Vicious But Well-Produced Black Metal

[S<issors]

I'm addicted to the new Anaal Nathrakh and am looking for black metal albums with a similar amount of variety, aggression, and intensity, but I don't want to sacrifice that nice clean production job and sense of sophistication (relative to their old stuff, anyway). I also really like the sense of epic-ness they infused into the music, so that would be an added plus...

thanks in advance for recs

 

[rfe]

Definitely Immortal's Sons Of Northern Darkness

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Definitely Immortal's Sons Of Northern Darkness

Isn't that raw lo-fi stuff??

 

[tagradh]

Compared with lots of bands it isn't really that badly produced. First bands that came to mind here for what you're looking for prolly Catamenia/Naglfar/Dark Fortress.

 

[Killbot]

Asmodeus might be worth a listen

 

[General Zaroff]

1349

 

[S<issors]

Can you hear them calling from beyond?

 

[Seditious]

I consider all these well produced
Ajattara - Haureus
Ajattara - TuruudenTakila
Kyprian's Circle - Helvetin Pajassa
Cryptic Wintermoon (Sampler)
Solgrav (Sampler)
Taunusheim - Die Reise Zum Aar
Thyrfing - The Voyager
Wyrd - Daylight Dies
Catamenia (Sampler)
Pagan Reign (Sampler)
Darkthrone - Ytterst
Marduk - Dracul Va Domni
Naglfar - I am Vengeance
Naglfar - The Darkest Road

 

[Zephyrus]

Watain
Deathspell Omega
Belphegor
Belfegor (Pol)
Arkhon Infaustus

 

[Seditious]

oh fuck, are there two Watains? I'm pretty sure they're fucking awful..

 

[Zephyrus]

Regardless of what you think of them, they qualify for what the OP is requesting.

 

[cookiecutter]

Marduk

 

[Seditious]

Regardless of what you think of them, they qualify for what the OP is requesting.

well that's how I meant. like more awful fuckin production than Immortal...

 

[Zephyrus]

Watain have good production.

 

[Matt]

Taunusheim - Die Reise Zum Aar

Tanusheim are excellent, but their production isn't all that good imo. At least not on the album I have.

 

[sevag00]

Ragnarok - Blackdoor Miracle

 

[S<issors]

that album has one of the funniest covers I've seen in a while : )

 

[wandering_taco]

Immortal- Damned in Black has decent production.
Dimmu Borgir- the rerelease of Stormblast
The bits I heard off of Ancient- The Cainian Chronicle sounded pretty good.

 

[sevag00]

that album has one of the funniest covers I've seen in a while : )

That's their best album in my opinion, with their new vocalist.

 

[Alongside Death]

Tsjuder