Black Metal Recommendations?

So recently I started listening to Anaal Nathrakh and Totalselfhatred. I like them a lot, but I couldn't really find any more good bands.

Rotting Christ, Burzum, Bathorychessmaster1989

Burzum was alright but the bad quality kind of ruins it for me.

Immortal, Satryicon, Cradle of Filth, Dark Fortress, Primordial, Summoning, Antestor, Shadows of Paragon, Vaakevandring, Pantokrator, Grave Declaration, Azmaveth, Verwustung, Vaande, Dark Lay Still, Sanctifica, Admonish, and Euloguim.

Windir, Forefather, Iskald, Wolfchant, Myrkgrav, Nokturnal Mortum, Temnozor, Ulver, Manegarm, Kampfar, Enslaved

Deathspell Omega, Blut Aus Nord, Drudkh, Summoning, Wolves in the Throne Room

Immortal, Satryicon, Cradle of Filth, Dark Fortress, Primordial, Summoning, Antestor, Shadows of Paragon, Vaakevandring, Pantokrator, Grave Declaration, Azmaveth, Verwustung, Vaande, Dark Lay Still, Sanctifica, Admonish, and Euloguim.

VisigothSaxon

Cradle of Filth...never saw them as Black Metal, i always considered them the heaviest of what Gothic Metal have to offer.

I don't recommend Black Metal.

I don't recommend Black Metal.

no_more_fayth

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I don't recommend Black Metal.

elblanquito_81

Yes, because that's what I'm totally saying.

It's not really black metal, but Shining is f***ing mind blowing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qslyq8CcXu0

Darkspace too.

Check out early Samael. Passage is the album you should check out.

EDIT: Apparently I didn't make myself clear enough as some posters ahve pointed out. The first list of bands are to start you out and include links to songs that in my opinion represent them well. The second list that does not include links is simply there for you to look at when you decide you want something new, it is merely there to serve as a reference.

Black metal just happens to be my favorite genre so get ready for an onslaught of bands.

First you gotta start with the classics such as:

Bathory

Burzum

Carpathian Forest

Celtic Frost

Darkthrone

Dissection

Emperor

Enslaved

Gorgoroth

Hellhammer

Immortal

Marduk

Mayhem

Satyricon

Ulver

Other bands to check out when you're ready would be:

The Abyss

Agalloch

Alcest

Amesoeurs

Arckanum

Behemoth

Blacklodge

Blood Stained Dusk

Carach Angren

Chthonic

Clair Cassis

Dark Fortress

Dark Funeral

Darkspace

Deathcult

Deathspell Omega

Deströyer 666

Diabolical Masquerade

Dimmu Borgir

Dragonlord

Drowning The Light

Drudkh

Enthroned

Fimbulwinter

Forest of Fog

Funeral Mist

Gallhammer

Gjenferdsel

Horna

Infernal War

Impetuous Ritual

Istapp

Jotunspor

Katharsis

Kvelertak

Lantlôs

Le Grand Guignol

Les Discrets

Leviathan

Limbonic Art

Lunar Aurora

Lurker Of Chalice

Manes

Merrimack

Mütiilation

Nachtmystium

Nazxul

Necrite

Nefarium

Negură Bunget

Nidingr

Nokturnal Mortum

Obscurus Advocam

Old Man's Child

Oranssi Pazuzu

Ov Hell

Pensées Nocturnes

Peste Noire

Ragnarok

Riul Doamnei

Setherial

Sigh

Sorhin

Striborg

Strid

Summoning

Taake

Tartaros

Temnozor

Thorns

Thus Defiled

Trelldom

Triptykon

Tsjuder

Twilight

Urfaust

Ved Buens Ende

Velvet Cacoon

Vesania

Vesperian Sorrow

Vinterland

Vlad Tepes

Vordven

Watain

Wodensthrone

Wolves In The Throne Room

Woods Of Desolation

Xasthur

1349

Mirrorthrone and Bishop of Hexan, and most of everything else is listing.

Urizen

Covenant

Le Grand Guignol

*long list no one will ever read*

Vennligsinnet

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*long list no one will ever read*

jaydough

Thread requires more Deathspell Omega recommendations.

jaydough It's not really black metal, but Shining is f***ing mind blowing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qslyq8CcXu0

The vocals in this are awesome! Is there anything like them but with more metal sounding instruments?

jaydough It's not really black metal, but Shining is f***ing mind blowing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qslyq8CcXu0

The vocals in this are awesome! Is there anything like them but with more metal sounding instruments?

Alacoque72

Not very metal though.

[QUOTE="VisigothSaxon"]

Immortal, Satryicon, Cradle of Filth, Dark Fortress, Primordial, Summoning, Antestor, Shadows of Paragon, Vaakevandring, Pantokrator, Grave Declaration, Azmaveth, Verwustung, Vaande, Dark Lay Still, Sanctifica, Admonish, and Euloguim.

madsnakehhh

Cradle of Filth...never saw them as Black Metal, i always considered them the heaviest of what Gothic Metal have to offer.

Their older stuff was black metal their new stuff is more Gothic.

Any more? I kind of liked Abigail Williams.

Drudkh, Deathspell Omega, Blut Aus Nord, Summoning, Emperor, and Darkspace. So pretty much Ragek's list, but with Emperor instead of WitTR.Guppy507

Could we keep WitTR and include Emperor? :P

Darkspace too.

ragek1ll589

Agalloch is my favorite blackish thing ever. Just brilliancy. Imagine you're lost in the woods and it's snowing, and it's cold, the wind is blowing and you're lost, and you know you're going to die if you don't find shelter. And you find a cabin, the ruins of a cabin, and you open the door and it's illuminated, and there's a fire, and it's warm. From this coldness, brutality from outside, of life, and of death being this warm comfortable place. And you know that cabin in the woods is the place you're going to be forever. That's Agalloch.

Black metal is difficult to get into if you jump head first into bands like Burzum and Emperor, so I would reccomend listening to some black metal bands that have flavors from other genres. Immortal's Sons of Northern Darkness album has some thrashy bits to it, so I would reccomend them if you're already a fan of thrash metal. Impaled Nazarene and Gorgoroth (old) have some punk elements to their sound, so check them out too if you're into punk.

I dunno really TC, I could never really get into the genre and I can't really name a band that I'd find worthwhile!!

[QUOTE="Guppy507"]Drudkh, Deathspell Omega, Blut Aus Nord, Summoning, Emperor, and Darkspace. So pretty much Ragek's list, but with Emperor instead of WitTR.ragek1ll589

Could we keep WitTR and include Emperor? :P

[QUOTE="ragek1ll589"]

[QUOTE="Guppy507"]Drudkh, Deathspell Omega, Blut Aus Nord, Summoning, Emperor, and Darkspace. So pretty much Ragek's list, but with Emperor instead of WitTR.Guppy507

Could we keep WitTR and include Emperor? :P

Are you trying to tell me you dislike Wolves in the Throne Room? Have you even heard... The Cleansing?!

Agalloch is my favorite blackish thing ever. Just brilliancy. Imagine you're lost in the woods and it's snowing, and it's cold, the wind is blowing and you're lost, and you know you're going to die if you don't find shelter. And you find a cabin, the ruins of a cabin, and you open the door and it's illuminated, and there's a fire, and it's warm. From this coldness, brutality from outside, of life, and of death being this warm comfortable place. And you know that cabin in the woods is the place you're going to be forever. That's Agalloch.

Are you trying to tell me you dislike Wolves in the Throne Room? Have you even heard... The Cleansing?!

[QUOTE="Vennligsinnet"]

*long list no one will ever read*

jaydough

There are a lot of really good bands on that list...

Burzum, Immortal, Emperor, Drudkh, Mutiilation (Don't overlook this band, one of the best in the scene), The Ruins of Beverast, Summoning, Wyrd, and Graveland are all great. Agalloch isn't really black metal. 'Dark metal' at most, and even that seems like a stretch to me. Only good thing WitTR has done is 'Two Hunters'.KHAndAnime

Hence why I labeled them "blackish", yet that still didn't stop your predictable correction. Agalloch is black metal, folk metal, folk, dark ambient, drone, neofolk, post-rock, and the list goes on. Though I agree with you on Two Hunters. Everything else is pretty bland.

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]Burzum, Immortal, Emperor, Drudkh, Mutiilation (Don't overlook this band, one of the best in the scene), The Ruins of Beverast, Summoning, Wyrd, and Graveland are all great. Agalloch isn't really black metal. 'Dark metal' at most, and even that seems like a stretch to me. Only good thing WitTR has done is 'Two Hunters'.RobboElRobbo

Hence why I labeled them "blackish", yet that still didn't stop your predictable correction. Agalloch is black metal, folk metal, folk, dark ambient, drone, neofolk, post-rock, and the list goes on.

Agalloch all has elements from these genres, but that doesn't necessarily make them the genres they borrow elements from. The only thing blackish about Agalloch is the occasional raspy voice or two.

[QUOTE="RobboElRobbo"][QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]Burzum, Immortal, Emperor, Drudkh, Mutiilation (Don't overlook this band, one of the best in the scene), The Ruins of Beverast, Summoning, Wyrd, and Graveland are all great. Agalloch isn't really black metal. 'Dark metal' at most, and even that seems like a stretch to me. Only good thing WitTR has done is 'Two Hunters'.KHAndAnime

Hence why I labeled them "blackish", yet that still didn't stop your predictable correction. Agalloch is black metal, folk metal, folk, dark ambient, drone, neofolk, post-rock, and the list goes on.

Agalloch all has elements from these genres, but that doesn't necessarily make them the genres they borrow elements from. The only thing blackish about Agalloch is the occasional raspy voice or two.

You forgot guitar tone and blast beats

Wait, metal comes in colors now? What does yellow metal sound like?

Wait, metal comes in colors now? What does yellow metal sound like?

TINYOWNSYOU

Piss. Black metal has been around since the 80s dude. It's a big genre.

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Wait, metal comes in colors now? What does yellow metal sound like?

RobboElRobbo

Piss. Black metal has been around since the 80s dude. It's a big genre.

Really?

Guess it's my own fault, I don't listen to a lot of metal... What other colors are there?

[QUOTE="RobboElRobbo"][QUOTE="TINYOWNSYOU"]

Wait, metal comes in colors now? What does yellow metal sound like?

TINYOWNSYOU

Piss. Black metal has been around since the 80s dude. It's a big genre.

Really?

Guess it's my own fault, I don't listen to a lot of metal... What other colors are there?

Blue, Red, Green, Purple, Pink, Magenta...

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[QUOTE="RobboElRobbo"]

Piss. Black metal has been around since the 80s dude. It's a big genre.

ragek1ll589

Really?

Guess it's my own fault, I don't listen to a lot of metal... What other colors are there?

Blue, Red, Green, Purple, Pink, Magenta...

Cyan, teal, turquoise, beige

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[QUOTE="RobboElRobbo"]

Piss. Black metal has been around since the 80s dude. It's a big genre.

ragek1ll589

Really?

Guess it's my own fault, I don't listen to a lot of metal... What other colors are there?

Blue, Red, Green, Purple, Pink, Magenta...

You're kidding!

I never heard about any of this.

But seriously, white metal actually kind of exists. It's a term they made up for black metal which is christian, seeing as black metal was typically satanic/anti-religious back in the day, they decided to keep the christians out of it with a silly made up genre

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[QUOTE="RobboElRobbo"]

Hence why I labeled them "blackish", yet that still didn't stop your predictable correction. Agalloch is black metal, folk metal, folk, dark ambient, drone, neofolk, post-rock, and the list goes on.

RobboElRobbo

Agalloch all has elements from these genres, but that doesn't necessarily make them the genres they borrow elements from. The only thing blackish about Agalloch is the occasional raspy voice or two.

You forgot guitar tone and blast beats

To be honest, first time I heard Agalloch I thought I was listening to an alternative rock band or something. Agalloch has a very pleasant and accommodating guitar tone, and I've never actually heard Agalloch use blast beats, though I'm sure they have once or twice. I like Agalloch, I think the band is very decent, but recommending Agalloch in a black metal thread is like going into a punk thread and recommending Green Day. I have no doubt though that Agalloch is heavily influenced by black metal (Drudkh).

Burzum

Mayhem

Satyricon

those are my 3 favourite black metal bands, I dont like much black metal but I like a lot of the older bands and these 3 bands are basically the only black metal bands I listen to when I listen to black metal.