Black Metal.

[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

 

[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

im listening to it right now and theres no way you can be dissapointed

it delivers everything even remotely expected and more

you either didnt ever listen to it ot your expectations are absurd. estrangement is awesome