Top 5 black metal albums of all time?

[bazooka]

let's hear it

[Murder]

1.) Abigor-Supreme Immortal Art
2.) Emperor-Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
3.) Abigor-Nachthymn...
4.) Samael-Ceremony of Opposites
5.) Burzum-Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

In that order. Just my own opinion, remember...

[ZliCke]

Nice list Murder!


1) Bathory - Nordland I
2) Mayhem - Deathcrush
3) Emperor - I the nightside eclipse
4) Vintersorg - Till fjälls
5) Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness

[Morgoth]

1. Burzum: Det Som Engang Var
2. Emperor: In The Nightside Eclipse
3. Mayhem: De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
4. Satyricon: Nemessis Divina
5. Enslaved: Frost

(this list is subject to change all the time)

[into the pit]

1. Mayhem- De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
2. Darkthrone-Transilvanian Hunger
3. Mayhem-Chimera
4. Burzum-Debut
5. Emperor-In The Nightside Eclipse


Very hard to say though... Changing all the time and in no particular order...

But De Mysteriis... and Chimera are definitely among them..

[carl]

In The Nightside Eclipse
Wolf's Lair Abyss
Heaven In Flames
Nightwing
In Abhorrence Dementia

[NightfallInfernal]

Those Bathory albums that have been mentioned are not black metal, they are Viking/Death

Gorgoroth-Under the Sign of Hell
Bathory-Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Darkthrone-Under a Funeral Moon
Funeral Mist-Salvation
Deathspell Omega-Si Monumentum Circumspice

...there are so many more but you asked for only five.

[bazooka]

it's tough to narrow it down to 5 eh

[Nocturnal Spectre]

[list=1]
Mayhem - Deathcrush
Burzum - Burzum
Emperor - Emperor
Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon
Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
[/list=1]

[Arajz]

in no particular order:

1. darkthrone - under a funeral moon
2. mayhem - dmds
3. bathory - under the sign of the blackmark
4. burzum - burzum
5. satyricon - shadowthrone

[Dimas]

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Marduk - Panzer Division Marduk
Tormentor - Anno Domini

[bazooka]

no immortal-pure holocaust in any of your lists!? bah!

[into the pit]

well, pure holocaust is imo the last bearable recording done by immortal... and certainly not an ultimative album...
but it's a matter of taste anyway...:)

[Dimas]

Originally posted by bazooka
no immortal-pure holocaust in any of your lists!? bah!

Nope, because the 5 albums I mentioned give me a special feeling due to the atmosphere the music radiates. Can't say that of Pure Holocast. That's just plain fucking black metal

[Vestiges]

1.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
2.Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
3.Vrolok - Resurgence II : Where the Dying Meet the Dead
4.Burzum - Det Som Engang Var
5.Summoning - Minas Morgul

[Azrael_945]

1. Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at dusk
2. Mayhem - Des Mysteries Dom de satanas
3. Marduk - Panzer Division
4. Darkthrone - A blaze in the northern sky
5. Satyricon - Rebel extravaganza

[Anfang]

Mayhem De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Mayhem Grand Declaration Of War
Immortal Blizzard Beasts
Immortal Battles In The North
Darkthrone A Blaze In The Northern Sky

[torpor]

Satyricon-Nemesis Divina
Emperor-Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
Mayhem-De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Darkthrone-Transylvanian Hunger
Burzum-Filosofem


and the most dark and deep guitar solo ever is in FREEZING MOON !!!

[Haggard Bastard]

NOT chimera, that's for damn sure

in no order:

Vlad Tepes/Belketre - March to the Black Holocaust
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon
Burzum - Burzum
Mayhem - De Mysteriis...
Mütiilation - Remains of a Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul

also mandating mention:

Mütiilation - Vampires of Black Imperial Blood
Darkthrone - A Blaze..., Transylvanian Hunger, Panzerfaust
Bathory - Bathory, The Return, Under..., Blood Fire Death
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Abyssic Hate - Suicidal Emotions
Burzum - Det Som Engang Var, Hvis Lyset..., Filosofem
Immortal - Diabolical, Pure Holocaust, Battles, Blizzard Beasts
Ulver - Bergtatt
Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times
Emperor/Enslaved splot
Nargaroth - Black Metal ist Krieg
Vlad Tepes - War Funeral March
Torgeist/Vlad Tepes - Black Legions Metal
Graveland - Celtic Winter, Carpathian Wolves, Thousand Swords

alright alright, I'll stop, but you can't give just five

[Reincremation]

Even if it isn't BM in its truest form, I can't believe nobody has mentioned Storm of the Light's Bane by Dissection.

[Fisting The Dead]

That is a good point. Nobody has mentioned anything by Dissection. It seems no one really gives a damn about them. Well, I'm gonna break the ice here. Just so you guys know, I don't like a lot of generic/traditional black metal, so this is going to be weird for you:

1) Emperor-Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (got sick of AtNE)
2) Mayem-De Mysteriis
3) Dissection-Storm of the Light's Bane (THAT'S RIGHT!)
4) Taake-Over Bjoregvin Graater Himmerik
5) Dimmu Borgir-Spiritual Black Dimensions

But I think that Windir deserves a very honorable mention. It's a shame that the singer passed away. Likferd was a borderline genius album, in my opinion. I think they would have gone very far if he were still around today.

[Murder]

Damn fine list!

[AbgrunD]

1. Darkthrone: a Blaze in the Northen sky
2. AbgrathoN: -Legions of mass destrucktion
3. Morbid/MayheM -Split
4. Darkthrone: Panzerfaust
5. Kampfar: Demo-99

[Vestiges]

That is a good point. Nobody has mentioned anything by Dissection. It seems no one really gives a damn about them.

I like Dissection, but even then, they aren't great enough to be in my top 5.

[Fisting The Dead]

Yes...they are. :D

[Sodomy]

1.Dark Funeral-Diabolis Interium
2.Immortal-SOND
3.Mayhem-wla
4.Darkthrone-Transilvanian Hunger
5.Satyricon.The Shadowthrone

[Drunk Bum]

without a particular order:

Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Judas Iscariot - Distant in Solitary Night




Bah, but mi likings may change as the days go by. Laters.

[demonikon]

windir - 1184
zyklon-b - blood must be shed
darkthrone - transilivian hunger
dimmu borgir - stormblast
burzum - aske

no order!

[MadMike]

Emperor-Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
Dissection-Storm Of The Lights Bane, Where Dead Angels Lie
Mayhem-Wolfs Lair Abyss
Burzum-Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Mayhem-Mediolanum Capta Est

This is for right now I suppose. It's hard to pick top 5 all time. It shifts alot.

[cabalistic]

any of you guys heard PEST??
they are one of the best grim black metal band around these days...

[Knugen]

Sodom - In The Sign Of Evil
Sarcofago - Inri
Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky

[Murder]

Originally posted by cabalistic
any of you guys heard PEST??
they are one of the best grim black metal band around these days...
I love Pest (the Finnish ones, right?)! Hail the Black Metal wolves of Belial!!!

[cabalistic]

yup,thats the pest i was talkin about!
THe new cd,desecrator is excellent! if you havnt gotten it already get it!!!!

[Inisis]

-Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
-Ulver - Bergtatt
-Mayhem - DMDS
-Burzum - Burzum
-Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky

[Baphochrist]

Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

Mayhem - Deathcrush

Cradle Of Filth - Dusk And Her Embrace (fuck all of you, :D )

Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

[Fisting The Dead]

Not a bad list. I think that the CoF album you mentioned was brilliant, but I don't think that either that album nor Deathcrush is really black metal. Otherwise, it's a good list (but you should take off that Darkthrone.) :p

[Fisting The Dead]

ABSOLUTELY NOT! NEVER!!! :D

[artilla]

Hmm only 5 well lets see

#1.Morbid-December Moon
#2.Mayhem-Dawn of the Black Hearts
#3.Crimson Moonlight "not sure on album name but none the less some damn good Irish BM
#4.Dimmu Borgir "Dark Forest"-Stormblast and yeah I know Norwegian
#5.I have a brain fart so i will say the Freezing Moon "solo" on Live in Liepzig meh maybe Mayhem-War and Sodomy

And yes i know Dimmu is now a bunch of sell out bastards im glad Nick was smart enough to leave Look at Cradle of Filth for so long they said "WERE NOT BLACK METAL WERE EXTREME METAL" now the pussys are calling themselvs black metal bah i guess they deserve it they have been a band for sometime now and i guess they needed the cash.

[requiem]

Here we go. In order:

1. Satyricon- 'The Shadowthrone'
2. Emperor- 'In the Nightside Eclipse'
3. Dissection- 'Storm of the Light's Bane'
4. Mayhem- 'Live in Leipzig'
5. Burzum- 'Hvis Lyset Tar Oss'

It's very difficult to choose just five. That would be as good as any five I can think of.

[chimera]

In no order:

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Burzum - Burzum/Aske
Satyricon - Mother North
Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon
Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times

[wron]

Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

Mayhem - Deathcrush

Cradle Of Filth - Dusk And Her Embrace (fuck all of you, )

Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse


that baphochrist is a fuckin amazing list and i have to say exactly the same.

[Baphochrist]

Originally posted by wron
Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

Mayhem - Deathcrush

Cradle Of Filth - Dusk And Her Embrace (fuck all of you, )

Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse


that baphochrist is a fuckin amazing list and i have to say exactly the same.


Cool!

[Aphelion]

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Sodom - In The Sign Of Evil
Dawn Of Azazel - The Law Of The Strong
Sigh - Scorn Defeat
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
I'd be tempted to put in Kreator's Pleasure to kill but since it's a thrash albulm im not going to:p

[CHAINSAWGUTSFUCKER]

ZYKLON B-BLOOD MUST BE SHED
DIMMU BORGIR-STORMBLAST
THORNS-THORNS
EMPEROR-ANTHEMS TO THE WELKIN AT DUSK
MAYHEM-DE MYSTERIIS DOM SATHANAS
IMMORTAL-SONS OF NORTHERN DARKNESS
DARKTHRONE-A BLAZE IN THE NORTHERN SKY

[VilenesS]

[list=1]
burzum - hvis lyset tar oss
mayhem - live in leipzig
shining - livets ändhallplats
nargaroth - herbstleyd
darkthrone - a blaze in the northern sky
[/list=1]

[Oubliette]

1. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
2. Emperor - Wrath Of The Tyrant
3. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
4. Summoning - Lugburz
5. Beherit - Drawing Down The Moon

[emperadorXXIV]

I think Cruelty and the Beast and Midian are the only good COF albums.

[carlo1170]

Deleted a lame rant about Cradle and Dimmu not being black metal. Like we haven't had that discussion before!


best black metal albums
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Venom- Black Metal
Venom- Welcome to hell
Venom- At War With Satan
Celtic Frost-Morbid Tales
Celtic Frost- To Mega Therion
Bathory-Under the Sign of The Black Mark RIP
Bathory- Blood Fire Death RIP

[Stu]

Well Lately I been listening to alot of punk stuff. I went to see the jabbers, and murder junkies at The Middleast in Boston, MA.
If anyone knows who they are they will know Merle Allin, and Dino Sex. Very cool stuff, Merle is the brother of the late great - GG Allin. The one thing I can say is he did what he wanted, and I will always respect that.



Now, onto the list:

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1. Mayhem - 'Live in Leipzig'

2. Marduk - 'World Funeral'

3. Dissection - 'Storm of the Light's Bane'

4. Gorgoroth - 'Pentagram'

5. Dark Funeral 'The Secrets of the Black Arts'

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I like many others like Burzum, Empror, Incantation, Deinonychus, Mysticum, etc ... But this was off top of my head, and I was gonna include Mayhem 'Chimera' but decided 5 different bands, oh and 1 (1 live album, I had 2. Edited) live albums. I personally favor live music over studio. But in truth, its hard to really nail down a great recording of live music. Being there, is the only real way to get any bands true sound.

[morticia]

Setherial - Nord
Darkthrone - Panzerfaust
Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times
Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
Thorns - Thorns
Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites
Marduk - Opus Nocturne

[JKHowling]

Originally posted by Stu
I personally favor live music over studio. But in truth, its hard to really nail down a great recording of live music. Being there, is the only real way to get any bands true sound.

I agree to some extent. In well recorded/mixed studio albums, I prefer to listen to it than live albums. Although I don't think you can capture a real live sound on tape, it just doesn't happen. I do think black metal has come the closet to doing this though, because it's a genre with the rawest most thrashing guitar tones ever. It pisses me off when bands like Pantera have this mega tight, almost computerized guitar sound. I hate it!

I'm not gonna bother listing my fave albums.. they're all been said, except Cadaver - Necrosis.

[JKHowling]

Originally posted by BlackDaimon
Death metal. great album though.
I think that depends on where the boundaries of black metal end, and death metal begins for the listener.

[morticia]

Originally posted by BlackDaimon
Death metal. great album though.

-though-? :)

If it was about naming my favourite death metal albums I'd still be writing...

Death Metal >>>> Black Metal :P

-especially- nowadays

[Knugen]

Originally posted by BlackDaimon
Death metal. great album though.


Death/Thrash!!

[carl]

'shining - livets ändhallplats'

I only heard this recently for the first time and like it plenty.
Allegedly there will be a Shining IV later this year.
There's a certain sameness to their work but each album is worth having,imo.
***
At first I was laughing at some of the lists here, but even though Sodom, Bathory,...( among other selections) have little to do with Black Metal it's interesting to see the variety of people on this Board now.
Although some of our posters have moved on ( I miss Frost, Murder :) ) and although some of the recent arrivals seem to have wandered in by accident from the Ozzfest Forum well, wtf, different opinions make for interesting clashes of taste.

[almighty]

1. MayheM: De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
2. Samael: Ceremony Of Opposites
3. Satyricon: Nemesis Divina
4. Marduk: Opus Nocturne
5. Immortal: Pure Holocaust

6. Arcturus: Aspera Hiems Symfonia (not 100% black metal - but very good)

[into the pit]

Originally posted by carl
'shining - livets ändhallplats'

even though Sodom, Bathory,...( among other selections) have little to do with Black Metal




well, sodom's in the sign of evil is more black metal to me than some of the stuff released today and labelled as black metal..

[Rongoteus]

1. Vintersemestre - Kirkkokyrpä
2. Mayhem - Wolf's Lair Abyss
3. Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon
4. Barathrum - Legions of Perkele
5. Impaled Nazarene - Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz

[Endstille]

no order:

dimmu borgir -stormblast
darkthrone- a blaze in the northern sky
burzum-first
mayhem- dmds
bathory-first

[satyricon82]

In no order:

Mayhem: De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Ulver: Nattens Madrigal
Darkthrone: A Blaze in the Northen Sky
Burzum: Burzum
Satyricon: The Shadowthrone


I would of liked to put Bathory's Under the Sign of the Black on there. Venom, Hellhammer, Bathory, Sarcofago, and Tormentor I didn't put on, as none of those bands ever said ''we are black metal''.

[bazooka]

nice lists everybody!

[Mansonite]

Windir - Soknardalr
Windir - 1184
Windir - Likferd
Windir - Arntor
Windir - Both of the demos they have

:D