Gimme some killer Black Metal bands!

I'll narrow it down for you. As has been said, EMPEROR is absolutely mandatory...

My personal favourite album of theirs would be 'In The Nightside Eclipse' but you might also want to check out 'Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk', 'IX Equilibrium' and of course the ALMIGHTY 'Prometheus'.

Having said that, Prometheus doesn't much resemble normal black metal or earlier Emperor for that matter... it seems to transcend black metal and become pseudo-classical. It's pretty hard to listen to and digest, but once you do, you're not goin back.
 
haha ya, i suppose i might as well let it be known that i actually own an emperor album, so im not THAT in the dark about them! lol. btw its the IX equilibrium...great cd!
 
Hmmm ... now it´s time for some real black-metal!!!

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Darkthrone
Old Wainds
Taake
Lugubrum
Forest
Abigor
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Killswitch Engage (ultra occult)
Slipknot (borders on insanely brutal)
Trapt (NSBM at it's most extreme)
Saliva (the last word in insanely technical)
Evanescence (gothic black metal at its finest)
That should start you off ;)