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Mia Has Seen The Dark: Best Of Belgian Metal


Ordered alphabetically.

★: requires your immediate attention.

Created by: Zap | 08.01.2016



1. Aborted - Engineering The Dead
2001 :: Brutal Death Metal :: Also check out: Goremageddon: The Saw And The Carnage Done
2. Alkerdeel - Morinde
2012 :: ★ Filthy Blackened Sludge Metal :: Also check out: Lede, Dyodyo Asema (a collaboration with Gnaw Their Tongues)
3. Amenra - Mass IIII
2008 :: Doom/Sludge Metal :: Also check out: The band's live performances
4. Bathsheba - Servus
2017 :: Doom Metal :: Also check out: The Sleepless Gods
5. Bones - Awaiting Rebirth
2014 :: Death Metal
6. Briqueville - II
2017 :: ★ Doom Metal :: Also check out: I
7. Deuil - Acceptance / Rebuild
2013 :: Black/Doom/Sludge Metal
8. Eleanora - Allure
2016 :: ★ Sludge, Post-Hardcore :: Also check out: EP
9. Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
2014 :: ★ Black/Death Metal :: Also check out: Error; Oblivion; Not For Music (Beware, all four albums mentioned have little in common aside from fusing black and death metal in various degrees, with the latter not even being all that metal)
10. Evil Invaders - Pulses Of Pleasure
2015 :: Thrash/Speed Metal :: Also check out: Feed Me Violence
11. Gorath - Apokálypsis - Unveiling The Age That Is Not To Come
2011 :: Black Metal
12. Haiden - Haiden
2016 :: (Instrumental) Doom/Sludge Metal
13. Hessian - Manegarmr
2012 :: Blackened Hardcore
14. Iteru - Ars Moriendi
2018 :: Death/Doom
15. Kosmokrator - First Step Towards Supremacy
2016 :: ★ Death//Black Metal :: Also check out: To The Svmmit
16. L'Hiver En Deuil - Ter Aarde.
2013 :: Black Metal
17. Lugubrum - Herval
2015 :: Laid-back Black Metal :: Also check out: De Vette Cuecken, Face Lion Face Oignon (slightly less laid-back)
18. Mantis - Mantis II
2016 :: Instrumental Stoner Metal :: Also check out: Mantis
19. Marche Funèbre - To Drown
2011 :: Death/Doom Metal :: Also check out: Roots Of Grief, Into the Arms of Darkness
20. Monads - Intellectus Iudicat Veritatem
2011 :: Funeral Doom Metal :: Also check out: IVIIV
21. Moss Upon The Skull - The Scourge Of Ages
2016 :: Progressive Death Metal :: Also check out: Imperial Summoning
22. Oathbreaker - Mælstrøm
2011 :: ★ Hardcore/Black/Post Metal :: Also check out: Eros I Anteros, Rheia
23. Oldd Wvrms - Ignobilis
2016 :: Black/Sludge Metal :: Also check out: Ritae
24. Omnerod - Ivory Dune
2014 :: Extreme Progressive Metal
25. Onrust - De Oogst
2018 :: Post Metal
26. Pantheïst - O Solitude
2003 :: Funeral Doom Metal
27. Pestifer - Age Of Disgrace
2010 :: Technical Death Metal
28. Possession - Exorkizein
2017 :: Death Metal :: Also check out: Anneliese, 1585-1646
29. Psychonaut - Ferocious Fellowman
2016 :: Sludge/Post Metal
30. Raketkanon - RKTKN # 1
2012 :: Sludge/ Noise Rock :: Also check out: RKTKN #2
31. Saille - Irreversible Decay
2011 :: Symphonic Black Metal
32. Serpentcult - Trident Nor Fire
2007 :: Doom Metal :: Also check out: Raised By Wolves, Weight Of Light
33. Slow - V - Oceans
2017 :: ★ Funeral Doom Metal
34. Soul Grip - Avadon
2015 :: Blackened Hardcore
35. The NULLL Collective - De Monstris
2010 :: Funeral Doom Metal
36. Thee Plague Of Gentlemen - Primula Pestis
2005 :: ★ Doom Metal
37. Until Death Overtakes Me - Symphony III - Monolith
2006 :: Funeral Doom Metal
38. Vvovnds - Descending Flesh
2015 :: Hardcore/Sludge Metal
39. We All Die (Laughing) - Thoughtscanning
2014
40. Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed
2015 :: Black Metal
41. Wijlen Wij - Wijlen Wij
2007 :: ★ Funeral Doom Metal
42. Witch Trail - Nithera
2015 :: ★ Black/Thrash Metal :: Also check out: Thole
43. Wolvennest - WLVNNST
2016 :: Blackened Krautrock/Ambient :: Also check out: Void
44. Wyatt E. - Exile To Beyn Neharot
2017 :: Drone Doom Metal/Post Metal :: Also check out: Mount Sinai​/​Aswan
45. Yhdarl - Loss
2018 :: Black Metal
46. Zygoma - The Forgotten
2013 :: Progressive Death/Math/Jazz Metal :: Also check out: The Highest Court



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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09.01.2016 - 00:51
Diverge
Nice list. I'm not sure why I concluded Omnerod was from Poland, but now I know better!
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09.01.2016 - 10:46
Zap
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Written by Diverge on 09.01.2016 at 00:51

Nice list. I'm not sure why I concluded Omnerod was from Poland, but now I know better!

Weird, I also only recently discovered that they're Belgian
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09.01.2016 - 12:22
Paz
Elite
Can you tell me what a gem the fifth position hides? Also, Possession and Bathsheba are missed, if you take EP's into consideration. Respectively: blackened death and female-fronted doom.

https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/possession-1585-1646

https://bathshebakills.bandcamp.com/
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09.01.2016 - 12:31
Zap
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Written by Paz on 09.01.2016 at 12:22

Can you tell me what a gem the fifth position hides? Also, Possession and Bathsheba are missed, if you take EP's into consideration. Respectively: blackened death and female-fronted doom.

https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/possession-1585-1646

https://bathshebakills.bandcamp.com/

It's a placeholder for when I finally release some of my own material that will likely be the fifth best thing on this list Nah, it's there to separate my 4 favorites from the rest. Those first 4 are what I'd say everyone should listen to first, so it made sense to put them at the top. The others are ordered alphabetically.

Thanks for the suggestions, I do include EP's and whatnot. There are already a few of those featured and even a demo. It's funny though, I saw that Bathsheba album just last week and almost listened to it, but having it come from you in the form of a recommendation makes me a lot more inclined to do so!
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09.01.2016 - 12:40
Paz
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Written by Zap on 09.01.2016 at 12:31

It's a placeholder for when I finally release some of my own material that will likely be the fifth best thing on this list Nah, it's there to separate my 4 favorites from the rest. Those first 4 are what I'd say everyone should listen to first, so it made sense to put them at the top. The others are ordered alphabetically.

Damn, I should've looked more closely
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09.01.2016 - 13:14
Darkside Momo
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And then there's no mention of Oceans Of Sadness. Come on...
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"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you"

"I've lost too many years now
I'm stealing back my soul
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09.01.2016 - 13:30
Zap
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Written by Darkside Momo on 09.01.2016 at 13:14

And then there's no mention of Oceans Of Sadness. Come on...

Hey, I don't know every band ever ok? That's why I need people like you Any album I should start with?
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09.01.2016 - 13:30
Zap
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Written by Paz on 09.01.2016 at 12:22

Possession and Bathsheba

Listened to both and the other Possession EP. Especially liked Bathsheba, but both definitely make the list.
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09.01.2016 - 13:34
!J.O.O.E.!
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I don't know a lot of these bands. That's good.
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09.01.2016 - 13:46
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
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I see The Serpentcult in there but not Thee PLague Of Gentlemen which I find to a better band, especially due to the vocals.
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Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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09.01.2016 - 14:16
Zap
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Written by Guest on 09.01.2016 at 13:34

I don't know a lot of these bands. That's good.

I'm sure you have a few up your sleeve that I don't know about?
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09.01.2016 - 14:16
Zap
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.01.2016 at 13:46

I see The Serpentcult in there but not Thee PLague Of Gentlemen which I find to a better band, especially due to the vocals.

Will check them out. I like the vocals in Serpentcult though...
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09.01.2016 - 14:24
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Zap on 09.01.2016 at 14:16

I'm sure you have a few up your sleeve that I don't know about?

I'm terrible at remembering where bands are from, so possibly, I just don't recall them. Helpful, right?
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09.01.2016 - 14:24
Darkside Momo
Retired
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Written by Zap on 09.01.2016 at 13:30

Written by Darkside Momo on 09.01.2016 at 13:14

And then there's no mention of Oceans Of Sadness. Come on...

Hey, I don't know every band ever ok? That's why I need people like you Any album I should start with?

You should
Now... Can't say I've listened to everything they did, but their last two (Mirror Palace and The Arrogance Of Ignorance) are excellent, if you like their unique take on (extreme) prog bordering on avant stuff at times.
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"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you"

"I've lost too many years now
I'm stealing back my soul
I am awake"
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09.01.2016 - 14:28
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
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Written by Zap on 09.01.2016 at 14:16

I like the vocals in Serpentcult though...


You also like Bathsheba, so that's not surprising.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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09.01.2016 - 14:30
Zap
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Written by Darkside Momo on 09.01.2016 at 14:24

You should
Now... Can't say I've listened to everything they did, but their last two (Mirror Palace and The Arrogance Of Ignorance) are excellent, if you like their unique take on (extreme) prog bordering on avant stuff at times.

Alright, thanks, I'm intrigued now

Written by Guest on 09.01.2016 at 14:24

I'm terrible at remembering where bands are from, so possibly, I just don't recall them. Helpful, right?

As usual then.
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09.01.2016 - 14:32
Zap
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.01.2016 at 14:28

You also like Bathsheba, so that's not surprising.

Something about female vocals in doom metal, man in most other genres they annoy me, but they always sound so fitting in doom metal for some reason.
Listening to Thee Plague Of Gentlemen now though, it's great.
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09.01.2016 - 14:34
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
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Written by Zap on 09.01.2016 at 14:32

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.01.2016 at 14:28

You also like Bathsheba, so that's not surprising.

Something about female vocals in doom metal, man


Well, I mean that Serpentcult and Bathsheba have the same vocalist
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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09.01.2016 - 14:37
Zap
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.01.2016 at 14:34

Well, I mean that Serpentcult and Bathsheba have the same vocalist

Hahahahaha, wow, how did I not notice that? I was actually going to recommend Serpentcult to Pazdzioch "yeah, this Bathsheba vocalist sounds a bit like the one in Serpentcult, bro, you should check them out"
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09.01.2016 - 14:38
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
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Written by Zap on 09.01.2016 at 14:37

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.01.2016 at 14:34

Well, I mean that Serpentcult and Bathsheba have the same vocalist

Hahahahaha, wow, how did I not notice that? I was actually going to recommend Serpentcult to Pazdzioch "yeah, this Bathsheba vocalist sounds a bit like the one in Serpentcult, bro, you should check them out"



Btw, Michelle also sings in Death Penalty.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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09.01.2016 - 14:41
Zap
Guest
Good to know

Next thing you know you'll be telling me the bass player from Serpentcult is also in Alkerdeel or something ridiculous like that.
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09.01.2016 - 14:45
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
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Written by Zap on 09.01.2016 at 14:41

Good to know

Next thing you know you'll be telling me the bass player from Serpentcult is also in Alkerdeel or something ridiculous like that.


And of course in The Plague Of Gentlemen since Serpentcult is Thee Plague Of Gentlemen with a different vocalist.
Well Bathesheba has Gorath connections as well and also a Saille live member.
What can I say? It's Belgium, so one big incestuous group of people
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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09.01.2016 - 14:52
Zap
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.01.2016 at 14:45

And of course in The Plague Of Gentlemen since Serpentcult is Thee Plague Of Gentlemen with a different vocalist.
Well Bathesheba has Gorath connections as well and also a Saille live member.
What can I say? It's Belgium, so one big incestuous group of people

Well yeah, it's pretty hard not to marry your cousin in this tiny country.
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09.01.2016 - 16:34
Paz
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Written by Zap on 09.01.2016 at 14:37

I was actually going to recommend Serpentcult to Pazdzioch "yeah, this Bathsheba vocalist sounds a bit like the one in Serpentcult, bro, you should check them out"

Will do. Thanks.
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10.01.2016 - 07:46
tea[m]ster
Au Pays Natal
Contributor
Steak Number Eight ... don't listen to Marcel
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10.01.2016 - 10:10
Zap
Guest
Written by tea[m]ster on 10.01.2016 at 07:46

Steak Number Eight ... don't listen to Marcel

Sorry man, I never liked those guys. Good for a live show or two, but their albums did nothing for me. And I feel like they're getting way too much exposure around here anyways.
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20.03.2017 - 21:33
3rdWorld
China was a neat
Amenra is good live? Will try to check out some concert vids or something then.
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20.03.2017 - 22:08
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Elite
Written by Zap on 10.01.2016 at 10:10

Written by tea[m]ster on 10.01.2016 at 07:46

Steak Number Eight ... don't listen to Marcel

Sorry man, I never liked those guys. Good for a live show or two, but their albums did nothing for me. And I feel like they're getting way too much exposure around here anyways.



They only get that amount of exposuredue to their age. Totally not due to the music they play. How goddamned boring generic post metal can you be? Well, apparently as much as these guys.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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21.03.2017 - 04:00
Maco
Pvt Funderground
This gave me an idea to make a similar list, about my country.

Listened to almost all albums here and Thee Plague Of Gentlemen is the bestest best until now.
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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21.03.2017 - 10:48
LuciferOfGayness
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Written by Maco on 21.03.2017 at 04:00

This gave me an idea to make a similar list, about my country.

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