Black Metal.

[challenge_everything]

Have you heard their Into the Archaic demo? Their atmospheric minimalism stands apart from the Cascadian atmo black that defines WITTR and their ilk.

No. Do you consider it better than The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood?

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

No. Do you consider it better than The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood?

Yeah, that demo and their first full length Hail Wind and Hewn Oak are where they peak for me. I do need to listen to their later releases more though.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Anyone have any thoughts in the new A Forest of Stars? I have the special edition at the house but I haven’t had a chance to spin it yet.

Only listened to it once when it first came out but it didn't disappoint with the aggressive black avantgarde style. I believe the artwork that comes with that edition is supposed to be pretty sick, formatted like an old newspaper or something, so enjoy.

 

[challenge_everything]

Digging Falls of Rauros - Vigilence Eternal at the moment. Rather warm, pastoral melodies but still BM, not post-y at all.

Derp it's actually called Vigilence Perennial

 

[challenge_everything]

New Varathron album slays. I reckon even those who don't like the thin-ness of their early records will enjoy this. The Greek melodic sensibility is still there, but it's closer to Dissection territory in its overall style.

 

[no country for old wainds]

it's pretty cool but i think discovering the greatness of stygian forces of scorn last year kind of overshadowed it for me.

 

[Allfader]

it's pretty cool but i think discovering the greatness of stygian forces of scorn last year kind of overshadowed it for me.

Stygian is incredible Untrodden Corridors of Hades is practically equal in terms of quality.

 

[Slayed Necros]

I was underwhelmed by Untrodden... Gotta check out the new one properly. I've been loving their '97 demo Sarmutius Pegorus though:

 

[challenge_everything]

Yeah I haven't followed Varathron's work since Walpurgisnacht, so had suitably low expectations for this one.

 

[Slayed Necros]

This finally clicked for me a couple of weeks back and it's been utterly slaying me ever since. Pure barbaric savagery. Excluding I.N.R.I, obviously, it blows everything else Sarcófago did out of the water imo.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

^ Yeah that was incredible.

I'm sure this might have been posted about already, but new One Tail, One Head is good. I'm still digesting it though.

 

[CiG]

 

[EspaDa]

So what are your opinions on the new Behemoth album? I still haven't gotten through since I dont feel like doing it. The singles were okayish, but I dont feel compelled to listen to the whole thing.

 

[Allfader]

So what are your opinions on the new Behemoth album? I still haven't gotten through since I dont feel like doing it. The singles were okayish, but I dont feel compelled to listen to the whole thing.

Is in general terms an enjoyable album. It lacks punch due the lightness of guitars, but the actual compositions are good. The track order could have been better and the intro utterly sucks.

 

[Phylactery]

Been revisiting some under appreciated mid 90s Swedish black metal that deserve more attention.



Thornium - Dominions of the Eclipse



Nefandus - The Nightwinds Carried Our Names



Setherial - Nord



Sohrin - I det glimrande morkrets djup



Nastrond - Toteslaut



Throne of Ahaz - Nifelheim



Lord Belial - Enter the Moonlight Gate

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Been revisiting some under appreciated mid 90s Swedish black metal that deserve more attention.

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Thornium - Dominions of the Eclipse

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Nefandus - The Nightwinds Carried Our Names

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Setherial - Nord

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Sohrin - I det glimrande morkrets djup

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Nastrond - Toteslaut

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Throne of Ahaz - Nifelheim

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Lord Belial - Enter the Moonlight Gate

Never heard of Thornium, added them to my black metal playlist. Love spotify.

 

[Phylactery]

Looking for recommendations of freezing cold majestic black metal.

Stuff like:

Sorcier des Glaces - North
Paysage d’hiver
Early Forteresse
In the Nightside Eclipse
Moonblood
Far Away from the Sun
Pure Holocaust

In other words, give me the most bone-chilling and frigid black metal you’ve ever heard.

 

[CiG]

Have you checked out the new Spectral Wound? @Atomic Tide included it in his 2018 list and it's quite good.

 

[Phylactery]

I have yeah. Need to give it another listen or two. Doesn't sound very icy or frigid, though.

 

[CiG]

Apologies, I guess I don't listen to enough black metal that I'm able to separate the cold and frigid bands from the less cold and less frigid bands, since majority of the genre sounds cold and frigid to me.

This is most of the stuff I liked and saved to a Youtube playlist, you might find something in here:

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