Who are the kings of Black Metal?

[Leper_Affinity]

Who do you think? Past or present, doesn't matter. Your choice.

 

[Ermz]

Emperor, and spell it right next time

 

[Leper_Affinity]

Lol, lucky i wasn't trying to spell a swedish song title or anyting

 

[Leper_Affinity]

By the way, checkout some of the Top 10s at www.ruthlessreviews.com - they are hilarious!

 

[TheButcher]

Emperor, although Darkthrone kicks ass

 

[affinityband]

I love emperor but i dont think they were the kings. although they were the band that bought black metal more to the masses to an extent. I would have to say mayhem or Burzum. Its cold, its raw and its the sound of fucking winter.

 

[Nuk3m]

Emperor hands down....

 

[FUBAR]

Emperor

 

[annt]

Emporer.

 

[Ben_Bids_You_Farewell]

Cradle of Filth I mean Emperor LOL11!!

/tricks

 

[Ben_Bids_You_Farewell]

Why wasn't Bathory included.

 

[Abhorsen]

Bathory should definitely be included, altho Quarthon certainly shifted genres throughout his long career. As to the "kings", (Burzum is a band of one) as much as I like Emperor, they are a tad too symphonic to my taste, at least when I think of Black Metal. Gotta go with Burzum; those first four records are absolute classics. Burzum incorporates some dark ambient passages on his early albums, but they accentuate the purely black metal tracks.

Darkthrone also kicketh ass

 

[Morpha]

Burzum, definitely. Revolutionized the genre, and those who aren't voting for him because of his views are retards.

 

[EVH316]

It's certainly not Emperor - one good album does not maketh a band

Burzum was superb early on but I can't go past Immortal for consistency. No other BM band has released brilliant album after brilliant album (even though technically they weren't really a BM band after the first few albums).

 

[Valerie]

I chose Emperor.


If you guys want good melodic black metal though, go check out Twilight Ophera

 

[MasterOLightning]

Emperor

Darkthrone



Immortal
Burzum









Mayhem

 

[xXBraveMurderDay]

Bathory......

 

[naboo]

Burzum, easily.

 

[The Warrior of Modern Death]

Emperor, In the Nightside Eclipse and Anthems to Welkin at Dusk are cold and epic winter classics.

 

[Julian Zembrowski]

I really wish you included Ulver, I'd pick their short stint of black-metal out of many of the bands today. But.... Burzum is the best on the list.