Black Metal.

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Stielas Storhett - Vandrer... is REALLY good Russian one-man BM.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

My favourite Nokturnal Mortum is 'To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire".

yeah that one is great too... On the Moonlight Path and the 13th Asbath Celebration are two of their best songs.

 

[Evil?]

So I am listening to Morrigan for the first time right now. I like it a lot.

 

[skeptik]

Which album?

As for Nokturnal Mortum, I have Lunar Poetry, Twilightfall, Return Of The Vampire Lord/Marble Moon, and The Taste Of Victory. It's not worth asking where to go next since the obvious answers would be Goat Horns and Weltanschauung, but what are Nechrist and To The Gates Of Blasphemous Fire like? How do they compare to the ones that I have?

 

[Evil?]

Just the myspace tracks.

 

[skeptik]

Check out Mayhemic Truth too, of course. And then buy all of their albums. My personal favorites are Mayhemic Truth's "In Memoriam" and Morrigan's "Plague, Waste, And Death," "Headcult," and, most controversially I'm sure, "Welcome To Samhain." "Welcome To Samhain" I'm sure is on the bottom of most people's lists, but I like it quite a bit. "Plague..." is almost entirely pure Under The Sign/Blood Fire Death worship, and Headcult is pure Hammerheart worship, but still maintaining the harsh vocals.

 

[Matt]

My favourite Nokturnal Mortum is 'To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire".

Agreed. Mine too

 

[Slayed Necros]

Plague, Waste and Death is my favourite Morrigan album, almost solely for the last track, 'Where the Angels Keep Silence'. Epic beyond words.

As for the Nokturnal Mortum albums in question, they're easily the band's roughest and most aggressive albums. To the Gates... is very drum and riff oriented, while the folk elements play a lesser part. Someone earlier noted that 'On the Moonlight Path' is one of their strongest songs and I completely agree. NeChrist is chaotic, raw, violent, and has really shit production. It harbors some excellent songs (Black Raven, Perun's Celestial Silver, Night Before the Fight) but overall sounds pretty rushed and often incoherent. It was the album that truly got me into the band but I now see it as their weakest offering (Besides Lunar Poetry, which never held my interest). Goat Horns trumps them all.

 

[Evil?]

Check out Mayhemic Truth too, of course. And then buy all of their albums. My personal favorites are Mayhemic Truth's "In Memoriam" and Morrigan's "Plague, Waste, And Death," "Headcult," and, most controversially I'm sure, "Welcome To Samhain." "Welcome To Samhain" I'm sure is on the bottom of most people's lists, but I like it quite a bit. "Plague..." is almost entirely pure Under The Sign/Blood Fire Death worship, and Headcult is pure Hammerheart worship, but still maintaining the harsh vocals.

Will do.



need to give goat Horns another chance. It was far to keyboard driven for my tastes the few times I have given it a spin.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

I only have Twilightfall, which is excellent but I'm not sure if I'd consider it black metal. There's a much heavier reliance on rythmic (aka death metal) riffing in most of the songs.

 

[General Zaroff]

Anyone like Abigail Williams?

They're more of a hybrid of BM and Metalcore but I really like their EP.

 

[Slayed Necros]

...I thought it was terrible shit.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

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[General Zaroff]

Hey, everyone has thier own opinions!

What about December Wolves? I only have thier first CD, I like it a lot.

I haven't got a chance to hear Blasterpiece Theatre but I hear it's somthing different.

 

[George]

Anyone like Abigail Williams?

They're more of a hybrid of BM and Metalcore but I really like their EP.

Terrible band, and I'm hard pressed to call them a black metal band.

 

[Matt]

...I thought it was terrible shit.

.

 

[unknown]

The only Morrigan I've heard is Celts and Welcome to Samhain. Celts is great, but Welcome to Samhain didn't impress me that much

 

[skeptik]

Listen to Black Sabbath.

 

[Evil?]

Because of your mentioning of Countess in a very positive light on several different occasions I checked the band out.

Very cool.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

So I am listening to Morrigan for the first time right now. I like it a lot.

and Headcult is pure Hammerheart worship, but still maintaining the harsh vocals.

such a good cd. Holy shit, Crom Cruach is a damn good song

The only Morrigan I've heard is Celts and Welcome to Samhain. Celts is great, but Welcome to Samhain didn't impress me that much

the new one is pretty good. more bm than some of the others