The black metal topic

[arglebargle]

We have a death metal topic, so damned if we don't have one for black metal. List your favorite black metal bands, be they symphonic black, true black, or avant-garde black. Or just talk about black metal, whatever.

I'm partial to Naglfar (oh hell yeah!), Emperor, Old Man's Child, Borknagar, Sirius, Nargaroth, Dimmu Borgir, Arcturus, and prolly some others that I forgot.

 

[theodyssey]

ah shit, more typing *grumble grumble*

Behemoth (they are a black and death mix now, but fuck all arguements), borknagar, children of bodom (again, i don't fucking care to argue. They can be classifyed as a lot of genres... stop bitching), dimmu borgir, emperor, ephal duath (first album), finntroll (close enough), impaled nazarene, old man's child, rotting christ, siebenburgen, suidakra (to some extent), thyrfing (again, to some extent), vintersorg, and that's about it.

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Ulver
Satyricon
Immortal
Aeternus (first two albums are a mix of death and black)
Arcturus (first album)

 

[The Metal Chick]

Borknager and Vintersorg pretty much do it for me...not real big on black metal.

 

[theodyssey]

no dimmu!?? what the hell amanda!!

 

[Serge...]

Vintersorg or anything Viking/Trolly (Finntroll, Thyrfing, etc) I can tolerate. I don't like regular black metal though.

 

[-Rivfader-]

Emperor I love Emperor, and I also like Dimmu's Enthrone Darkness Triumphent cd, but nothing else by them. I also thought Amon Amarth was cool but im not for sure if they are black metal.

 

[theodyssey]

yeah, i love amon amarth, but i think they are closer to death metal... but you know me. i'm the last to do the genre war ... but i would guess death. if you disagree, that's cool... if they are bm though, i say amon amarth as well.

 

[Yngvai X]

Dimmu are the masters of black metal

I also like Finntroll, and just heard some Borknagar (can you really call them bm tho? They have predominantly clean vox, at least in the songs I heard).

And Zack, I dont care if Bodom can fit in many styles, they certainly are NOT Black metal

 

[theodyssey]

Borknagar was originally black metal... empiricism has them going away from BM more than ever though... ever since vortex has been in the group (since archaic course) it's steadily gone away from bm, but still has the elements.

 

[Hellholming]

Emperor (best BM band ever)
Dimmu Borgir
Satyricon
Old Man's Child
Immortal
Cradle of Filth (even though many say they aren't BM)
Dark Funeral
Marduk

 

[minstrel_of_metal]

yeah whatever you guys said, it all good stuff.

btw Yngvai X, your signature is freaking funnny, everytime I read that since I saw it at The BG forum I laugh my ass off lol.

 

[ScottG]

More black metal fans need to hear Samael - Ceremony of Opposites.

Other great bands:

Dissection
Emperor
Immortal
Grand Belial's Key

 

[TheEdgeOfThorns]

Dimmu Borgir

i really like Death Cult

not real big on death/black

 

[Demonspell]

I prefer to think of Amon Amarth as death metal with Viking themes...whatever the case, they do kick ass.

 

[arglebargle]

Only the first Borknagar album was black metal. Everything since has been some kinda experimental-blackish concoction.

 

[arglebargle]

Oops, forgot to mention Immortal in my list.

 

[Electric Eye]

More black metal fans need to hear Samael - Ceremony of Opposites.

Other great bands:

Dissection
Emperor
Immortal
Grand Belial's Key

You asshole!

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

Although I consider them "Black metal for people who don't like black metal," I'll go ahead and say Children of Bodom. I like a little bit of Emperor, too.

It must be so hard to be black metal... it seems denying that bands are "real black metal" is the way to be a true fan of the genre. So the biggest black metal fan probably has no one to listen to. Poor guy.

 

[sands of the seas]

There's a black metal band in Australia called Astriaal (http://www.astriaal.com) which i think fans of black metal should have a listen to. As for other bands...

Emperor (mostly first two albums)
Dimmu Borgir are alright
Astarte sound pretty good from what i've heard