BLACK METAL

[FreakAnimalFinland]

There was Musta Surma album recorded, without vocals, but his place burned down and all went with it.. already years ago.

Helwetti is over, but there will be anthology of both demo tapes, possibly different versions (as 2nd demo has the original, and the label remaster) plus unreleased 7" material on one CD. It will not be nice. It will be ugly as hell.

[Euro Trash Bazooka]

So is Musta Surma technically done or there's a glimpse of hope something may happen again?

If I may, Warloghe's "Dark Ages Return" anthology was great. Something similar for the Helwetti demos (which I love as well) would be amazing.

And I've been secretly wishing for Crimson Evenfall reissues for years as well. I wish they happened.

[Zeno Marx]

The Grizelda album is genuinely interesting and so good.  The Hellweti is powerful and deserving of the hype.  Thank goodness for "best of" threads.  I'm not in the know enough to know.  I'd forgotten about Havukruunu from earlier in this thread, and I ended up there after a Shores of Ladon first-listen.  Talk about majestic (Havukruunu).  One of those bands I can listen to one release after another.  Looking forward to giving Sirpinmurtaja a try.  Can anyone talk about Cold from Chile?

[Urban Noise]

My most recent BM releases;

Baal - "Epitaphion" CD - Portuguese Black Metal, well produced and crafted.
https://nekrogoatheresyproductions.bandcamp.com/album/epitaphion

Infernathan - "Domicus Noisevomits" Tape - Finnish Grinding Bestial Black Metal. This tape includes both demos.
https://nekrogoatheresyproductions.bandcamp.com/album/dominus-noisevomits

Íngreme & Insomnia Pálida Split Tape - Both Portuguese BM projects.
https://nekrogoatheresyproductions.bandcamp.com/album/ngreme-insomnia-p-lida

[Woundfucker]

Since the project name and album title are both in Hindi, it perhaps created an intentional barrier for a lot of potential listeners, but गौतम बुद्ध (Siddhatthagotama) - पुनर्जन्म भाग १ is absolutely fucking incredible and came out this year. Black metal band from India, definitely recommend checking this one out as soon as possible.

https://siddhatthagotama.bandcamp.com/album/-

[DrRichard]

https://le-warabouc.bandcamp.com/releases

A very short demo apparently recorded in 1999, it's so primitive and based on major chords that it's almost punk

[Into_The_Void]

Since the project name and album title are both in Hindi, it perhaps created an intentional barrier for a lot of potential listeners, but गौतम बुद्ध (Siddhatthagotama) - पुनर्जन्म भाग १ is absolutely fucking incredible and came out this year. Black metal band from India, definitely recommend checking this one out as soon as possible.

https://siddhatthagotama.bandcamp.com/album/-

I listened to it intrigued by the name and the fact that I´m basically interested in everything has to do with India and indian spirituality. Good band, very similar in a way to Circle of Ouroboros (the vinyl of these indians comes out for His Wound Records as the last Circle of Ouroboros outputs), but somehow they sound too "cheesy". Maybe a couple of years ago I would´ve enjoyed more such sonorities, but right now doesn´t really ring my bell.

Best of the last year in my opinion: Archgoat (nr. 1, definitely the best way to "evolve" their sound they could find), Ride for Revenge, Funeral Mist, Black Spirit, Necromantical Invocations demotape (some of the best more recent "old greek black metal sounding" stuff I´ve ever heard) Clandestine Blaze, Circle of Ouroborus (another pretty weird revolution in their sound) and I still have to dig properly the last Concrete Winds album.

[FallOfNature]

Think I'm the only person I know of who thought that recent Archgoat was the most uninspired and useless record I heard all year. Everything before it pisses on it from a great height.

[Abraxxum]

Think I'm the only person I know of who thought that recent Archgoat was the most uninspired and useless record I heard all year. Everything before it pisses on it from a great height.

Nope your not alone.

[Eigen Bast]

I've been really enjoying this demo; combines BM/noise/dungeon synth in a very coherent and effective way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUCl1Z58ktA

[powerhazard]

Think I'm the only person I know of who thought that recent Archgoat was the most uninspired and useless record I heard all year. Everything before it pisses on it from a great height.

Haven't even listened to it yet, but do we really need another Archgoat record? I'll stick with everything up to Heavenly Vulva.

[64]

Would anyone care to recommended some recent-ish BM that eludes most genre conventions in favour of a more original approach (lyrical themes included - there are only so many goat-worshipping/boot-stomping/blood-drinking/Viking-LARPing/Tolkien-obsessed bands one can stomach)? Not the "trying hard to be technical/progressive/forward-thinking/whathaveyou for the sake of being techincal/progressive/forward-thinking/whathaveyou" kind, but something organically weird(-ish?)/quirky - outsider BM, basically, I suppose.

[Eigen Bast]

Check out Frozen Flesh Order. Very odd alien abduction/UFO themed BM. Also Ahulabrum/Voltaic Omen split LP.

[64]

Will do, thanks for the rec!

[Zeno Marx]

back to Havukruunu...

I've been listening to their 2020 album almost every morning for a month.  The new 2021 EP (longer than a lot of albums) is almost as grand.  Can anyone recommend more like them?  Anything that well put together, that extravagant, that dynamic?  I checked through Metallum's "similar to" listing, and I didn't find anything very close.  I'm hoping there is an album, or albums, that slip through that net.  One of the best metal albums I've heard the past couple of decades.