Black Metal.

[Zephyrus]

I guess it's not really that inaccessible. I liked it before, but it never really stood out, flashes here and there, but now it really seems to have gelled with me. Holocaust is probably a good place to start.

That's what I have, and it's great. I hear that Blazing Flames of War is his best, no?

 

[no country for old wainds]

holocaust was way more acclaimed than blazing i thought, in fact rym suggests holocaust is the best of the lot by a long shot. might give it a go, i haven't really enjoyed listening to countess for a few years now. of the ones i've heard i suspect 'shining swords' stands up best, strange album that one

 

[unknown]

if it hasn't been mentioned, fans of Windir should check out Cor Scorpii's Monument since a couple members of Windir are in the band

 

[rms]

^ really miss Valfar vocally on that album imo, and I think Windir sounded best on it's grittier albums(arntor/likferd--not 1184 or Sok) and I think Cor is to clean to get it off perfectly.

 

[unknown]

yeah. It's obviously not Windir at their best, but it's still a solid album

 

[Alter]

yeah. It's obviously not Windir at their best, but it's still a solid album

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[skeptik]

Countess' albums in order of quality (excluding The Gospel Of The Horned One and The Shining Swords Of Hate, given their position as anomalies in the band's discography, which I will address later):

Ad Maiorem Sathanae Gloriam
The Return Of The Horned One
Heilig Vuur
Blazing Flames Of War
The Book Of The Heretic (this would rank much higher if not for the production)
The Revenge Of The Horned One Pt. I
Spawn Of Steel
The Revenge Of The Horned One Pt. II
Holocaust Of The God Believers

The Gospel Of The Horned One is partly a relic of the band's history prior to Orlok joining the band, so it is not entirely identifiable as Countess album purely by sound. I personally love the album, but quite frankly, every aspect of the album is bad, right down to the songwriting. The musicianship and production are pretty much laughable, and some songs seem to share too many similarities, but I still love it. Definitely not for everyone at all.

The Shining Swords Of Hate was Orlok's attempt to reconnect himself with early Countess material, to try to recapture the sounds that originally made him want to be a part of the band. While The Gospel... and Shining Swords... are not particularly comparable in terms of sound, they're quite similar in atmosphere. Orlok himself has described these two albums, along with Dawnfall's full-length, as the three worst albums ever made, and he's quite proud of that. For most people, this album tends to be love or hate, but I find myself somewhere in the middle. I certainly don't play it very often though. I find that it drones on a bit too long at times.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

bah, so now I need to get some Arckanum. Black metal pisses me off because theres so much good shit out there!

 

[Metal Quest]

Hello I am new here and wanted to list a few black metal bands that I enjoy
Arkona - Poland
Moontower
Paysage D'Hiver
Darkspace
Veles
Graveland
Beherit
the ambiance of Vinterriket
Ect.. have a long list but start from their

 

[whiskey funeral]

Hello I am new here and wanted to list a few black metal bands that I enjoy
Arkona - Poland
Moontower
Paysage D'Hiver
Darkspace
Veles
Graveland
Beherit
the ambiance of Vinterriket
Ect.. have a long list but start from their

What else do you like from the genre?

 

[Alter]

SCENT OF FLYING SHADOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARE IN THE EYES OF THE VAST URANUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Panzerfaust fucking rules.

 

[darrkon]

Looking for some good possibly french BM(like Peste Noire) and also BM that is nature inspired(Drudkh, Kampfar)

 

[Alter]

Well, for nature check out Hate Forest or Wolves In The Throne Room. If you like Peste Noire than you might like Blut Aus Nord, whom are French and on the stranger side. Sombre Chemin is also very good. You might dig Urfaust, though not from France. Celetia is worth name dropping also.

Are you looking for stranger sounding BM?

 

[darrkon]

I've got those first 3 Alter, but I'll look into the others, thanks.

Yeah I'm looking for strange bm, anything different or unique(in a good way)

 

[Alter]

Furze is very, very fucked up. Wrath Of The Weak, Vrolok, Emit, Ithdabquth Qliphoth, Katharsis, Gnaw Their Tongues and Silencer are all fucked up and worth checking out.

Wedard is good for forest style BM. Though not overtly strange or forest styled BM, Velvet Cacoon might interest you.

 

[whiskey funeral]

Belenos. Not weird in any way but I am certainly enjoying this band at the moment.

 

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

Ithdabquth isn't that fucked up. Great shit tho.

 

[Alter]

Ithdabquth isn't that fucked up. Great shit tho.

It is a bit of the stranger side compared to most BM. Though, I have only heard one EP.


Fuck, I am listening to Genevieve right now, and I am pumped for Atropine.

 

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

Dude, you need the IQ album, it's fantastic...I assumed you had it!

 

[Metal Quest]

What else do you like from the genre?

their are a lot of different bands such as
Naglfar
Nargaroth
NAV
Old Wainds
Nordlicht
North - Poland
Odor Mortis
Ohtar
Old Legacy
Pagan Fire
Perunica
Primigenium
Raven Dark
Rotting Christ
Necromantia
Sacrilegium
Saltus
Satanic Warmaster
Pest - (Finland) - (Germany) - (Sweden)
Old Satyricon
Selbstmord
Setherial
Shining
Silva Nigra
Slavland
Sunwheel
Svarga
Taran
Temnozor
Thou art Lord
Thunderbolt
Totenburg
Tuman mistaken by Tymah
Varathron
Vargleide
Verdunkeln
Vesania
War88
War - Poland
Watain
Werewolf
Wewelsburg
Wilk
Wilkolak
Wodulf
Woodtemple
Zyklon - B
Abazagorath
Abigor
Abruptum
Absurd
Akercocke
Aryan Triumph
The Austrasian Goat
Azrael Rising - Albert Witchfinder from Reverend Bizarre
Bathory
Old Behemoth
Beleth
Belphegor
Besatt
Bestial Warlust
The Black
Black Death (Russia)
Black Winter
Branikald
Burzum
Capricornus
Corpus Christii
Dark Fury
Dark Throne
Deathgate Arkanum
Der Sturmer
Det Hedenske Folk
Dissection
Dodheimsgard
Dub Buk
Emperor
Enslaved
Enthroned
Esgaroth
Evilfeast
Ezgaroth
Falkenbach
Finis Gloria Dei
Forest
Full Moon
Galgenberg
Gauntlet's Sword
Gontyna Kry
Gorgoroth
Graupel
Gromowladny
Holy Death
Hypocrisy
Ildjarn
Immortal
Impiety
Infernal War
Inferno - Czech Republic
Infernum
Iperyt
Iuvenes
Kältetod
Kaeltetod
Kataxu
Kriegsmaschine
Kroda
Lunar Aurora
Old Marduk
Mayhem
Mord

I am a collector so this is the black Metal Bands that I have