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Within the past decade, black metal has seen bands from all over the world incorporating new sounds to the genre and changing its delivery like never before. As great as the classic bands are, BM bands today seem to be branching out in every possible direction. From the beautiful chaos of the French bands, to the developing psychedelic black metal style, and even the Avantgarde craziness of the Meads or work from Mories... all the experimentation is helping to create a bold new identity for the genre's sound. Black metal today could very well be the one area of metal where we see the most experimentation taking place, and I hope the albums in this list will illustrate this growing trend.

Created by: Auntie Sahar | 05.06.2012


1. Necromantia - Crossing The Fiery Path
2. Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters
Was this the album that "started it all" for more unorthodox forms of black metal? It's probably not that specific, but it did set many important precedents. Bouncy, eerily catchy, a brilliant combination of clean and harsh vocals, and most importantly a strange sense of atonal dissonance about the music that the likes of Blut Aus Nord and Deathspell would capitalize upon farther down the line.
3. Woods Of Belial - Deimos XIII
4. Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
If you consider yourself a fan of unusual black metal and you haven't yet heard these Frenchy titans, you've been living under a rock. Many variations in mood and tempo abound here, and lyrically the band deal with anti-Christianity on an incredibly intelligent, metaphysical level that virtually no other BM bands can touch. Much of the "slow and dissonant" black metal we see cropping up today owes its ass to this band.
5. Blut Aus Nord - MoRT
More weird French black metal, and an incredibly polarizing release. There's no "it's kinda good" or "I like it, BUT..." here. You're either head over heels in love with this thing, or you're utterly repulsed by it. Using a fretless guitar to conjure a dissonant, microtonal sound, Vindsval creates a droney, dark ambient influenced black metal sound here. Don't take that as meaning that this is your usual ambient black metal album though. This is an album fully in a league of its own, that truly must be heard to be believed.
6. Diapsiquir - Virus STN
Quite possibly the strangest and most chaotically schizophrenic of the French BM bands, no understatement. Get ready for swing piano, babies crying, and occasionally scary spoken word parts. Lyrics in French.
7. Glorior Belli - The Great Southern Darkness
French black metal with southern rock influences thrown in! Very bluesy, and just groovy and fun as all fuck. It sounds weird in theory, but is actually very interesting and executed extremely well.
8. Melechesh - Enki
It's not too big a stretch to use the term "groove black metal" when describing this one. Incredibly catchy and bouncy BM with an Eastern edge, revolving thematically around the ancient land between the rivers (that's Mesopotamia, for you ancient history n00bs)
9. Urfaust - Verräterischer, Nichtswürdiger Geist
Dutch ambient black metal, but not in the traditional sense we think of "ambient black metal" in. Urfaust take things in more of a dark, orchestral direction, and a few tracks here are just long instrumental pieces that sound almost like something from Richard Wagner. This is also one of the pnly times you will ever see clean vocals on top of black metal that actually WORK. Eerie and mesmerizing, with a sound definitely unique to the band. Lyrics sung in German.
10. Enslaved - Monumension
Enslaved have been consistently redefining themselves virtually since their inception; boiling down to it, no two of their albums really sound too much alike. Since 2000, however, Enslaved have began gradually incorporating progressive and psychedelic rock influences into their music, sometimes in small, sometimes in heavy doses. Monumension is generally regarded as "that one weird motherfucker" in their discog. A black metal core sound is definitely there, but this is perhaps the one Enslaved album where the band most embraced the proggy/psychedelic vibes in full.
11. A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth
Folklorish black metal from the UK. A wonderfully composed 6-person band, these guys have a fondness for dressing in garments reminiscent of Victorian England while onstage. This lyrical/visual theme carries over into their instrumentation, and the band frequently make use of violins, flutes, accordions, and other classical folk instruments to great effect.
12. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1
American psychedelic black metal (on this release and the follow-up, Addicts). The album title here is a direct reference to Pink Floyd's Meddle album. The music can definitely be aggressive, but it can also be surprisingly catchy and atmospheric, enhanced at many points by trippy synthesizer effects. The closing, three part "Seasick" is probably the most experimental track the band have done.
13. Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument
Finnish psychedelic black metal. Has a very intense, "chaotic vortex" type atmosphere, that feels like you're falling into a black hole. Incredibly memorable and well written, with some bass lines that will get stuck in your head for days.
14. Candy Cane - Fay-Ra-Doowra
Another crazy Finnish BM band, much like Diapsiquir in the sense of their spontaneity and rapid juxtaposition of styles. You're gonna hear horns, you're gonna hear elevator-type piano, you're gonna hear some BIZZARE clean vocals that sound like a little kid is singing, borderline flamenco-ish guitar playing, and more. Wacky, WACKY release, but for those who like their black metal insane and Avantgarde, this is an album for you.
15. The Ruins Of Beverast - Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite
One man German blackened doom project of former Nagelfar drummer Alexander Von Meilenwald. Biblically-historic lyrics, a riff-heavy guitar tone, and (in addition to the BM shrieks) deep, operatic vocals that help to create a haunting and mesmerizing vibe. Very distinct atmosphere unique to Alex.
16. Alkerdeel - Morinde
The artwork of a fox beating a goose is appropriate, because this album will bludgeon you to hell with its gritty and uncompromising fusion of black metal and sludge. Filthy buzzsaw riffs bulldoze you into oblivion. Not for the faint of heart.
17. Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
If you know your American black metal, you know the name of Wrest, well known in the international scene for this band and Lurker Of Chalice. This album is an ambient BM monument to suffering and anguish: depressive, aggressive, and absolutely haunting, with a plethora of spooky sounds and crazy vocal deliveries from Wrest to bring it all out.
18. Lurker Of Chalice - Lurker Of Chalice
Wrest's other project ambient BM project. Kind of like Leviathan, but more focused on the dark, creepy and atmospheric side of things. There's also a very commendable variation in delivery and mood at work here, "Minions" almost sounding like drone doom. This album has achieved a pretty legendary status in the BM community, and not without good reason.
19. Nagelfar - Srontgorrth
The crown jewel of German black metal? Five tracks of massive atmospheric black metal, with a highly folky (somewhat viking) sound thrown in. Great bass tone as well. Also has a notable electronic edge. Keyboards propel a lot of the music here, and the fourth track is just one huge journey through synths with some BM vocals over them, to awesome effect.
20. Akercocke - The Goat Of Mendes
Relatively lesser-known in Akercocke's discography, this album happens to be my favorite of theirs. A thundering black metal sound combines with an underlying progressive composing structure, which leads into surprises at every turn. This is all backed up by the truly stunning vocals of Jason Mendonca, whose wide range allows for virtually everything: growls, shrieks, even some clean vocals here and there that don't sound too unlike Blind Guardian (don't let that turn you off though). Very engaging and fun album.
21. Transcending Bizarre? - The Misanthrope's Fable
Avantgarde black metal with a very strange, psychedelic edge. One of the best things in this style you've heard since Arcturus: xylophones, strange electronic effects, and more goodies lurk in the mix, and create an almost symphonic effect. All three members of Hail Spirit Noir were in this band, so that's reason enough for you to investigate.
22. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma
This fun sonofabitch of an album is essentially 70s prog rock + black metal. Does that mean it's like a black metal version of Opeth's Heritage? Hell no. It's a groovy, bizarre roller coaster ride through relaxing, occasionally aggressive landscapes of kvlt and psychedelia, with a bit of a darkly comedic edge. }Let Your Devil Come Inside" says it all.
23. The Great Old Ones - Tekeli-Li
More great (Lovecraftian!) French black metal. Very well paced, with an excellent balancing out of atmosphere and production. Can be aggressive as hell at points, but when things get a little slower, more melodic, and those spoken word French parts get thrown in, you're in for some creepy shit.
24. Darkspace - Dark Space III
25. Negură Bunget - OM
Regarded by many as the magnum opus of Romanian black metal, this album is a simply amazing blend of black metal and the Romanian folk music of yesterday that the band both celebrate and do an excellent job at recreating. It's those traditional instruments that make this album so special, and at many moments throughout Om you can't help but feel like you're in a forest watching some woodland spirits playing this music.
26. Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry
Atmospheric BM/funeral doom. A 2 hour, double disc masterpiece crafted solely by twisted Australian genius Mutatiis. Highly symphonic and orchestral at points, the longer tracks clocking in at 20+ minutes and containing multiple movements like an opera. Difficult to digest because of its sheer length, but if you're willing to sit through a musical experience that can only be described as monumental, do not pass this one up.
27. Wormlust - The Feral Wisdom
One man psychedelic black metal from the desolate tundras of Iceland. The production is really the best thing here: it's murky and blurry, and everything just feels smothered in a supernatural mist, which works wonders towards creating a dark, mysterious sound.
28. Atriarch - Ritual Of Passing
Blackened doom from the U.S. Honestly leans much more towards the doom side of the equation, so including it here may be a stretch, but the black metal element can still be felt heavily in the riff style, and the overall ominous, occult theme of the album.
29. The Flight Of Sleipnir - Essence Of Nine
Folk black metal is becoming a tad overdone these days, but this American duo throws some stoner metal elements into the equation that really help give the music an original, riff-heavy, catchy groove that I see few other (if any) bands replicating.
30. Dordeduh - Dar De Duh
Negura Bunget core guys Sol Faur and Hupogrammos split off from the band in 2009, forming their own project that takes the folk elements to new heights while also still retaining some of their trademark black metal techniques from Negura.
31. Murmuüre - Murmuüre
French ambient black metal driven by the twisted enigma that is Felix. Very spacey and kinda random in its instrumentation, but also strangely technical at points, with an underlying flow that manages to keep everything together quite nicely.
32. Peste Noire - L'Ordure A L'État Pur
33. Menace Ruine - Cult Of Ruins
Now here's a truly distinct release. Before going into their droney/neofolk territory that you see them in today, Menace Ruine put out this monster of an album that's a very bizarre blend of black metal, drone, and noise, and that demonstrates how these seemingly unrelated genres can be combined in bold and unexpected ways. Seriously nothing else like it.
34. Gnaw Their Tongues - Eschatological Scatology
One of the many projects of Dutch mastermind Maurice "Mories" de Jong, there'sb a lot of variation among GTT albums, some being outright aggressive and more in BM territory, and others taking a more droney, noisey approach that's equally as terrifying. This album sits somewhere in between, and is the ultimate soundtrack to your nightmares.
35. Cloak Of Altering - The Night Comes Illuminated With Death
Another Mories project, COA is focused more on the electronic side of things. Ravenous black metal tears away at your flesh while Satanic video game music made for aliens lurks quietly in the background tickling your brain stem. Say that doesn't sound fun and I'll smack you.
36. Botanist - III: Doom In Bloom
Self-proclaimed "eco-terrorist black metal," a bizarre one man American project of Roberto "The Botanist" Martinelli. Instrumentation limited strictly to drums, vocals, and hammered dulcimer, which creates a sound that's a bit hard to digest, but quite rewarding once you do.
37. Nocte Obducta - Umbriel (Das Schweigen Zwischen Den Sternen)
This German band started out as a rawer form of black metal, but have now moved into some much more interesting psychedelic/Avantgarde territory. This most recent release is actually more ambient than it is BM, but a fantastic band/album regardless.
38. The Meads Of Asphodel - Damascus Steel
This British group defy all boundaries of classification. Core black metal sound, but they've also been known to add in elements of punk, techno, folk, and classical. This album in particular revolves around a heavy Middle Eastern theme, and as such uses a bunch of native percussion and other wacky shit, to great effect.
39. Terra Tenebrosa - The Tunnels
A bizzare Swedish blend of dark ambient, sludge, and some entrancing black metal elements that, though subtle, are definitely felt in the overall mix. The effects of the sound can range from bone-crushing one second to an almost surreal ritual aesthetic the next. If you're looking for some truly haunting, creepy stuff, this is the album for you.
40. Progenie Terrestre Pura - U​.​M​.​A.
Italian ambient black metal, with a strong sci fi theme. The black metal has a strong industrial edge, making it surprisingly catchy at points, and the ringy ding dings of the ambient elements are sure to satisfy any true Metroid fan. Awesome stuff.
41. Fullmoon Bongzai - Is All That You Deserve
A bizzare blend of black metal, psychedelia, and industrial music from Greece, these guys will take your mind and fuck it with full force. This is an extremely strange release, even when compared to all the others on this list, and will probably only appeal to about 1% of the Metal Storm demographic, but for those who just can't get enough of the bizarre, it's highly recommended.
42. Angst Skvadron - Sweet Poison
Psychedelic black metal from Norway. A bit like Oranssi at points, but with enough of a creative mind to easily set themselves apart from them and other contemporaries. A good blend of relaxing space atmospheres and groovy aggressive moments as well.
43. Pensées Nocturnes - Grotesque
French one man black metal of a sophisticated, neoclassical variety. The black metal is hard hitting and menacing, but the more relaxed passages here are quite relaxing and absolutely beautiful. This isn't really classically influenced in the sense of traditional "symphonic black metal," but rather in a dark, grandiose, orchestral sense.
44. Cult Of Fire - मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान
Czech black metal with an intense Eastern theme: Vedic rites, Hindu death gods, all that stuff. Makes use of sitar, piano, Indian percussion, and chanting to create an amazing, mesmerizing atmosphere.
45. Mörkö - Itsensänimeävä
One of the best black/doom albums to come along in a while, because it blurs the line between the two quite seamlessly. This Finnish group can at times be raw and in your face, but also very groovy and borderline psychedelic as well, with a delightfully audible bass tone that rumbles along all throughout this album.
46. Kvelertak - Meir
A growing addition to this whole "black and roll" movement, Kvelertak are pretty much BM meets the Sex Pistols. Punky as fuck, but also with your typical black metal style of guitar playing and shrieked vocals.
47. Autolatry - Native
Seriously cool black metal revolving around a Native American theme. One of the more orthodox albums on here, but pretty unusual as well: has an excellent sense of groove, which can actually get borderline progressive at points, there are some well carved guitar leads, and oh yeah, there's that one track with the sax too!
48. Porta Nigra - Kaiserschnitt
A curious German duo who are difficult to classify. They're mostly black metal, can be very heavy and bouncy, and you can also find traces of doom, punk, and prog in the mix as well. Like Hail Spirit Noir and The Meads Of Asphodel, these guys also have a bit of a darkly comedic "we're not taking ourselves seriously" vibe about their music as well, which makes for a very fun listening experience.
49. Dahakara - Evil Of All Decades
50. Kognitiv Tod - Howls From The Void
51. Remmirath - Shambhala Vril Saucers
This young Slovakian band have only emerged recently, but to say they blew me away with this album would perhaps be the understatement of the year. This is highly eccentric, Avantgarde black metal at its core, with undertones of prog, folk, and psychedelia. The ambiguous nature of the music and rapid juxtaposition of various, seemingly unrelated styles reminds me a lot of Sigh or the Meads, but from what the band's guitarist indicated to me on my review of this, this album was more influenced by Mr. Bungle, and crazy artists from the 70s such as those in the French Avantgarde and German krautrock scenes. Still fun as fuck either way.
52. Volahn - Aq'Ab'Al
A one man project of Eduardo Ramirez, Volahn is a part of the Black Twilight Circle, a collective of American black metal bands based in Southern California who all revolve around themes of Mayan history and mythology. Aq'Ab'Al has some extremely tight and unique composition behind it: thundering black metal, topped off by the lower-range, "roaring" type vocals of Ramirez, very nice guitar playing with a penchant for melody and Latin influences, and lyrics which are apparently in Spanish.


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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22.08.2014 - 01:06
Zap
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Written by Auntie Sahar on 24.06.2014 at 01:47

Quality over quantity, they say

Yeah, this is a list of which I can actually check out everything in a relatively short amount of time. Right now there are about 15 albums I still have to check out, so that's very doable, plus I agree with the albums I know.
And I think the number of albums featured right now is perfect (42 )
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26.01.2015 - 19:34
HellriderRising
Kawir
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26.01.2015 - 19:42
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
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Written by HellriderRising on 26.01.2015 at 19:34

Kawir

Yeah, they're really great, did you know that the lyrics for that album are apparently in some classical form of Greek? Definitely need a new album from those guys.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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10.02.2015 - 21:30
HellriderRising
Written by Auntie Sahar on 26.01.2015 at 19:42

Written by HellriderRising on 26.01.2015 at 19:34

Kawir

Yeah, they're really great, did you know that the lyrics for that album are apparently in some classical form of Greek? Definitely need a new album from those guys.

Yeah, I am Greek also.
Me too, ''Isotheos'' is a great album, but underrated, as the rest of hellenic black metal scene.
What I like most in these bands is that they still produce old school black metal , while the most ''true'' norwegian black metal bands have broaden their sound in other styles, losing the black metal style at some parts.
Anyway, still hope that I will find it one day. Cheers.
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28.02.2015 - 20:44
Tomas Piller
Quote:

Nagelfar - Srontgorrth
The crown jewel of German black metal?

That's absolutely correct!

Also Limbonic Art's In Abhorrence Dementia would fit in here.
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28.02.2015 - 20:55
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
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Quote:
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That's absolutely correct!

Also Limbonic Art's In Abhorrence Dementia would fit in here.

Yeah, I've had some people say that Nagelfar's Hünengrab Im Herbst, the albom before Srontgorth, is actually stronger, but I've yet to listen to it. Can't say I've heard of that Limbonic album either.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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10.03.2015 - 16:20
Erik M.
Written by Auntie Sahar on 28.02.2015 at 20:55

Can't say I've heard of that Limbonic album either.


Then you haven't been paying attention to my favourite BM stuff. The first two Limbonic Art albums are highly recommended, as they're excellent. However, the genre is symphonic/melodic BM and there's nothing unusual about their sound. So in my opinion not fitting for this list.
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13.05.2015 - 00:25
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
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Only now do I notice the following in the Alkerdeel description...

Quote:

The artwork of a wolf beating a goose is appropriate,


However, it is not a wolf, it is a fox Which isn't too surprising since there are no wild wolves in Belgium but there are wild foxes
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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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13.05.2015 - 00:32
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
elite
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.05.2015 at 00:25

It is not a wolf, it is a fox Which isn't too surprising since there are no wild wolves in Belgium but there are wild foxes

Ah, thanks for the clarification. Fixed that
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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13.05.2015 - 00:41
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
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Written by Auntie Sahar on 13.05.2015 at 00:32

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.05.2015 at 00:25

It is not a wolf, it is a fox Which isn't too surprising since there are no wild wolves in Belgium but there are wild foxes

Ah, thanks for the clarification. Fixed that


Btw, on the inlay the fox's eye is impaled by the club and the goose flies away.
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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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13.05.2015 - 00:48
Zap
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.05.2015 at 00:25

Only now do I notice the following in the Alkerdeel description...

Quote:

The artwork of a wolf beating a goose is appropriate,


However, it is not a wolf, it is a fox Which isn't too surprising since there are no wild wolves in Belgium but there are wild foxes

I had always sort of seen the cover as a bloody interpretation of Reynaert De Vos
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13.05.2015 - 00:57
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
elite
Written by Zap on 13.05.2015 at 00:48


I had always sort of seen the cover as a bloody interpretation of Reynaert De Vos


Never thought of it as Van Den Vos Reynaerde, but now that you mention it.
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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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13.05.2015 - 01:12
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
elite
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.05.2015 at 00:41

Btw, on the inlay the fox's eye is impaled by the club and the goose flies away.

I remember seeing that when I checked out the vinyl at your place. Funny twist, indeed
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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13.05.2015 - 03:07
Totenlieder
Kvelertak is rad yo.
I'll have to check out some other stuff on here as well.
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Blut & Krieg
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13.05.2015 - 03:20
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
Expand this list yo. Add those underground non MS gems. I know you know a lot more than that =]
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
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13.05.2015 - 03:54
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
elite
Written by Karlabos on 13.05.2015 at 03:20

Expand this list yo. Add those underground non MS gems. I know you know a lot more than that =]

I know I know more than this, just really gonna have to rack my brain for some names. But for sure dude, I'd love to see this get up to 100 albums, or even 80. I just have no clue when I'll get around to it, but it'll expand when it's meant to
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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13.05.2015 - 08:52
Joe Zombie
Cool list. Gonna have to give a lot of these a whirl. Tbh, I haven't heard much of DsO at all. Like, probably not even one full song. Don't know why.
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06.11.2015 - 18:28
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
A few suggestions. The ones with asterisks are necessities in my opinion. Some of these also may not be unorthodox enough, but I'll leave that up to you to decide.

...And Oceans - Allotrophic Metamorphic Genesis of Dismorphism
Anubi - Kai Pilnaties Akis Uzmerks Mirtis
*Arizmenda - Within The Vacuum of Infinity
Ave Maria - Chapter I
*The Axis Of Perdition - The Ichneumon Method
CSSABA - Underground Lo-Fi Songs
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta
Diabolical Masquerade - Death's Design
*Enslaved - Monumension
Epitimia - (Un)reality
Esoterica - Idololatriae
Fanisk - Insularum
Fauna - The Hunt
Fleurety - Min Tid Skal Komme
Godkiller - The End Of The World
Graal - Sigullum Naturae
Gris - Il Etait Une Foret (this one is unique because of various stylistic directions taken, despite being a DSBM release)
Laster - De Verste Verte Is Hier
Lifelover - Erotik
Lithotome - Lithotome
*Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
Merkabah - Moloch
Mutter - Grief Songs
*Negative Plane - Stained Glass Revelations
Netra - Melancolie Urbaine
NOUS - ἀηδής
Odz Manouk - Odz Manouk
*Reverence - The Asthenic Ascension
Sun Of The Blind - Skullreader
Verdunkeln - Einblick In Den Qualenfall
Volahn - Aq'ab'al
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06.11.2015 - 18:57
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
elite
Written by Alex F on 06.11.2015 at 18:28

Lots of good shit

Thanks a bundle dude, this is major help for me right now trying to get this list up to 100 releases
Don't know all the albums here, but a little commentary on the ones that I do.....

>Arizmenda: only listened to the most recent album from that guy, but I liked it a lot, and the common consensus around here seems to be that the project is pretty experimentally-inclined. Pretty sure it'll fit.
>The Axis Of Perdition: A band that surprisingly, I've never gotten into, despite how many people I know who like them around here. Probably time to change that.
>Enslaved: Monumension is one of the few albums of them that I haven't listened to. I know it has a reputation around it of being "that one weird bastard," so I'm eager to finally investigate.
>Gris: Heard the most recent album, didn't really strike me as too "out there," but this one could be different.
>Mayhem: Probably is a good one for consideration. Haven't spun it in quite a while though, so a revisit is in order.
>Negative Plane: Dunno about this one, it's a good album, but came across to me as little more than atmospheric black metal when I last heard it, which is a style that's well developed enough to not really be regarded as "unorthodox" anymore.
>Reverence: Last time I heard this album it struck me as more industrial than BM. A revisit is required.
>Verdunkeln: See the comment I made about Negative Plane
>Volahn: I haven't spun this as many times as I probably should have, but I liked every moment on it and it did strike me as very unique. Would probably be a great fit here
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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06.11.2015 - 20:55
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Alex F on 06.11.2015 at 18:28

A few suggestions. The ones with asterisks are necessities in my opinion. Some of these also may not be unorthodox enough, but I'll leave that up to you to decide.

...And Oceans - Allotrophic Metamorphic Genesis of Dismorphism
Anubi - Kai Pilnaties Akis Uzmerks Mirtis
*Arizmenda - Within The Vacuum of Infinity
Ave Maria - Chapter I
*The Axis Of Perdition - The Ichneumon Method
CSSABA - Underground Lo-Fi Songs
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta
Diabolical Masquerade - Death's Design
*Enslaved - Monumension
Epitimia - (Un)reality
Esoterica - Idololatriae
Fanisk - Insularum
Fauna - The Hunt
Fleurety - Min Tid Skal Komme
Godkiller - The End Of The World
Graal - Sigullum Naturae
Gris - Il Etait Une Foret (this one is unique because of various stylistic directions taken, despite being a DSBM release)
Laster - De Verste Verte Is Hier
Lifelover - Erotik
Lithotome - Lithotome
*Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
Merkabah - Moloch
Mutter - Grief Songs
*Negative Plane - Stained Glass Revelations
Netra - Melancolie Urbaine
NOUS - ἀηδής
Odz Manouk - Odz Manouk
*Reverence - The Asthenic Ascension
Sun Of The Blind - Skullreader
Verdunkeln - Einblick In Den Qualenfall
Volahn - Aq'ab'al

*puts penis inside this list (though kicks Gris out of bed)*

As for Negative Plane being atmos-black, I couldn't disagree more. Atmospheric, yes, but totally nowhere in the realm of standard atmos-black bands. I doubt you could find a more unique playing style than Nameless Void's. The guy's a fucking monster. I don't think Verdunkeln sound like anything else either tbh but there we go.

If you re-check Reverence make sure it's the latest album. Really excellent band building off of DsO and BaN but sounding distinctive.

But yeah, this.

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07.11.2015 - 01:38
mz
Some suggestions straight out of my lists (I had already suggested them to you, bitch )

Cobalt - Gin
Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
Inquisitor - Clinamen / Episteme
Morpheus Tales - Secular Noir ( I think you will especially love this: psychedelic BM )
Netra - Mélancolie Urbaine
P.H.O.B.O.S. - An?dipal
Schammasch - Contradiction
Woods Of Belial - Deimos XIII
Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters ( I mean, how the fuck you miss this thing. Probably the most important "unorthodox" black metal record ever)
Code - Resplendent Grotesque
Ebonylake - In Swathes Of Brooding Light
Epistasis - Light Through Dead Glass
Jumalhämärä - Resignaation
Plebeian Grandstand - Lowgazers
Pyramids - A Northern Meadow
The Eye Unclouded - Listening ( A massively underrated band- psychedelic black/ experimental metal or something like that)
Wolok- The Silver Cold
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07.11.2015 - 01:45
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
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Written by Guest on 06.11.2015 at 20:55

As for Negative Plane being atmos-black, I couldn't disagree more. Atmospheric, yes, but totally nowhere in the realm of standard atmos-black bands. I doubt you could find a more unique playing style than Nameless Void's. The guy's a fucking monster. I don't think Verdunkeln sound like anything else either tbh but there we go.

If you re-check Reverence make sure it's the latest album. Really excellent band building off of DsO and BaN but sounding distinctive.

To be fair, Stained Glass Revelations is the only Negative Plane album I've heard, and even then I haven't heard it in quite awhile. I'll take your word for it though, and give it a relisten. And yes, that was the Reverence album I was talking about, The Ascetic Ascension, or something along those lines. I do remember hearing more industrial in it then BM, but it's been a while since I've spun that one as well, so...
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07.11.2015 - 01:52
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
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Written by mz on 07.11.2015 at 01:38

More good shit

Ok, I'll do with you what I did with Alex (for the bands I know)

>Emptiness: I was honestly thinking about what the death metal to black metal ratio is on this one and whether or not I think it'd qualify. I do overall think there's more BM in it, so it'd fit. Then again I have Atriarch on here, and that's WAY more doom than black metal, so it's not exactly like I'm being a prude about this
Probably will add it.
>P.H.O.B.OS.: was wondering whether to add them or not as I know there is some BM influence throughout their albums. This one you recommended is the only one I haven't heard, so I should probably change that
>Schammasch: Dunno why I didn't think of this one. Another good fit
>Woods Of Belial: I was thinking of adding that Baxxabaxxa whatever demo today, so these guys are going on here for sure, whether it's that or the one you suggested
>Jumalhämärä: Another I was thinking of, just couldn't really decide which album to pick. I see that you picked the same one that I was thinking of though, that Resignaatio one, so that probably says something
>Plebeian Grandstand: Did not listen to that album last year despite the positive reception it got. Just didn't get around to it. Will investigate
>Pyramids: I admittedly haven't checked out much of this band's discog. I know they have a pretty crazy rep, and that they're not just black metal either, but I'll look into them more
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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07.11.2015 - 03:10
Lit.
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Can I volunteer Thorns?
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07.11.2015 - 08:11
Maco
Pvt Funderground
What about Emperor's last album? That one is totally different than the classics.
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07.11.2015 - 09:21
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
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Written by Maco on 07.11.2015 at 08:11

What about Emperor's last album? That one is totally different than the classics.

It's interesting that sometimes the BM pioneers eventually start to really deviate from the sounds they established from the get go and start to redefine themselves. I hadn't really considered Emperor, but they're sort of similar to Enslaved in that regard. Prometheus could work
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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07.11.2015 - 09:22
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
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Written by Guest on 07.11.2015 at 03:10

Can I volunteer Thorns?

I've heard this band mentioned around the site many times, but have never checked them out. Any album you'd suggest in particular?
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

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07.11.2015 - 09:41
!J.O.O.E.!
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Man, Ved Buens Ende totally need to be here. If there's a band that should spearhead a list like this it would be them, even more so considering they did their thing in 1995 and still sound more avant-garde than basically everything.

Also, don't add Thorns. They're boring and craptastic. Truly overrated band, even if slightly pioneering. You'd be better off adding Satyricon's 'Rebel Extravaganza'.

Reverence definitely dwell around industrial bm at points, but they're definitely a black metal band foremost. I often forget how good this album is.




Also:

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07.11.2015 - 10:44
Zap
Guest
You could add so many albums, but why not just keep the list as it is now. You can actually listen to every album on it in a fair amount of time. There are maybe 5 albums on here that I haven't listened to yet, but I will at some point. If there were 50 more to check I just wouldn't bother. Don't see the point of having another supermegalong list that I will have a glance at, see a bunch of albums I like and then never come back to.
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07.11.2015 - 10:46
!J.O.O.E.!
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Can't think of too much that mALEXz hasn't covered already, but skimming through ratings list:

Odraza - Esperalem Tkane
Smohalla - Resilience
Omega Centauri - Universum Infinitum (better still, the split between Smohalla and Omega Centauri. Amazing stuff).
Surachai - Embraced
Stagnant Waters - Stagnant Waters
Acrimonious - Sunyata
Thantifaxath - Thantifaxath
Caïna - Temporary Antennae
Dwellers Of The Twilight - Sycophant
Chryst - PhantasmaChronica
Slagmaur - Von Rov Shelter
Brown Jenkins - Death Obsession
(V.E.G.A.) - Cocaine
Peccatum - Amor Fati
Sjodogg - Landscapes Of Disease And Decadence (ignore the MS rating: really good album)
Darkestrah - Epos
Sear Bliss - The Arcane Odyssey
Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane
Dødheimsgard - Satanic Art
In The Woods... - Omnio
Master's Hammer - Ritual
Book of Sand - The Bees and the Butterflies
Ludicra - Fex Urbis Lex Orbis
Manetheren - Time
Merrimack - The Acausal Mass
Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra - The Key to the Gates of Apocalypses
Nahvalr - Nahvalr
Ophidian Forest - Redbad
V:28 - SoulSaviour


Ok, quite a few then.
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