Black Metal.

[rms]

my top 5 in no particular order:
dodheimsgard - black medium current
thy darkened shade - liber lvcifer II: mahapralaya
sühnopfer - nous sommers d'hier
ὁ μεɣας - κηρυξ πῦρ EP
gideon's horn - triumphant command EP

still got quite a few on my wishlist to get through though.

hey guys, just posted a list of my favourite black metal albums, check them out sometime.

150+ BM albums just this year???

 

[no country for old wainds]

that isn't actually me btw, but yeah he claims to have heard over 10% of black metal albums on the whole site lmao. shame it doesn't seem to have helped his taste much

 

[PrincessHades]

 

[PrincessHades]

A pretty good newer-ish German band that sounds a lot like Dissection

 

[CiG]

As usual I haven't heard much black metal this year (I will get to your recs wainds, cheers) but I wanna shill the new Doomentor demo. Linked my favourite song "Akt VI" above. Arguably their best stuff so far (or at least on par with the 2022 album) and they've shifted almost completely into an epic "viking" era Bathory type band.

Spoiler: full Youtube link

Also the new Wolves in the Throne Room EP was bit of a let down. I've jammed the Caixão album a few times and it's really growing on me. Only reason I haven't rated it yet is because it's such a grower that I don't really know how I feel yet. Weird album.



Discovered this demo the other day, I've been on and off tapping into it.

 

[SonOfNun]

What's the best black metal this year so far?

I don't know what kind of Black Metal you like, but I mostly listen to Atmospheric Black Metal. These are some of the highlights for me in some rough order.

Blaze of Sorrow - Vultus Fati
Sworn - A Journey Told Through Fire
Faidra - Militant: Penitent: Triumphant
Jord - Tundra
Ofnus - Time Held Me Grey and Dying
Wayfarer - American Gothic
Primordial - How It Ends
Vials of Wrath - Ataraxia
Inherits the Void - The Impending Fall of the Stars
Fathomage - Autumn's Dawn, Winter's Darkness

Here's a couple Black/Death:

Sturmtiger - Transcendent Warfare
Ulfud - Of Existential Distortion

 

[PrincessHades]

 

[PrincessHades]

this nasty

 

[Cronopio]

Alghazanth, anybody?

 

[PrincessHades]

Alghazanth, anybody?

I'll check em out

 

[PrincessHades]

Hellenic black metal

 

[SonOfNun]

Anyone familiar with the Hate Forest discography? I picked up Battlefields back when it came out and it is a favorite of mine. I sampled some other stuff (Purity and Sorrow) and it was different - more raw and uptempo. It was lacking a lot of the variety and the atmosphere of Battlefields and the production is not as good. Is Battlefields different from everything else they've done?

 

[CiG]

 

[WorldObliteration33]

Raw black metal. Third track stands out.

 

[PrincessHades]

 

[WorldObliteration33]

Not really a fan of the style but this might be one of the best examples of DSBM I've come across. Heavy and aggressive.

 

[PrincessHades]

Not really a fan of the style but this might be one of the best examples of DSBM I've come across. Heavy and aggressive.

The cover is sick, I can tell it'll be good from just the beginning.

 

[The Butt]

Sounds fucking ballin' so far. On track 3.

 

[PrincessHades]

German melodic black/death from this year, pretty good album so far



Lesser-known Swedish black metal, really raw and something about the drum sound just hits.

 

[PrincessHades]

Greek black metal >>>>>>>

I need more