Black Metal.

[whiskey funeral]

darkthrone ist krieg

Pretty much. All Darkthrone makes me smile.

 

[~Derek~]

I'll probably get Under a Funeral Moon the next Darkthrone I get.

 

[Zephyrus]

I'm shocked.

 

[unknown]

Currently listening to Irrwisch's 2008 self-titled demo. it's really good stuff. the vocals are kind of reverby, and the sound is something along the lines of drudkh but a bit more fierce...bits of nocternity and a few other bands thrown in for good measure. definitely worth checking out!

 

[divine_torture]

Just listened to some clips of Glorior Belli, Wolves In The Throne Room, and Ureghal. All very impressive stuff.

 

[M3t41Ti11D3th]

This question has probably been asked but there are way too many pages to sift through. I don't like black metal as of now, mostly due to the vocals, but I'm sure I could grow to love it. That's how I got into Melodic stuff anyways. What would be a good band to start with?

 

[Blind Guardian]

Some of the later Immortal albums, from At The Heart Of Winter and on.

 

[M3t41Ti11D3th]

Some of the later Immortal albums, from At The Heart Of Winter and on.

I still can't stand the vocals.

 

[unknown]

try Primordial's last few albums, To the Nameless Dead, The Gathering Wilderness and Spirit the Earth Aflame

 

[Mort Divine]

and Kroda's Cry to Me, River

even with typical BM vocals if you don't like it, you're gay

 

[MasterOLightning]

People who say they don't like black metal vocals are dumb. That term is next to meaningless nowadays with all the vocal diversity there is in the genre.

 

[Koude Haat]

S.V.E.S.T. - Urfaust is a masterpeice. Anyone ever check this out?

 

[Omni]

I like that album quite a bit, though I often forget that it exists. I'd also be willing to bet that Cythraul will post here saying he likes it, since he told me that he does recently on Last.fm.

Their demo compilation is also pretty cool. I hope they do another album soon.

 

[Zephyrus]

This question has probably been asked but there are way too many pages to sift through. I don't like black metal as of now, mostly due to the vocals, but I'm sure I could grow to love it. That's how I got into Melodic stuff anyways. What would be a good band to start with?

Borknagar.

 

[Draconian]

What is everyones thoughts on Bathorys Blood on Ice ?

 

[~Derek~]

Arcturus might could work.

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

This question has probably been asked but there are way too many pages to sift through. I don't like black metal as of now, mostly due to the vocals, but I'm sure I could grow to love it. That's how I got into Melodic stuff anyways. What would be a good band to start with?

If you can't stand the vocals you really got a problem, since 99% of the genre has them. I'd start with Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon and ...And So The Night Became. Black metal with folk and drone influences with standard death metal vox, awesome stuff. Other bands you can also check out:

Mystic Forest - Romances
Keep Of Kalessin - Armada or Kolossus (easier to get into than early stuff)

 

[no country for old wainds]

I SERIOUSLY RECOMMEND CELTIC FROST

 

[no country for old wainds]

but seriously. to be fair hardly anyone can stand the vocals when they first approach BM, and he suggested there's a chance he could get into them. totally agree with aeternus. i think some good starters for people already into melodic stuff are:

aeternus - and so the night became
graveland - the fire of awakening
nokturnal mortum - goat horns
varathron - his majesty at the swamp
summoning - dol guldur

personally i fell in love with BM and BM vocals the first time i heard 'hvis lyset tar oss', but i know a lot of people who've struggled to do the same.

 

[whiskey funeral]

Just listened to some clips of Glorior Belli, Wolves In The Throne Room, and Ureghal. All very impressive stuff.

Get Glorior Belli's album Manifesting the Raging Beast because it is seriously awesome and I fellate it constantly.