Black Metal.

[KevenZ]

Well after vehement encouragement from bluewizard I gave Secrets of the Black Arts a spin last night. I enjoyed it, but it's a step down from In the Sign... . Now a couple songs from that EP are on SotBA, but they just don't sound as good (the vocals are certainly weaker). It was a worthy pickup, especially on the cheap from The Greys, but I'm in no rush to check out their later discography.

And the best songs from In the Sign were "Open the Gates" and the two Bathory covers, neither of which are on the debut.

I suggest you try finding Secrets of the black PAST..... it's a different recording of their first full-lenght.... which IMO is a lot better in term of production..... it sounds more "black metal", similar to DMDS.

 

[Zephyrus]

Best news ever

Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth and Keep of Kalessian to tour U.S

Oh man that's awesome, but as usual their stint in New England will be at that retarded metal fest, which will mean shorter sets for the bands that count. And besides that, it's during or just before finals week.

Well I did see Behemoth and Dimmu last year at the same event. But Keep of Kalessin must rule as a live act.

 

[~Derek~]

My reissue of Secrets of The Black Arts has the original recording as a bonus disc.

 

[George]

Also:



SO. FUCKING. PSYCHED.

Same here

 

[MannequinLimbs]

Hm. I might go and see Behemoth next month but it would only be because Nergal is fucking funny.
Their recent music has bored me. Also, Kataklysm are worth seeing again. ;>

 

[Zhou Tai 04]

Behexen will be releasing My Soul For His Glory on February 8th.

http://www.kolumbus.fi/anniina.sade/HTML/index.htm
http://www.myspace.com/behexen666

 

[General Zaroff]

Their recent music has bored me.

x2

I love everything before The Apostasy.

 

[Zephyrus]

Am I the only one here who really likes every single album they've put out?

 

[KevenZ]

Zhou Tai 04: I'm currently listening to the leak and it's excellent so far..... I still prefer By The Blessing but this one may grow on me after a couple of listen.

 

[S.U.A.D.]

I like a bit of black metal: namely Immortal, Blodsrit, Handful Of Hate,and bands that like to mix in a lot of bm like Melechesh, Martriden, Behemoth, etc.

 

[~Derek~]

After listening to Nattens Madrigal after it came in today I really like 4 songs off it and the other 4 that werent as spectacular are really growing on me, the riffs are very good, my favorite songs off of it are Wolf and Fear, Wolf and Passion, Wolf and Hatred, and Wolf And The Moon, the other 4 are certainly no filler, I'm not at a point to give it a rating yet, I just know I'm going to really enjoy this CD. I'll be getting Bergtatt in the near future as well.

 

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

Wolf and Passion is the happiest BM song ever.

 

[~Derek~]

^ Still a great song. I just realized tonight I may soon run out of black metal albums I want to buy, I'm a little worried I won't be able to find stuff I like as good as Ulver, Emperor, Satyricon,etc...I still have a few but the time draws near...and I don't know what I'll do.

 

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

Get into more underground stuff, or get into other genres.

 

[Crapples]

I hardly think good black metal stops at Ulver, Satyricon and Emperor. You've got plenty of good shit ahead of you. Read this thread moar!

 

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

But he's super-overly-picky!

 

[sevag00]

Get Ragnarok's Blackdoor Miracle, if you still haven't got it.

 

[Vilden]

After listening to Nattens Madrigal after it came in today I really like 4 songs off it and the other 4 that werent as spectacular are really growing on me, the riffs are very good, my favorite songs off of it are Wolf and Fear, Wolf and Passion, Wolf and Hatred, and Wolf And The Moon, the other 4 are certainly no filler, I'm not at a point to give it a rating yet, I just know I'm going to really enjoy this CD. I'll be getting Bergtatt in the near future as well.

Arrgh! I hate when people call them "Wolf and <insert word>". The titles are I, II, III, IV, etc. The Wolf part is some American invention.

 

[Zhou Tai 04]

Zhou Tai 04: I'm currently listening to the leak and it's excellent so far..... I still prefer By The Blessing but this one may grow on me after a couple of listen.

Oh and if anyone listens to vinyl at all, Behexen released this a few days ago. It looks pretty sweet.

The Box includes 6 morbid worshipping incantations for ye Lord.

-Inverted Cross Covers.
-3 x 7"ep´s.
-Behexen Logo Stickers.
-Behexen Logo Patch.
-Limited to 666 handnumbered copies.

Tracklist:

Canto I- Invocation of Zabulus
Canto II- Melancholic remembrances of dark times
Canto III- From the Devils chalice
Canto IV- Void...
Canto V- Holy foul
Canto VI- Canticle(for ye Lord)

 

[Zephyrus]

Don't worry bluewizard, you're not even close to acquiring all the classics. And when in doubt, go old school. That's what I did. Celtic Frost, Bathory, Venom, Mercyful Fate. Classic after classic.