Greatest Black Metal

[S<issors]

Stock up on the classics.

Burzum - Filosofem
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice

I'd get Hvis Lyset Tar Oss instead of Filosofem, personally, but this is a very good list. ABITNS is a particularly key rec, probably the best album for getting into Darkthrone- plus, you like Celtic Frost, and that album has a LOT of Frost influence (listen to "In The Shadow Of The Horns" if you want a sample of what I mean). And yeah, that DSO album has pretty much become one of my all-time favs over the course of a few years, it's fantastic.

You may also like to check out Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, another stone-cold classic.

 

[Zephyrus]

He's set on Mayhem. And Filosofem is better for first-time Burzum listeners than HLTO.

 

[whiskey funeral]

Craft - Fuck The Universe, one of my favorites and probably will remain so.

I know smiling isn't very grim and necro, but this album makes me grin from ear to ear.


Most people on the board hate this band, but you should check out Glorior Belli - Manifesting the Raging Beast. It's pretty awesome and an easy album to absorb. Everything else mentioned in the thread so far is totally worth listening to.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Because it's a very boring rehash of stereotypical "bendy" riffs from TWWTG with bad vocals and arrangements. And every song sounds the fucking same. Failalbum.

It's still better then MoRT.

 

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

Yes, it is.

 

[Bassman366]

Immortal - At the end of the winter.



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[Einherjar86]

It's At the Heart of Winter, and it's definitely not the greatest black metal.

 

[Belligerent]

No, but Damned in Black or Sons of the Northern Darkness are good contenders.

 

[tagradh]

No, but Damned in Black or Sons of the Northern Darkness are good contenders.

I like all three albums but I think ATHOW is the best.

 

[whiskey funeral]

I think Immortal are pretty cheesy tbh.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I think Immortal are pretty cheesy tbh.

They are.

 

[whiskey funeral]

Okay well, at least someone else agrees and I'm not weird for thinking this.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Immortal

 

[whiskey funeral]

It figures.

 

[Bassman366]

It's At the Heart of Winter, and it's definitely not the greatest black metal.

Right! I'm stupid.

 

[Einherjar86]

I like Immortal, but they've never been at the top of the list for me.

 

[SkiesAtOurFeet]

It's At the Heart of Winter, and it's definitely not the greatest black metal.

I laughed at this, good way to start the day!

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God, Memoria Vetusta

Wow, I was just about to download their other albums last night. I have those two albums on CD, but I never got around to listening to more of their stuff. I almost bought Odinist last time I bought a couple of CDs. Now I'm broke as shit, so much for that idea. How's their other stuff??

 

[S<issors]

At The End of Winter would be a much less grim, icy, hate-filled name.

Wow, I was just about to download their other albums last night. I have those two albums on CD, but I never got around to listening to more of their stuff. I almost bought Odinist last time I bought a couple of CDs. Now I'm broke as shit, so much for that idea. How's their other stuff??

I hear some of the earlier material is cool, but avoid anything post-TWWTG

 

[no country for old wainds]

pure holocaust is the best immortal you retards.

early blut aus nord is probably the best french black metal ever.