Newer Satyricon and Darkthrone albums were my intro into black metal and its taken a year and a half for me to truly appreciate the early albums and bands like Burzum.
I'm not nearly new to black metal, listening to it since the 80s, but Tryglav was my 5th most listened band on Spoty this year. Great stuff. First was Dissection
Boris my man. I have listened to black metal since I was 14 years old. 39 today and still I haven’t heard numenorean! Portrait of pieces is brutal! Thank you for your wide knowledge of your great music taste!
Satyricons Mother North (song and video combined) might still do the trick to spark an interest in Black Metal in teenagers. Happened to me some 28 years ago at the age of 17. :)
Thanks, man! This is what I was looking for for my 9 y.o. daughter to start with. :D I know what we'll listen to during our next road trip. :D BTW, The Ritual is pretty good.
As a huge fan of Windir, it's my duty to mention and recommend them as a perfect black metal band to start with. True Norwegian black metal (Sogna) with such an amazing atmosphere, epic beautiful sounding melodies and brilliant compositions that never get boring. I'll just give you a shortcut - the song "Journey To The End" is my my recommendation if you want to enter the epic world of black metal and never leave this amazing world. A have also a point to Burzum. I honestly think that most of Burzum's records are actually quite acceptable. For example stuff like Det Som Engang Var, Ea, Lord of Depths or Jesus' Tod are very atmospheric, melodic and even quite well mixed to a "novice" ear. Filozofem was the first album that got me into black metal and I even didn't listen to so much metal before that.
Real. The first black metal song I like is jesus tod. I'm not used to the production quality yet at that time but it's catchy so I listen to it anyway.
Knew this was gonna be a banger of a vid when i saw that Storm of The Light’s Bane is in the thumbnail. It’s the album that got me into Black Metal and it’s still easily one of my favorites.
Wow, all the albums I knew I absolutely love but the ones I didn't are absolutely amazing. Love dissection and catamenia, never listened much to keep of kalessin but what you showed here was awesome. Numenorean is some of the best music I've heard in a long while. Thank you for the list!
I can agree and understand Dissection, the other bands🤔 I once was in possesion of the first Catamenia albums, which i sold later on, because of the type of black metal. Some suggesties of me and maybe you agree with some of these and do you understand my choices. What about Ulver - Bergtatt, In the Woods- Heart of the ages, Posthum - Posthum, Emperor - In the nightside eclipse, Blodsrit - Hinterland or one of the first albums of Enslaved. If you want bands easy to listen you could better prever atmospheric black metal. I understand that some bands for starters is difficult to listen. My introduction with black metal was indeed Burzum. Because the knowledge of one man made this it was for me something magical. The emotion in this sound is great. Now I have a much wider taste of sound. But I kind of understand your choices in this video, which is a great video. Thanks for this video 🤘🏻
5 intro albums: Dissection - Light's Bane 100% CoF - Cruelty (must read lyrics) Dimmu - Puritanical (production quality) MGLA - Exercises in Futility (for originality) Arcturus - Aspera Hiemz Symfonia (to get them ready for raspy vocals and mid-less distortion) Tons of great bands/albums out there (Emperor, OldMansChild, Hecate Enthroned, Mephorash), tough choice but I figure hit em with the catchy stuff before crushing them into a wall of BLACK noise 😂
early arcturus is good. id throw in some ulver too, i kind of started thereabouts. i think id have recommended spiritual black dimensions before puritanical though. i always considered cof to be black metal adjacent though.
@LordOfNihil Spiritual is my favorite Dimmu album. Was trying to keep in mind a new listener without sending them too deep too fast. There's a lot I wanted to list, probably should've put Immortal up there and Emperor Anthems to the Welkin or Nightside Eclipse are a must but it's a poor recording and takes a little extra effort to appreciate what's going on there; as is the case with a lot of older BM. Had a buddy was really into Ulver. My intro was CoF and Dimmu early 2000s, that branched into Moonspell/Daemonarch, Sins of thy Beloved, Summoning. CoF has become more goth metal but if they can't get passed Dani's vocals, black metal may not be for them lol. Not a perfect list, but not too lore deep either. I'm also a huge HYPOCRISY fan and think any metal head should be listening, but it's not black. There's The Abyss but seems kinda deep into the archives for a new listener. Plus it was hard to keep to just 5 albums lol What would be your 5 for a new listener?
I always only really liked Agalloch and Drudkh in the black metal scene. but I tried Alghazanth and I can't stop listening to them! especially the song "rain of stars."
I recomend Vinterland - Welcome my last chapter from Sweden 🇸🇪 And from my country i recomend Los Males Del Mundo - Descent Towards Death from Argentina 🇦🇷
wow, thx for new bands Boris! theres so many good bands in knowdays, maybe i would start with newer bands , for example: Ninkharsag - The dread march of solemn gods Blackbraid - I Ante-inferno - Antediluvian dreamscapes Dodsrit - Mortal coil Black kirin - National trauma And then ofc some Masters hammer, Cult of fire, Tryglav, Aara, Lamp of murmuur, Gaerea, Kult ov azazel, Vital spirit, Spectral wound, Afsky, 1914 ..and many many others, its really hard to pick just five :D
Geeezzzaaa! All hail your TH-cam! 😂😂 Darkest Greetings from England 🏴 I met Dissection back in the early days..... When they came over here.... Cradle of Filth used the same practice venue as the band I was in...... Function room at the back of a pub in Colchester! Still good friends.... Who knew back then..... Principal..... would be such a huge album! I was just having a pint & watching the rehearsal! I jammed with them.... Went on the road with them! Back then the world of Black Metal.... was only starting evolution..... From underground to more mainstream! Best times of my life! All hail! In Darkness we prevail!
I'm not super into Black Metal but I would definitely recommend Windir - Journey to the End, Sworn - the Beauty of My Funeral and Myrkgrav - Sjuguttmyra, the latter being a cool mix of Black Metal but mainly Folk Metal🤘
I remember I found Dissection when I was 17 in 2017, absolutely blew me away. Still listen to them now, had the somberlain on CD in my car last night. Just Brilliant
Thank you for this awesome video and for the suggestions ! I’m amazed that someone even mentions Catamenia, and this definitely sparks a lot of joy! For the sake of making a black metal newcomer starter pack, I would only add, as much as plenty of people would disagree - Children of Bodom’s debut “Something Wild”(1997). This is a black metal with Mozart level of guitar mastery
I recommend: Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry ( 1996 ) (Songs: Perun's Celestial Silver & Barbarian Dreams). Also, Rotting Christ are very good for beginners and possibly Noenum.
I come into metal and “black metal” with the release of enthroned darkness triumphant. Then I realised that real black metal is out there. Very quickly I found the gods of darkness compilation and directly fall in love with dissection. From then on it’s my favourite band. And finally I own 10 cd from a band that officially record 3 official cds..😅 And I am so lucky to see them one time live. This is a feeling you can’t explain with words!
Im new to black metal and I listening to every album I found.. really enjoying this genre even if years ago I really couldn’t listen. I’ll listen to your suggestions too thanks
I would suggest Satyricon, Septicflesh (even tho they not so BM, i think they would be a good starting point), Marduk, Spectral Wound, Dödsrit, Uada (in some type of way), Grima, Summoning)
i talk to a boi who listens to hardcore, punk, metalcore a lot. the gateway song for him into appreciating black metal was MGLA's Live EIF VI. I think Der Weg Einer Freiheit and the new Winterfyllth come to mind as something more approachable for newbies.
Thx for your videos. There should be another video for the musicians also. I remember myself looking for bands before playing guitar and understanding that its like painting. One use red,green,ect same with music its all same chords,notes and patterns we use. But when you dont play an instrument you look at it a more magic way and think these guys are creator which they just put same chords and notes that are available to all. Then you develop your ears to a point that you like less groups. Nothing to do with virtuosity but real good riffs and songs only.No fillers.
Great video man! I'm a Metal Fan for almoast 35 years now startet at age of 11 with Scorpions, Alice Cooper and Metallica. F**k thats 34 years ago I'm f**king old now... ok let's get back to the topic! I like every kind of Metal, I startet in the 90ies with Dimmu Borgir, Cradle and Satyricon but was stuck with this bands for years. In the last 5 years I startet to get deeper into Black Metal and I prefer these melodic and epic Bands. I already knew Keep of Kalessin and Catamenia but the other ones you suggested are great new stuff to me. Thanks! I like this video, please more Band suggestions. And here a list of 5 Black Metal Bands I would suggest (not only to new listeners) 1 Agathodaimon (a German Melodic Black Metal Band, the 1st Album "Blacken the Angel" is great (Song "Die Nacht des Unwesens" (the night of mischief) is my absolute favorite one) newer Albums are a little too clean produced but the Songs are also great) 2 Siebenbürgen (A swedish Black Metal Band with Vampire topic and some folk like female vocals) 3 Taake (ok, who does not know Taake?) 4 Satyricon (I do not have to say anything) 5 Gaerea (I do not know much about the band, I discovered them a few weeks ago, but they are also great)
All the bands I like that I think might be blackmetal, I hear someone later say " Thats not blackmetal!" Lol. Dissection, Cradle Of Filth, Blackbraid and Emperor. I like " hooks" always have and will.
Anyone who says those bands aren’t black metal are elitist idiots. Dissection and Emperor are black metal innovators. Black metal is a highly varied sub-genre.
@@feralfrost560To be fair, Dissection sounds more like Gothenburg scene melodeath than black metal. Only the vox are bm. Nodveidt himself didn't call it black metal either.
@@Fasistoktonos_I can respect that point, but to me (and others) Dissection (specifically Storm of the Light’s Bane) is worlds apart from the typical Gothenburg melodeath of the time. Atmosphere above all is what sets it apart from melodeath, to me at least.
i usually just recommend satyricon. especially their black'n'roll stuff, and their newer stuff. hopefully they get to the ear piercing dark medieval times which is simultaneously painful to listen too while being oddly beautiful. vocals are easy to understand without liner notes, at least to an american ear.
BlackBraid is the band that recently got me into black metal. was a death metal fan since the 80s but never gave BM a chance until about 2 years ago when i first heard them.
My Number 1 Top BM Band is and always will be Marduk, no matter what. I bought all those Albums back then after release: Vinterland Welcome My Last Chapter (1996) and Dissection Storm of the Light's Bane (1995/96) Setherial - Nord (1996) Peter Tägtgren - Vocals. Astarte - Doomed Dark Years (1998). I still listen to those masterpieces to this day. 🤘
Keep of Kalessin is criminally underrated. Their lastest album Katharsis is also a masterpiece. Fantastic list btw🤘🏼 I suggest Satyricon (Volcano, Now Diabolical); Mesarthim (any single or EP); Khonsu (from Norway, Obsidian C brother´s project); Leipa; Kanonenfieber
thanks for the lesson ! I was into the raw BM but after a period, they look all the same. So I searched for more melodic ones with more variations. I didn't know them before but thanks to you, I'm a big fan of Numenoreans now. The other bands were already on my favorite list.
When I try to bring someone closer to the sound of BM, I give them suggestions of the Atmospheric BM genre.They're not directly "right in your face" but built up more atmosphere through melodies and "softer" vocals. 😉 I've made good results with suggesting following albums: "Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon", "Antigone's Fate - Insomnia", Agalloch - Ashes against the grain" and "Sworn - A journey told through fire", for example. Oh, and good video, by the way! 🤩🤘
You know Boris when i started listenning black metal especially your channel no doubt I fell in immediate love with Triglav thoose riffs and fills are gravecrushing but There is one another band that I saw and I recommend is Uada snakes and vultures and Thy cataflaque from hungary.
I would suggest a person that is new to Black Metal to listen to Paradise in Flames (from Brazil). Either Black Wings or Concerto No 6 in C Minor, Cold Spring. Such an amazing powerful band.
Borknagar is also a good band to start I think, especially with their last album « Fall » witch combine a lot of typical black metal sonority but also some clean vocals parts, solos and beautiful ambient part !
I'd say in general, delving into subgenres like blackened death, blackened thrash, melodic black metal was definitely my gateway to black metal. Batushka, Skeletonwitch, Uada were probably my gateway bands, together with Bathory which I personally would also recommend actually. Atmospheric black metal is also always amazing, a must listen is The Mantle by Agalloch
Peter Gundry is something I'm suggesting, don't have to like it, but give it a try. I found his work very inspiring, and still do... love your stuff, Boris 🖤🤘
I like your videos even if I'm not into BM. You're looking at stories and history, explaining stuff you know about and I like to learn, so I watch your videos. You are absolutly right in your thougths about introducing new peple to BM. Of the same reason you don't start with Slayer or Kreator if you want to introduce to thrash metal, you start with bands as Metallica, Anthrax e.t.c.... and do you know... I actuelly like som of those you suggested in this video. Good work Boris! I wonder if you and other BM-fans know Vintersorg and what you think of the band and their music (that is partly considered as black metal). About epic riffs... that one ending the video, is that your band? That's an epic riff!
5 bands and albums that got me into black metal: 1. Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs (blackened post punk) 2. Enisum - Arpitanian Lands (atmospheric BM) 3. Summoning - Stronghold (epic black metal) 4. Alrakis - Alpha Eri (space embient (cosmic) BM) 5. Agalloch - The Mantle (dark/folk country with BM vocal and melancholic atmosphere)
If you like metal you will like the vibe of black metal even if you are just starting. I had no problems listening to black metal at 15 years old after just a few thrash metal bands.
My first 5 black metal bands were 1. Dark Funeral (Secrets), 2. Satyricon (N.D), 3. Azag-Thoth (Reign Supreme), 4. In Battle (In Battle), and 5 Necromass (Mysteria). Back in 1997... Nice times.
You should really check out the Norwegian artist BAPHY. The album: Der Trommene Gjaller. She plays drums and sings live. On the album she plays all instruments, and made everything herself and its awesome! 🤘🏻
the first time I liked BM was because of Marduk, at that time I was 6 years old I was scared and horrified, but I tried listening to the song again when I was 11 (because I was curious how someone could like a song like this, because my brother and cousin really liked it ) then instantly I immediately liked the song, the band and even the genre
I tried black metal in mid 2000s, wanted to like it but hated the Tin can sound. Now I've gotten back into the genre, and fell in love with the atmospheric and dungeon synth sides of the genre big time
You can't change tastes at will, if you don't like a certain type of music there is nothing you can do except waiting. As a former blackster I usually go back to the classics, you can't really ease your way into black metal. I remember as a 15 year old to have been blown away instantly by Burzum (Det som..) and Dimmu Borgir (Death cult...).
A great list for sure! A couple I would add to that would be: Susperia (The Hellchild from the album, Predominance) Covenant/The Kovenant (Dragonheart from the album, Nexus Polaris)
Okay Boris, you have some good ideas, but if I had a friend or even in acquaintance who is interested in getting into black metal, I would recommend not bands, but songs to sort of slowly introduce them to the black metal music elements. First I would recommend the live 2024 NRK video of freezing Moon by Mayhem. Freezing Moon is a relatively slow song by mayhem, and this video is a very theatrical performance of theirs, was costumes, props, stage effects etc. someone familiar with ghost, for instance, would probably appreciate that theatricality of this performance. Next I would suggest Stemmen Fra Taarnet, from Aske by Burzum. Many infectious elements to this song including an up-tempo drum beat (not super-heavy blast beats) and a grooving guitar riff. My friend the black metal novitiate is likely to be tapping his toe and bopping along to this song only to be startled out of his chair when the shrieking vocals come in! Hey he asked to be introduced to this music. But once again it is a song that will contain elements that the listener will be familiar with as well as black metal elements as well. Third on my list is the official video for all shall fall by Immortal. Both music and video are well produced . . . And well the song is heavy, but not extreme. What's more, the costumes and makeup worn by the band members is reminiscent of Kiss (in fact the first time I showed this video to my partner she thought it was them!). Again, familiar elements mixed with black metal elements. Next I would suggest the live at Kuyalnik estuary performance video by Labyrinthus Stellarum. The band members are dressed like normal guys, and perform at an idyllic Lakeshore setting. Plus the shoegaze elements in their music may be familiar to fans of that genre. Last, I would recommend the long form electronic ambient song "Rundtgaing" (I'm not going to attempt to say the full title or even spell it) by Burzum, just to show an example that black metal musicians don't produce exclusively heavy material. (In my personal opinion, Vikernes' best music was composed on a keyboard rather than guitar, but that's a story for another time). And that's how I would go about introducing somebody to Black metal. Of course, my choices presuppose that the person being introduced is at least familiar with and appreciative of metal genres in general. Well what do you think?
Ej, Boris, ja volim gledat tvoje video uratke jer uvijek imaš neke zanimljive teme. Al znaš li šta sam ja upravo shvatio nakon šta već godinu dana pratim tvoj kanal? Da ja tebe još nijednom nisam vidio da sviraš bubnjeve! Kad možemo očekivat neki tvoj cover ili postoji neko drugo mjesto osim TH-cama gdje to možemo vidjet?😊
There's Yoth Iria, Destilatt, Defacing God and Cloak. Yoth Iria is a Greek band that make a sound with elements of heavy metal, the vocals is very accessible too. Destilatt mixed black and death in his last work called Black horizons, and it sounds very modern Defacing God have most of his influences in the thrash and have a feminine vocal, is pretty fun to listen. And Cloak is more a thrash than a black metal band, but have essential elements that can bring someone to the subgenre. That's my contribution for whoever wants to search.
My Black Metal gateway albums: 1. Immortal - Battles In the North 2. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant 3. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina 4. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse 5. Enslaved - Frost It should be noted that none of these would have hit my radar had it not been for the incredible influence of three very important albums outside of, but closely adjacent to, the BM world, namely Amorphis - Tales From the Thousand Lakes, and Opeth - Orchid, and Morningrise respectively. Doom Metal band Cathedral also served to open my mind to wilder, heavier ores of Metal with their The Ethereal Mirror album, as well as Death/Grind legends Carcass with Heartwork.
Great video !!! Dimmu Borgir could be a great band to begin. It worked with me with: Puritanical euphoric misanthropia. And even if it isn’t as easy as Dimmu Borgir, Emperor: in the nightside eclipse, is for me a great way to go deeper. Not as Raw as Mayhem and Darkthrone and with a lot of melodies.
Idk if you know this band but if you don't know it, there's a band called Endless Dismal Moan which was a Japanese DSBM band, whose vocalist Chaos 9 committed not alive.
As a primary death metal listener I figured I would share my bands that have any amount of black metal in them in case you haven't heard any of them. 1. Azarath 2. Belligerent Intent 3. Belphegor 4. Lilin 5. Nader Sadek 6. Morgue (Canada) 7. In the Burial (Lamentations: Of Deceit & Redemption)
Ulver: their debut album. Still a masterpiece after all those years. Now 44 years and the bands that made me switch to bm was Darkthrones Panzerfaust en Dissection Somberlain in 1995. A few months later also Burzum : Burzum/Aske and Filosofem. Feeling old now. 😅😆
then try : Thron - (Germany) Istapp (Sweden) Mystic Circle (Germany) (especially the recent albums) Kanonenfieber (germany) ACOD (France) One Of Nine (USA) Necronautical (UK) In Aphelion (Swe) Kvaen (Swe) ... So many good melodic black (blackened death) metal bands
I think the first ever black metal song i heard was Dunkelheit. I was already listening to death metal beforehand, so I was instantly hooked. Oh, and hails to Dissection!
RISE, ARMADA, UNDEFEATABLE WHALE (I'll always hear that when I listen to that album. Not the most groundbreaking but really solid and definitely a good intro album)
Der Weg einer Freiheit. This band in general got me a lot more interested in black metal. Finisterre and Stellar are great albums to start with
Ufffff I'm in LOVE with Der Weg Einer Freiheit... noktvrnal is an amazing album also. Monument and Gegen das licht are sick songs !!!
Tsjuder is my favourite black metal band the last years!Begin with Desert Northern Hell.What an album
It's an incredible feeling when you're sitting in a Storm of the Light's Bane tshirt, absolutely randomly, and someone is talking about this album.
Newer Satyricon and Darkthrone albums were my intro into black metal and its taken a year and a half for me to truly appreciate the early albums and bands like Burzum.
Covenant - Nexus Polaris was the gateway for many later black metal fans.
Very good band. I really love "In Times Before the Light"
Yes -a blueprint and masterpiece
Yep true I remember the next one Animatronic great disc also
This is probably one of the greatest albuns ever recorded. Amazing.
My fave off that album is definitely Planetarium 🖤
Tryglav is one Band that people new to Black Metal should listen to, 100%.
I'm not nearly new to black metal, listening to it since the 80s, but Tryglav was my 5th most listened band on Spoty this year. Great stuff. First was Dissection
Boris my man. I have listened to black metal since I was 14 years old. 39 today and still I haven’t heard numenorean! Portrait of pieces is brutal! Thank you for your wide knowledge of your great music taste!
Dude, Armada is such a banger of an album. Been one of my favorites ever since I heard it back in the day.
Same, man that album as well as kolossus was so influential on my taste in extreme metal
Immortal classic At the heart of Winter 🤘🤘🤘
Satyricons Mother North (song and video combined) might still do the trick to spark an interest in Black Metal in teenagers. Happened to me some 28 years ago at the age of 17. :)
Thanks, man! This is what I was looking for for my 9 y.o. daughter to start with. :D I know what we'll listen to during our next road trip. :D
BTW, The Ritual is pretty good.
As a huge fan of Windir, it's my duty to mention and recommend them as a perfect black metal band to start with. True Norwegian black metal (Sogna) with such an amazing atmosphere, epic beautiful sounding melodies and brilliant compositions that never get boring. I'll just give you a shortcut - the song "Journey To The End" is my my recommendation if you want to enter the epic world of black metal and never leave this amazing world.
A have also a point to Burzum. I honestly think that most of Burzum's records are actually quite acceptable. For example stuff like Det Som Engang Var, Ea, Lord of Depths or Jesus' Tod are very atmospheric, melodic and even quite well mixed to a "novice" ear. Filozofem was the first album that got me into black metal and I even didn't listen to so much metal before that.
Real. The first black metal song I like is jesus tod. I'm not used to the production quality yet at that time but it's catchy so I listen to it anyway.
Borist know norhing about amazing band Windir
I started with Windir and still listen almost daily, I still consider it the best. That was a hard transition from mainstream early 2000's bands.
Knew this was gonna be a banger of a vid when i saw that Storm of The Light’s Bane is in the thumbnail. It’s the album that got me into Black Metal and it’s still easily one of my favorites.
I’ve already been Loving Dissection ❤️🔥🌺
Excellent.
Dissection is a great entry point cause their catalog is so small
I love them too!
Great band 🤘
I have both The Somberlain and Storm of the Lights Bane, along with the Past Is Alive: The Early Mischief compilation of material pre Somberlain
You’re the best Boris ! If you ever come to Montreal Canada please let me know. You’ll love it here man.
Wow, all the albums I knew I absolutely love but the ones I didn't are absolutely amazing. Love dissection and catamenia, never listened much to keep of kalessin but what you showed here was awesome. Numenorean is some of the best music I've heard in a long while. Thank you for the list!
As far as bands I'd add to the list, I'll throw my hat in for Istapp- Blekinge
I can agree and understand Dissection, the other bands🤔 I once was in possesion of the first Catamenia albums, which i sold later on, because of the type of black metal. Some suggesties of me and maybe you agree with some of these and do you understand my choices.
What about Ulver - Bergtatt, In the Woods- Heart of the ages, Posthum - Posthum, Emperor - In the nightside eclipse, Blodsrit - Hinterland or one of the first albums of Enslaved. If you want bands easy to listen you could better prever atmospheric black metal. I understand that some bands for starters is difficult to listen. My introduction with black metal was indeed Burzum. Because the knowledge of one man made this it was for me something magical. The emotion in this sound is great. Now I have a much wider taste of sound. But I kind of understand your choices in this video, which is a great video. Thanks for this video 🤘🏻
5 intro albums:
Dissection - Light's Bane 100%
CoF - Cruelty (must read lyrics)
Dimmu - Puritanical (production quality)
MGLA - Exercises in Futility (for originality)
Arcturus - Aspera Hiemz Symfonia (to get them ready for raspy vocals and mid-less distortion)
Tons of great bands/albums out there (Emperor, OldMansChild, Hecate Enthroned, Mephorash), tough choice but I figure hit em with the catchy stuff before crushing them into a wall of BLACK noise 😂
early arcturus is good. id throw in some ulver too, i kind of started thereabouts. i think id have recommended spiritual black dimensions before puritanical though. i always considered cof to be black metal adjacent though.
@LordOfNihil Spiritual is my favorite Dimmu album. Was trying to keep in mind a new listener without sending them too deep too fast. There's a lot I wanted to list, probably should've put Immortal up there and Emperor Anthems to the Welkin or Nightside Eclipse are a must but it's a poor recording and takes a little extra effort to appreciate what's going on there; as is the case with a lot of older BM. Had a buddy was really into Ulver. My intro was CoF and Dimmu early 2000s, that branched into Moonspell/Daemonarch, Sins of thy Beloved, Summoning. CoF has become more goth metal but if they can't get passed Dani's vocals, black metal may not be for them lol. Not a perfect list, but not too lore deep either. I'm also a huge HYPOCRISY fan and think any metal head should be listening, but it's not black. There's The Abyss but seems kinda deep into the archives for a new listener. Plus it was hard to keep to just 5 albums lol
What would be your 5 for a new listener?
@LordOfNihil also, I figured these 5 bands don't all sound alike, felt like a nice broad spectrum
I always only really liked Agalloch and Drudkh in the black metal scene. but I tried Alghazanth and I can't stop listening to them! especially the song "rain of stars."
I recomend Vinterland - Welcome my last chapter from Sweden 🇸🇪
And from my country i recomend Los Males Del Mundo - Descent Towards Death from Argentina 🇦🇷
Grande !!!! Cómo debe ser !!! Aguante los males y Wolves Winter
Keep of Kalessin is very underrated and unique, especially Armada, Kolossus and Reptilian. Cool to see them get a shoutout!
1,Aeternus And so the night became.
2,Limbinic Art Moon in the Scorpio
3,Thyfring Thyfring
wow, thx for new bands Boris!
theres so many good bands in knowdays, maybe i would start with newer bands , for example:
Ninkharsag - The dread march of solemn gods
Blackbraid - I
Ante-inferno - Antediluvian dreamscapes
Dodsrit - Mortal coil
Black kirin - National trauma
And then ofc some Masters hammer, Cult of fire, Tryglav, Aara, Lamp of murmuur, Gaerea, Kult ov azazel, Vital spirit, Spectral wound, Afsky, 1914 ..and many many others, its really hard to pick just five :D
Amazing recommendations, thanks man! I must say, really the most useful content on black metal I´ve been able to find on youtube.
I'm not a huge black metal listener, but Numenorean is so embedded in my heart, absolutely love that album ❤🔥
i would also say waldgeflüster and carpathian forest
Geeezzzaaa!
All hail your TH-cam!
😂😂
Darkest Greetings from England 🏴
I met Dissection back in the early days.....
When they came over here....
Cradle of Filth used the same practice venue as the band I was in......
Function room at the back of a pub in Colchester!
Still good friends....
Who knew back then..... Principal..... would be such a huge album!
I was just having a pint & watching the rehearsal!
I jammed with them....
Went on the road with them!
Back then the world of Black Metal.... was only starting evolution.....
From underground to more mainstream!
Best times of my life!
All hail!
In Darkness we prevail!
I'm not super into Black Metal but I would definitely recommend Windir - Journey to the End, Sworn - the Beauty of My Funeral and Myrkgrav - Sjuguttmyra, the latter being a cool mix of Black Metal but mainly Folk Metal🤘
I remember I found Dissection when I was 17 in 2017, absolutely blew me away. Still listen to them now, had the somberlain on CD in my car last night. Just Brilliant
Thank you for this awesome video and for the suggestions ! I’m amazed that someone even mentions Catamenia, and this definitely sparks a lot of joy!
For the sake of making a black metal newcomer starter pack, I would only add, as much as plenty of people would disagree - Children of Bodom’s debut “Something Wild”(1997). This is a black metal with Mozart level of guitar mastery
Great video!
I´d suggest Cradle of filth and Dimmu Borgir. Their mid to latest albums are very easy to hear if you´re already into Death or Thrash.
filth is shit
The album that got me into black metal many moons ago was Darkthrones A Blaze... Blew me away, and so my obsession grew 🖤
When I was 20 years old, I discovered the beauty of black metal through these bands:
Catamenia - Alghazanth, Dissection - Rotting Christ
I recommend: Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry ( 1996 ) (Songs: Perun's Celestial Silver & Barbarian Dreams). Also, Rotting Christ are very good for beginners and possibly Noenum.
Very cool selection there
Great bands and another great video🤘🏻
I come into metal and “black metal” with the release of enthroned darkness triumphant. Then I realised that real black metal is out there. Very quickly I found the gods of darkness compilation and directly fall in love with dissection. From then on it’s my favourite band. And finally I own 10 cd from a band that officially record 3 official cds..😅
And I am so lucky to see them one time live. This is a feeling you can’t explain with words!
Immortal was my gateway band
Also really appreciated that ...Final boss of Skyrim being Varg patter:D
Im new to black metal and I listening to every album I found.. really enjoying this genre even if years ago I really couldn’t listen. I’ll listen to your suggestions too thanks
I would suggest Satyricon, Septicflesh (even tho they not so BM, i think they would be a good starting point), Marduk, Spectral Wound, Dödsrit, Uada (in some type of way), Grima, Summoning)
Nice and interesting video, cannot believe I never discovered Algazanth, pretty big miss on my end, thank you for that!!!
i talk to a boi who listens to hardcore, punk, metalcore a lot. the gateway song for him into appreciating black metal was MGLA's Live EIF VI. I think Der Weg Einer Freiheit and the new Winterfyllth come to mind as something more approachable for newbies.
Thx for your videos.
There should be another video for the musicians also.
I remember myself looking for bands before playing guitar and understanding that its like painting.
One use red,green,ect same with music its all same chords,notes and patterns we use.
But when you dont play an instrument you look at it a more magic way and think these guys are creator which they just put same chords and notes that are available to all.
Then you develop your ears to a point that you like less groups.
Nothing to do with virtuosity but real good riffs and songs only.No fillers.
Goood evening my favourite black metal animal too
great video again 🤘🏻@BorisT.
Great video man! I'm a Metal Fan for almoast 35 years now startet at age of 11 with Scorpions, Alice Cooper and Metallica. F**k thats 34 years ago I'm f**king old now... ok let's get back to the topic! I like every kind of Metal, I startet in the 90ies with Dimmu Borgir, Cradle and Satyricon but was stuck with this bands for years. In the last 5 years I startet to get deeper into Black Metal and I prefer these melodic and epic Bands. I already knew Keep of Kalessin and Catamenia but the other ones you suggested are great new stuff to me. Thanks! I like this video, please more Band suggestions.
And here a list of 5 Black Metal Bands I would suggest (not only to new listeners)
1 Agathodaimon (a German Melodic Black Metal Band, the 1st Album "Blacken the Angel" is great (Song "Die Nacht des Unwesens" (the night of mischief) is my absolute favorite one) newer Albums are a little too clean produced but the Songs are also great)
2 Siebenbürgen (A swedish Black Metal Band with Vampire topic and some folk like female vocals)
3 Taake (ok, who does not know Taake?)
4 Satyricon (I do not have to say anything)
5 Gaerea (I do not know much about the band, I discovered them a few weeks ago, but they are also great)
Nice video 🖤 Very needed
All the bands I like that I think might be blackmetal, I hear someone later say " Thats not blackmetal!" Lol.
Dissection,
Cradle Of Filth,
Blackbraid and Emperor.
I like " hooks" always have and will.
Anyone who says those bands aren’t black metal are elitist idiots. Dissection and Emperor are black metal innovators. Black metal is a highly varied sub-genre.
@@feralfrost560Dimmu Borgir does not happen without Emperor
@@feralfrost560To be fair, Dissection sounds more like Gothenburg scene melodeath than black metal. Only the vox are bm. Nodveidt himself didn't call it black metal either.
@@Fasistoktonos_I can respect that point, but to me (and others) Dissection (specifically Storm of the Light’s Bane) is worlds apart from the typical Gothenburg melodeath of the time. Atmosphere above all is what sets it apart from melodeath, to me at least.
i usually just recommend satyricon. especially their black'n'roll stuff, and their newer stuff. hopefully they get to the ear piercing dark medieval times which is simultaneously painful to listen too while being oddly beautiful. vocals are easy to understand without liner notes, at least to an american ear.
BlackBraid is the band that recently got me into black metal. was a death metal fan since the 80s but never gave BM a chance until about 2 years ago when i first heard them.
In the Woods - Heart of the Ages
My Number 1 Top BM Band is and always will be Marduk, no matter what.
I bought all those Albums back then after release: Vinterland Welcome My Last Chapter (1996) and Dissection Storm of the Light's Bane (1995/96)
Setherial - Nord (1996) Peter Tägtgren - Vocals. Astarte - Doomed Dark Years (1998). I still listen to those masterpieces to this day. 🤘
Keep of Kalessin is criminally underrated. Their lastest album Katharsis is also a masterpiece. Fantastic list btw🤘🏼 I suggest Satyricon (Volcano, Now Diabolical); Mesarthim (any single or EP); Khonsu (from Norway, Obsidian C brother´s project); Leipa; Kanonenfieber
thanks for the lesson ! I was into the raw BM but after a period, they look all the same. So I searched for more melodic ones with more variations. I didn't know them before but thanks to you, I'm a big fan of Numenoreans now. The other bands were already on my favorite list.
When I try to bring someone closer to the sound of BM, I give them suggestions of the Atmospheric BM genre.They're not directly "right in your face" but built up more atmosphere through melodies and "softer" vocals. 😉 I've made good results with suggesting following albums: "Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon", "Antigone's Fate - Insomnia", Agalloch - Ashes against the grain" and "Sworn - A journey told through fire", for example. Oh, and good video, by the way! 🤩🤘
You know Boris when i started listenning black metal especially your channel no doubt I fell in immediate love with Triglav thoose riffs and fills are gravecrushing but There is one another band that I saw and I recommend is Uada snakes and vultures and Thy cataflaque from hungary.
I would suggest a person that is new to Black Metal to listen to Paradise in Flames (from Brazil). Either Black Wings or Concerto No 6 in C Minor, Cold Spring. Such an amazing powerful band.
Borknagar is also a good band to start I think, especially with their last album « Fall » witch combine a lot of typical black metal sonority but also some clean vocals parts, solos and beautiful ambient part !
I'd say in general, delving into subgenres like blackened death, blackened thrash, melodic black metal was definitely my gateway to black metal. Batushka, Skeletonwitch, Uada were probably my gateway bands, together with Bathory which I personally would also recommend actually.
Atmospheric black metal is also always amazing, a must listen is The Mantle by Agalloch
Peter Gundry is something I'm suggesting, don't have to like it, but give it a try. I found his work very inspiring, and still do... love your stuff, Boris 🖤🤘
Would love to see you do a reaction to Baader Meinhof 🤘🏻🖤
Hearing these other bands I can understand where you got your inspiration from with Tryglav.
I like your videos even if I'm not into BM. You're looking at stories and history, explaining stuff you know about and I like to learn, so I watch your videos. You are absolutly right in your thougths about introducing new peple to BM. Of the same reason you don't start with Slayer or Kreator if you want to introduce to thrash metal, you start with bands as Metallica, Anthrax e.t.c.... and do you know... I actuelly like som of those you suggested in this video. Good work Boris!
I wonder if you and other BM-fans know Vintersorg and what you think of the band and their music (that is partly considered as black metal).
About epic riffs... that one ending the video, is that your band? That's an epic riff!
Had the pleasure of seeing Keep of Kalessin live this year. They really brought it!
I would've added early Woods of Ypres albums, or Old Man's Child, but I also get why you didn't. Great list!
Dissections is one of the black metal bands I recommend for getting into black metal along with Tsjuder, Dark funeral, and Satyricon
5 bands and albums that got me into black metal:
1. Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs (blackened post punk)
2. Enisum - Arpitanian Lands (atmospheric BM)
3. Summoning - Stronghold (epic black metal)
4. Alrakis - Alpha Eri (space embient (cosmic) BM)
5. Agalloch - The Mantle (dark/folk country with BM vocal and melancholic atmosphere)
Agalloch country?
@@regntonne depends on album, but i cant call it metal :D
Dissection was my introduction to the genre. The Somberlain is still mt favorite black metal song.
keep of kalessin was one of my greatest surprises years ago but also had the most let down. Catamenia was a new surprise for me! verry cool band
Any of Nachtmystium's three classic albums (Assassins, Addicts or Silencing Machine) are the perfect black metal gateway drug
I will say bands like that ( aaskereia, lunar aurora, mgla, agrypnie,Havukruunu , urfaust and nyktalgia)
"Cosmic" Black Metal is great subgenre to start listening from trippy and dreamlike Midnight Odyssey to more harsh Thorns
If you like metal you will like the vibe of black metal even if you are just starting. I had no problems listening to black metal at 15 years old after just a few thrash metal bands.
Try Caladan Brood! Best way to get normies hooked on BM.
Gallowbraid was the BM band that got me
@eluherrahaz1165 Same dudes as Caladan Brood :D
I started with Dissection, Mgłan and Batushka. I also feel that some of Burzum l albums is nice to start with, it’s like “touch of nature”.
My first 5 black metal bands were 1. Dark Funeral (Secrets), 2. Satyricon (N.D), 3. Azag-Thoth (Reign Supreme), 4. In Battle (In Battle), and 5 Necromass (Mysteria). Back in 1997... Nice times.
You should really check out the Norwegian artist BAPHY. The album: Der Trommene Gjaller. She plays drums and sings live. On the album she plays all instruments, and made everything herself and its awesome! 🤘🏻
the first time I liked BM was because of Marduk, at that time I was 6 years old I was scared and horrified, but I tried listening to the song again when I was 11 (because I was curious how someone could like a song like this, because my brother and cousin really liked it ) then instantly I immediately liked the song, the band and even the genre
I started with Mayhem this year, then I continued with Darkthrone, Burzum and Grausamkeit
I tried black metal in mid 2000s, wanted to like it but hated the Tin can sound. Now I've gotten back into the genre, and fell in love with the atmospheric and dungeon synth sides of the genre big time
You can't change tastes at will, if you don't like a certain type of music there is nothing you can do except waiting. As a former blackster I usually go back to the classics, you can't really ease your way into black metal. I remember as a 15 year old to have been blown away instantly by Burzum (Det som..) and Dimmu Borgir (Death cult...).
A great list for sure! A couple I would add to that would be:
Susperia (The Hellchild from the album, Predominance)
Covenant/The Kovenant (Dragonheart from the album, Nexus Polaris)
I love Mayhem and Immortal 🖤🖤🖤💀💀💀
Okay Boris, you have some good ideas, but if I had a friend or even in acquaintance who is interested in getting into black metal, I would recommend not bands, but songs to sort of slowly introduce them to the black metal music elements.
First I would recommend the live 2024 NRK video of freezing Moon by Mayhem. Freezing Moon is a relatively slow song by mayhem, and this video is a very theatrical performance of theirs, was costumes, props, stage effects etc. someone familiar with ghost, for instance, would probably appreciate that theatricality of this performance.
Next I would suggest Stemmen Fra Taarnet, from Aske by Burzum. Many infectious elements to this song including an up-tempo drum beat (not super-heavy blast beats) and a grooving guitar riff. My friend the black metal novitiate is likely to be tapping his toe and bopping along to this song only to be startled out of his chair when the shrieking vocals come in! Hey he asked to be introduced to this music. But once again it is a song that will contain elements that the listener will be familiar with as well as black metal elements as well.
Third on my list is the official video for all shall fall by Immortal. Both music and video are well produced . . . And well the song is heavy, but not extreme. What's more, the costumes and makeup worn by the band members is reminiscent of Kiss (in fact the first time I showed this video to my partner she thought it was them!). Again, familiar elements mixed with black metal elements.
Next I would suggest the live at Kuyalnik estuary performance video by Labyrinthus Stellarum. The band members are dressed like normal guys, and perform at an idyllic Lakeshore setting. Plus the shoegaze elements in their music may be familiar to fans of that genre.
Last, I would recommend the long form electronic ambient song "Rundtgaing" (I'm not going to attempt to say the full title or even spell it) by Burzum, just to show an example that black metal musicians don't produce exclusively heavy material. (In my personal opinion, Vikernes' best music was composed on a keyboard rather than guitar, but that's a story for another time).
And that's how I would go about introducing somebody to Black metal. Of course, my choices presuppose that the person being introduced is at least familiar with and appreciative of metal genres in general.
Well what do you think?
What about Black Gaze? You should maybe make a Video about that Genre? Just a Suggestion. You can do what you want and i will watch it:
Great taste, Boris \m/
Ej, Boris, ja volim gledat tvoje video uratke jer uvijek imaš neke zanimljive teme. Al znaš li šta sam ja upravo shvatio nakon šta već godinu dana pratim tvoj kanal? Da ja tebe još nijednom nisam vidio da sviraš bubnjeve! Kad možemo očekivat neki tvoj cover ili postoji neko drugo mjesto osim TH-cama gdje to možemo vidjet?😊
W video. More of this please! 🤘
Graveworm, Abigail Williams, Immortal, Cradle of Filth, and Woods of Trees just to make things light hearted and fun
Woods of Trees: miss those guys! Some videos are just brilliant!!!
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Graveworm have totaly forgot them.. listen to them alot when i was young.. thanx for the reminder 👊🏻🤘🏻
There's Yoth Iria, Destilatt, Defacing God and Cloak.
Yoth Iria is a Greek band that make a sound with elements of heavy metal, the vocals is very accessible too.
Destilatt mixed black and death in his last work called Black horizons, and it sounds very modern
Defacing God have most of his influences in the thrash and have a feminine vocal, is pretty fun to listen.
And Cloak is more a thrash than a black metal band, but have essential elements that can bring someone to the subgenre.
That's my contribution for whoever wants to search.
My Black Metal gateway albums:
1. Immortal - Battles In the North
2. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
3. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
4. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
5. Enslaved - Frost
It should be noted that none of these would have hit my radar had it not been for the incredible influence of three very important albums outside of, but closely adjacent to, the BM world, namely Amorphis - Tales From the Thousand Lakes, and Opeth - Orchid, and Morningrise respectively. Doom Metal band Cathedral also served to open my mind to wilder, heavier ores of Metal with their The Ethereal Mirror album, as well as Death/Grind legends Carcass with Heartwork.
Great video !!! Dimmu Borgir could be a great band to begin. It worked with me with: Puritanical euphoric misanthropia. And even if it isn’t as easy as Dimmu Borgir, Emperor: in the nightside eclipse, is for me a great way to go deeper. Not as Raw as Mayhem and Darkthrone and with a lot of melodies.
Idk if you know this band but if you don't know it, there's a band called Endless Dismal Moan which was a Japanese DSBM band, whose vocalist Chaos 9 committed not alive.
As a primary death metal listener I figured I would share my bands that have any amount of black metal in them in case you haven't heard any of them.
1. Azarath
2. Belligerent Intent
3. Belphegor
4. Lilin
5. Nader Sadek
6. Morgue (Canada)
7. In the Burial (Lamentations: Of Deceit & Redemption)
Ulver: their debut album. Still a masterpiece after all those years. Now 44 years and the bands that made me switch to bm was Darkthrones Panzerfaust en Dissection Somberlain in 1995. A few months later also Burzum : Burzum/Aske and Filosofem. Feeling old now. 😅😆
Dark Funeral - My Funeral.. is usually my go to when introducing someone new..
then try :
Thron - (Germany)
Istapp (Sweden)
Mystic Circle (Germany) (especially the recent albums)
Kanonenfieber (germany)
ACOD (France)
One Of Nine (USA)
Necronautical (UK)
In Aphelion (Swe)
Kvaen (Swe)
... So many good melodic black (blackened death) metal bands
Shylmagognar a dutch band thats very underated
I think the first ever black metal song i heard was Dunkelheit. I was already listening to death metal beforehand, so I was instantly hooked. Oh, and hails to Dissection!
RISE, ARMADA, UNDEFEATABLE WHALE
(I'll always hear that when I listen to that album. Not the most groundbreaking but really solid and definitely a good intro album)