To Do: Discog Runs - Black and Death Edition
Mainly for myself so I don't forget but feel free to suggest killer bands! |
| 1 |  | Aorlhac
La cité des vents
A la croisée des vents [EP] - 3.9
La cité des vents - 4.5
L'esprit des vents - 4.1
Pierres Brûlées - 3.7
The Wind trilogy is phenomenal medieval black metal. Check it out now! The most recent one is good too but lacks some of the cool peasantcore vibes of the first three releases. |
| 2 |  | Yellow Eyes
Confusion Gate
Silence Threads the Evening's Cloth - 3.4
Split with Monvment [EP] - 3.2
Hammer of Night - 3.7
The Desert Mourns [EP] - 3.6
Stillicide [EP] - 3.6
Sick With Bloom - 3.8
Immersion Trench Reverie - 3.7
Rare Field Ceiling - 4.2
Master’s Murmur - 4.3
Confusion Gate - 4.6
Very solid discography, but the last three albums really are impressive. Confusion Gate in particular is an insane album that you need to listen to now if you haven't. |
| 3 |  | Archvile King
Aux Heures Désespérées
Vile [EP] - 3.2
À La Ruine - 4.3
Aux Heures Désespérées - 4.4
Feel free to skip the demo EP and go straight to the two full length albums because they rule. |
| 4 |  | Primordial
To The Nameless Dead
Imrama - 3.9
A Journey's End - 4.1
Spirit the Earth Aflame - 4.2
Storm Before Calm - 4
The Gathering Wilderness - 4.5
To the Nameless Dead - 4.8
Redemption at the Puritan's Hand - 3.6
Where Greater Men Have Fallen - 4
Exile Amongst the Ruins - 3.4
How It Ends - 3.5
Most of their discog is awesome epic Irish folky black metal with belted clean vocals. Very awesome, much epic. Kind of lose the plot a bit on their latest two albums which see the band turn from the aforementioned style towards coworker metal. Not bad, but underwhelming. |
| 5 |  | A Forest of Stars
Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface
The Corpse of Rebirth - 3.8
Opportunistic Thieves of Spring - 4
A Shadowplay for Yesterdays - 4.5
Beware the Sword You Cannot See - 4.4
Grave Mounds and Grave Mistakes - 4.3
Stack Overflow in Corpse Pile Interface - 4.9
Incredibly strong and extremely interesting discography. One of the most unique black metal(?) bands out there today. The most recent album is my favorite for how unhinged it is, but the previous three are all basically neck and neck with each other, and only a little step behind. |
| 6 |  | Dimmu Borgir
Grand Serpent Rising
For all tid - 4
Stormblast - 4.7 (rating is for the original recording, 2005 version is like 4.3)
Enthrone Darkness Triumphant - 4
Spiritual Black Dimensions - 3.4
Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia - 4.1
Death Cult Armageddon - 4.4
In Sorte Diaboli - 3.5
Abrahadabra - 2.3
Eonian - 2.4
Grand Serpent Rising - 4.2
I've had pretty much a lifelong aversion to Dimmu Borgir for one reason or another but I finally decided to give 'em a solid go of it and I'm glad I did. There are some fantastic records on here along with many albums I'll probably never listen to again. But Stormblast, Death Cult Armageddon and Grand Serpent Rising are definitely going to be in rotation going forward. The original Stormblast in particular is amazing, so go listen to that now. |
| 7 |  | Cormorant
Diaspora
Metazoa - 3.7
Dwellings - 4.1
Earth Diver - 4.2
Diaspora - 4
One of the more interesting discogs so far. It's not my favorite, but I respect it a lot. Apparently these guys were all DIY which is extremely impressive, and all of their albums are solid. My favorite is Earth Diver as it nails the balance between prog and aggression. Can't go wrong with any of them though. |
| 8 |  | Obsequiae
The Palms of Sorrowed Kings
Suspended in the Brume of Eos - 4.1
Aria of Vernal Tombs - 3.9
The Psalms of Sorrowed Kings - 4.5
If you're looking for soaring melodic medieval black metal then look no further than Obsequiae. Killer discography. I have an email in with 20 Buck Spin to see if there are any upcoming albums in the works. Will update if I hear anything back. |
| 9 |  | Malokarpatan
Vertumnus Caesar
Stridžie dni - 4
Nordkarpatenland - 4.7
Krupinské Ohne - 3.9
Vertumnus Caesar - 4.5
What a damn band. An incredibly strong heavy metal black metal discography. Their sophomore album might be one of my favorites in the style, but give them all a listen if you're in the mood for black metal by way of Mercyful Fate and Mortuary Drape. |
| 10 |  | ...and Oceans
A.M.G.O.D.
The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts - 3.8
The Symmetry of I - The Circle of O - 4.1
A.M.G.O.D - 4
Cypher - 3.4
Cosmic World Mother - 4.5
As in Gardens, So in Tombs - 4
The Regeneration Itinerary - 3.9
Another really strong discography. It was a blast hearing the sound shift around from straight up black metal to industrial/techno infused black metal to their current iteration of electronica/symphonic black metal. Cosmic World Mother is my favorite, but you can't really go wrong with any of these albums. |
| 11 |  | Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult
Nocturnal March
Follow the Calls for Battle - 3.7
Nocturnal March - 4.5
Hora Noctura - 4.2
Saldorian Spell - 4
Necrovision - 3.8
Mardom - 4.2
A remarkably consistent discography, like almost to an actual fault because their core sound has been essentially the same since their inception. I'm always interested by bands that are able to do this, much like Motorhead, because they somehow manage to keep their sound fresh while doing essentially the same thing time and time again. Anyway this is straightforward second wave black metal played with enough conviction and twists to keep it engaging throughout. Hopefully we get a new album soon, but I believe the vocalist announced she had cancer in 2021, so wishing her a full recovery. |
| 12 |  | White Ward
False Light
Futility Report - 3.7
Love Exchange Failure - 4.1
False Light - 4.4
I'm mildly allergic to blackgaze in that most of the time it just bores me. But Futility Report is a pretty killer album. I love the Pink Floyd sax sections. |
| 13 |  | Darkenhold
Castellum
A Passage To The Towers... - 4.4
Echoes from the Stone Keeper - tbd
Castellum - tbd
Memoria Sylvarum - tbd
Arcanes & sortilèges - tbd
Le Fléau du Rocher - tbd |
| 14 |  | Be'lakor
Coherence
The Frail Tide - tbd
Stone's Reach - tbd
Of Breath and Bone - tbd
Vessels - tbd
Coherence - tbd |
| 15 |  | Kampfar
Kampfar
Mellom Skogkledde Aaser - tbd
Fra Underverdenen - tbd
Kvass - tbd
Heimgang - tbd
Mare - tbd
Djevelmakt - tbd
Profan - tbd
Ofidians Manifest - tbd
Til Klovers Takt - tbd |
| 16 |  | L'Acephale
L’Acephale
Stahlhartes Gehäuse - tbd
Malefeasance - tbd
L’Acephale - tbd |
| 17 |  | Morke
To Carry On
Sirens - tbd
We Are the River - tbd
To Carry On - tbd |
| 18 |  | Pensees Nocturnes
Douce Fange
Vacuum - tbd
Grotesque - tbd
Ceci est de la musique - tbd
Nom d'une Pipe! - tbd
A Boire et A Manger - tbd
Grand Guignol Orchestra - 3.5
Douce Fange - tbd |
| 19 |  | Sale Freux
Trouvère À Heures Perdues
Subterraneus - tbd
La mélancolie des pennes - tbd
L'Exil - tbd
Crèvecœur - tbd
Adieu, vat! - tbd
Vindilis - tbd
Trouvère À Heures Perdues - tbd
Le corbeau clandestin - tbd
Vol de travers - tbd
...elles s'envolèrent... - 4.3 |
| 20 |  | Vehemence (FRA)
Ordalies
Assiégé - 4.2
Par le sang versé - 4.1
Ordalies - 4.6
Assiégé Pour l'Éternité - 4.2
Killer discography. Ordalies is the highlight for me. The intensity of the music is matched by the vocal performance and it's almost perfection for this style. One of the best medieval French black metal bands. |
| 21 |  | Ungfell
De Ghörnt
Demo(lition) - 4.2
Tôtbringære - 4.4
Mythen, Mären, Pestilenz - 4.1
Es Grauet - 4
De Ghörnt - 4
Very strong and consistent discography even if they do kind of shift away from the folky black metal a la KPN of their earlier releases. They still manage to do so without getting boring. However, I do like the first couple outings the most so check them out to start with. |
| 22 |  | Misericorde
Le Loup des Ruines
Le Loup des Ruines - tbd |
| 23 |  | Godkiller
The Rebirth of the Middle Ages
Ad Majorem Satanae Gloriam [EP] - tbd
The Warlord [EP] - tbd
The Rebirth of the Middle Ages [EP] - 4.2
The End of the World - tbd
Deliverance - tbd |
| 24 |  | Oes Galliath
Sous l'oeil Fermé des Paradis
Sous l'oeil Fermé des Paradis - 3.7 |
| 25 |  | Grave Pilgrim
Grave Pilgrim
Grave Pilgrim: 4.3
Molten Hands Reach West [EP]: 3.8
The Bigotry of Purpose: 3.3
The Pungent Wine of Pride: 3.7
Their discography starts of very strong and quite interesting. I'm always down with KPN worship without the braindead levels of racism that Famine wallows in like a little stupid piggy eating his own shit. Anyway, the debut and follow up EP are awesome. The Bigotry of Purpose is just kind of standard lo-fi black metal, and The Pungent Wine of Pride is basically the same, only a little more interesting, but I miss the unhinged riffs from the earlier releases. |
| 26 |  | Ebony Pendant
Ebony Pendant
Incantation of Eschatological Mysticism - 3.7
The Garden of Strangling Roots [EP] - tbd
Ebony Pendant - tbd
Threnodies from the Coldlands - tbd |
| 27 |  | Markgraf
Markgraf
Markgraf - tbd
Hohenbaden - tbd |
| 28 |  | Rhinocervs
RH01
RH01 - tbd
RH02 - tbd
RH07 - tbd
RH08 - tbd
RH08 "Untitled 1 and 2" - tbd
RH11 - tbd
Odour of Dust and Rot - tbd
RH12 - 4.2
RH13 - tbd
RH14 - tbd
RH15 - tbd
RH16 - tbd |
| 29 |  | Summoning
Stronghold
Lugburz - tbd
Minas Morgul - tbd
Dol Guldur - tbd
Stronghold - tbd
Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame - tbd
Oath Bound - tbd
Old Mornings Dawn - tbd
With Doom We Come - tbd |
| 30 |  | Forlorn Citadel
An Oath Undone
Ashen Dirge of Kingslain - tbd
An Oath Undone - tbd |
| 31 |  | Gutvoid
Durance of Lightless Horizons
Durance of Lightless Horizons - tbd
Liminal Shrines - tbd |
| 32 |  | Vastum
Inward To Gethsemane |
| 33 |  | Incantation
Onward to Golgotha |
| 34 |  | Funebrarum
The Sleep of Morbid Dreams
Beneath the Columns of Abandoned Gods - 4
The Sleep of Morbid Dreams - 4.8
Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence - 4.4
Insanely good and very small discography. Some of the best death metal out there. Cavernous and pummeling. |
| 35 |  | Gehenna
Malice |
| 36 |  | Hoplites
Ψευδομένη |
| 37 |  | Hooded Menace
Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration |
| 38 |  | Verletzen
Usurping the Throne Under the Crown of Blasphemy
Evil Will Triumph - 3.8
The Blackened Crusade - 4
Usurping the Throne Under the Crown of Blasphemy - 4.1
Badass Welsh black metal. Blends up first and second wave inclinations with hearty doses of melody and even some dungeon synth. |
| 39 |  | Perverted Ceremony
Sabbat of Behezaël |
| 40 |  | Arckanum
Fran Marder |
| 41 |  | Lamp of Murmuur
The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy |
| 42 |  | Midnight
Satanic Royalty |
| 43 |  | Krallice
Krallice |
| 44 |  | Black Kirin
Nanking Massacre |
| 45 |  | Urfaust
Untergang |
| 46 |  | Frog Mallet
Consumed by Frogs |
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