Symphonic Black Metal

[Manic Ferocity]

Recommend me symphonic black metal that doesn't forget the guitar riff. The only bands I can think of off the top of my head are Emperor, Obtained Enslavement, and Nokturnal Mortum.

 

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

...and Oceans - The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts

 

[Dak]

Hollenthon

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Veneficium - De Occulta Philosophia - A Missae Tenebrae
In Lingua Mortua - Bellowing Sea - Racked by Tempest
Profanum - Musaeum Esotericum (less emphasis on riffs, but still a great release)

 

[J.]

Golden Dawn - The Art of Dreaming
Abigor - Supreme Immortal Art

 

[Zephyrus]

Limbonic Art - In Abhorrence Dementia
Limbonic Art - Moon in the Scorpio
Limbonic Art - Ad Noctum: Dynasty of Death
Odium - The Sad Realm of the Stars
Bishop of Hexen - The Nightmarish Compositions
Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symphonia
Vesania - God the Lux
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Anorexia Nervosa - Drudenhaus

 

[Qoppa]

Bishop of Hexen - The Nightmarish Compositions

Ooooh, I like this.

 

[challenge_everything]

I think the bands Obscure Infinity already mentioned are the best of this genre, but I'll throw in Apotheosis' Farthest from the Sun (not to be confused with Sacramentum) which I rate very highly too.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Covenant - In Times Before the Light
Gehenna - First Spell
Vintersemestre - Kirkkokyrpä
Wallachia - Wallachia

 

[unknown]

Wolven Ancestry

 

[Einherjar86]

Some of the best suggestions have already been given. I would also add:

Akroma- Sept
Luna Ad Noctum- The Perfect Evil in Mortal

 

[__Misanthrope__]

Perhaps Dragonlord? Other band of Eric Peterson from Testament. They're pretty cool.

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Perhaps Dragonlord? Other band of Eric Peterson from Testament. They're pretty cool.

God no.

 

[ArnaudM]

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