Brabiz: Looking For Black Metal Recs 😎

Brabiz 12.28.25	I operate on a spectrum with Black Metal. I prefer shit that’s super weird and off-putting / experimental, but don’t care for the dissonant Imperial Triumphant type shit. Or i really like grandiose, melodic shit, but tend to avoid symphonic stuff, unless it’s weird and off-putting. Big into second wave type stuff too, but i’m a bit picky because i know the major releases, and find the remainder of those bands to be some of the most basic slop ever.
necropig 12.28.25	Mooncitadel - night's scarlet symphonies
Hawks 12.28.25	Veilburner
Brabiz 12.28.25	Mooncitadel! Fuck yeah. Just found them yesterday, have only listened to Stardawn Usurper and the EP before it. Will make a note to download that one too, they seem pretty interesting
Brabiz 12.28.25	Oh yeah, that new Veilburner has been getting some buzz here, didn’t know anything about it, so I haven’t listened yet. Will check and report back
necropig 12.28.25	I didn't know MC had a new album out but it's apparently bollocks
Brabiz 12.28.25	I thought it was really good, found it from a youtube video that recommended it. Was surprised to see the low average on here
Hawks 12.28.25	You want their previous album, newest one does indeed suck hard.
arthropod 12.28.25	Have you heard Groza by Mgła and/or the latest Blackbraid? They should cut it. Also: - Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon. It's close to Agalloch, but less desolate. - Thy Worshiper - Czarna Dzika Czerwień. Some off-putting folk bm. - Morthar - 10 Commandments. Heavily inspired by early bm; I compared the overall sound to Freezing Moon in my review but its main quality is just being tight and pissed. - The latest Asteriae fits the grandiose category to a degree. It's bm/post-metal/hardcore with a really desperate atmosphere.
AlkemestRedux 12.28.25	I came across this PNW band called Gathering and their self titled debut is pretty good. Solid meloblack. Might go see them next week.
budgie 12.28.25	I operate on a spectrum with Black Metal. I prefer shit that’s super weird and off-putting / experimental," chneck out the beneath moonlight st/ from 2024
Zac124 12.28.25	Lord Belial - Enter the Moonlight Gate
Brabiz 12.29.25	Updated the list, going through these in a somewhat random fashion. Beneath Moonlight was fucking rad. Morthar as well, what a hype vessel of a record
arthropod 12.29.25	Hell yeah. 10 Commandments is one of my favourite records of the year, the man appeared out of nowhere and fucking nailed it.
Rowhaus 12.29.25	1914 - Where Fear and Weapons Meet
Brabiz 12.30.25	15 didn’t do it for me, much prefer the new album. Sorry guys
Hawks 12.30.25	Damn, interesting take lol.
Sevengill 12.30.25	new Anfauglir was a gift from the middle-earth gods if I rec Dzo again I'll out myself as having a humiliation kink, but if you like 18 and 19...
Brabiz 12.30.25	@hawks idk, I think the production on the new one is fantastic, and the vocals have a lot of power behind them. Good Opeth-like songwriting with a psychedelic / purposefully eldritch atmosphere. The first album has a lot of good riffs, but everything feels a bit stretched. Too many repetitions with riffs, standard meloblack sounding stuff. It’s not bad, I’d just rather listen to Emperor or something
Hawks 12.30.25	Understandable tbh.
Brabiz 12.30.25	Not to downplay how great those riffs are. I’m just picky af and have very specific, subjective taste in BM lmao.
Brabiz 12.30.25	“ if I rec Dzo again I'll out myself as having a humiliation kink, but if you like 18 and 19...” Idk what dzo is, so please elaborate haha, if it’s in that realm of Bm, I’d love to hear it fs
Sevengill 12.30.25	Ah, wonderful. Dzo-nga is my bm/folk project. I hate promoting my music though so I end up hawking it on here like a used car salesman.
Brabiz 12.30.25	Oh you bet your ass I’m on it bro
Brabiz 12.30.25	Seeing some really cool aesthetic choices with the full length artworks. Bumping this shit to the top of my listening list
Sevengill 12.30.25	man ;~; u gon make my day with that kinda talk
necropig 12.30.25	pity you didnt jam as much with 15
WatchItExplode 12.30.25	I listened to that havukruunu yesterday. That's some great triumphant sounding black metal with incredible guitar work
Scoot 12.31.25	https://kannatama.bandcamp.com/track/every-monument-will-turn-to-dust-demo see if you dig it. i have more on the way in a few months
Brabiz 12.31.25	Yo, listened to the first Dzo-nga on my way to work this morning, blew me away. A perfect mood piece for my venture thru a tundra. Love the dual vocal dynamics and arrangements. Great choices all around. Will be jamming the follow-up as well and adding it to the list.
Brabiz 12.31.25	Y’all gotta get on #29 btw, album is fantastic. I’m the only person who has rated it and that’s criminal.
Brabiz 12.31.25	@scoot that track was fucking juicy, man. Riffs and production are top notch. Great atmosphere and sound, any plans for a full-length? I really want to hear more of this
Hawks 12.31.25	Just jammed 29 and they're like a shitty, Nazi version of Dimmu Borgir.
Brabiz 12.31.25	I’ve been exposed as a poser, I will leave ✋
Hawks 12.31.25	LMAO ILY!!!
Brabiz 12.31.25	🫶
Brabiz 12.31.25	I’ve gotta say, I keep returning to the Morthar album, and it’s making me want to record some straight forward, raw BM. Very inspiring shit
Hawks 12.31.25	Morthar rules hard.
Sevengill 12.31.25	"blew me away. A perfect mood piece for my venture thru a tundra. Love the dual vocal dynamics and arrangements. Great choices all around." you can tell from the writing that I'm a crier, and now I am gonna go do that
Sevengill 12.31.25	real talk though I super appreciate you taking the time to jam it and give thoughtful praise. I'm looking forward to spinning your faves from this list.
Brabiz 12.31.25	My favorite song was Halle Ravine, too. Shit had me tearing up a bit. Most beautiful song of 2017. Have had that shit on loop. Very eager to dive into your other material. What would you recommend next?
Brabiz 12.31.25	It’s made me very self conscious about releasing my album lmao. My folk passages are nowhere near this serene
Sevengill 12.31.25	that song is a special one to me. I'm really happy that you feel it ♥ uhh of my stuff? Dzo is where most of the folk stuff is, but I had a pretty cool duet with Raphael from Leprous/Musk Ox/etc on my project Taravana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhGGPQHR6qA vivacious folk passages is a mood though. you better hit us with that when you release it!
Scoot 12.31.25	@brabiz yup, should be 30 mins. don't want to overdo it for the first one or people won't make it to the end that is probably the most black metal track overall, the rest is more like be'lakor style melodeath with black influences
Sevengill 12.31.25	"be'lakor style melodeath with black influences" NeOb has entered the chat?
Brabiz 01.01.26	Dropped my album today! Thought tracking vocals and mixing the 14 minute closing track would take until the 5th, but i ended up locking in and ripping thru it in like 18 hours of nonstop work. Tracks 6 and 7 are the absolute best things i’ve written in my 13 years of making music. Check it out! https://blackusurper.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-from-beneath
Sevengill 01.02.26	do I see a Friedrich and a Dore for cover art? 👀 that's how you know it's gonna be good
Brabiz 01.02.26	I’d describe the album as Esoteric Warfare era Mayhem meets melodic / folk black metal. So a lot of weird vocal gymnastics and dark soundscapes, but also a lot of folk instruments and triumphant melodies
Scoot 01.02.26	getting some beverast vibes from that one brabiz, good stuff
Brabiz 01.02.26	Shit, gotta check them out then. I’ve always heard about them but never ventured into their stuff. What would you recommend?
Sevengill 01.02.26	Rain is their masterpiece, but Exuvia might be an easier entry point. that's the one that hooked me, at least.
Scoot 01.02.26	rain is absolutely phenomenal soil of the incestuous might be the goat bm track
Brabiz 01.02.26	Gonna dive into Rain, just downloaded it
Brabiz 01.02.26	1914 is fucking great. Added 2 of their albums to the list. Easily one of the better examples of that style of modern BM
Hawks 01.02.26	Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Rowhaus 01.02.26	"1914 is fucking great. Added 2 of their albums to the list. Easily one of the better examples of that style of modern BM" Couldn't agree more bro! Cheers m/
Brabiz 01.02.26	Rain Upon The Impure being 80 minutes long is so intimidating, but I’m about to do it.
Scoot 01.02.26	don't get put off by the raw production
Rowhaus 01.02.26	just crank the volume lol
Hawks 01.02.26	[2]
Scoot 01.02.26	there's a moment in the opening track that is just pure bliss surrounded by some of the darkest shit i've ever heard
Scoot 01.02.26	yellow eyes - confusion gate this rules a lot and it's a recent album
Brabiz 01.04.26	Apparently I listened to Yellow Eyes cuz I rated it. But don’t remember it. Will check again!
Brabiz 01.04.26	35 is sick af btw, the guy who does Radio Free Innsmouth on YouTube made it (that’s where I’ve discovered a lot of great BM and DM bands)
budgie 01.04.26	for all tid is sick yeah
naughtcturnal 01.04.26	Room for another rec? You should check out the new Deogen album
Brabiz 01.04.26	Always room. Tryna fill this bitch up. Slow as hell getting through them because I’ve been busy, but I am on it, and will continue to be on it
AlkemestRedux 01.04.26	Bout to watch Gathering. I'll let you know how they are live m///
Brabiz 01.04.26	How was it??
AlkemestRedux 01.04.26	They were crazy good! Very polished and put together with a ton of energy. Their meloblack riffs are great but I also noticed they included some melodeath too which is fun, and thematically they're very much in the nature worshipping Cascadian bm mold and at times you can hear that regional influence in their music too. Also, really chill. Talked with their frontman for a minute and he seems like a nice guy.
Brabiz 01.05.26	Fuck yeah, can’t wait to check em out!
Brabiz 01.05.26	Veilburner album goes crazy holy shit. About halfway thru and my socks flew across the room
Hawks 01.05.26	LFG!!!
arthropod 01.05.26	Verily. Shit is wicked. And hell yeah, Exercises in Futility is dope. Groza is shorter but takes things slower, and the second track is a rare case of M. screaming in our native tongue.
AlkemestRedux 01.05.26	Hells yeah, hope you like Gathering! And yeah Veilburner is a hit. I showed them to a friend who usually listens to melodic or progressive metal over the weekend and they loved it.
botb 01.05.26	Fellow BM sputter, check my band, released an EP in August. Blut aus nord’s new one is one of my favorites from this year as well as the newest drudkh
AlkemestRedux 01.05.26	Right on! Drop a link homie. Also I'll throw out another band I saw on Saturday called Hereticon. Just made a page for them because they make some pretty ruthless raw black metal. And their vocalist has some fucking pipes.
botb 01.06.26	Augur - Arcane Insurgency, it’s on bandcamp as well as all streaming platforms
Hawks 01.06.26	Can confirm that it rips hard.
Rowhaus 01.06.26	AHRD
Brabiz 01.06.26	That’s a DAMN great release ya got there, sir. DAMN GREAT.
Brabiz 01.06.26	Veilburner album is a hard 5. Addicted to it
Hawks 01.06.26	My work here is done.
Sevengill 01.06.26	the work is never done and you know it
Rowhaus 01.06.26	jam Rivers of Nihil - The Work next! (don't actually)
Brabiz 01.06.26	Ya know, I don’t really hate that album. It’s just a shame it’s so abysmally dull
Rowhaus 01.06.26	[2] maybe try Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God haha
Brabiz 01.06.26	On it G, I have it downloaded, just haven’t gotten around to it yet. I really dig their debut, and some of the other stuff here and there. Band seems cool, but very unfamiliar.
AlkemestRedux 01.06.26	Seconding Blut Aus Nord. 10/10 discography.
Brabiz 01.06.26	I think for me, the few tracks I’ve heard feel like typical “avant garde” black metal, like Imperial Triumphant. Which isn’t necessarily my vibe at all. But I’m also aware that I could be wrong based on how I felt about the first album.
arthropod 01.06.26	Who the fuck names their band "Stutthof"? ... Okay, nevermind. I don't know what I expected from a genre that spawned a band named "Holocausto".
Brabiz 01.06.26	Ohhhhhh that’s what that is. Not beating the sketchy band sympathizer allegations with this list, I tell you what
arthropod 01.06.26	Yeeeah, that was the first camp in Poland. Idk, lemme read a bit-- finds the band on Metal Archives "Last label: Zyklon-B Productions" hell naw lol
AlkemestRedux 01.06.26	Hmm yeah probably a good indication. Always unfortunate when you uncover a good band is actually nsbm. I always try and do a lil check before I get really into a band to make sure they're not releasing on Satanic Skinhead Propaganda or something.
Brabiz 01.07.26	I don’t pay attention at all, and don’t really plan to. With black metal it’s basically a dice roll, and I don’t particularly care if im being completely honest.
arthropod 01.07.26	Satanism gets a pass from me, nazi shit is one step too far. Same rule as with DSBM, music may rip but imma avoid it if there's hangmen or Konzentrationslagers before my eyes. On the other hand, paganism and nihilism are cool. Especially paganism.
AlkemestRedux 01.07.26	Yee agree mostly. I have a somewhat looser guideline where if I like a band but they're garbage people, I'll just pirate their music if I'm interested in hearing them. It's not like listening to a band will change my deeply held anti-Nazi beliefs, but I'm sure as hell not putting money in the pockets of people who want to see me and people I love dead by buying their music or merch. That said I just feel too gross listening to some bands where the hate is the point even if they're good musically. Like I'll listen to and pirate Burzum because it's all like LoTR-core, but not Arghoslent because all their songs are about raping people they view as lesser or equally dumb and vile shit.
arthropod 01.07.26	The mere fact that their drummer's pseudonym is Aktion T4 is just... *laughs hysterically I can agree that piracy is a pretty good way around the issue in some cases, even though I don't indulge in it. Generally it all boils down to one's tolerancy to certain themes. Mine is pretty low. My flag avoided band is Nokturnal Mortum, but that's partly because of my unresolved sentiment towards what Ukrainians did in '43. Pro-Nazi music is repulsive by design but this type of stuff coming from Ukrainians is a different level of offensive.
Brabiz 01.09.26	Lowered Blackbraid III’s average with that one, sorry arthropod. :(
Brabiz 01.09.26	I will say though, I really enjoy the acoustic parts. But any black metal portion sounds so safe and cookie cutter to me. Save for a few standout melodies.
arthropod 01.09.26	Opposite. I find the acoustic parts too repetitive, while the black metal passages are overblown but generally enjoyable. And Sacred Stag stands tall as a whole.
AlkemestRedux 01.09.26	Yee the other two Blackbraid albums didn't really do it for me but I dug the latest one a lot. Also, Beneath Moonlight slaps, listening to that now.
Brabiz 01.10.26	Bumped Morthar up a bit. Shit is just so damn good. It’s a hard sell to get me to enjoy new additions to that style of BM in the current landscape of the genre, but it excels at what it is.
Sevengill 01.10.26	I can't help but feel like Blackbraid is solid but generic atmosblack that people vibe with for the aesthetic and native tilt. But maybe I'm just jelly. Probably that.
budgie 01.10.26	that ungfell album is cool
budgie 01.10.26	&yeah blackbraid is embarrassing poser shit
Brabiz 01.10.26	On a Gorgoroth bender rn. Not a band I ever paid mind to, which is disappointing because these first two records rule. Only wish they were longer!
Hawks 01.10.26	Gorgoroth fucking rules for the most part.
Sevengill 01.11.26	not usually my jam but Black Mass is legendary
arthropod 01.14.26	Glad you liked Thy Worshiper. They've put out a new single recently but it doesn't feel tribal at all and actually taps into gothic territory. That may be a one-off deal though since the drummer from their Czarna Dzika Czerwień era just returned to the band. Also, the vocalist from Narbo Dacal is on the mic so I'm hyped as shit. As far as I'm aware, Klechdy is pretty close to CDC stylistically but they went nuts with song lengths there.
PizzaBear 01.14.26	Opens list - first album has a swastika on the cover Well damn... List is criminally lacking Iceland Sinmara - Hvísl Stjarnanna Svartidaudi - Flesh Cathedral Misþyrming - Söngvar elds og óreiðu Wormlust - The Feral Wisdom
budgie 01.14.26	black metal is gay
PizzaBear 01.14.26	Would be better if it was tbh
Mongi123 01.14.26	Coldworld- Melancolie
Hawks 01.14.26	^^^^^^^^^^ [2]
Brabiz 01.14.26	“Opens list - first album has a swastika on the cover*” Yeah they’ve changed it for future releases, a miscalculation.
Brabiz 01.14.26	This list is lacking Iceland. I can’t think of a single Icelandic band I’m familiar with. Will have to change this! Adding em to the list
Rowhaus 01.14.26	Pizza forgot about Zhrine as well
PizzaBear 01.14.26	@Rowhaus Zhrine rules, I just had to cut myself off or that Iceland list could have gotten really long really fast ha
Brabiz 01.14.26	Keep going bruv don’t gatekeep
AlkemestRedux 01.14.26	I can rec some more weird ass underground PNW bands too. I stumbled across this collective (which I'm pretty sure is just like five dudes lol) that publish under the label label, Cestrum Nocturnum Recordings. At least one of the dudes is/was part of Hissing but they're pumping out interesting little lo-fi black metal demos. I really liked the one I reviewed - Inner Cloister. Might be worth checking out! I linked to the other bands in the review. Noceur is also really interesting. They're experimental black metal but in a really interesting way. Their The Hunger album has a bunch of trip hop on it mixed with like noise-infused black metal.
Hawks 01.14.26	Carpathian Forest - Defending the Throne of Evil
PizzaBear 01.14.26	"Keep going bruv don’t gatekeep" Don't say I didn't warn ya! Sol an Varma - Sol An Varma Nadra - Allir vegir til glötunar Andavald - Undir Skyggðarhaldi 0 (Null) - Entity Vafurlogi - Í vökulli áþján Carpe Noctem - Vitrun I'm probably forgetting some, but yeah, Iceland had a wild scene for a little while (unfortunately most of the bands don't seem to be active anymore)
Hawks 01.14.26	Iceland was crushing it in the mid/late 2010s.
Brabiz 01.14.26	“I can rec some more weird ass underground PNW bands too.” y’all are blessing my mp3 player this day 🙏🏻
AlkemestRedux 01.14.26	Hell yeah! I think you'll like at least one of them. Honestly I think I like the Pyrkagion release a little more than the Inner Cloister, but they're both great. A full length Inner Cloister album would probably be awesome. Very hypnotic.
Sevengill 01.15.26	did you ever circle around to the second Dzo-nga album? asking for a friend.
hansoloshotfirst 01.15.26	"btw, the guy who does Radio Free Innsmouth on YouTube made it (that’s where I’ve discovered a lot of great BM and DM bands)" lol, saw the list and was about to make a snide remark along the lines of "looks like someone just stumbled upon RFI " "Lowered Blackbraid III’s average with that one" good as for recs: I don't see any Abigor among your ratings. "Nachthymnen" is their famous one, though I would also strongly recommend their last two "Taphonomia Aeternitatis - Gesänge im Leichenlicht" and "Totschläger (A Saintslayer's Songbook)" and maybe for something a little jazzy Lugubrum - Albino de Congo.
Hawks 01.15.26	Just jammed that Lugubrum album. Great stuff . Kinda reminds me of Havohej. Which brings me to my next rec: Havohej - Dethrone the Son of God
Sevengill 01.15.26	damn where'd #65 get that pic of me, I knew I should've made my Flickr private
Brabiz 01.16.26	Damn Sevengill u fine ah hell
Brabiz 01.16.26	“lol, saw the list and was about to make a snide remark along the lines of "looks like someone just stumbled upon RFI " Yeah, he covers a lot of bands I really dig, so I’ve been binging everything and making a lot of really great discoveries Hell yeah more recs, gotta add these to the list
Sevengill 01.16.26	I'm assuming RFI is a youtuber or tiktoker if I've never heard of him
Brabiz 01.16.26	Yeah, it’s a podcast called Radio Free Innsmouth. Guy has hundreds of episodes deep diving into obscure and interesting metal bands of different varieties
AlkemestRedux 01.16.26	That does sound pretty interesting. I might have room for another podcast in my life though, especially if it's about weird ass metal.
budgie 01.16.26	have u jammaed gorgoroths incipit satan album i havent listened to it in a billion years but i remember loving it & its a bit kinda artsy and avant garde or like. black art music. art black metal. black art metal art metal something its cool
budgie 01.16.26	oh shit yeah im getting frisson overload shit rules
Brabiz 01.16.26	Gorgoroth being artsy? Man fuck yeah, I’m on it
Brabiz 01.16.26	Wow, an audible and great sounding bass tone?? Two tracks in and this is already pretty awesome
Hawks 01.16.26	You missed my last rec!!!
Meridiu5 01.16.26	Wolves in the throne room! Their first album is a classic.
budgie 01.16.26	"You missed my last rec!!! ha ha ha
Egarran 01.16.26	I like how Limbonic Art is just in there with a 'Classic'. Classical even! Some of those symphonic passages are incredibly empowering.
Brabiz 01.16.26	On it, Hawks. Sorry, I’ve gotta sit down and update the list so I don’t forget anything. Jamming the Primordial record rn, really digging it. Feels like Nordland era Bathory, which is awesome cuz that’s my favorite era of theirs
Hawks 01.16.26	LETS GOOOO!!!
Brabiz 01.16.26	Nordland I is eeeasily my favorite Bathory album, and this feels like that but moodier, which is awesome. There’s another Primordial record that I’ve heard but didn’t vibe with much, the one with the Uroboros on the cover, I think. May have to revisit that after this
Brabiz 01.21.26	Lord Belial album was rad af
Hawks 01.21.26	M//////EN
Zac124 01.21.26	Enter the Menlight Gate
Hawks 01.21.26	YES!
AlkemestRedux 01.21.26	Moonlight Men Unite m///
Hawks 01.21.26	HARD.
AlkemestRedux 01.21.26	You guys might like Ceremonial Castings - Into the Black Forest of Witchery. Jammed their debut today and it goes hard.
Kimm 01.21.26	https://eneferens.bandcamp.com/
Brabiz 01.21.26	On it!! I stilll have to add a bunch of these to the list, but I shall get there. Added a few more ratings too. Just have been very busy with Interviews and promotions for my album, as well as work. A blessing and a curse 🙏🏻 Once this one is full, I may have to open another list to add the rest. But you bet your ASS I’m listening to all of em