Metal Reviews

Mine would have to be, in no particular order

Burzum-Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Darkthrone-A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Leviathan-Tentacles Of Whorror
Immortal-Blizzard Beasts
Emperor-Anthems To The Welkins At Dusk


I'm reasonably new to black metal, and I'm uber-picky when it's comes to music, so that's why I could only get five. A find the best black metal albums are the ones you can listen to all the way through without feeling completely exhausted (I get sleepy listening to music, because I can't listen and do other things at the sane time) and all these albums definetely have that.

You'll have to wait a while for my list.

Pourquoi?

Ummmmmmmmm........ errrr...

Nicht im ordnung

Ulver- Nattens Madrigal
Bathory- Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Emperor- Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

Probably will get back to you on the other two...

I was going to put Ulver- Bergtatt in there but I think the list is more aesthetically pleasing with 5 different bands in.

Wommannnnnnnn of daaark deeeesiresssss

Emperor-In the Nightside Eclipse
Negura Bunget-Om
Ulver-Bergtatt
Satyricon-Dark Medieval Times
Leviathan-Tenth Sublevel of Suicide
Forgotten Tomb(Black or Doom)-Songs to Leave
Blut Aus Nord-Memoria Vetusta I
Drudkh-The Swan Road
Borknagar-The Olden Domain
Enslaved-Vikingligr Veldi

Immeadiately this list stikes me as inadequate, and perhaps overly Norwegian, but it does cover a number of styles within the genre at least.

Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Emperor - IX Equilibrium
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Cradle of Filth - Midian
Limbonic Art - In Abhorrence Dementia
Thyrane - Symponies of Infernality
Darkthrone - Blaze in the Northern Sky
Burzum - Filosofem
Anorexia Nervosa - New Obscurantis Order
Impaled Nazarene - Suomi Finland Perkele

*Waits to be criticzed for CoF and Anorexia but I don't care. I like it.

Windir - 1184
Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire and Demise
Limbonic Art - In Abhorrence Dementia
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos
Mystic Forest - Romances
Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée
Summoning - Stronghold
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty
Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry

my list changes daily but:

emperor- Anthems
reverence- Industrial mental concept
mayhem- DMDS
burzum- the self title aske compilation
Nachtmystiym-Instinct:decay
Xasthur- telepathic with the decased
Borknagar- the olden domain
Dawn-Sorgh Pa Svarte Vingar Floqh
Darkthrone- Panzerfaust

In no particular order:

Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
...and Oceans - The Symmetry of I, The Circle of O
Aborym - Kali Yuga Bizarre
Borknagar - Borknagar
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Enslaved - Mardraum
In the Woods... - Heart of the Ages
Mayhem - Live in Leipzig
Mysticum - Demo
Satyricon - The Shadowthrone

Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Emperor - Wrath of the Tyrant
Windir - Likferd
Windir - Arntor
Windir - 1184
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Old Man's Child - Pagan Prosperity
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Ulver-Bergtatt
Vreid - Kraft
Forest of Fog - Nebelhymnen
Forest of Fog - Rabenflug
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons

In no particular order:

Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss
Moonblood - Blut und Krieg
Dark Space - Dark Space I
Vinterriket - Der Letzte Winter - Der Ewigkeit Entgege (or Kälte)
Forest of Fog - Nebelhymnen
Satyricon - Dark Medievil Times
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Paysage D'hiver - Winterkaelte (or split with Vinterriket)
Woods of Ypres - Against The Seasons
Nargaroth - Rasluka Part II
Noenum - Black Esoteric Evangelium
Windir - Arntor

Alternatives (sue me):
Nokturnal Mortum - Goat Horns, Lunar Poetry or Nechrist
Mütiilation - Grimly Reborn
Peste Noire - La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénerescence
Berghtron - Wotanskult
Nargaroth - Herbstleyd
Nocternity - En Oria or A Fallen Unicorn (with bonus tracks)
Windir - 1184 or Likferd
Forest of Fog - Untergang
Alcest - Le Secret
Drudkh - Blood in our wells
Satanic Warmaster - Carelian Satanist Madness
Nuit Noire - Somewhere in the Nightpast
Mystic Forest - Romances
Burzum - Filosofem
Vlad Tepes - March to the Black Holocaust
hmm.. i'll stop here, even though i have more favourites.

1) Deathspell Omega -- Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice
2) Ulver -- Nattens Madrigal
3) Darkthrone -- Transylvanian Hunger
4) Deathspell Omega -- Kènôse
5) Emperor -- In The Nightside Eclipse
6) Satyricon -- Nemesis Divina
7) Old Man's Child -- In Defiance Of Existance
8) Mayhem -- De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
9) Dimmu Borgir -- Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
10) Dimmu Borgir -- Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

Burzum- Filosofem
Enslaved - Frost
Krieg - Destruction Ritual
Taake - Nattestid
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Sigh - Hail Horror Hail
Darkestrah - Sary Oy
Leviathan - Tentacles of Whorror
Sapthuran - ...In Hatred
Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
Noenum - Black Esoteric Evangelium
Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters
The Meads of Asphodel - Damascus Steel
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Xasthur - Telepathic With the Deceased

I listen to practically no black metal so I'll do the opposite of everyone else and give less than 5!

Ludicra - Fex Urbis Lex Orbis
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

I haven't heard a wide range of black metal, but anyways, in no particular order:

Burzum - Filosofem
Wyrd - Huldrafolk
Marduk - World Funeral
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

Off the top of my head, no particular order:

Venom - Black Metal
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids (black, death, death/doom, who gives a fuck?!)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Burzum - Burzum
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon
Master's Hammer - Ritual
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom

There's tons more stuff that really made a lasting impression on me, like Clandestine Blaze (best nowadays BM band along with DsO,) Ofermod's EP and Graveland's old works. Morbid Angel could also be mentioned, a death metal band that's blacker than most BM.

EDIT: Replaced Emperor with Blasphemy. Emperor gets an honorable mention.

1) Deathspell Omega -- Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice
2) Ulver -- Nattens Madrigal
3) Deathspell Omega -- Kènôse
4) Woods of Ypres - Pursuit of the Sun and Allure of the Earth
5) Limbonic Art - In Abhorrence Dementia
6) ...And Oceans - the symmetry of I the circle of O
7) Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
8) Woods of Ypres - Against The Seasons
9) Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
10) Negura Bunget - Om


The numbers don't mean anything, just stole half of Legacy's
and they came with the quote.

.:crast:.

Ooh ooh ooh I thought of more of my favourites so I can be included. I can't say what are the ten best BM albums but I can say what would be my ten BM desert island discs.

Ulver- Nattens Madrigal
Bathory- Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Taake- ...Bjoergvin...
Emperor- Anthems...
Ragnarok- Blackdoor Miracle
Dissection- Storm of the Light's Bane
Mystic Forest- Green Hell
Enthroned- XES Haereticum
Mayhen- DMDS
Drudkh- Blood in our Wells

Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Burzum - Filosofem
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Mutiilation - Vampires Of Black Imperial Blood
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
Mystic Forest - Romances
Xasthur - A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors
Negura Bunget - Om
Gorgoroth - Under the Sign of Hell
Lunar Aurora - Weltengänger
Hate Forest - Nietzscheism
Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
Klage - Dystopias Wiege

Wow a lot of love for DsO here.

1- Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice
2- Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
3- Funeral Mist - Salvation

that's my top 3 and the rest is not in order

Urfaust - Verräterischer, nichtswürdiger Geist
DsO - Kénôse
Watain - Casus Luciferi
Darkspace - Darkspace I
Arckanum / Svartsyn split - Kaos Svarta Mar / Skinning the Lambs
...And Oceans - A.M.G.O.D
Trelldom - Til Et Annet...
Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon
Drudkh - Krov u nashykh Krynytsyakh (Blood in Our Wells)
Krieg - The Black House
Silencer - Death - Pierce Me
Carpathian Forest - Black Shining Leather
Absu - Tara
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro
Burzum - Burzum/Aske
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Epheles - Le Dernier Pardon
Zyklon-B - Blood Must Be Shed
Funeris Nocturnum - Pure Satanic Blasphemy
Gontyna Kry - Welowie
Leviathan - Tentacles of Whorror
Negurã Bunget - 'n Crugu Bradului
Noenum - Black Esoteric Evangelium
Vlad Tepes - March to the Black Holocaust
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger, A blaze in the Norhtern Sky, Hate Them....



I think I forgot a lot of albums.