BLACK METAL

[Urban Noise]

Mother of the Hydra is a project from one of Asagraum ladies.
nekrogoatheresyproductions.bandcamp.com/album/mother-of-the-hydra-contradiction

[cr]

Yeah, thank you! I have this Mother of the Hydra album since some years and also the V-Kaos demo tapes, but I didn't know, she is a Asagraum (live) member.

[Batteryxcage]

Listening to Fimbulwinter and their 1992 rehearsal tape sounds pretty damn good for what it is. Luckily, the remaster for their Servants of Sorcery album retains the same energy and rawness.

[AnonMessAgeSage]

Only like Numinous, DSO, Clandestine Blaze, Swedish Shining.
Early Mayhem and Burzum.

Pretty nothing else anymore. Though, some Satanic Warmaster ain't bad  musically....

Most black metal has become too gimmicky and silly for my tastes.

[AnonMessAgeSage]

Listen to very little Black Metal these days, but I always find myself coming back to Clandestine Blaze.

God damnit, Aspa, you are a goddamn wizard with some of those riffs.

[NaturalOrthodoxy]

I usually have little interest in cross-pollination between black metal and industrial, in my experience I've heard a lot of what just sounds like blackened NIN. However I've discovered some gems with the help of youtube recently.

Concilia (Portugal) - Concilia demo (Harvest of Death/Signal Rex 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raHZPF5YaLs

Apparently improvised black metal, with a lot of non-drum percussion. Metal and wood sounds, creaking doors. To me it feels like taking an industrial approach to black metal, with LLN-esque production value, even if the end result is mostly somewhat orthodox bm. incredibly enjoyable anyway.

Veneno (Portugal) - Depois a Morte (Gravações Tunguska 2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t337mYxVX0k

Interesting mixture of slow, pounding black metal which reminds me of Mystifier even if it doesn't necessarily resemble it, but with elements of post-punk too. There is also a heavy dose of early Swans/Einsturzende style metallic percussion and industrial improvisations throughout. Again nice raw production, but bass heavy as opposed to being tinny or sterile.

would appreciate recommendations for similar stuff

[Aldous]

I usually have little interest in cross-pollination between black metal and industrial, in my experience I've heard a lot of what just sounds like blackened NIN. However I've discovered some gems with the help of youtube recently.

Concilia (Portugal) - Concilia demo (Harvest of Death/Signal Rex 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raHZPF5YaLs

Apparently improvised black metal, with a lot of non-drum percussion. Metal and wood sounds, creaking doors. To me it feels like taking an industrial approach to black metal, with LLN-esque production value, even if the end result is mostly somewhat orthodox bm. incredibly enjoyable anyway.

Veneno (Portugal) - Depois a Morte (Gravações Tunguska 2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t337mYxVX0k

Interesting mixture of slow, pounding black metal which reminds me of Mystifier even if it doesn't necessarily resemble it, but with elements of post-punk too. There is also a heavy dose of early Swans/Einsturzende style metallic percussion and industrial improvisations throughout. Again nice raw production, but bass heavy as opposed to being tinny or sterile.

would appreciate recommendations for similar stuff

This is another release by Veneno: https://tunguskarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/gnihton-ot-syek

The drummer was part of Sektor 304. There is the rumour of a second Veneno album coming out soon...

[totalblack]

Grausamkeit - Pink Green 666 7" is available for order from Dominance Of Darkness: https://86860483.shop.strato.de/p/grausamkeit-pink-green-666-7-limitiert

[Eigen Bast]

Thanks-I thought I missed it.

Listening to Engram by Beherit. What it lacks in atmosphere (compared to DDtM) it makes up for in pure bullheaded aggression. 7 tracks, in and out.

[evilxskin]

Bought two new Vothana CDs from Werewolf Records (not released by him). Now playing the new one:

Vothana ‎– Biệt Động Quân / Commando

If you like the earlier stuff, you will like this one too. Songs are pretty long, like Vothana stuff usually. They vary between 9:30 - 13:07.
Great black metal with Vietnamese sound world. Lots of talk with tough guy PE, is this tough guy BM? Or is all BM tough guy music, heh?

[evilxskin]

Thanks-I thought I missed it.

Listening to Engram by Beherit. What it lacks in atmosphere (compared to DDtM) it makes up for in pure bullheaded aggression. 7 tracks, in and out.

Speaking of Beherit... That "Down There..." LP (by The Lord Diabolus) what Dark Descent Records/The Sinister Flame put out last year is a mandatory release!

[NaturalOrthodoxy]

Or is all BM tough guy music, heh?

I think you could probably count on your fingers the amount of really "tough guy" black metal bands!

[yosef666]

The new Bone Awl album is finally out:

https://klaxon-records.com/collections/klaxon-releases/products/bone-awl-an-obelisk-marks-the-line-lp

[C601]

The new Bone Awl album is finally out:

https://klaxon-records.com/collections/klaxon-releases/products/bone-awl-an-obelisk-marks-the-line-lp

grabbing, thx

[Atrophist]

Been listening to the new Havukruunu album pretty much nonstop for a couple of days.

https://youtu.be/mUsU9ZH-GR4

This is going to be huge, methinks. If it doesn't make lots of top 10 lists of the year, then 2020 will be a very good year indeed.