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Immortal's actually next on my list of stuff to listen to. Pretty excited for that. Enslaved is a band I haven't gotten to yet.
Internally Deformed
Farseer of the Paranormal Abysm
Try this one if you like a twist of Star Wars to your black metal (you'll see what I mean at 1:30).
Phylactery
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Be sure to start with Pure Holocaust, which I think is easily Immortal's best album. At the Heart of Winter seems to be well regarded for their more accessible works. I'm not really a fan of it, but it might be worth a shot if you don't immediately like Pure Holocaust.
That actually sounds pretty fantastic. However, you may as well be fully committed to the Star Wars theme here, right? I have just the thing.
EDIT: Phylactery, if that track was any indication of the album's quality, I'll make sure to listen to the whole thing as soon as possible.
Internally Deformed
Farseer of the Paranormal Abysm
Lol, that's a great concept for a band name/cover art. Probably a little too much on the melodic side for me, but good stuff nevertheless.
I actually recommended this band to someone a bit more initiated and he said that he didn't know how to take a BM band seriously that was named after a Star Wars planet. Keep in mind that this is the exact same genre in which one of its most celebrated bands is named Gorgoroth.
The vocalist is actually pretty good as well.
What really made me happy about the concept was the artistry involved in the logo. They actually made the band logo look like a TIE bomber from the movies.
Phylactery
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You just said you liked Gorgoroth. You should also listen to their 3rd album if you haven't because it's up there with the first 2. As for them being one of black metal's most celebrated bands, I don't think that's entirely true. Plenty of people seem to write them off as a joke band because of their overly satanic themes without realising that their early works are among Norway's elite.
Same thing happens with Deicide, because they've been terrible so long, they get written off. Both Deicide and Legion are great records.
Same thing happens with Deicide, because they've been terrible so long, they get written off. Both Deicide and Legion are great records.
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Perhaps most notorious is more apt, then. Because I've already heard all the crap with Gaahl and everything. Their later releases don't look all that good, either.
Internally Deformed
Farseer of the Paranormal Abysm
I actually recommended this band to someone a bit more initiated and he said that he didn't know how to take a BM band seriously that was named after a Star Wars planet. Keep in mind that this is the exact same genre in which one of its most celebrated bands is named Gorgoroth.
The vocalist is actually pretty good as well.
Lol yh, so many bands have their names taken straight from Tolkien, it isn't that different. Also melodic black metal gets to play by different rules in my book.
Agreed on Gorgoroth; their early work gets overlooked sometimes on account of Gaahl's popularity, but I'd rank it up with the best.
Phylactery
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It's not even one of my favourite tracks from the album, though obviously I still love it. My faves are "Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss", "The Sun No Longer Rises" and "As the Eternity Opens".
Internally Deformed
Farseer of the Paranormal Abysm
Quantos... deserves a look in. It was the first album solely written by Infernus since the early days; most of the poorer albums were written by King Ov Hell.
Oh, I also completely forgot to mention that I was listening to Bathory as well. Awesome stuff. The Return... is especially good.
Anyone here like Ulver, as well? I've been a huge fan of theirs for a while. It was one of the few black metal bands that I liked for many years until just a couple years ago.
Internally Deformed
Farseer of the Paranormal Abysm
Yeah - I don't listen to them quite as much as I used to, but I'd still say they're one of my favourite bands. Ironically the black metal albums were the last of theirs I learned to like. Perdition City is jaw dropping - that album paved the way for me to explore electronic music, and exposed me to hundreds of artists I'd have never discovered without it. That whole jazz/noir atmosphere set to dance beats is completely unique, though.
Phylactery
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Ulver is good. I'm a fan of Bergtatt, Kveldssanger and Nattens Madrigal. They seem to be quite underappreciated around here.
It was the reverse for me. Although, when I heard Perdition City, I loved it. It was a really inventive album.
I wonder what you'd think of Burzum, Nyktalgia, and Thy Light. Some of my favorite black metal.
I dig Bergtatt and the folk one (can't remember its name) quite a bit. Not so big on Nattens Madrigal (played it too many times when I was just getting into black metal ten years ago) or the experimental stuff, but I'm sure the experimental stuff will click at some point.
Alas, I have not gotten to Thy Light and Nyktalgia, yet. As for Burzum, I remember listening to some of it a long time ago and I remember disliking it. Then again, I heavily disliked Varg Vikernes and anything to do with him back then. It was due to my belief that his antics (and those of people like Euronymous and Gaahl) reflected on the metal genre very poorly. I still sort of believe that but I'll still give Burzum a second chance. Might end up liking some of the albums.
Would I be correct if recalled Burzum being more atmospheric?
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