Terrorizer's Top 20 Black Metal Foundation Albums

[Nate The Great]

This is for J. He was interested in what this issue of Terrorizer had for the Top 20 Foundation Albums for Black Metal.

In chronological order (as Terrorizer lists them):

Venom - Black Metal

Mercyful Fate - Melissa

Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales

Destruction - Sentence of Death

Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids

Sodom - In The Sign Of Evil

Sepultura - Morbid Visions

Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark

Sarcofago - I.N.R.I.

Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky

Beherit - Drawing Down The Moon

Blasphemy - Gods of War

Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon

Emperor/Enslaved - Split

Immortal - Pure Holocaust

Sigh - Scorn Defeat

Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane

If there's enough interest, I can edit in year of release, record label, and/or Terrorizer's description.

J.: Terrorizer's second wave albums are the ones that I REALLY like. That list is just awesome. Of course this list is pretty damn good as well.

 

[J.]

thanks. i was just curious as to what they listed. and yeah erik, i was wondering if early samael would be on there.

ceremony is on their "progressions" list.

these are the ones i have:

Sepultura - Morbid Visions
Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon
Emperor/Enslaved - Split
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Sigh - Scorn Defeat
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane

 

[NAD]

Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane

I'm not too cool for school because I only have those 4. Well, I guess I'm too cool for shortbus school.

 

[J.]

i'm kinda surprised Dark Medieval Times didnt make it. and it would have been nice to see a graveland album on there since they've been at it as long as most of the forerunners, but i know terrorizer steers away from from "those" types of bands. oh well....

surprised about tormentor as well
i still need those bathory albums


here's the Top 20 BM Progressions:

Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
Ulver - Bergtatt
Fleurety - Min Tid Skal Komme
In the Woods... - HEart of the Ages
Burzum - Filosofem
Cradle of Filth - Dusk...and Her Embrace
Mysticum - In the Streams of Inferno
Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Enslaved - Eld
Sigh - Hail Horror Hail
Solefald - The Linear Scaffold
Abigor - Supreme Immortal Art
Demoncy - Joined in Darkness
Dodheimsgard - 666 International
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
Satyricon - Rebel Extravaganza
Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro
Xasthur - Nocturnal Poisoning

 

[J.]

honestly, are the early Cradle of Filth albums that horrible? did they have a dive in quality similar to Dimmu or have they always sucked. honestly.

 

[Erik]

honestly, are the early Cradle of Filth albums that horrible? did they have a dive in quality similar to Dimmu or have they always sucked. honestly.

HONESTLY

they have ALWAYS sucked BIG FUCKING COCK.

circus_brimstone, being a funnyguy, sent me a fuckload of cradle albums in the mail so i nowadays know what i'm talking about since i listened to a little bit of each, including their first, and it's all SHIT. none of it is even remotely black metal, and the early stuff comes off as very very amateurish in playing and production (not "raw", merely incompetent) as well.

 

[NAD]

Dusk... And Her Embrace is perfectly okay stuff.

It's black-ish I suppose.

 

[Demilich]

i have a whole TWO of these! (Blaze and Nightside)

i win!

ones that make my BUY EVENTUALLY OR DIE list:

Dissection (regardless of whether it belongs here), Beherit, Bathory and Mercyful Fate.

 

[Hell Mike]

Venom - Black Metal
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
Destruction - Sentence of Death
Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids
Sodom - In The Sign Of Evil
Sepultura - Morbid Visions
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Sarcofago - I.N.R.I.
Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Beherit - Drawing Down The Moon
Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon
Emperor/Enslaved - Split
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Sigh - Scorn Defeat
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane

Yup, all except Blasphemy

The list needs some Sabbat (Jap) and Tormentor (Hun)

 

[Crimson Velvet]

I have all except Sigh and Blasphemy, and I doubt I'll be getting those...

 

[Crimson Velvet]

Sepultura was a huge influence on both death- and black metal.

That's the second retarted post by you I've seen so far today. Keep up the good work!

 

[Jim LotFP]

HONESTLY

they have ALWAYS sucked BIG FUCKING COCK.

circus_brimstone, being a funnyguy, sent me a fuckload of cradle albums in the mail so i nowadays know what i'm talking about since i listened to a little bit of each, including their first, and it's all SHIT. none of it is even remotely black metal, and the early stuff comes off as very very amateurish in playing and production (not "raw", merely incompetent) as well.

Listen to Queen of Winter Throned, A Gothic Romance, and Haunted Shores.

Think of them simply as heavy metal with no associations with black metal whatsoever.

Cradle of Filth has written some awesome heavy metal songs.

 

[Hell Mike]

CV: I trust you've heard that sigh, no? It rules, so you really SHOULD get it

Garbage-in-place-of-brain: OK, they're all pals of yours I suppose? Or at least mail you their fave band-lists? You're retarded, get the fuck out, if you don't have any ears OR a brain, why hang at this forum?

 

[Hell Mike]

Just die. Leave here, then die.

 

[Nate The Great]

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[Crimson Velvet]

CV: I trust you've heard that sigh, no? It rules, so you really SHOULD get it

Actually, I haven't heard it. I heard someone call 'em "avant-garde" and that just doesn't ring well with me, so I stayed clear.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

lol @ footbalm

garbage, apt name, way to make friends, keep up the good work

 

[Erik]

Actually, I haven't heard it. I heard someone call 'em "avant-garde" and that just doesn't ring well with me, so I stayed clear.

bah it's not strange for the sake of strange like the newer albums, it seriously kicks ass

if it was good enough for euro to sign for DSP, it's good enough for you

get on it

 

[lurch70]

what is Destruction doing on that list?

 

[Erik]

what is Destruction doing on that list?

inspiring countless of black metal bands with deeply nekro songs about satan

hth