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Just Some Strange Yet Raw Oriented Black Metal Albums


This is a list composed by what I think that is raw oriented black metal, but still only albums with a difference are allowed. Basically Atmospheric, Melodic (Not Symphonic), Experimental stuff. I give some brief explanation of what is so different about those albums. Some bands would deserve the entire discography mentioned, so I opted by putting only one album per band.
Some people tend to think that noise black metal is a very different approach to bm, but it's a well consolidated subgenre. Nothing really experimental or different about it. Same goes for raw oriented dsbm. I'm not gonna spam those subgenres unless something really unique is going on.
Moreover, actually the whole purpose of me making this list is getting more ideas of bands, which should appear on the comments, so start recommending stuff.

Created by: Karlabos | 19.02.2014



1. Ekpyrosis - Mensch Aus Gold
Must hear one-track Atmospheric Black Metal album.
2. The Meads Of Asphodel - Damascus Steel
Well, it's The Meads Of Asphodel. Do I really need to say anything?
3. Tjolgtjar - Under Command Of Tjolgtjar
Raw bm. Still, there's something odd about it
4. Urfaust - Der Freiwillige Bettler
Depressive Black Metal with clean? vocals
5. Arizmenda - Stillbirth In The Temple Of Venus
Pretty much well known among MS community. Very good though. Yeah I like this release more than the others, so what?
6. Antestor - The Return Of The Black Death
Black metal with subtle middle-eastern influences
7. Anubi - Kai Pilnaties Akis U?merks Mirtis
Black metal with lithuanian folk influences? I guess...
8. Seeds Of Iblis - Anti Quran Rituals
Raw and agressive bm with middle-eastern folk influences. To maximize the musical pleasure you must hear it with high volume on bad quality earphones.
9. Sigh - Hail Horror Hail
Most Sigh's releases are so out of boundary that they wouldn't be raw enough for this list. This album though, is both primitive and out of boundary.
10. De Magia Veterum - The Divine Antithesis
I guess you could say Technical Brutal Black Metal?
11. Dead Raven Choir - My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind
Some time ago I asked on a certain forum which shall be nameless if there was such thing as country black metal. And now I'm hearing this and wondering: Why the hell no one told me about this!? If you're interested in such an atypical combination definitely check this out.
12. Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr Der Tollwütigen Bestie
Brutal/Experimental Black Metal
13. Jute Gyte - Discontinuities
Atmospheric Black Metal with VERY weird song (de)structures
14. Liturgy (US-NY) - Aesthethica
Many people hate this band but I'll include'em anyway. Sort of a technical black metal. Think of a less atmospherical Krallice
15. LIK - The Second Wind
DSBMed heavy metal? Heaviened dsbm? I don't know
16. Cult Of Fire - Triumvirát
Black Metal with some sinister elements.
17. Cultes Des Ghoules - Henbane
Attilaesque vocals. Large epic tracks. Very good.
18. Circle Of Ouroborus - Eleven Fingers
Black metal without harsh vocals/ sometimes without guitars/without black metal.
19. Chaos Moon - The Ouroboros Worm
Atmospheric Black Metal.
20. Brown Jenkins - Death Obsession
Atmospheric Black Metal with death growls and hypnotic riffing.
21. Botanist - IV: Mandragora
Acoustic Black Metal
22. Mystic Forest - Waltz In The Midst Of Trees
Really. ALL Mystic Forest's albums deserve listening. I'm just gonna put this to follow the 1 album per band rule. And I'm not saying because they are all slightly above average or has some bits interesting, no. really... LISTEN to it. All of them.
23. Magane - Beginning At The End (Yomotu Nolito)
Raw black metal with Asian folk influences.
24. Qulielfi - Forgetter
Drone-ish black with some folk elements. Like a more lo-fi version of Menace Ruine's early stuff.
25. Eikenskaden - The Black Laments Symphonie
Project of the same guy of The Skaden. Not as weird, but still worth a shot. Loled at "There are 666 trees on my forest" track title.
26. Raate - Menetyksen Tie
Melodic Black Metal with mostly clean vocals
27. Torturium - Misanthropic Angels Burning Winds
Straightforward Black Metal with the highlight: Vocalist. So you think Silencer's vocals are weird? Might as well give a spin on this.
28. Totale Vernichtung - Feuerberstattung
Legend says that isn't NSBM. Anyway, it's a punk-oriented Black Metal. Vocals are also pretty weird. Vocalist inhales the gutturals.
29. The Skaden - You Will Hope I Had Died
This band is weird. It still fits on the Melodic Black Metal tag though. Perhaps Avant-Garde?
30. Inchiuvatu - Via Matris
This is how "folk black metal" should be done.
31. Ordo Coquatrix - MMXI
Sort of an industrial noise raw black metal
32. Preuve Spectrale - Le 13 Septembre
Raw yet evil, profound yet simple.
33. Puritas Virginum - Décenie de Souffrance
Black Metal with some subtle disco elements
34. Aasdgoihasdghexekul - Demo Noir
Experimental Black Metal
35. Astral Oath - European Heritage
Atypical raw bm where the reverb on the vocals make everything sound a bit more cryptic.
36. Azar - Izorane
Garage produced black metal with amazigh folk influences. (no i didnt mystype amazing, amazigh folk is a kind of folk) Harsh vocals here sound like a very hungry stomach or something, but still interesting in a certain way.
37. Absentia Lunae - Historia Nobis Assentietvr
Oh no.. Karlabos is recommending NSBM, let's call the cops.
38. Anomaly In Effigy - Holy Mother, Sacred Whore
Kind of a raw bm with those old doom metal riffs.
39. Sewer - Satanic Requiem
raw black metal which is a bit... Weird
40. Semen Drenched Slave Of The Devil - Anal Destroying Angel
AWKWARD
41. Somnolence (US-CA) - Lese Majesty
black metal with a cello.
42. Spear of Longinus - Nazi Occult Metal
Other nsbm band. But I can't help if there's some interesting raw bm on that scene. This one sounds both terrible and interesting. Somehow it could be classified as "black rock" instead of black metal.
43. Spite Extreme Wing - Vltra
Upbeat catchy Black Metal.
44. Satan's Almighty Penis - Into The Cunt Of Chaos
Pretty well-done Experimental Black Metal.
45. Sancta Poenas - De Dekadentas Dikter
Slightly Depressive Black Metal. With some poems read along the songs.
46. Drottnar - Welterwerk
Technical Black Metal
47. Klevelta - Demo
The highlight here is of course the vocals
48. Loss Of Self - Twelve Minutes
Upbeat Depressive Black Metal (with western influences?)
49. Xexyz - Primeval Mountain
NES based black metal with chiptunes and stuff. I detected some covers by nes songs... I wonder if all of them are?
50. Vediog Svaor - In The Distance
"Progressive black metal". Whenever this combination of words is pronounced I think about clean produced and quite organized stuff such as say, Enslaved. But never thought of it like... This
51. Botulistum - Göll - Split
I would really rather not recommend splits here, but damn! You must hear this.
52. Book Of Sand - Destruction, Not Reformation
Black Metal with middle eastern infucences. (I think it's middle eastern)
53. Blue Hummingbird On The Left - Bloodflower
Raw/Noise Black Metal with Aztec influences
54. Blitzkrieg Krieger - Odio Es Nuestra Consigna, Venganza Nuestro Grito De Guerra
Unfortunately this 14 minute demo is the longest record of this band. It's good nsbm with catchy riffs and weird but suiting vocals
55. Blood Cult - We Are The Cult Of The Plains
Country black metal?
56. Black Albatross - The Green Walls
Some kind of raw doom/black with clean vocals.
57. Niding - Afgudaskymning
Sounds a bit like Urfaust, but still has its own sound.
58. Nokturnal Mortum - Hехристь / NeChrist
Although they're more recognized for their sympho/pagan metal works, this is very raw. And upbeat. What is a rare combination.
59. Medo - Cruzando Os Portais Do Submundo
ambient? black metal
60. Myling - Sotpuke
Trve low-fi Black Metal also with the differential that it has clean vocals.
61. Misogi
Atmo-Black with asian folk influences.
62. Mourir Et Revenir - Pourquoi Ces Sanglots?
raw bm with huh... disco infuences.
63. Maȟpíya Lúta - W​ó​wa​ȟ​wala
Native american black metal...?
64. Maze Of Cako Torments - The Demonic Songs of Yellow Water
Weird and good. I wish I could find a copy of this, if anyone knows send me a PM or something...
65. Manierisme - Everyone Has Two Sides
Slightly strange Raw Black Metal.
66. Mamaleek - Kurdaitcha
Almost low-fi Black Metal with Indie Rock influences



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20.10.2024 - 03:40
Karlabos
Written by F3ynman on 20.10.2024 at 00:20

I really like the style of black metal of Arizmenda and Urfaust, so I'm looking forward to discovering similar bands here. Can you recommend any in particular I should prioritize?

Sheesh, one of a kind bands these two. Hard to rec something like it.
Crepusculo Negro (see old links above on the comments section) may sound sorta similar to Arizmenda.
I believe Daedalia from this year also sounds somewhat like it.

I recall listening to some lofi black metal bands with clean vocals in the vein of Urfaust, but I don't really remember one that stands out... Perhaps early (DOLCH)?
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20.10.2024 - 03:51
F3ynman
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Written by Karlabos on 20.10.2024 at 03:40

Crepusculo Negro
Daedalia
early (DOLCH)?

alright I'll have a listen. Thanks!
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