Modern Symphonic Black Metal with good production?

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I try and try to listen to black metal but I have a tough time finding things I can enjoy... and minimalist production is just a wall I cant climb. I'm not much for the "old school" sound either...

A few I've found I really like are
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast
Ceremonial Castings - Barbaric is the Beast

Errr, isn't that album pretty old and has some very low-quality production? I assume you're talking about the MMV, in that case do yourself a favor and go on youtube and find the guy that mixed the old Stormblast with the MMV and you will be a changed man. The original is a classic no matter what Dimmu Borgir may have become in later years..

Btw why hasn't anyone recommended Death Spell Omega yet? Modern black metal with fairly good production..last time I checked everyone was hopping on DSO's cocks?

 

[Einherjar86]

Tvangeste- Firestorm
Dekadent- The Deliverance of the Fall (some of the songs are doom, some are black metal, but it's all symphonic)

I'm also going to recommend Hellveto. While it's not black metal per se, it's symphonic and exhibits a similar aura as that of black metal.

 

[Eligos]

For the record. I brought up Watain because fans of symphonic black metal tend to enjoy their latest. A lot. They also tend to like Dawn.

DSO has has terrible production for the most part (excepting their latest EP), everything clashes and it's very noisy. I love the band to death but wouldn't say they have good production on Fas... or Si Momentum....

 

[Dak]

DSO is very noisy, didn't care for what I have sampled.

 

[Eligos]

I've heard good things about this band.

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Errr, isn't that album pretty old and has some very low-quality production?

I think Stormblast the original has very good production especially for it's time and budget it was on...

As for Deathspell Omega, I don't know if they should be called symphonic BM but definetly should be recommended...

 

[Eligos]

You might like Illiance's EP "Withering Razors" as well. It was one of the pieces that got me into black metal.

And don't forget Dornenreich. They're one of those bands without a single weak member.

 

[Krow]

For the record. I brought up Watain because fans of symphonic black metal tend to enjoy their latest. A lot. They also tend to like Dawn.

DSO has has terrible production for the most part (excepting their latest EP), everything clashes and it's very noisy. I love the band to death but wouldn't say they have good production on Fas... or Si Momentum....

Watain's latest was a pretty good call actually.

DSO just makes my head hurt, tbh.

 

[Avigrus]

Astriaal - Renascent Misanthropy

 

[cannibal corpse]

I definitely second Nazgûl - De Expugnatione Elfmuth, great album.

 

[RIFFERATION]

Black metal is something I was always interested in playing, but until now I simply hadn't had the tools. Luckily I am able to add symphonic nuances to my work and am shits n giggles honestly. The two most influential albums for me were Dimmu Bogir Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia and Old Mans Child Vermin, mainly the first track Enslaved And Condemned because the solo is fucking gnarly, it sounds evil as fuck to me for some reason

 

[MasterOLightning]

Not symphonic, but Kvist is a really easy band to listen to, with clear production and good use of backing keys.

 

[Doomguy]

Gloomy Grim's latest is fantastic.

 

[challenge_everything]

Lol what a shit name for a band. Sounds like a bad guy from a Scooby Doo cartoon.

 

[Einherjar86]

Gloomy Grim just makes me laugh. And their cover art for Life? is one of the worst things ever.

 

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

Lol what a shit name for a band. Sounds like a bad guy from a Scooby Doo cartoon.

HAHAH yes.

 

[Krow]

All their albums have horrid art after a quick check on MA.

 

[Eligos]

It's a shame that their line-up was forged in the depths of Mordor, considering that their music is such shit and their image is laughable at best.

Bring back Thy Serpent plz

 

[Doomguy]

I'm not talking at all about their covers; I'm talking about their music.

 

[Krow]

I'm not talking at all about their covers; I'm talking about their music.

Well...

It's a shame that their line-up was forged in the depths of Mordor, considering that their music is such shit and their image is laughable at best.

Bring back Thy Serpent plz