Top Ten Atmospheric Black Metal Albums

[dwellerINTHEdark]

We need more Caladan Brood material.

 

[RedinTheSky]

Yeah, I could deal with more Caladan Brood. Not like they dont have enough books to write slow epic black metal about.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7k7PwKJLHs

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGPQ37NVdvA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE9RPDgCn2w

Thanks for posting this I haven't heard much of those bands before. Good stuff.

The best space-themed band I've heard is Keldian. Not black metal by any means but astonishingly good.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

CB...yea, I don't see the big deal about that band. Really is a poor man's Summoning. They don't create any of the atmosphere or intensity that Summoning does.

 

[byrne]

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

so just the best Black Metal of all time then I suppose ... not sure any Black Metal album isn't somewhat "atmospheric", but here's mine.

01. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
02. Destroyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves
03. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
04. Dissection - The Somberlain
05. Moonblood - Blut Und Krieg
06. Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
07. Tormentor - Anno Domini
09. Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun
10. Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon

 

[tagradh]

The only mention of Paysage asides mine is in a signature.

And people are gushing about the shite that is Caladan Brood and Summoning, as usual.

Poo.

 

[Nephilim96]

Paysage is great. Definitely deserve mention in this thread.

 

[J.]

Fullmoon - United Aryan Evil

Had darkspace I-III a long time ago. Nothing special there

 

[MasterOLightning]

This is Lunar Aurora adjacent. Definitely has a "space" vibe to it.



Skip to about 14 minutes in to pass on the ambient fuzz. Can't figure out how to change the start time on an embedded youtube.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Kvist's lone album is an atmospheric monster.

 

[EspaDa]

This is Lunar Aurora adjacent. Definitely has a "space" vibe to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Ah4cVlBR0

Skip to about 14 minutes in to pass on the ambient fuzz. Can't figure out how to change the start time on an embedded youtube.

Trist is great indeed. I didn't even know he disbanded in 2014.



This is the best album of his.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Paysage d'fucking HIVER! They aight.

 

[The Butt]

Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Burzum - Filosofem
Thy Light - Suici.de.pression
Nyktalgia - Nyktalgia
Wodensthrone - Loss
Paysage D'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon
Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
Summoning - Minas Morgul (my favorite to this day)
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark