Black Metal.

I liked the Dark Funeral cover of Von's Satanic Blood, so basically Von seems to be(I've heard stuff off their myspace as well) a very minimalistic raw black metal band, which features 2-3 riffs per song, with vocals more death metal than black metal, and probably the first USBM band.
 
Thanks. They dont sell 'Weltanschuaang' on amazon, and 'Lunar Poetry' is £14 which is pretty expensive for an album so i think i will probably go with 'To the Gates..'.

I second the Drudkh comments, oh and I forgot to say, 'To the Gates..' is indeed compared to 'Anthems to the Welkin...' though I think mostly by overall feeling. Thing about Lunar Poetry as I can remember, is not an official release by the band, but something released by another label, not exactly sure the details behind that, but if you check their discography on Metal Archives 'Lunar Poetry' is listed as a demo. I think thats why its considerably expensive.

On a side note:
Von is not really my thing :( though I can see why some people like them ( really minimalistic stuff ), Watain even named themselves the Von song 'Watain'. They only have on real release though, 'Satanic Blood Angel'.

Catamenia is ok, I used to listen to them alot more, I like their first two albums 'Morning Crimson' and 'Halls of Frozen North' it sounds more to my liking though, I think because of the original drummer being present and the slightly raw production, though 'Winternight Tragedies' is in my opinion, a good slab of melodic Black.

Temnozor is great, get 'Horizons' or 'Folkstorm of the Azure Night'... they also have a great song off the new 'Eastern HAmmer' split.
 
Of course it's an official release. A lot of the early Graveland albums were originally released as demos as well.
 
Guess you are right about that, its been rereleased by Oriana a few times... for some reason I thought the 'Lunar Poetry' releases were bootlegs for some reason, oh well.
 
Which Nokturnal Mortum album is the best to start with out of 'Goat Horns' and 'To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire'?
Ive heard Gates of Blasphemous fire compared to emperor's 'Anthems', is this an accurate description?
Go with Goat Horns, it is pretty much the best album in the world. Gates is up there too but not on the same level.
 
After giving Venom's Black Metal a spin in the car yesterday I came to understand why people call them black metal. I was under the impression they were much more NWoBHM, but after listening it all became clear. Great stuff, too.
 
After giving Venom's Black Metal a spin in the car yesterday I came to understand why people call them black metal. I was under the impression they were much more NWoBHM, but after listening it all became clear. Great stuff, too.

I still consider them NWOBHM. They're a proto-type of black metal.

*Waits for Dodens' explosion*