Top Ten Atmospheric Black Metal Albums

[RedinTheSky]

Post 'em here. I don't care if they strictly fall under the category of atmospheric.

Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss
Burzum - Filosofem
Summoning - Minas Morgul
Summoning - Dol Guldur
Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulee
Shape Of Despair - Shades Of ...
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Enslaved - Below The Lights
Wolves in The Throne Room - Two Hunters
Darkspace - Darkspace II

 

[EspaDa]

Ulver's debut should be included in this one. Blut Aus Nord debut is one of my favourite albums lately. Negura Bunget's OM is really good one along with N' Crugu Bradului. Drudkh's Autumn Aurora and Forgotten Legends also should be listed here. I'd also go with Rain Upon the Impure by The Ruins of Beverast and Summoning's Stronghold. Gris is great one too, but can it be counted as atmospheric?

 

[Draehl]

Ash Borer - Cold of Ages
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane (I'm a little iffy on this being "atmospheric" but its so great and close enough why not)
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Dordeduh - Dar De Duh
Enslaved - Isa
Weakling - Dead as Dreams
Wodensthrone - Loss
Wolves in The Throne Room - Black Cascade
Wolves in The Throne Room - Two Hunters

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Stronghold is the best Summoning album but I don't really consider them black metal. Not in a traditional sense, no way. Emperor created a nice atmosphere with Anthems. Immortal, too.

 

[RedinTheSky]

I'm checking out that Weakling album, pretty fucking good so far.

The Drudkh albums would have been on my list if I were to expand it, or if it was a different day of the week, lol.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Dissection is atmospheric black metal? wat?

 

[crimsonfloyd]

"Atmospheric" is such an empty adjective when it comes to black metal. It's almost all atmospheric.

 

[RedinTheSky]

Yes. Some of those atmospheres are still better than others, though.
I suppose I could have just done a thread on favorite atmospheric metal.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Dark Space III is better than II BTW.

 

[tagradh]

I don't care if they strictly fall under the category of atmospheric.

No shit. You may as well just have asked for a top 10 BM list. Some of these albums are about as far away from 'atmospheric black metal' as you can get.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Dark Space III is better than II BTW.

Progenie Terrestre Pura destroys Dark Space. You heard them?

 

[tagradh]

I have, and they don't.

 

[Nephilim96]

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[Pitiless Wanderer]

Yes they do!

 

[tagradh]

Much saccharine. Much near-djent/'progressive metal'. Much 'spacey atmosphere if your idea of space is a tacky sci fi film'.

I don't think their music is especially bad, but they don't do 'atmosphere' nearly as well as Darkspace. And if I wanted spacey atmospheric BM that was a little more riffy than Darkspace, I could just go to Zhaaral's side project.



The keys (and guitars) are much more constrained. This is a good thing. Alrakis does it okay. Forest Silence and Midnight Odyssey too.




I'd like to find a black metal band that could pull of space ambience as well as... 'Space ambient' artists.

Something like Darkspace or Paysage covering bands like these

 

[UltimateApathy]

Wodensthrone - Loss
Wolves in The Throne Room - Black Cascade
Wolves in The Throne Room - Two Hunters

Yes

 

[UltimateApathy]

Summoning - Minas Morgul
Summoning - Dol Guldur
Darkspace - Darkspace II

Yes

 

[UltimateApathy]

Bow down and weep before the awesomeness:

 

[The Butt]

UA is posting good BM now? Wat?

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Oh god, UA likes Caladan Brood and Summoning? I now hate them on principle.