Black Metal.

[Slayed Necros]

Not even in their top five.

 

[Einherjar86]

I feel like this debate must have already happened multiple times on this forum.

And Hammerheart is easily Bathory's best.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Under the Sign of the Black Mark > Hammerheart > Bathory > The Return > Blood Fire Death > Twilight of the Gods > Blood on Ice > Both Nordlands > Who cares

 

[Phylactery]

The Return and Under the Sign of the Black Mark are better than Hammerheart, and Blood Fire Death reaches higher peaks but I'm not sure it's better overall.

 

[CiG]

Agree to disagree. I'll also take the Nordland albums over Bathory's black metal period.

 

[Vilden]

I listen to the most viking albums alot more than the bm ones except for BFD atleast. Not sure how I would rank them but a top 5 would be something like this:

1. Hammerheart
2. Blood Fire Death
3. Twilight of the Gods
4. Blood on Ice
5. Under the Sign of the Black Mark

I think both Nordland albums could be #5 instead too actually, not sure here.

 

[EspaDa]

Octagon is the shit. Top notch t(h)rash.

 

[Mort Divine]

Song premier from Pillorian, the band started by Agalloch singer John Haughm. It's actually pretty dang aggressive and awesome.

http://www.stereogum.com/1919046/pillorian-a-stygian-pyre/premiere/

This is 100% what Agalloch should have been doing on their last two albums

 

[Draehl]

May have posted this before, but w/e. Damn good album. Reminds me a touch of Akhlys/Nightbringer, but more aggressive.

 

[EspaDa]

 

[Krow]

So I finally grabbed Storming Evil and Violent Revenge yesterday. Had been putting those off for too long but I feel like they may not stack up to Arrival of the Carnivore.

And annoyingly I noticed after I bought them, they're the Brazilian presses on Kill Again records. Hopefully they don't sound like shit.

Annnnnd yeah I could have posted this in the thrash thread just as easy but thought this thread could use some riffs.

 

[Sword of Kalki]

I've always thought Blood On Ice was unfairly overlooked far too often. The Lake is one of his best tracks.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

So I finally grabbed Storming Evil and Violent Revenge yesterday. Had been putting those off for too long but I feel like they may not stack up to Arrival of the Carnivore.

And annoyingly I noticed after I bought them, they're the Brazilian presses on Kill Again records. Hopefully they don't sound like shit.

Annnnnd yeah I could have posted this in the thrash thread just as easy but thought this thread could use some riffs.

One of my favorites from '14, but that album is thrash metal through and through.

 

[divine_torture]

I honestly did not and still do not enjoy Storming Evil.

 

[CiG]

Storming Evil rules.

 

[Krow]

So I just bought a copy of All the Witches Dance and if had me wondering, does anyone actually know where the album art comes from? Is it just a random desiccated corpse or is there something more to it?

 

[Slayed Necros]

^ I'm interested in knowing about that as well. There's nothing about it in the booklet.

Omni wrote an article about Ildjarn that she'd like me to share here for anyone that's interested:

http://fingerofscorn.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-retrospective-ildjarn.html?m=0

 

[UltimateApathy]

It's absolutely criminal that the Black Metal thread isn't on the front page during the coldest time of year.

Here is a gem I discovered recently:

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

It's absolutely criminal that the Black Metal thread isn't on the front page during the coldest time of year.

It's been in the 50's-60's where I live.

 

[J.]

dude, it was mid 80s today. not ideal for black metal