Black Metal.

[crimsonfloyd]

There's plenty of great primitive black metal bands, but Maniac Butcher (at least the album I'm familiar with) isn't one of them. It's not a genre or style issue, it's a quality issue.

 

[CiG]

As you say though, you've heard one album.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

I haven't seen Flagellant discussed much. I checked out their album Maledictum and thought it was a great piece of Swedish black metal. Here's the albums closer:

 

[Krow]

Finally got my copy of the new Peste Noire. I'm most likely on some watch list because I bought it from World Terror Committee.

 

[Little Mike Dudley]

I've tried, I just cannot get into "true" black metal. It's an entire genre I've just largely written off, with one or two exceptions. Old Behemoth and old Dimmu (if they ever were "true" black metal to begin with) are about the extent of it. I can tolerate some symphonic black metal, but again, I'm very picky about it.

 

[CiG]

80's Black Metal is the shit, it's all very different sounding yet it's all tied together by something vague.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

For me, black metal doesn't get much better than black metal bands that start with B: Bathory, Burzum, Beherit, Blasphemy.

 

[CiG]

A-fucking-men!

I'm also very partial to Bestial Mockery.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

^ Not a huge Bal-Sagoth fan yet, but those other "B" bands are legit.

Let's talk about Infestus. The German scene kills it again. Possibly the best country for black metal at the moment. I dunno. This track rips:

 

[CiG]

Bal-Sagoth would be a lot more bearable if the vocals weren't so guttural, kinda fucks the whole sound up.

Speaking of Germany, I'm listening to some Nargaroth right now.
He seems to get a lot of hate.

 

[J.]

Ruins of Beverast owns the German scene

 

[CiG]

Most German Black Metal I listen to is mixed with Thrash or Speed, like Quintessenz.
But I'm fiending for some early 90's "true" shit like Nargaroth, bands that used photos for album art.

Any suggestions anybody?

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Ruins of Beverast owns the German scene

They up there, with Nagelfar, Lunar Aurora, and Verdunkeln yo.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Bal-Sagoth would be a lot more bearable if the vocals weren't so guttural, kinda fucks the whole sound up.

Speaking of Germany, I'm listening to some Nargaroth right now.
He seems to get a lot of hate.

Herbstleyd is a masterpiece, but he seriously fell off after that.

 

[CiG]

Katharsis are probably the best German Black Metal band that don't mix Speed or Thrash in.

 

[CiG]

Herbstleyd is a masterpiece, but he seriously fell off after that.

I enjoy him up to Rasluka Part I.

 

[KafkaX]

Cant forget fucking MOONBLOOD for the German scene...Same with Absurd and Bethlehem.

Even still, I'll still take the French over any country for Black Metal. Mortifera, Mutiilation, Aosoth, Antaeus, Blut Aus Nord, Deathspell Omega...

 

[CiG]

It's a common question that I've never been able to answer myself.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Katharsis are probably the best German Black Metal band that don't mix Speed or Thrash in.

Absolutely. Good call. They might be the best. And Kafka, French BM is fucking sick I agree

 

[CiG]

I had a ponder about it and I think I'd have to say quite a few of my favourite Black Metal bands tend to be Greek.