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| No Christians Or Microwaves Allowed
A short list of the albums that have shown me what black metal is capable of, and thereby making it my favorite musical genre. In order from, roughly, least to most well-known: | | 1 |  | Nahash
Daath [demo]
the album that got me into black metal. weird, unique, and actually great, i still listen to it every week or so. the climax in "Aurora Borealis"(which i've linked to on their Sputnik entry page) gives me chills every damn time | | 2 |  | Poccolus
Poccolus
formerly bandmates with members of Nahash in a band called Nemesis. it's insane that this album isn't recognized around the world. a lot of people are going to get pissy for me saying this, but bands like Sacramentum and Dissection have nothing on this album. it's as good as Graveland's best | | 3 |  | Fleurety
Min Tid Skal Komme [reissue]
i rave about this album every chance i get. one of my all-time favorites, no matter what genre we're talking about. if you think Ved Buens Ende, Solefald, Borknagar, or Thorns are "avant-garde," i dare you to listen to this. those guys'll seem like Boyz II Men by comparison | | 4 |  | Manes
Under Ein Blodraud Maane
almost as innovative as Fleurety's album, and just as enjoyable. think Ulver, but without Ulver's constant preoccupation with doing shit that's supposed to be impressive but ends up being plain annoying instead | | 5 |  | Solstafir
Masterpiece of Bitterness
for someone who likes eclectic music, this is an essential listen. you're into viking metal? this is for you. post-rock? for you. stoner rock? drone? psychedelia? blues? shoegaze? avant-garde? FOR YOU, FOR YOU, FOR YOU. i could only describe them by telling you to imagine that Kyuss, The Doors, Windir, and both old AND new Enslaved were thrown into a blender. now imagine that somehow, out of the carnage, a baby has been formed by all the bits of flesh thrown together, and then that patchwork baby crawls out and is raised by a threesome of Sigur Ros, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Bathory. i'm serious. | | 6 | | Raise Hell
City of the Damned
terrible fucking music, honestly. just awful. but, when i was first getting into the genre, i liked it. so it is, sadly, part of the history | | 7 |  | Vinterland
Welcome my Last Chapter
i'm not generally into ultramelodic black metal, but this may be the perfection of Norway-style melodic black metal. excellent album, depressingly underrecognized | | 8 |  | Averse Sefira
Advent Parallax
although it has to take a back seat to Mirrorthrone's album, this is both one of the harshest and one of the most thought-provoking releases of the year. pure agression expressed through a fondness for mysticism that leads the listener into subconscious glimpses of heroism. amazing work, and definitely the band's best album to date | | 9 |  | Blut Aus Nord
The Work which Transforms God
i love Memoria Vetusta I just as much as i love this, but in the end i went with this one simply because it's so goddamn distinctive. which is no easy task; Memoria Vetusta itself was already extremely unique. but this is a whole other level of weird. some people have criticized it for basically using the same ideas developed by Swans, Neurosis, and especially Godflesh. to which i counter, none of those bands transport my mind into an alternate (and terrifying, but glorious) reality. this album is an entity unto itself. very possibly a modern classic | | 10 |  | Mirrorthrone
Gangrene
incredible writing. based purely on compositional value, this is probably the year's best release. not really black metal, but i came across it because i was looking for black metal, so i think it warrants inclusion | | 11 |  | Graveland
The Celtic Winter
any black/viking metal fan not familiar with this should get their priorities straight | | 12 |  | Arcturus
The Sham Mirrors
the least black-metal album on the list, included for the same reason Mirrorthrone is. this is another of my favorite albums ever, regardless of genre. first time i heard it i completely loved it, listened to it the whole rest of the day. that was over a year ago; just the other week i listened to it again, and felt exactly the same way i did the first time i heard it. that's staying power | | 13 |  | Enslaved
Vikingligr Veldi
most of Enslaved's fans like their newer prog-rock stuff, and those fans who do prefer the viking stuff tend to consider Frost to be the band's best. but to me, Frost sounds a little too much like everything else in black metal. this album, however, is distinct. long, droning, and easily the most hypnotic traditional black metal album i've heard(Darkthrone doesn't do anything for me) | | 14 |  | Emperor
In the Nightside Eclipse
this one should be obvious. you can't call yourself a black metal fan if you haven't heard this | | 15 |  | Immortal
At the Heart of Winter
their best album? no, definitely not. but it is the first black metal album that made me realize the genre could be enjoyable, fun. that it could... rock. it's also the first album by a major act about which i could honestly say, "i love that album". no longer a personal favorite, but still pretty damn good | | 16 |  | Bathory
Blood Fire Death
should i even say anything? if i have to explain this to you, you really just don't fucking get it | |
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09.09.08 | I believe in christian microwaves. | jrowa001
09.09.08 | the only albums here ive heard are 7,10,12,13,14,15,16 and i like/love all of those. ive heard one Graveland album and it was good. | ASberg
09.09.08 | i dont get it. | joshuatree
09.09.08 | so are you tribes or is jom just saying that
because your taste has really changed since | istaros
09.09.08 | jrowa001, it may seem odd/weird/whatever for sometone to say that they feel privileged to have heard a certain album; but that's how i feel about the first five. hidden gems | masscows
09.09.08 | what's up with the black metal scene and its disdain for microwaves? I remember reading an averse sefira interview and he talked about how much he hates microwaves or something. | istaros
09.09.08 | no, i'm not tribes, and jom is just saying it. i have no idea who tribes is/was. i tried looking up his profile once jom started doing that but i guess it was deleted or something, i couldn't find anything on it | istaros
09.09.08 | masscows: haha, that's pure coincidence - because i was just making a lame joke. i.e., don't put metal in the microwave | BallsToTheWall
09.09.08 | list is sexy. | P13
09.10.08 | Let the power of christ compel you! | Metalikane
09.10.08 | Yea 5! Love that album. | Mordecai.
09.10.08 | No Darkthrone?? No Burzum?? List needs Under a Funeral Moon and Hvis Lyset Tar Oss. Kudos for Emperor and Bathory though. | istaros
09.10.08 | Darkthrone bores me, and although i like Burzum a lot, he wasn't someone who inspired me to listen to MORE black metal. i already liked it well enough by the time i started listening to him |
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