my current top 10: Carpathian Forest - Morbid Fascination of Death Nagelfar - Virus West Silencer - Death -Pierce Me (you're right, that Album is sort of depressing, but the sound is great!) Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Unstille Todtgelichter - Angst Marduk - Those of the Unlight Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (it was either that or "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk"... I think I like "Nightside..." a little bit more) Waldgeflüster - Herbstklagen Abigor - Nachthymnen and as a Bonus: Darkthrone - Every single Album they ever recorded because its fucking Darkthrone and I love them!
Hecate Enthroned - Slaughter of innocence. Love me some Old Man’s Child Pagans Prosperity as well but they are not necessarily bonafide into a category imho. You know what was a great album - perhaps the one and only “cosmic metal” coined band? Nexus Polaris by Kovenant (Covenant)
@@wastedthoughts I thought I was the only one in the world who sees 'Virus West' as a masterful album. It may be the best composed black metal album ever. Everything in that album makes sense, does not drag, and never gets boring.
It's refreshing to see a "favorite BM albums" video that is not the same norwegian 90s classics over and over again, nor just the popular and trendy stuff, and actually showcases the richness and variety of the genre. By the way looking by your taste I think that you may like a black metal band from my home country Chile. They're called Sol Sistere, and their self titled album from 2021 really gets to experiment with progressive, emotional and post-bm stuff while remaining black metal. I saw them opening for HFTS when they played here and they're awesome :)))
Yeah I almost never even listen to those albums anymore tbh. I had that phase when I was like 14 and I’m not gonna lie there is some legendary stuff from that scene, but there’s so much more to the genre. I’ll check them out. I got so many recommendations at this point I have to start writing a list lol
Dissection where dead angels lay is an absolutely beautiful culmination of classical shades and brutality.. I love when bands can express both in a cohesive way and they sure do. Early children of bodom (something wild) did the same though obv not black metal. Good video liked and subscribed, keep it coming friend :)
Yeah, I love it too. I think blending some beauty into ugly music can be sooo amazing. I think some newer Emperor songs have that nailed down with the added clean vocals. I'll have to check on CoB tho, I heard the band name so many times, but never heard any of their material.
Good call out! Check out Windir and Journey to the end - I think it’s called? Ephemeral Metal experience from straight metal to this synth element that envelops you.
@@puckyou4568 stay tuned tuned then, because I'll be talking about some more Icelandic stuff in the future. I know so many bands from that scene and most people have never even heard of most of them, so I try to always put some of it in every metal video I make.
I'm glad you included Abigor in your list. Out of all the classics, Abigor is the most underrated. They should be just as popular as Burzum, Emperor, and etc. I find 'Opus IV' to be the Abigor album I constantly come back to, but 'Nachthymnen' is a close second.
They’re great. I think they probably don’t have a lot of listeners because they weren’t in the Norwegian scene where all of this blew up. I haven’t really dug too deep into their catalogue yeat, because I haven’t known them for that long, but I’ll check out Opus IV. So far I’ve only heard Nachthymnen and Orkblut, but from those, Nachthymnen is the superior one.
Haha yess, thanks bro! I had a phase when I listened to a lot of dsbm. Still do sometimes, but not as often. Some albums, like Death, Pierce Me really just take you off life in a couple of minutes
@@gayyy3565 I'll check it out. For me one of the trickiest ones is Lifelover, because I know what Silencer is like and I know it'll make me depressed, so I usually don't listen to it... but Lifelover has some catchy ass songs, so I always go back at it, but then when you listen to a whole album you still become depressed.
@@VikingStrengthBB I don't know if you'll care or not, but I think 'Meloncholie 2' by Coldworld is the best DSBM album. If you have not listened to that album already, I highly suggest it. It is much more melancholic than depressive, but most still consider it DSBM. Unfortunately, every full album upload on TH-cam gets copyright striked, but you can still find the individual songs on TH-cam, and Spotify has the full album, I believe.
I’ll give it a listen. I found the whole thing on spotify so that’s really nice. It’s so annoying when music is not accessible everywhere. I especially hate spotify but I’ll talk a bit about that in the next metal video, because that will have 2 albums that aren’t on spotify anymore.
Surprised to see Totalselfhatred here, they are amazing! My favorite BM albums would probably be: Akhlys - "Melinoe" Gorgoroth - "Under the Sign of Hell" 1349 - "Hellfire" Nocturnal Depression - "Deathcade" Lord Belial - "Enter the Moonlight Gate" Behemoth - "The Satanist" Xanthochroid - "Incultus" Graveworm - "As the Angels Reach The Beauty" Belphegor - "Blood Magic Necromance" Dimmu Borgir - "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant" Old Man's Child - "Ill-natured Spiritual Invasion"
Interesting recommendation! Im more into death metal (and blackned death) but im gonna check some of this recommendation (at least the ones i didnt know about it)
What bands are you into? I want to get a bit more into death metal, cause I just realized I barely listen to it and barely know shit about it, so I'd be happy to hear some recommendations.
@@VikingStrengthBB WOW first time i get to recommend a "new guy" to death metal. I d prefer to gives you some blackned death since you come from black but im gonna give you also some old school death metal that people lovs to recommend. First my favourite BEHEMOTH. They started as black metal to became slowly blackned death metal. Favourite Album "the Apostasy" and "The satanisti" which is their best. Then MORBID ANGEL. Now 99% of the fan they ll you that Altar of madness is their best but to me is more "death-thrash" so i wanna give you the more death metal ones and im gonna recommend the Album "Covenant" (best songs in it are Rapture and God of emptiness) and "Domination". The something from the swedish current of death metal (yes as you realized by now death metal has alot of subgenres in it) DISMEMBER. They dont have a bad album but my favourite are "Massive Killing Capacity" and "Indecent and Obscene"(cause the last song here is my favourite, its called "Dreaming in Red). Back in America "Deicide" (only the first album). Dying Fetus with Destroy the opposition (the opening track is probably my favourite its called Praise the lord). For "slower" death metal i d say ASPHYNX's album "Last one on earth" (titletrack being again of my favourite of all time) or Obituary "Slowly we rot"
Sooo I'm not "new" to death metal, I've been listening to it for like 5-6 years at this point, but not a lot of it. I mostly now "mainstream" stuff. I know Morbid Angel, really love 'em. I've heard a couple of songs from Behemoth, but never a full album, so I'll def check that out. I gotta check out Dismember as well. I love Deicide. I've listened to the Dying Fetus album you were recommending today and I like it a lot. It reminds me of Suffocation. I also never heard of Asphynx, so I'll check them out. I probably only know like Death, Morbid Angel, Entombed, Possessed, Deicide, Suffocation, Obituary, Amon Amarth, Cryptopsy, Vital Remains, Belakor, Blood Red Throne and Angist.
@@VikingStrengthBB You should try Portal. They may sound really messy and incomprehensible at first, but they are the best Death Metal band ever. I recommend Portal because they are sometimes regarded as "Death Metal for Black Metal fans" considering that they prioritize the atmosphere before a "killer riff". Like I said, they are heavily atmospheric (specifically a Lovecraftian soundscape) and I think 'Outre' is the best death metal album of all time. I also suggest The Chasm, Mexican death metal at its finest. Any album by The Chasm is a good place to start.
I’ve heard Ion from Portal and really liked it. I like that sort of messy, chaotic vibe. I haven’t heard anything else from them though. But I’ve heard that Ion is probably their most death metal album. I’ll check out the other stuff as well.
Thanks man! Yeah black metal is definitely not easy to get into. Give a listen to Pillorian - Obsidian Arc. That was the first bm album I really got into, partly probably because it's pretty different from all of the other stuff. But I won't overshare on that, cause I'm planning on talking about that album in an upcoming video...
So glad you had HFTS in there most black metal fans refuse to accept bands like this as Black Metal. Also one of my favourite albums and really underrated is MIDVINTER 'At the sight of the apocalypse dragon'.
Yeah I mean what else would it be? I don’t understand people who say something isn’t metal or isn’t black metal just because they don’t like it. And Midvinter is absolutely amazing. I discovered that album and that band only recently, after making this video and I’ve been bingeing it. It’s such an amazing album.
Honestly I have to listen to it again, because I don't really remember much of it. I've heard it a couple of times, I remember that it had some viking metal-ish elements that I really liked, but I didn't listen to it many times, no idea why.
Naglefar “ Hunengrab im herbst” Strid “ End of life” Setherial “ Nord” Empyruim “ A winter sunset “ ( more gothic/black) Paragon of beauty “ the spring “ ( more gothic/ black) Ellende “ Todbringer “ Caladan Brood “ Echoes of shadows “ Thy Light “ Suicide Depression “ ( DSBM) And there’s many more, but these are my go too’s constantly
I just can't stand Silencer after listening to 'Dictius Te Necare' by Bethlehem. It is in the same vein of DSBM as 'Death-Pierce me", but I think 'Dictius Te Necare' is better in every way. That is just my opinion though.
It is very similar, Silencer definitely takes a lot of influence from Bethlehem, but I respectfulky disagree. I find Death, Pierce Me superior in every way. But Dictius Te Necare is also a really good album honestly. I think it also has to do eith the fact that I have a very personal relationship with Silencer, I listened to them at a very weird time of my life, whereas when I listened to Bethlehem, there’s was nothing special happening.
@@VikingStrengthBB I guess we all have sentimental albums that we cherish more than other albums. I still think Agalloch is the best band ever even though I’ve listened to maybe 1000 albums since discovering them back in 2019. There are plenty of other albums that most would consider not that great that I have sentiment towards, so to each their own.
Yeah for me that is Sólstafir with pretty much all of their discography except maybe the last 2 albums. It's crazy how different people can have completely different experiences of the same album.
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Which are your favourite black metal albums?
my current top 10:
Carpathian Forest - Morbid Fascination of Death
Nagelfar - Virus West
Silencer - Death -Pierce Me (you're right, that Album is sort of depressing, but the sound is great!)
Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Unstille
Todtgelichter - Angst
Marduk - Those of the Unlight
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (it was either that or "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk"... I think I like "Nightside..." a little bit more)
Waldgeflüster - Herbstklagen
Abigor - Nachthymnen
and as a Bonus: Darkthrone - Every single Album they ever recorded because its fucking Darkthrone and I love them!
Hecate Enthroned - Slaughter of innocence.
Love me some Old Man’s Child Pagans Prosperity as well but they are not necessarily bonafide into a category imho.
You know what was a great album - perhaps the one and only “cosmic metal” coined band? Nexus Polaris by Kovenant (Covenant)
Yes this one! we don't really care any of the later ones..
@@wastedthoughts I thought I was the only one in the world who sees 'Virus West' as a masterful album. It may be the best composed black metal album ever. Everything in that album makes sense, does not drag, and never gets boring.
Sacrilegious Impalement - Infinite Victor
Urfaust - Untergang
Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses
Zørza - Hellven
It's refreshing to see a "favorite BM albums" video that is not the same norwegian 90s classics over and over again, nor just the popular and trendy stuff, and actually showcases the richness and variety of the genre. By the way looking by your taste I think that you may like a black metal band from my home country Chile. They're called Sol Sistere, and their self titled album from 2021 really gets to experiment with progressive, emotional and post-bm stuff while remaining black metal. I saw them opening for HFTS when they played here and they're awesome :)))
Yeah I almost never even listen to those albums anymore tbh. I had that phase when I was like 14 and I’m not gonna lie there is some legendary stuff from that scene, but there’s so much more to the genre.
I’ll check them out. I got so many recommendations at this point I have to start writing a list lol
Age of excuse is my fav mgla album. Nice to see someone have it on a list!
Yeah for me when I heard it the first time I already knew it's gonna be a favorite forever. It's like love at first sight.
Dissection where dead angels lay is an absolutely beautiful culmination of classical shades and brutality..
I love when bands can express both in a cohesive way and they sure do.
Early children of bodom (something wild) did the same though obv not black metal.
Good video liked and subscribed, keep it coming friend :)
Yeah, I love it too. I think blending some beauty into ugly music can be sooo amazing.
I think some newer Emperor songs have that nailed down with the added clean vocals.
I'll have to check on CoB tho, I heard the band name so many times, but never heard any of their material.
5:36 YESS BROOO finally someone mentioning this song and that album!!!!!!
Good call out!
Check out Windir and Journey to the end - I think it’s called? Ephemeral Metal experience from straight metal to this synth element that envelops you.
That album is so good to just close your eyes and vibe to, it makes you fall out of the world.
@@davidlynn5272 I know that. Windir is my favorite band
icelandic black metal 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Icelandic black metal is honestly something else. It just has a very different vibe altogether, so much more brutal and hellish sounding
@@VikingStrengthBB indeed, i've only discovered the icelandic scene about a year ago, i'm in love
@@puckyou4568 stay tuned tuned then, because I'll be talking about some more Icelandic stuff in the future. I know so many bands from that scene and most people have never even heard of most of them, so I try to always put some of it in every metal video I make.
You really know man!!, excellent selection of albums. All are masterpieces.
Thanks man! Glad you liked it
I'm glad you included Abigor in your list. Out of all the classics, Abigor is the most underrated. They should be just as popular as Burzum, Emperor, and etc. I find 'Opus IV' to be the Abigor album I constantly come back to, but 'Nachthymnen' is a close second.
They’re great. I think they probably don’t have a lot of listeners because they weren’t in the Norwegian scene where all of this blew up.
I haven’t really dug too deep into their catalogue yeat, because I haven’t known them for that long, but I’ll check out Opus IV. So far I’ve only heard Nachthymnen and Orkblut, but from those, Nachthymnen is the superior one.
these are all bangers dude u have good taste. Love the amount of dsbm u put in the list. i'm excited to listen to all the ones I haven't heard yet
Haha yess, thanks bro! I had a phase when I listened to a lot of dsbm. Still do sometimes, but not as often. Some albums, like Death, Pierce Me really just take you off life in a couple of minutes
@@VikingStrengthBB good dsbm is amazing at making you incredibly depressed. an album i rlly like thats like this is Damp Chill of Life by None
@@gayyy3565 I'll check it out. For me one of the trickiest ones is Lifelover, because I know what Silencer is like and I know it'll make me depressed, so I usually don't listen to it... but Lifelover has some catchy ass songs, so I always go back at it, but then when you listen to a whole album you still become depressed.
@@VikingStrengthBB I don't know if you'll care or not, but I think 'Meloncholie 2' by Coldworld is the best DSBM album. If you have not listened to that album already, I highly suggest it. It is much more melancholic than depressive, but most still consider it DSBM. Unfortunately, every full album upload on TH-cam gets copyright striked, but you can still find the individual songs on TH-cam, and Spotify has the full album, I believe.
I’ll give it a listen. I found the whole thing on spotify so that’s really nice. It’s so annoying when music is not accessible everywhere. I especially hate spotify but I’ll talk a bit about that in the next metal video, because that will have 2 albums that aren’t on spotify anymore.
Surprised to see Totalselfhatred here, they are amazing!
My favorite BM albums would probably be:
Akhlys - "Melinoe"
Gorgoroth - "Under the Sign of Hell"
1349 - "Hellfire"
Nocturnal Depression - "Deathcade"
Lord Belial - "Enter the Moonlight Gate"
Behemoth - "The Satanist"
Xanthochroid - "Incultus"
Graveworm - "As the Angels Reach The Beauty"
Belphegor - "Blood Magic Necromance"
Dimmu Borgir - "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant"
Old Man's Child - "Ill-natured Spiritual Invasion"
Old Mans child are just such great song writers..
@@davidlynn5272 Indeed! One of my dad's favorite bands when I grew up, so they definitely have a huge influence on my music taste today
Yeah they have a very unique take at dsbm.
@@davidlynn5272 I'll have to check on Old Man's Child, everyone here seems to love them and I somehow never even heard their name.
I see AUDN🔥 awesome list man
Yesss, one of the best. Thanks, man.
Interesting recommendation! Im more into death metal (and blackned death) but im gonna check some of this recommendation (at least the ones i didnt know about it)
What bands are you into? I want to get a bit more into death metal, cause I just realized I barely listen to it and barely know shit about it, so I'd be happy to hear some recommendations.
@@VikingStrengthBB WOW first time i get to recommend a "new guy" to death metal. I d prefer to gives you some blackned death since you come from black but im gonna give you also some old school death metal that people lovs to recommend. First my favourite BEHEMOTH. They started as black metal to became slowly blackned death metal. Favourite Album "the Apostasy" and "The satanisti" which is their best. Then MORBID ANGEL. Now 99% of the fan they ll you that Altar of madness is their best but to me is more "death-thrash" so i wanna give you the more death metal ones and im gonna recommend the Album "Covenant" (best songs in it are Rapture and God of emptiness) and "Domination". The something from the swedish current of death metal (yes as you realized by now death metal has alot of subgenres in it) DISMEMBER. They dont have a bad album but my favourite are "Massive Killing Capacity" and "Indecent and Obscene"(cause the last song here is my favourite, its called "Dreaming in Red). Back in America "Deicide" (only the first album). Dying Fetus with Destroy the opposition (the opening track is probably my favourite its called Praise the lord). For "slower" death metal i d say ASPHYNX's album "Last one on earth" (titletrack being again of my favourite of all time) or Obituary "Slowly we rot"
Sooo I'm not "new" to death metal, I've been listening to it for like 5-6 years at this point, but not a lot of it. I mostly now "mainstream" stuff. I know Morbid Angel, really love 'em. I've heard a couple of songs from Behemoth, but never a full album, so I'll def check that out.
I gotta check out Dismember as well. I love Deicide. I've listened to the Dying Fetus album you were recommending today and I like it a lot. It reminds me of Suffocation. I also never heard of Asphynx, so I'll check them out.
I probably only know like Death, Morbid Angel, Entombed, Possessed, Deicide, Suffocation, Obituary, Amon Amarth, Cryptopsy, Vital Remains, Belakor, Blood Red Throne and Angist.
@@VikingStrengthBB You should try Portal. They may sound really messy and incomprehensible at first, but they are the best Death Metal band ever. I recommend Portal because they are sometimes regarded as "Death Metal for Black Metal fans" considering that they prioritize the atmosphere before a "killer riff". Like I said, they are heavily atmospheric (specifically a Lovecraftian soundscape) and I think 'Outre' is the best death metal album of all time. I also suggest The Chasm, Mexican death metal at its finest. Any album by The Chasm is a good place to start.
I’ve heard Ion from Portal and really liked it. I like that sort of messy, chaotic vibe. I haven’t heard anything else from them though. But I’ve heard that Ion is probably their most death metal album. I’ll check out the other stuff as well.
Cool video! I can't seem to get into black metal but I can respect it. I am more of a deathcore music guy.
Thanks man! Yeah black metal is definitely not easy to get into. Give a listen to Pillorian - Obsidian Arc. That was the first bm album I really got into, partly probably because it's pretty different from all of the other stuff. But I won't overshare on that, cause I'm planning on talking about that album in an upcoming video...
I'll give it a listen today, thanks for the recommendation
So glad you had HFTS in there most black metal fans refuse to accept bands like this as Black Metal.
Also one of my favourite albums and really underrated is MIDVINTER 'At the sight of the apocalypse dragon'.
Yeah I mean what else would it be? I don’t understand people who say something isn’t metal or isn’t black metal just because they don’t like it.
And Midvinter is absolutely amazing. I discovered that album and that band only recently, after making this video and I’ve been bingeing it. It’s such an amazing album.
What do you think about Ulver's Bergtatt?
Honestly I have to listen to it again, because I don't really remember much of it. I've heard it a couple of times, I remember that it had some viking metal-ish elements that I really liked, but I didn't listen to it many times, no idea why.
Naglefar “ Hunengrab im herbst”
Strid “ End of life”
Setherial “ Nord”
Empyruim “ A winter sunset “ ( more gothic/black)
Paragon of beauty “ the spring “ ( more gothic/ black)
Ellende “ Todbringer “
Caladan Brood “ Echoes of shadows “
Thy Light “ Suicide Depression “ ( DSBM)
And there’s many more, but these are my go too’s constantly
Nagelfar deserves more love.
WINDIR, MOONSORROW,KAMPFAR?
I’ll have to check them out. I’ve heard all three names before, but never really heard an entire album from any of them.
I just can't stand Silencer after listening to 'Dictius Te Necare' by Bethlehem. It is in the same vein of DSBM as 'Death-Pierce me", but I think 'Dictius Te Necare' is better in every way. That is just my opinion though.
It is very similar, Silencer definitely takes a lot of influence from Bethlehem, but I respectfulky disagree. I find Death, Pierce Me superior in every way. But Dictius Te Necare is also a really good album honestly. I think it also has to do eith the fact that I have a very personal relationship with Silencer, I listened to them at a very weird time of my life, whereas when I listened to Bethlehem, there’s was nothing special happening.
@@VikingStrengthBB I guess we all have sentimental albums that we cherish more than other albums. I still think Agalloch is the best band ever even though I’ve listened to maybe 1000 albums since discovering them back in 2019. There are plenty of other albums that most would consider not that great that I have sentiment towards, so to each their own.
Yeah for me that is Sólstafir with pretty much all of their discography except maybe the last 2 albums. It's crazy how different people can have completely different experiences of the same album.
I thought Lionel Messi was talking/reviewing about bm bands.. 😂
Hahh whaaat I don’t even look like him
In clickbait you looked@@VikingStrengthBB