust
3. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
4. Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger
5. Graveland - The Celtic Winter
6. Bathory - Blood, Fire, Death
7. Ildjarn - Det Frysende Nordariket
8. Summoning - Dol Guldur
9. Gorgoroth - Antichrist
10. Beherit - Electric Doom Synthesis
11. Enslaved - Vikinglgr Veldi
12. Havohej - Dethrone the Son of God
13. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
14. Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun
15. Mutiilation - Remains of a Dead, Ruined, Cursed Soul

 

[kmik]

How can you recommend In the Nightside Eclipse to someone new to black metal? This album sounds like a chaotic mess even to the experienced ear (personally I still can't even hear most of the riffs on that one)

I suggest:
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
Summoning - Dol Guldur
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Graveland - The Fire of Awakening
Varathron - His Majesty at the Swamp

(AtHoW and SotLB are not really black metal but good enough for a start)

also: Opera IX - The Call of the Wood. An excellent album which is a recent discovery of mine

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Varathron - His Majesty at the Swamp

Any idea where to buy the Mutilation Records re-release of that in the 2CD pack that also comes with "Walpurgisnacht" and "The Lament of Gods"?

 

[no country for old wainds]

Some of the best the genre has to offer:

~[A]~
Abigor – Nachthymnen
Aeternus - …And So The Night Became
Aeternus – Beyond the Wandering Moon
Antaeus - Cut Your Flesh and Worship Satan
Astrofaes – Ancestor’s Shadows
Averse Sefira - Tetragrammatical Astygmata
~~
Bathory – Hammerheart
Behemoth - Sventevith
Beherit – Drawing Down the Moon
Blut Aus Nord – Fathers of an Icy Age
Blut Aus Nord – The Work Which Transforms God
Blut Aus Nord – Ultima Thulee
Burzum – Burzum
Burzum – Det Som Engang Var
Burzum – Filosofem
Burzum – Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
~[C]~
~[D]~
Darkspace – Dark Space
Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger
Darkthrone – Under A Funeral Moon
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta...
Deathspell Omega – Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Deathspell Omega – Kenose (this is growing on me)
Demoncy – Joined in Darkness
Demoncy – Within the Sylvan Realms of Frost
Drudkh – Autumn Aurora
Drudkh – Forgotten Legends
~[E]~
Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
~[F]~
Falkenbach – En Their Medh Riki Fara
Fullmoon – United Aryan Evil
~[G]~
Gontyna Kry - Welowie
Graveland – Following the Voice of Blood
Graveland – Memory and Destiny
Graveland – The Fire of Awakening
Graveland - Thousand Swords
~[H]~
Hades Almighty – The Dawn of the Dying Sun
~~
Ildjarn – Det Frysende Nordariket
Ildjarn – Strength and Anger
Immortal – Battles in the North
Immortal – Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
Immortal – Pure Holocaust
Infernum - Farewell
Infernum – Taur Ru Fuin
~[J]~
~[K]~
~[L]~
Leviathan (Swe) – Far Beyond the Light
Lugubrum - Winterstones
~[M]~
Macabre Omen – The Ancient Returns
Manes – Under Ein Blodraud Maane
Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Moonblood – Blut und Krieg
Mutiilation – Vampires of Black Imperial Blood
~[N]~
Necromantia/Varathron - Black Arts Lead to Everlasting Sins
Nokturnal Mortum - Goat Horns
Nokturnal Mortum - Weltanschauung
Nortt – Gudsforladt
~[O]~
Old Wainds – Where the Snows are never Gone
~[P]~
Paysage D'Hiver – Steineiche
~[Q]~
~[R]~
Raven Dark – Berustet Av Kriegsdronnet
~~
Sacramentum - Far Away From The Sun
Sort Vokter - Folkloric Necro Metal
Striborg – Mysterious Semblance
Summoning - Dol Guldur
Summoning – Stronghold
~[T]~
Tormentor – Anno Domini
~~
~[V]~
Varathron - His Majesty at the Swamp
~[W]~
Wolfnacht – Heidentum
~[X]~
~[Y]~
~[Z]~

There are hundreds of *good* albums, the above are ones which I feel stand out. Bold = Top 10 material.

 

[dEaThToFaLsEmEtAl34]

Immortal, Gorgoroth,old Cradle Of Filth, old Dimmu Borgir,Emperor, Dissection,1349 ,Old Mans CHild,Marduk, Burzum,Darkthrone,Solefald,Nattefrost,Ancient,Dark Funeral,Mithotyn

Even though I like Cradle of Filth, I don't really consider them black metal even their old stuff. They're more like gothic metal.

 

[Dän]

Nah CoF arent really black metal, more melodic i guess ud call it. There first albumn fcuken rocks as though

 

[Slayed Necros]

You can't go wrong with the list presented by The Timebird (though I'd replace "Hammerheart" with "Blood Fire Death")

 

[Lyle]

i actually think havohej is some of the worst crap i've ever heard but i'm going to recommend it because i saw it on anus dot com once like 4 or 5 years ago \m/

 

[no country for old wainds]

You can't go wrong with the list presented by The Timebird (though I'd replace "Hammerheart" with "Blood Fire Death")

Blood Fire Death at its peak is excellent, I should probably have included it. Can't be getting rid of Hammerheart though, I disliked it for a long time but when it hit it really hit.

 

[Birkenau]

i actually think havohej is some of the worst crap i've ever heard but i'm going to recommend it because i saw it on anus dot com once like 4 or 5 years ago \m/

Haha, that's how I feel about it, but I listen to it anyway strangely enough.

 

[Perdition's Light]

Profanatica is equally shit-tastic.

I agree with most of the albums on Timebird's list so I'm not even going to bother thinking of others.

I think telling people who "just recently got into black metal" to listen to Striborg is a great idea.

 

[byrne]

1. Necrophobic isn't black metal
2. One album that is a MUST, which I didn't see listed is Nachtfalke - Doomed to Die

 

[dEaThToFaLsEmEtAl34]

Nah CoF arent really black metal, more melodic i guess ud call it. There first albumn fcuken rocks as though

I have to disagree with you on black metal not being melodic. Look at Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. They're melodic. I just don't think Cradle of Filth sounds like black metal at all.