Black Metal.

[Krigloch the Furious]

what's the #1 bm disk of the year so far?

 

[Base Delta Zero]

Cobalt - Gin
...or maybe Deathspell Omega.

Actually, I probably haven't been listening to enough black metal lately to say.

 

[Doomguy]

Anyone know of any drone-ish, hazy black metal à la Velvet Cacoon? And please, do not tell me any suicidal bands; that stuff is terrible.

Try the Monotheist album by Celtic Frost; some pretty experimental avantgarde stuff.

 

[Zephyrus]

what's the #1 bm disk of the year so far?

Blut Aus Nord.

 

[unknown]

for me, so far, it's Blut Aus Nord

 

[MasterOLightning]

The DsO song.

 

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

That isn't from 2009.

Also BAN.

 

[Perdition's Light]

I don't think I've listened to anything truly black metal from this year so far. However, I'm listening to Frozen Shadows - Hantises again so everything's fine

edit: oh yeah, duh, the new BAN. so unless we're counting Samael and/or Absu, that's the only BM release from 2009 I've heard. It's quite good though, not sure how i feel towards it over time but it seems pretty solid.

 

[Mikko666]

what's the #1 bm disk of the year so far?

Beherit - Engram

 

[challenge_everything]

I'm gonna go for Austere - To Lay Like Old Ashes, marginally ahead of BAN.

 

[Omni]

If reissues count, the Order of the Ebon Hand album is better than anything mentioned here so far.

 

[Doomguy]

I think we can all safely agree that Mayhem are made of awesome.

 

[Base Delta Zero]

Anyone heard the new Fen? That's gotta be one of the best so far...

I didn't even know Austere had a new album out - that's good news!

 

[Episteme]

New Austere is pretty good, I don't think it's as good as BAN's Memoria Vetusta II but still pretty fucking good.

I'm really digging new Peste Noire, I still haven't heard Folkfuck Folie but I think it sounds very different to La Sanie.

 

[Base Delta Zero]

I haven't heard the new BAN yet - apparently, I should remedy that...

 

[Lord Kur]

so far top three

blut aus nord - nothing will touch it for aoy

njiqhadda- even though it wasn't quite as incredible as the other releases, it's still way ahead of almost everything else

xasthur - awesome. come on now, it's just almost perfect

also striborg because if you listen to percieving the world with hate you can tell the pentemple/sunoooo influences. makes a world of difference

but we are still waiting the drudkh and graveland releases

 

[Lord Kur]

actually xasthur is more like number 2

i cant fathom why people aren't talking about it more. its a fantastic album.

 

[Lord Kur]

oh and also does anyone know if astrofaes is gonna record another full length? i'm jonesin'.

im like the only asrtofaes fan

 

[Base Delta Zero]

I was kind of disappointed with Estrangement. Though, to be fair, I did only give it a cursory listen.

 

[Lord Kur]

umj, huh? im kinda thinking about microcosmos

how could you be dissapointed with it? it rules

almost perfect blend of folk and black