your favourite band out of these 4

[Slayed Necros]

Darkthrone.

 

[Scythes of Vengeance]

Emperor. Darkthrone kick ass, too. Haven't listened to Mayhem or Burzum.

 

[AmirH]

Emperor. Darkthrone kick ass, too. Haven't listened to Mayhem or Burzum.

Emperor, followed closely by Burzum.

 

[DiscipleOfPlato]

Emperor, by far. Mayhem is vastly overrated, "Grand Declaration of War" being one of the most overappreciated records of the genre. Unfortunately, Burzum's sole good release (and a brilliant one at that) is "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss," everything aside from it being utter trash. As for Darkthrone, I've always enjoyed "Soulside Journey," however, it's currently the only album I own and have experienced extensively.

 

[[0hr]Sunlapse]

Mayhem is vastly overrated, "Grand Declaration of War" being one of the most overappreciated records of the genre.

I'd agree completely just replace GDOW with "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"

 

[dying_forest]

Burzum, with Darkthrone as a close second.

 

[Thor Kjaer-Olsen]

Ah, shit. Man, of all the difficult questions. I voted for Burzum because I have been listening to Det Som En Gang Var for alot lately. Otherwise emperor and mayhem are truely great aswell (except of coarse for chimera). Darkthrone are generally my favourite but not right now.

 

[Episteme]

Emperor definitely, but Burzum closely follow, as does Darkthrone.

 

[no country for old wainds]

I'd agree completely just replace GDOW with "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"

Mmhmm.

 

[Hell Mike]

Mayhem, based only on the works before Euronymous' death. DMDS is the best album ever, and that alone makes me rate them as the best of these. PFA and Deathcrush are both great, too, but the post-euro stuff ranges from boring to horrible.
Burzum gets the second spot for the stuff before the synth-stuff
Darkthrone are the only ones that are still worth listening to and deserve a higher place, but with this competition it's not easy.
I've never been a great fan of Emperor, and even though Anthems has a couple of good tracks everything after Nightside is pretty bad.

 

[Under a Stone]

I'm going for Darkthrone since i've been listening to Soulside Journey a lot but i did strongly consider voting Emperor.

 

[no country for old wainds]

I am recently of the opinion that Filosofem is the best release from any of these bands.

I did rate Transilvanian Hunger above Under A Funeral Moon but I now rate them fairly equally. I like the latter's atmosphere more, and the former lacks variation, although still being melodically beautiful.

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is a decent album, I like it and I listen to it every so often. I feel that the songs often seem to fall into a rut without really going anywhere, and I'm not a fan of the vocals.

I never liked In the Nightside Eclipse.

 

[SculptedCold]

Ummm, I pretty much like all of them!

 

[Darth Kur]

I have to say Emperor by a long shot. They have never done any wrong, in my opinion. (Besides splitting up which creates eternal disappointment.)
I like all four bands presented here. Burzum would come in second followed closely by Mayhem then Darkthrone.

 

[Transilvanian Scotsman]

Burzum. Only 1 of those 4 to have kept a high consistency over all his albums.
Emperor are a close second. But, I find myself less interested by their later stuff. INTE, still rates up there as my fav album just ahead of Hvis.
Darkthrone not too far behind in 3rd. Again their newer stuff just doesnt compare.

Then Mayhem 4th from this pick, with DMDS being the only worthwhile album imo.

 

[Lutz]

MAYHEM.
DMDS is clearly not overrated since almost no one voted for them, kthxbye.
If it is some band in this list that is overrated it is surely Emperor.

 

[Psychonaut]

This isn't even a fair poll. Emperor!

 

[Tanith]

Emperor > Darkthrone > Burzum >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mayhem

Mayhem are horribly overrated, but the rest are all good

 

[Demiurge]

Burzum, then Darkthrone.

easily

 

[ultrahulkamaniac]

Emperor by a large margin. The others didn't do much for me.