Greatest Black Metal Bands/Albums

[TheBahggs]

The great Black Metal albums Ive heard thus far are:

Satyricon-Dark Medieval Times
Emperor-In the Nightshade Eclipse
Mayhem-De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Bathory-Blood Fire Death

what else is there that any serious bm fan MUST hear?

 

[waif]

In The Nightside Eclipse
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Honorable mention: Blood Fire Death, Anthems To The Welkin, Prometheus
Don't have too much BM, though...

 

[Einherjar86]

Well, there are a lot of great black metal releases from more recent and lesser known bands. Some of the other guys here are more schooled in this area; but if we're talking more well-known and influential black metal, I'd say:

Emperor- Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk
Immortal- Battles in the North
Celtic Frost- To Mega Therion
Venom- Black Metal
Bathory- Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Darkthrone- Transilvanian Hunger

Most of these are considered important and influential in the genre.

EDIT: ninja'd by InFlames. Shouldn't have thought so hard about not including Ulver.

By the way, Ulver is really cool. They're just not straight black metal; they have a lot of ambient and folk influences, so I didn't include them. You might dig them though.

And I take it you already know Burzum, since your name is "free Varg"

 

[Zephyrus]

I'll add...

Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Immortal - Pure Holocaust

 

[Slayed Necros]

Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon
Graveland - Thousand Swords
Gorgoroth - Pentagram
Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon

 

[Punk Vic]

Ved Buens Ende - "Written in Waters"
Nagelfar - "Virus West"
Drudkh - "Blood in our Wells"
Weakling - "Dead as Dreams"

 

[username345]

I'd choose 'Autumn Aurora' over 'Blood in our Wells' for Drudkh myself, but I know a lot of people disagree.

Ulver ~ Bergtatt

 

[~Derek~]

I choose Nattens Madrigal over Bergtatt. Though that 5th song off Bergtatt I Fjend is great, Number 3 song on it is very good as well, I just wondered why a gunshot went off in the song and why someone is breathing hard walking inthe woods on that song.

 

[mutantllama]

I would also like to add A blaze in the Northern Sky.

 

[Alter]

The great Black Metal albums Ive heard thus far are:

Satyricon-Dark Medieval Times
Emperor-In the Nightshade Eclipse
Mayhem-De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Bathory-Blood Fire Death

what else is there that any serious bm fan MUST hear?

There is a TON of stuff that is better than most classics that to many people overlook.

Peste Noire-La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence ranks as one of the absolute best black metal records ever, regardless if it came out in 2004.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Deathcrush by Mayhem
Dark Space II by Darkspace
The Work Which Transforms God
Fran Marder by Arckanum

 

[Killbot]

My personal BM classics:

Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires Circumspace
The Ruins Of Beverast - Unlock The Shrine
Negura Bunget - Om
I Shalt Become - Wanderings
Xasthur - To Violate The Oblivious

 

[Addo_Of_Nex]

Bathory- Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
Beherit- Drawing Down the Moon
Darkthrone- Under A Funeral Moon/Transylvanian Hunger
Graveland- Thousand Swords
Absurd- Facta Loquuntur
Mercyful Fate- Don't Break The Oath/Melissa
Blut Aus Nord- The Work Which Transforms God
Burzum- Hvis lyset tar oss
Sacramentum- Far Away From the Sun
Dolorian- When All The Laughter Has Gone

Horribly generic list, but that is probably for good reason, as all of these albums reek of excellence.

 

[General Zaroff]

Burzum - Filosofem

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God

 

[Vilden]

There is a TON of stuff that is better than most classics that to many people overlook.

Peste Noire-La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence ranks as one of the absolute best black metal records ever, regardless if it came out in 2004.

No there aren't. And Peste Noire is totally not better then for example:

Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Nokturnal Mortum - Goat Horns
Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon
Summoning - Dol Guldur
Graveland - Thousand Swords
Mütiilation - Vampires of Black Imperial Blood

 

[dougbowden]

Dissection - Storm Of The Lights Bane
Lake Of Blood - Heed The Primal Calling

 

[Tallerthanatree]

There is a TON of stuff that is better than most classics that to many people overlook.

Thank you.

 

[Nightmare_Heaven]

Here's some random essentials off the top of me head:

Gorgoroth- Pentagram, Antichrist, Under the Sign of Hell
Bathory- Bathory,Under the Sign of the Black Mark, Blood Fire Death
Darkthrone- A Blaze in the Northern Sky, Under A Funeral Moon
Ulver- Bergtatt, Nattens Madrigal
Abigor- Verwustung/Invoke the Dark Age, Nachthymnen, Opus IV, Apokalypse
Drudkh- Forgotten Legends, Blood in Our Wells
Hate Forest- Scythia, Purity, Battlefields
Dimmu Borgir- Stormblast
Dissection- Storm of the Light's Bane
Sacramentum- Far Away from the Sun
Marduk- Those of the Unlight, Opus Nocturne
Blut aus Nord- Memoria Vetusta 1, The Work Which Transforms God
Borknagar- Borknagar
Mayhem- Deathcrush, Live in Liepzig, DMDS
Behemoth- Sventevith
Judas Iscariot- Heaven in Flames
Summoning- Minas Morgul, Nightshade Forests
Xasthur- Xasthur

I should think they'll keep you busy

 

[sevag00]

These will keep him busy for a very long time.