BLACK METAL

[yosef666]

I ordered the WG tape from Parasitic so it may be a few weeks before it arrives...

Listened to Manticore "Of Plagues & Rats" LP last night. They pretty much sound like Angelcorpse but with additional death metal vocals. I may have to check out their split 12" with Grave Upheaval.

Just listened to the Manticore/GU split; the Manticore material isn't as AC-sounding as the LP. Both bands have good work so may be worth picking up at a low price. The cover art is interesting.

Any more recent violent metal recommendations? I tend to like the more chaotic bands...

Nyogthaeblisz
Tetragrammacide
Sect Pig
Tsalal
Kapala
Reek of the Unzen Gas Fumes
Goatvermin

[absurdexposition]

I ordered the WG tape from Parasitic so it may be a few weeks before it arrives...

Listened to Manticore "Of Plagues & Rats" LP last night. They pretty much sound like Angelcorpse but with additional death metal vocals. I may have to check out their split 12" with Grave Upheaval.

Just listened to the Manticore/GU split; the Manticore material isn't as AC-sounding as the LP. Both bands have good work so may be worth picking up at a low price. The cover art is interesting.

Any more recent violent metal recommendations? I tend to like the more chaotic bands...

Nyogthaeblisz
Tetragrammacide
Sect Pig

All huge.

[Euro Trash Bazooka]

for one who has never been into/introduced to black metal, give me that one defining release and i'll buy it!

*can't spell for shit tonight...  anyway, the reason for the modification.

Thanks!

That's not possible. It's like asking for the ultimate "noise" record. Black metal has been evolving as a genre since the early 80's. What I'd consider as an iconic record for its context of creation and influence musicwise would be Mayhem's "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" though.

[NaturalOrthodoxy]

for one who has never been into/introduced to black metal, give me that one defining release and i'll buy it!

That's not possible. It's like asking for the ultimate "noise" record.

There is certainly some essential listening though!

Burzum- Filosofem
Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom
Mayhem - Deathcrush
Gorgoroth - Antichrist (or Pentagram)
Dissection- Storm of the Light's Bane

more modern-
Peste Noire - La Sanie Des Siècles - Panégyrique De La Dégénérescence
Goatmoon - Finnish Steel Storm
White Medal - Guthmers Hahl
Clandestine Blaze - New Golgotha Rising

by no means comprehensive, but mostly my faves

[impulse manslaughter]

I'm not an expert but i'd say the first Bathory.

[Andrew McIntosh]

I understand there was this English band called Venom or something, who had an album who's title I can't recall right now...

[Euro Trash Bazooka]

for one who has never been into/introduced to black metal, give me that one defining release and i'll buy it!

That's not possible. It's like asking for the ultimate "noise" record.

There is certainly some essential listening though!

[Yaddayadda]

I could have listed 15 crucial albums but that's not the point of the question here. I could also have made a list of my faves, but that's also not the point either. There are albums from that time that I also like better than DMDS but the question is about importance for the genre and being objective about it. Otherwise, he would have checked NWN or any stupid forum.

[Duncan]

for one who has never been into/introduced to black metal, give me that one defining release and i'll buy it!

That's not possible. It's like asking for the ultimate "noise" record.

There is certainly some essential listening though!

[Yaddayadda]

I could have listed 15 crucial albums but that's not the point of the question here. I could also have made a list of my faves, but that's also not the point either. There are albums from that time that I also like better than DMDS but the question is about importance for the genre and being objective about it. Otherwise, he would have checked NWN or any stupid forum.

I know it's easy to be hyperbolic about black metal but it's quite obvious what the guy was asking for and these recommendations work fine.

[downward]

https://giasc.bandcamp.com/album/giasc-raw-demo-mmxviii

Raw Primitive Black Metal, similar to early Absurd and Ildjarn

[vegasfountain]

Just saw an artist named Pandiscordian Necrogenesis play recently. Technical and fully improvised one man black metal machine, playing all instruments simultaneously (feet on drums, hands on guitar, and vocals). Definitely worth checking out. He also records under the name Mastery and released my favorite black metal album of all time back in 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjXnESBAMq4

[Yrjö-Koskinen]

https://giasc.bandcamp.com/album/giasc-raw-demo-mmxviii

Raw Primitive Black Metal, similar to early Absurd and Ildjarn

Demo seems to be gone.

Listened to We will rise again, though, and was surprised to learn that I sort of enjoy this type of stuff again (it was terribly overdone fifteen years ago or so). I don't think it's quite at the level of stuff like Abs Conditus or Ildjarn, but it has plenty of charm and grit.

[NaturalOrthodoxy]

Just saw an artist named Pandiscordian Necrogenesis play recently. Technical and fully improvised one man black metal machine, playing all instruments simultaneously (feet on drums, hands on guitar, and vocals). Definitely worth checking out. He also records under the name Mastery and released my favorite black metal album of all time back in 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjXnESBAMq4

this piqued my interest, I'd only ever seen it done by the kooky but loveable Nuit Noire to almost comic effect. This is great though! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjJlp5UPmM

[vegasfountain]

Another very underrated one man black metal project from the US... Blattaria. This album has everything I crave from this style of music. It's fast, filthy, dissonant, and disorienting. Can't get enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc5BcAqUVy0

[BTR]

New track from an upcoming Oaken Tower demo. For those unfamiliar, raw heathen black metal:

https://soundcloud.com/beyondtheruins/oaken-tower-division

[urall]

Another very underrated one man black metal project from the US... Blattaria. This album has everything I crave from this style of music. It's fast, filthy, dissonant, and disorienting. Can't get enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc5BcAqUVy0

reminds me a lot of Krallice.

Currently slightly obsessed with Evilfeast. Never checked them out before because... 'evilfeast'. But the epicness has me hooked.