Black Metal

Drew_TNBD

Been listening to a fair bit of black metal recently - recommendations for more? Modern-ish stuff is my preference. Behemoth... Deafheaven, Wolves In The Throne Room, Gogoroth... that kind of thing.

BloodEagle

Check out Plebeian Grandstand (Most recent album Lowgazers is amazing) -


or Void Ritual


Not stictly Black Metal, but Watain and Young and in the Way are also worth a listen, or if you do want to go old school, it is very hard to beat Darkthrone's 'A Blaze in the Northern Sky'

Reverend

Mgla - With Hearts Towards None is one of the best album of the last couple of years.

Svartidaudi
Weakling
Macabre Omen
Ash Borer
Ascension

Clandestine Blaze
The latest Satanic Warmaster is killer and he is no longer using 4 track recorders only.

Reverend

Drudkh and Hate Forest as well.

Reverend

I'm a big fan of a lot of the Finnish bands but they can be pretty harsh and low fi.
If you don't mind that then as well as Satanic Warmaster and Clandestine Blaze, the likes if Inferi, Kadotus, Dead reptile Shrine, Ancestors Blood etc are great.

If yiu like the Cascadian/Weakling-sounding bands like wittr then Ash Borer, Cold Fell, Panoptican, Skagos are all worth a go.

holnrew

What's the point of black metal?

PolarityMan

Have to say I finds pretty uninspiring for the most part too and I'm a metal fan. Our singer loves a. It of black metal though.

BloodEagle

The point of it is I really like listening to the (comparatively few) BM bands I know - I don't feel I need to run what music I like it by anyone or explain myself though.

ROOG

Been listening to HiFi with a view to buying just lately, I play a mixture of classical through to well known popular metal, I'd love to try some black metal if only to trigger a reaction. As @BloodEagle says it's a valid music choice, I don't feel the need to explain either.

RobDavies

Karpalund

mudslide73

Where's a good place to start for a noob? If I like Thrash and nwobhm where's a good entry point? Or is it too big a leap?

BloodEagle

Listen to Bathory - Blood Fire Death

guitarfishbay

If you're a noob start with Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia. There's a mix of stuff going on and it was one of the first heavier albums I listened to after getting into metal via Iron Maiden etc

Drew_TNBD

guitarfishbay said:

If you're a noob start with Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia. There's a mix of stuff going on and it was one of the first heavier albums I listened to after getting into metal via Iron Maiden etc

Great album, I used to rinse that back in the day. I also have quite a soft spot for Cradle of Filth - whether that's black metal or death metal, you decide... I'm no purist!

Reverend

mudslide73;684670" said:

Where's a good place to start for a noob? If I like Thrash and nwobhm where's a good entry point? Or is it too big a leap?

Bathory, Mercury Fate, Sarcophago and early Sodom from the first wave and then I'd suggest Dissection as they have a lot of classic metal influences as well as the back metal feel. Watain have a lot of Dissection going on.

RobDavies

mudslide73 said:

Where's a good place to start for a noob? If I like Thrash and nwobhm where's a good entry point? Or is it too big a leap?

Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness.

Reverend

Abbysion. Not sure when it is out but don't it is incredible. Black psyche Like a mix or early Dark Throne and Hawkwind.