Fen is perfect for you.

Fullmoon - United Aryan Evil

and another band that might interest you is Aryan Art.


Theres a few others I want to name off but I lost all my music about 6 months ago and still dont have all of it back yet unfortunatly.

What do people even profess to like that Fullmoon demo? It's amazingly terrible.

2nd Fen (uk), their debut ablum has just been released and should be just what you are looking for, also try Agalloch if you have not already listened to them, they might also interest you, great band.

Vietah's debut album "Zorny Maroz" is heavily influenced by the "Hvis & Filosefem" period in Burzum's life, def worth a spin or two, with a good clean production/sound.

Fen is definitely worth a try. It's similar in terms of atmosphere (rather similar to Agalloch, though considerably more black metal, in a Bergtatt sort of way at least).

Wolves claim not to be influenced by post-rock, and claim not to even know of such genre. Agalloch, while not black, openly admits being strongly influenced by post-rock. Ashes Against The Grain, in particular.

Post-rock and black metal, despite being rather similar genres, are rarely fully in fusion. Stuff gets labeled as black metal/post-rock, but there isn't that much black metal that actually displays such an influence.

Try Negură Bunget - Om

Thanks amazing band! I don't know how it slipped under my radar

Thanks for that now having a listen to Fullmoon.

Could I get some recommendations on black metal of a progressive/symphonic nature? (It doesn't matter if it's "really" black metal) or not. Basically, stuff along the line of Borknagar's "Quintessence" and "Empiricism", or Arcturus' "Aspera Hims Symfonia." So far I've found a few along this line such as Vesania and Diabolical Masquerade.

Also, it'd be nice if they had a more "mystical" or "ominous" nature (think the first three I mentioned) rather than being monotonous or depressing.

Thanks!

How about Ne Obliviscaris. (Ignore anything Bezerko says about them )

Can I get some recommendations on black metal of an ambient/primitive nature, in the vein of Velvet Cacoon or Procer Veneficus?

Sorry if you don't consider those bands to legitimately be black metal...

I'll also recommend Negură Bunget - Om for this too.






In fact I'm going to recommend this album to everybody who hasn't heard it.

Fen: IS FANTASTIC PLEASE GET MALEDICTION FIELDS AND ANCIENT SORROW.
Agalloch: My favorite band. purchase or perish. Ashes Against the Grain you will like the most. But the Mantle is absurdly good.
Caïna: Also from the UK, super ridiculously awesome. Their full length Temporary Antennae is what you want.
Frail: Get Brilliant Darkness, that album is pretty disgustingly nasty, especially the first song - Bleeding the Sea
Altar Of Plagues: Get Sol, literally, the first time i heard it, i thought it was a long lost Fen recording, while a bit more "metal" than fen, its still super post rock influenced, in the wolves in the throne room way.
Amesoeurs: Of course, the poster boy, grab their EP, its absolutely worth it.
Lantlôs: Grab the album Lantlôs, very similar to Fen on Ancient Sorrow.
October Falls: Womb of Primordial Nature, not especially what you are looking for, but i think you would really dig it.

I hear several people call progressive black metal an oxymoron. Could someone please explain this to me? Also, what is a blast beat? lol...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg2EyWA0Jxc

Starting at 8 seconds in, that's a blast beat.

I don't know who said that, but I highly doubt that anyone on this site would make that claim, particularly when a black metal band as important as Enslaved is listed on this site as both progressive and black metal. Were you given any reason why they were paradoxical?


A blast beat is when a drummer plays sixteenth notes for a prolonged period at a very fast pace, according to this Wikipedia article. It's probably as good a definition as any. It's a bit hard to define, though, because there are many different styles used by different drummers. I think it's better to just get an idea of the technique from the music itself; in black metal, bands like Dark Funeral and Aborym use a lot of blast beats, for example.

Thanks for all the recommendations. Agalloch and Fen were both really good.

Any suggestions? I love the music, but just want something without the NS/white pride message.

Thanks, gotta try it.

Well, what I've heard of it so far (samples and stuff) sounds good. Their earlier one (with the 4 15-minute tracks) also sounds good. On that note, are there any other CDs of that nature? Basically, just a couple really long tracks with an overarching theme. Anything that focused a bit more on the metal than the ambient side (Moonsorrow' Verisakeet or Haviettety are perfect examples) would be nice.

I'm looking for bands that sounds like Anthelion and Chthonic.
Symphonic black metal is something I'm looking into now...

You gotta check out Bal-Sagoth.

I'm looking for bands similar to Nazgul..

Einherjer & Bal-Sagoth! I like both but I prefer Einherjer. Check youtube for song called "Ironbound"

Give Evilfeast a try.

I'm new to black metal, and as of right now I can really only enjoy stuff with clean production/sound. I know there is a lot of out there with purposely sub-par production that is really good, but as of right now I have trouble enjoying anything with crappy production.

Can I get some recs on some BM (preferably not symphonic, I'm looking for straight-up BM) that has clean production? Right now I've only heard Immortal's 2 most recent albums, and I like those a lot, but I'm having trouble finding other stuff with a similar production quality.

I'm looking for some deathened black metal in the vein of Marduk and stuff. Help, anybody?

MrHolocaust, give Massemord from Poland a go. One of the few "norsecore" bands I'd bother listening to.

Marduk - Rom 5:12 or Plague Angel.
Ofermod - Tiamtü.
Dark Funeral - Attera totus sanctus.
Watain - Sworn to the dark.
Satyricon - The Age of Nero.
The production on these albums isn't bad in my opinion.

You might want to try Dark Harmonies, by Worms of Sabnock, really good stuff with great production.

Thanks a bunch, man. Good stuff.

Hi. Looking for something similar to Beherit's Drawing Down The Moon. Similar atmosphere, primitive black metal, some ambient pieces. Thanx in advance.

Hi, im looking for som majestic/epic/symphonic black metal with real instruments (Not computer or synth). Not dimmu borgir:D

can anyone recommend me a Riff-based black metal bands with a little thrash influence
or any bands similar to spite extreme wing and Blodsrit

You should check out Aura Noir and Toxic Holocaust.

Xapharon are pretty good synth BM; www.myspace.com/xapharon

You should definately check out Nazxul, their reviews on here are all near 100%; www.myspace.com/nazxul

And if your open to wide suggestion perhaps Bishop of Hexen; www.myspace.com/bishophexen

Perhaps Ofermod or the side project Nefandus..

Megiddo, Rampage, Immortal, Desaster, early Mayhem, and HELLHAMMER

Can someone (an Immortal fan) tell me which Immortal albums are great and a worth listening?
I've listened to "Sons of Nothern Darkness" and some songs from Damned in Black, Pure Holocaust.