My Black Metal Journey Pt 2
So yeah I made a list and I really enjoyed seeing everyone recommend me stuff and talk about the genre, I fell out of the checking out everyone's recs so I'm making a part two because i miss that discussion and I want to psych myself into finishing off everyone's recs. |
| 1 |  | Kvelertak
Kvelertak
Starting off with my favorite discoveries in black metal, I fucking love this album, it's just SO FUN to listen to! headbangers and that 'rock-n-roll' vibe that I guess is why it's labeled as 'black n roll' on RYM. |
| 2 |  | Wayfarer
A Romance with Violence
Another record I often repeat on Spotify, it's just a vibe man! I dunno how else to put it, This thing just pulls off its weird-ass style of wild west soundtrack and black metal really well, i dunno what else there is to say about it |
| 3 |  | Evoking Winds
Your Rivers
grand epic fantasy metal tickles my fancy, I chose this one as a stand in for all the other records of that vibe that you all have recommended me, including Summoning by Stronghold, and Hiraeth by Null |
| 4 |  | Enslaved
Ruun
rec'd by charbyno. So, this just doesn't strike me as black metal, which is also what I said for Summoning's STronghold, like in my mind I consider black metal to be the following: whispery growls, tremolo minor key fast paced riffs, and blastbeats. This, just has the vocals, is that all you need to be black metal? It's definitely hella solid, but compred to Doom metal or stoner metal, which I mostly listen to, where their sound is defined by the riffs, I'm having a hard time processing this as black metal
4/5 |
| 5 |  | Blackbraid
Blackbraid III
I saw "native american black metal" and knew I had to check this out. Side question: what is it with black metal that makes so many eager to experiment with it as opposed to other genres? we got wild west black metal, appalachian black metal, Christian black metal, headbanging hardcore punk black metal, folk black metal, like what got people looking at this genre of church burning death obsessed norwegians and going "I'mma throw random things at this genre and see what sticks"? I find that extremely fascinating how THIS is the metal genre people are so eager to get weird with
Anyway about this album, it reminds me A LOT of Wayfarer, I dunno if that means anything, but I like it! feeling it might end up a 4/5 |
| 6 |  | Violet Cold
Sommermorgen (Pt. I) - Innocence
Shoutout to SuzyC for recommending this group, I'mma pick this album as my starting point
So I'm listening to this and am confused, is this black metal? Like this is really good, gives me some romantic victorian vibes with that cover, but yeah, I picked the wrong album here, apparently the sommermorgen trilogy ain't black metal. So I'll switch to kOsmik and Anomie instead |
| 7 |  | Crow Black Sky
Sidereal Light: Volume One
same as above, shoutout to SuzyC |
| 8 |  | The Ruins of Beverast
Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite
This guy fused black metal and doom metal, what else needs to be said? and I loved The Thule Grimoires so this is next on my list |
| 9 |  | Deathspell Omega
The Furnaces of Palingenesia
shoutout to twlight for putting this group up, he suggested this and then work backwards |
| 10 |  | Dzo-nga
The Sachem's Tales
Sevengill said they would be happy for me to check out their stuff so I'm putting their debut on the list. Hopefully I'll dig it 🤞 |
| 11 |  | Dark Watcher
Frontier
Gameofmetal recommended their band, I'll happily check em out when I have the time |
| 12 |  | Emperor
In the Nightside Eclipse
I need to listen to this because Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk is fucking phenomenal! courtesy of ToSmokMuzyki |
| 13 |  | Bathory
under the sign of the black mark
I checked this out and yeah not my thing but it black metals pretty good, probably a 2/5 personally. Tight musicianship and all, but I just don't enjoy it. I feel the same thing when listening to Blood Fire Death |
| 14 |  | Borknagar
The Archaic Course
Rec'd by Hawks |
| 15 |  | Borknagar
Empiricism
same as above |
| 16 |  | borknagar
Borknagar
rec'd by budgie |
| 17 |  | Borknagar
The Olden Domain
Geez I guess I'm gonna be listening to a lot of Borknagar when I get to em lol |
| 18 |  | The Kovenant
Nexus Polaris
rec'd by budgie |
| 19 |  | midnight
Satanic Royalty
this is also labeled as 'black n roll' like kvelertak so I might like this, I am excited to find out |
| 20 |  | Kvelertak
Meir
I loved the debut so might as well try this one out and see how it goes |
| 21 |  | Sacramentum
Far Away from the Sun
Recommended by brickhed |
| 22 |  | Rotting Christ
Theogonia
Recommended by AllemistRedux |
| 23 |  | Violet Cold
kOsmik |
| 24 |  | Violet Cold
Anomie |
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