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Posted by Bigpaul, 27.03.2011 - 23:23

Over the past 12 months I have been listening to quite a few German Black bands, many of whom I hadn't heard of before and I must say that I have been quite impressed both with the quality and diversity of sound in the German Black scene. Bands such as Coldworld, Agrypnie, The Ruins Of Beverast, Lantlôs, Todtgelichter, Imperium Dekadenz all have quality releases to their name.
I personally think that if you like Black metal, then you should be able to find a band that appeals to you. Whether you prefer the melodic leanings of Dark Fortress or the avantgarde(and brilliant) Todtgelichter or if you prefer your Black to be a bit proggy then Nocte Obducta may be worth a listen.

In this topic you can discuss the known, big bands or bring new, interesting acts to light

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Savopipo Posts: 486	Permalink 28.10.2011 - 01:41 Savopipo Posts: 486 After checking Nagelfar out quickly I must say it's awesome shit! I really love it and will look into it some more. I also want to mention one of my favourite german bm bands Waffenträger Lucifers (spelling might not be absolutely correct) they are fu**ing wunderbar! ---- Check Tystnad out at http://tystnad.bandcamp.com Loading...
The Turbanator Posts: 1900	Permalink 28.10.2011 - 04:21 The Turbanator Posts: 1900 Written by Savopipo on 28.10.2011 at 01:41 After checking Nagelfar out quickly I must say it's awesome shit! I really love it and will look into it some more. Nagelfar is just brilliant. Get all their releases. Alexander von Meilenwald was their drummer and he started Ruins of Beverast as well (another one you should seriously look into) and he played with Verdunklen live. Here's the two bands : ---- In the name of forests; In the name of stars; In the name of all the seas; In the name of storms... Proud sons of ancient nation; Proud sons of sacred song in the wind; Proud sons behind a mirror of ice who told... Fathers of the icy age!! Loading...
The Turbanator Posts: 1900	Permalink 28.10.2011 - 04:35 The Turbanator Posts: 1900 Germany, UK, France has the most impressive BM bands that I'm aware of. ---- In the name of forests; In the name of stars; In the name of all the seas; In the name of storms... Proud sons of ancient nation; Proud sons of sacred song in the wind; Proud sons behind a mirror of ice who told... Fathers of the icy age!! Loading...
Diabolo Posts: 39	Permalink 28.10.2011 - 22:43 Diabolo Posts: 39 Had no idea about Verdunklen ... it blew my mind off! Awesome! Loading...
Bigpaul Posts: 74	Permalink 29.10.2011 - 09:13 Bigpaul Posts: 74 Written by Promonex on 20.10.2011 at 18:20 Last week was the last concert of the remaining Lifelover members at the German Autumn Depression festival. And on all the forums in the internet everyone was like: "That Lifelover tribute thing was disappointing, but Fäulnis were amazing!" So I checked them out and thought I'd share it with you. Not dissimilar to Lifelover, Todtgelichter or Agrypnie. So far I like Me likey!:) They aren't on here yet so i added them on the band suggestions list.......do the right thing folks! Loading...
Diabolo Posts: 39	Permalink 29.10.2011 - 19:30 Diabolo Posts: 39 Another great German band that I came across by mere coincidence... FARSOT! Loading...
The Turbanator Posts: 1900	Permalink 29.10.2011 - 20:10 The Turbanator Posts: 1900 Written by Diabolo on 28.10.2011 at 22:43 Had no idea about Verdunklen ... it blew my mind off! Awesome! Yeah they are very good, but I think Ruins Of Beverast are much better. More creative than Verdunklen. That link I posted, check that part 3:00 onwards. Epic riffs and drumming. ---- In the name of forests; In the name of stars; In the name of all the seas; In the name of storms... Proud sons of ancient nation; Proud sons of sacred song in the wind; Proud sons behind a mirror of ice who told... Fathers of the icy age!! Loading...
Diabolo Posts: 39	Permalink 29.10.2011 - 21:49 Diabolo Posts: 39 Written by The Turbanator on 29.10.2011 at 20:10 Written by Diabolo on 28.10.2011 at 22:43 Had no idea about Verdunklen ... it blew my mind off! Awesome! Yeah they are very good, but I think Ruins Of Beverast are much better. More creative than Verdunklen. That link I posted, check that part 3:00 onwards. Epic riffs and drumming. Love the melody at 4:10 (has bit of Edge of Sanity feeling) .... music is great, but to be honest, growl vocals dont really convince me ... Loading...
Koen Smits Posts: 1331	Permalink 07.11.2011 - 22:22 Koen Smits Posts: 1331 Someone familiar with Wolfthorn? Listened to a few songs but not sure what to think, any recommandations? Can't find anything on MS about them. ---- RIP: Frank Vandenbroucke (6 nov 1974 - 12 oct 2009) Written by Bad English on 05.04.2014 at 15:05 but spoil thius film is like spoil porn and say porn ends whit cum shot ... Loading...
Savopipo Posts: 486	Permalink 11.11.2011 - 00:22 Savopipo Posts: 486 Written by The Turbanator on 28.10.2011 at 04:35 Germany, UK, France has the most impressive BM bands that I'm aware of. There's one or two good ones in Norway and Sweden two but in general I agree (UK black metal acts seem a bit scarse to me though could you name a few?). ---- Check Tystnad out at http://tystnad.bandcamp.com Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 11.11.2011 - 02:02 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by Savopipo on 11.11.2011 at 00:22 There's one or two good ones in Norway and Sweden two but in general I agree (UK black metal acts seem a bit scarse to me though could you name a few?). http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=524 I need to update it though. Loading...
Savopipo Posts: 486	Permalink 11.11.2011 - 07:10 Savopipo Posts: 486 Written by [user id=4365] on 11.11.2011 at 02:02 Written by Savopipo on 11.11.2011 at 00:22 There's one or two good ones in Norway and Sweden two but in general I agree (UK black metal acts seem a bit scarse to me though could you name a few?). http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=524 I need to update it though. I've come across some of those bands over the years but I've never (maybe unjust) been too impressed. AN is quite good though. Anyway thanks for posting the list. ---- Check Tystnad out at http://tystnad.bandcamp.com Loading...
The Turbanator Posts: 1900	Permalink 11.11.2011 - 11:13 The Turbanator Posts: 1900 Written by Savopipo on 11.11.2011 at 07:10 Written by [user id=4365] on 11.11.2011 at 02:02 Written by Savopipo on 11.11.2011 at 00:22 There's one or two good ones in Norway and Sweden two but in general I agree (UK black metal acts seem a bit scarse to me though could you name a few?). http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=524 I need to update it though. I've come across some of those bands over the years but I've never (maybe unjust) been too impressed. AN is quite good though. Anyway thanks for posting the list. Winterfylleth, Wodensthrone, Lyrinx, Fen, A Forest Of Stars. These are the ones really good. Wodensthrone and Winterfylleth especially. ---- In the name of forests; In the name of stars; In the name of all the seas; In the name of storms... Proud sons of ancient nation; Proud sons of sacred song in the wind; Proud sons behind a mirror of ice who told... Fathers of the icy age!! Loading...
Savopipo Posts: 486	Permalink 11.11.2011 - 15:18 Savopipo Posts: 486 Thanks for the input dude. ---- Check Tystnad out at http://tystnad.bandcamp.com Loading...
Savopipo Posts: 486	Permalink 12.11.2011 - 03:01 Savopipo Posts: 486 Off topic .. german black metal bands are fucking great! UK so called black metal bands are mostly shit! Venom started it all but since then the lead has been done by scandinavian acts like Mayhem and Darkthrone and Belial (swe). ---- Check Tystnad out at http://tystnad.bandcamp.com Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306	Permalink 26.11.2011 - 09:18 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 Hopefully this hasn't been posted yet, but I just came across a band called Thränenkind. Awesome shit. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 26.11.2011 - 12:15 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by Troy Killjoy on 26.11.2011 at 09:18 Hopefully this hasn't been posted yet, but I just came across a band called Thränenkind. Awesome shit. Kinda didn't like that, was the same note over and over with rather poor vokills =/ Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306	Permalink 26.11.2011 - 21:57 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 Written by [user id=4365] on 26.11.2011 at 12:15 Kinda didn't like that, was the same note over and over with rather poor vokills =/ (traditional disagreement) ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 26.11.2011 - 22:02 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Tradisagreement! Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306	Permalink 28.11.2011 - 23:11 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 Pimping more German black metal (just discovered this today even though the album was released in '06): Has a nice Gris/Burzum feel to it. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
The Turbanator Posts: 1900	Permalink 29.11.2011 - 13:40 The Turbanator Posts: 1900 Written by Troy Killjoy on 28.11.2011 at 23:11 Pimping more German black metal (just discovered this today even though the album was released in '06): Has a nice Gris/Burzum feel to it. What??? I thought you might have heard of Sterbend before this They're connected with Nyktalgia. The drummer (I think) plays for both bands. Nyktalgia is another classic German depressive band. I heard "Peisithanatos" album first and I like it very much, until I heard their previous release "Nyktalgia". Brilliant album that one. Took me a while to digest it but I did it, and loved it. Also, Niklas Kvarforth (Shining's vocalist) has the word "Cold Void" tattooed on his fingers. He said that the Nyktalgia album is a massive influence to him. Cold Void is one of the track from Nyktalgia's debut album. ---- In the name of forests; In the name of stars; In the name of all the seas; In the name of storms... Proud sons of ancient nation; Proud sons of sacred song in the wind; Proud sons behind a mirror of ice who told... Fathers of the icy age!! Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306	Permalink 29.11.2011 - 20:12 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 That's actually how I made the connection. I've been looking through Metal-Archives a bit more to pick up on side projects and other bands and whatnot. I wanted to see if Nyktalgia had any musicians connected to other bands and bam. Sterbend. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
Vombatus Potorro Posts: 2394	Permalink 03.12.2011 - 14:24 Vombatus Potorro Posts: 2394 Found this band while randomly checking stuff in youtube... I like the vocals, anything howling like Typhon is good. Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 03.12.2011 - 14:50 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Drautran are pretty solid. I remember listening to them along with Helrunar when that album was first released (along with Baldr ok Íss) after seeing them both featured in Zero Tolerance magazine in some king German special section. Loading...
The Turbanator Posts: 1900	Permalink 03.12.2011 - 15:20 The Turbanator Posts: 1900 Written by Troy Killjoy on 26.11.2011 at 09:18 Hopefully this hasn't been posted yet, but I just came across a band called Thränenkind. Awesome shit. This is brilliant. Thanks man. ---- In the name of forests; In the name of stars; In the name of all the seas; In the name of storms... Proud sons of ancient nation; Proud sons of sacred song in the wind; Proud sons behind a mirror of ice who told... Fathers of the icy age!! Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306	Permalink 05.12.2011 - 08:10 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 Stumbled upon some more German stuff today: Necrofrost. Raw and minimalistic, yet bombastic. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
Savopipo Posts: 486	Permalink 05.12.2011 - 08:55 Savopipo Posts: 486 Written by Troy Killjoy on 05.12.2011 at 08:10 Stumbled upon some more German stuff today: Necrofrost. Raw and minimalistic, yet bombastic. Necrofrost is awesome! "Blackeon Lightharvest" is a good start. ---- Check Tystnad out at http://tystnad.bandcamp.com Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306	Permalink 05.12.2011 - 08:59 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 Written by Savopipo on 05.12.2011 at 08:55 Necrofrost is awesome! "Blackeon Lightharvest" is a good start. Ya I'm really digging it so far. It's got this kind of mid-'90s Burzum feel to it with a thinner production and (to my surprise) an almost orchestral feel. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
Savopipo Posts: 486	Permalink 05.12.2011 - 12:24 Savopipo Posts: 486 Written by Troy Killjoy on 05.12.2011 at 08:59 Written by Savopipo on 05.12.2011 at 08:55 Necrofrost is awesome! "Blackeon Lightharvest" is a good start. Ya I'm really digging it so far. It's got this kind of mid-'90s Burzum feel to it with a thinner production and (to my surprise) an almost orchestral feel. I might be getting them confused with another band but I seem to remember even keyboards showing up occasionally on BL? ---- Check Tystnad out at http://tystnad.bandcamp.com Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306	Permalink 05.12.2011 - 19:43 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 Written by Savopipo on 05.12.2011 at 12:24 I might be getting them confused with another band but I seem to remember even keyboards showing up occasionally on BL? That might be what I'm thinking of as the "orchestral" feel. It does sound rather synth-y even with the raw production. It's a really nice mix - surprising from a band regarded as raw black metal. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...