Black Metal.

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Saturday I am gathering with some accomplices to listen to BM. Each time it's a new theme and we may only listen to bands with specific prerequisites which fit this theme. On Saturday it's bands with current or former members who have died (for various reasons) or killed another person. Live and session musicians count. Please give me some inspiration on what to play apart for alle the obvious (Norwegian) bands.

Mystic Forest (Stefan Kozak, R.I.P. 2015, suicide by train) - see also Eikenskaden
Endless Dismal Moan (Takuya Tsutsui a.k.a. Chaos 9, R.I.P. 2008, suicide by gunshot)

In both cases they were the core member of their respective band.

 

[CiG]

Sarvari. Fucking killer Greek black metal.



@Master_Yoda77 might like this shit.

 

[Krow]

Endless Dismal Moan is fucked. The first two self titled demos (or the full length comp depending on how you look at it) are completely unique and twisted black metal unlike anything I've ever heard. (And if you've heard something similar please do share)

 

[Sonic Titan]

Anyone else like Black Metal, im into the more popular bands such as 1349, Darkthrone, Dark Funearl, Gorgoroth and Dimmu Borgir.
I'll never forget the night I saw 1349 live in manchester, one of the best gigs ever, and when Enslaved were on the lead singer looks straight at me and gives the horns which was wicked.
Theres just something about Black Metal that makes it unique from any other genre, and I'd probobally be lost without it.

Love it. The most inconsistent genre in Extreme Metal but also one of the most compelling and definitely the most disturbing.

 

[no country for old wainds]

you just responded to a post by someone who hasn't logged in in over 7 years.

 

[Krow]

Black metalish so I'll post it here...

So is the Enslaved comp The Sleeping Gods - Thorn worth getting? I see it's a couple EPs from before RIITIIR which gives me some hope.

I like most of Enslaved's output minus Axiomwhatever and In Times. (thought IT was fucking awful)

 

[EspaDa]

 

[Goffdahl]

Mystic Forest (Stefan Kozak, R.I.P. 2015, suicide by train) - see also Eikenskaden
Endless Dismal Moan (Takuya Tsutsui a.k.a. Chaos 9, R.I.P. 2008, suicide by gunshot)

In both cases they were the core member of their respective band.

Thanks! Will check them out before Saturday!

 

[Draehl]

I like most of Enslaved's output minus Axiomwhatever and In Times. (thought IT was fucking awful)

Not sure on the Comp, but I think they have one of the best overall discographies for having the number of albums they do. Definitely are weaker in the current style tho. Isa will forever be their best IMO- between the title track, Neogenesis and Return To Yggdrasil. mmmmph.

 

[Phylactery]

Disagree. Vikingligr Veldi is easily the best Enlaved album and one of the best releases from Norway. I haven't found them interesting since Frost.

 

[Krow]

It's really less than a surprise you dont prefer their latter day stuff, @Phylactery

I like a lot of their less than bm stuff, but I like weird black metal. RIITIIR may actually be my favorite album by the band, which is why hating In Times disappointed me so badly. I've never actually listened to Vikingligr Veldi in its entirety but I have it coming, grabbed it in the new version with Hordanes Land as bonus. Intending on filling a bunch of discography gaps I have with the band.

 

[Phylactery]

Hordanes Land is also awesome, just not quite as good as the full length imo. Midgards Eldar is my favourite track, it's fucking glorious.

I don't think I've listened to anything they've done since Isa, so I should listen to some of their newer stuff. I'll probably start with RIITIIR since that's your favourite.

 

[Draehl]

Hordanes Land is also awesome, just not quite as good as the full length imo. Midgards Eldar is my favourite track, it's fucking glorious.

I don't think I've listened to anything they've done since Isa, so I should listen to some of their newer stuff. I'll probably start with RIITIIR since that's your favourite.

They're way proggier. But it works. They do it in a more of a chill way without the wankery. You might be shocked since it was a fairly gradual transition compared to other bands abrupt shifts in style.

 

[J.]

nah, their best stuff was their mid period - Mardraum, Monumension

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

I dunno. I really liked In Times. But I pretty much like Enslaved's entire discog. Consistent motherfuckers. And they kill it live too.

 

[tagradh]

Those two EPs rule but if you're expecting something like the albums around them you're not going to get it. Stripped back, 'atmospgeric' BM. Not much in the way of the later albums' proginess.

My favourites are Frost, Eld and Ruun. I win.

 

[Einherjar86]

Fuck, kinda surprised it took that long for someone to mention Eld.

I'm a fan of later Enslaved; but I feel like that's because I'm a prog rock fan, not because I'm a fan of black metal.

 

[Krow]

Eld's album art cracks me up. Guy is like... I definitely look like a dumbass... hope no one ever sees this.

 

[CiG]

As much as I do agree that Vikingligr Veldi is a pinnacle of black metal, Blodhemn is my personal favourite of their albums.

Eld also gets much worship from me and like Ein said, later Enslaved is brilliant music but it probably relates much more to a taste for progressive rock. They always had a certain progressive layer in their early days though.

I love their strange use of keyboards on their early albums.

 

[Haddock666]

I like old school stuff and black/death, like von, archgoat, old beherit, blasphemy, teitanblood, sarcofago.