This is how black metal sounds

I love this album. Either this or A Blaze In the Northern Sky is my favorite by Darkthrone.

Satan himself has certainly shed a tear facing so much genius...

just quoting Monarch's review, theres no better way to express...

Great album rating : 10

That's black metal

Probably my favorite album from the Black Metal era Darkthrone.

This is in my opinion, the Greatest Black Metal Album of All Time !!! Nothing.....yes NOTHING can come close to this one !!!!

Is Natassja their Melissa?

I wasn't expecting much from this album, considering that it was the follow-up to the monumental 'A blaze in the northern sky', but it certainly performs as well as that album. Obviously the songs are shorter and more 'immediate', but there is a lot to like about this album if you're a fan of Black Metal. 'Natassja in eternal sleep' and the aptly titled 'Unholy Black Metal' prove to be excellent slabs of raw Black Metal, whereas the epic 'To walk the infernal fields' (which resembles 'Enter the eternal fire' by Bathory to me) and brilliant title track shows the band's great songwriting skills. 'Summer of the diabolical holocaust' and 'Inn I De Dype Skogers Favn' don't impress me as much as the aforementioned tracks, but they're still generally solid.

For me this is the best album in all metal!

This for me is the best out of the Unholy Trinity. Scandinavian Black Metal is Under a Funeral Moon. It's just the openness of the sound that was so striking when I first heard it. Transilvanian Hunger just did not give that to me as much as Funeral Moon did. It is Darkthrone at their most aggressive and brutal, every sound pierces you to the bone.

My personal favorite. Also, one of the best bm albums, objectively.

Written by Copernicus on 05.12.2015 at 12:53

My personal favorite. Also, one of the best bm albums, objectively.

Objectively? How is this objectively one of the best?

Your comment is highly subjective.

Written by [user id=142921] on 05.12.2015 at 16:37

Written by [user id=4365] on 05.12.2015 at 14:56

Written by Copernicus on 05.12.2015 at 12:53

My personal favorite. Also, one of the best bm albums, objectively.

Objectively? How is this objectively one of the best?

Your comment is highly subjective.

he did the maths.

Hahaha, indeed I am highly subjective But this album still rules

You must know that I no longer can see
The difference of dream and reality
For the walls have been sieged
And conquered by our~
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Drinking the poisoned blood
I enter my shadowed coffin
Two goathorns in my hands
I raise my arms and close my eyes
to receive the infernal hails
from my brother in the land of the damned~

best part..

Written by Sang Dalang Abu on 04.10.2018 at 12:19

You must know that I no longer can see
The difference of dream and reality
For the walls have been sieged
And conquered by our~

A correct depiction of "Black Hole".

The album does not feel like a solid piece; the songs are individually good but fail to flow into each other to create a wholesome piece. Listening to this album alternates between it being a chore and some good moments like on unholy black metal and the title track.The songs are ugly and unfriendly as good black metal should be but the beauty in the dark ugliness is lacking. Not a memorable album and this is simply the band rehearsing to release their best black effort Transilvanian hunger.

Written by Maasai Mara on 03.01.2019 at 09:15

Not a memorable album and this is simply the band rehearsing to release their best black effort Transilvanian hunger.

Over the years, this has been the most unexpected comment about the two albums

This is legendary album right? Sorry all todays ms bands and all one man projects in home cabin studio whit bad windows millennium lap top gets better sound as this, so raw, unpolished, bad quallity. How did they survive? and get legend icon status? This should be re record. Its bad, how band survive, other bands simply are better, all those new bands whit sound, this is horible.

Written by Bad English on 25.11.2020 at 12:14

This is legendary album right? Sorry all todays ms bands and all one man projects in home cabin studio whit bad windows millennium lap top gets better sound as this, so raw, unpolished, bad quallity. How did they survive? and get legend icon status? This should be re record. Its bad, how band survive, other bands simply are better, all those new bands whit sound, this is horible.

Production is just another subjective element of music. Personally I think the occult vibe and evil atmosphere benefit from the raw sound, and the razor thin mix elevates the guitars and drums in a way that even copycat bands of today struggle to recreate. It's not surprising this is considered legendary as it encapsulates everything black metal and features some of the band's most nuanced, thoughtful songwriting.

It is subjective Yes, but look How bm has involved and get bigger, byt same time old Slayer or Sepultura has same equal sound, dm whit that sound is even worst

The sheer rawness of Darkthrone's unholy trinity is legendary, and this is probably the harshest and most evil sounding of them all imo. Although I slightly prefer both A Blaze In The Northern Sky, and Transilvanian Hunger's quality over this one, this still has it's great moments. And "To Walk The Infernal Fields" has to be one of the best songs in black metal history Imo.