Hey everyone, I'm looking for black metal bands that use slow drum beats in general. I don't care if the riffing is rather fast, I only want a nice slow beat in my black metal music. I know some Burzum is good for this, but Varg has fast beats as well. Any suggestions?

Thanks man, this should keep me busy for a while!

strid for sure.

I'm looking for something that has the interesting choice of instruments like Gris, but with the production quality of Make A Change, Kill Yourself. Symphonic DSBM... any suggestions?

I'm looking for punk and rock or shoegaze influenced black metal, something not commercialized and preferably not over-produced. I like amesoeurs, peste noire, and forgotten woods

bone awl bone awl bone awl

if you like your BM mixed with punk/oi

Might be a left field request, but does anyone know of Black metal strictly influenced with philosophers and philosophy in general? Stuff based off of the works of Locke, Kant, Kafka, Rousseau, Marx, anything of the sort. Thanks, it's appreciated.

Check out Thranenkind.


Zaratustra is influenced by Nietzsche. Check them out.

You might like Heretoir, a German band who plays shoegaze-influenced black metal. Kind of similar to Amesoeurs and Alcest.

Deathspell Omega's lyrics are heavily influenced by Georges Bataille.

check out grand declaration of war by mayhem. the most interesting concept album in my book.

This thread might be of some interest to you:

Here. Details bands who play black metal mixed with shoegaze, or post-rock.

What instrument does the black dude in Blasphemy play? Is he an original member?

Hey everyone, can you suggest me some nostalgic black metal? I'd like something that sounds lugubrious, surreal and passionate. It shouldn't sound too clean and overproduced, nor should it sounds too crappy. I like black metal records that sound used and old, but still enjoyable. I avoid keyboards, though I'd like some slightly melodic stuff here and there. As for the vocals, I'd like melancholical black metal shrieking, something that's expressing emotions, I don't care if it's grief, hate or whatever, I just need to feel it. Got any ideas?

Hey, good recommendations, thanks. I love the Finnish death metal scene, so I figured I'd order some black metal from there based on your recommendations and so I did. I got Carelian Satanist Madness and Sotahuuto by Horna, both of which were very good.

If you have any other suggestions, please post them =).

He's the original lead guitarist, Caller of the Storms.

Looking for black metal especially similar to Drudkh's "Forgotten Legends". I really love the lengthy songs, dry sounding vocals, constant tempos, and the thick sounding production (never a time with no sound, very full sounding).

Looking for black metal that focuses around World War I/II or just war itself. Lots of imagery is a must. Similar in aggression and theme to early Endstille and also to Operation Winter Mist, if only a lot of their music didn't suck. Loits are another one who use the imagery and theme very well but aren't really that focused to any one particular sound. Doesn't necessarily have to be blast-heavy or terribly aggressive but it helps; it's more the subject matter and overall presentation I'm after.

Can anyone recommend me Black thrash, black death metal bands in the vein of Gospel of the Horns,Infernal Execrator ,Gravehill ,Darkest Hate Warfront,Nocturnal Graves,Bestial Warlust,Infernal War,Katharsis?

P.S.
I have a lot of old stuff like this , but the
new bands appear all the time, so I think there are a lot bands in this style I`m not aware of. Therefore the newer , less known bands are preferable, but the old stuff
(if it has a Bestial Warlust-like sound )is good too.

Thank you

you'll probably know this already, but you can't go wrong with panzerdivision marduk in this case.

What about Vreid, there music is based on World War II from a Norweigen perspective, great music too!

Quick rec.

Can anyone tell me of anything like Lunar Aurora's later work? Nice atmospheric black metal? I know of the obvious atmospheric black metal such as Walknut and such.

Thanks in advance!

Infernal War - very good Black Metal band from Poland
Their Lyrics are about Death, Hatred...
and WWII

Anyone know of any Black Metal bands, similar in vein to Covenants - In Times Before the Light, with a looming ominous presence?

I don't mind synthy bands, as long as they don't over shadow the guitars.

Thanks in advance.

Evilfeast (POL) create great atmospheric black metal, music is a bit rawer than LA but def worth a listen, also try Sear Bliss and Forest Silence.

Maybe try Vesania.

Can you suggest me some cold DBM? I love atmospheric DBM bands like Nyktalgia, Abyssic Hate and Anti.

Vesania was my first thought as well. As far as symphonic style bm bands go, they really do a great job.

Dissection are quite close. Their album cover art often features a horse or horse-drawn carriage.
I bet you "ride" alone, like Gregory House does.

Check a post of mine a page or two back....but for now Thy Light, Coldworld, Wedard, Austere, Hypothermia.....

I'm horribly new to black metal, and I've only been exposed to Emperor and Immortal, for the most part. I'd like some recommendations for really good black metal bands to start with, I'm not sure exactly what kind of sound I'm looking for but I'd like to try a bit of everything. Forgive me for the vague phrasing, any recommendation would be great

This should get you started:

Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Darkthrone - Ablaze in the Northern Sky
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Behexen - By the Blessing of Satan
Gorgoroth - Pentagram
Graveland - Fire Chariot of Destruction
Horna - Sanojesi Aarelle
Nyktalgia - Nyktalgia
Taake - Bjoergvin...
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites

These are some basics. Once you've listened to these, you should be able to find other stuff on your own.

Why thank you.

Edit:
I cannot find any working torrent files for these. /=
Nobody seeds black metal anymore...

I really like Mond, clean production but it's great.

Anything like Cobalt's Gin? Love the emphasis on riffs (and the style of riffing) while maintaining really cool atmosphere.

You can listen first for

Various Artists - Blackend I -III - Black Metal Compilations (6 cds)
(among many other good bm bands these compilations contain music by
Enslaved
Rotting Christ
Enthroned
Dimmu Borgir
Lord Belial
Limbonic Art
Old Man's Child
Satyricon
Impaled Nazarene
Dark Funeral
Moonspell
Bestial Warlust
etc)

That can help you a lot.

p.s. pm me if you want to know of the names of the good bands of the particular sub-category of bm (thrash black , bdm, etc)

Hi everyone. I'm looking for some bands that play in the Black/Heavy sub-genre.
The only two I know are Zemial and I (Abbath's sideproject). Are there any others?
Thanks in advance.

hailz,
i'm lookin for some Depressive/Suicidal Black Metal shit, here's some bands in this genre that i really love:

Deathrow (Ita)
Abyssic Hate
When Mine Eyes Blacken
World Funeral
Nocturnal Depression
Make a Change ... Kill yourself
Wigrid
Wolfshade (Fra)

i personally prefer solo project bands.

also i'd appreciate any suggestion about some Dark/Funeral Doom bands, some of my own favorites are:

Esoteric (UK)
Nortt
Dolorian
Shape of Despair
Worship
Elysian Blaze
Forgotten Tomb
Until Death Overtakes Me

thanx in advance

The Funeral Orchestra, Rigor Sardonicus

I haven't found anything like it yet, but honestly that album didn't really sound much at all like black metal. The drumming (not just the style, but the production too) seemed like blatant Tool worship (which I don't really have a problem with). The riffing seemed like a slightly heavier Tool, too, even down to the production. Granted there were some tremolo and even thrashy bits here and there and some blasting from time to time, the overall feel from the album I got was a slightly blackened combination of Neurosis and Tool. Heck, even the vocals sounded more like something you'd hear in Neurosis than black metal.

So in other words, the album is great and I'd say definitely unique but I've never heard anything like it. I'm assuming you've heard Eater of Birds? If not, give that a shot, too. It retains a lot more of a thrashy black metal feel but is beginning to show signs of that Neurosis/Tool influence in the riffing and drumming especially.