SCREAM!
09.02.10 | Dissection - Storm Of The Lights Bane
Probably the best entry level BM. Quality musicianship. Introduces you to rawer production but without being over the top either. More melodic and riff oriented than average BM. So start there and then get bergtatt by ulver |
Sabottheory
09.02.10 | Burzum - Burzum, Filosofem
Peste Noire - La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence, Ballade cuntre lo Anemi francor
Blut aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
Enslaved - Isa
Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times
Thorns - Thorns
Shining - VI - Klagopsalmer
Those are my favourites, I guess. |
Sabottheory
09.02.10 | Burzum's self-titled would be a good one to start with. |
MoosechriS
09.02.10 | Only been into black metal for about a year myself thanks to this site :) but this is whats helped me get into it so far.
Anaal Nathrakh - Hell is empty an all the devils are here
Blutvial - I Speak Of The Devil
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Dissection - Storm Of The Lights Bane
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
Fauna - Rain
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Mayhem - De Mysteris Dom Sathanas
Mayhem - Live In Leipzig
Ulver - Bergtatt
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Watain - Sworn To The Dark
Watain - Lawless Darkness
Watain - Casus Luciferi
Winterfylleth - The Mercian Sphere
Withershin - The Hungering Void
Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade
Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters
Wolves In The Throne Room - Diadem Of 12 Stars
Wolves In The Throne Room - Malevolent Grain
1349 - Hellfire
just a few of the things i've picked up which have spurred me on to buy more and more, but to be honest theres a ton of people on here who know so much more about the genre than i could ever probably fathom lol. Namely The Spirit and Hawks |
TRMshadow
09.02.10 | Burzum, but what do I know, Ask KILL or SCREAM! |
BradMan
09.02.10 | Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Bathory - Blood Fire Death, Under the Sign of the Black Mark |
ButcheredChildren
09.02.10 | Dark Funeral - Attera Totus Sanctus
Carach Angren - Death Came Through A Phantom Ship
Marduk - Plague Angel |
McCopper
09.02.10 | Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss, Filosofem
Darkthrone - A blaze in the northern sky
Emperor - Anthems to the welkin at dusk
Peste Noire - La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence, Ballade
Blut aus nord - Ultima thylee
Windir - Likferd
Wolves in the throne room - Two hunters
Diabolical masquerade - Nightwork
Mirrorthrone - Carriers of dust
Agalloch - Ashes against the grain (can really get you into the basic sound without much trouble.This+burzum album=You got into black metal)
Watain - Lawless darkness
Primordial - The gathering wilderness
Drudkh - Autumn aurora
Dark fortress - Seance
Ved buens ende - Written in waters
For some old stuff you need:
Celtic frost - Into the pandemonium/morbid tales/To mega therion
Bathory - Blood fire death (FOR CRYING OUT LOUD) |
McCopper
09.02.10 | Oh and Ulver's bergtatt, you NEED this |
GenNarain
09.02.10 | Immortal got me into black metal, try that |
Gmork89
09.02.10 | Listen to scream! Storm of the Lights Bane is an amazing album. It was the first BM album I fell in love with. |
AnotherBrick
09.02.10 | "if i were to start with ONE bm album"
lol at people reccing more then 1 |
DeafMetal
09.02.10 | Peste Noire. |
TheSpirit
09.02.10 | There are a lot of good albums for getting into black metal...if you want more of an accesible album go for something like Dissection or even Emperor, but if you want a more classic sound Darkthrone or Mayhem (their early albums of course). |
FruityCatOfDoom
09.02.10 | Ulver - Bergtatt
its what i started with |
Dryden
09.02.10 | just dont listen to cradle of filth |
Yotimi
09.03.10 | Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain - probably the easiest to get into considering it's the only one I like |
