What are your top ten Black Metal releases?
Here's my list. Let's see yours:
01. Burzum - "Filosofem" (1996)
02. Deathspell Omega - "Kénôse" E.P. (2005)
03. Darkthrone - "Transilvanian Hunger" (1994)
04. Oranssi Pazuzu - "Mestarin kynsi" (2020)
05. Burzum - "Hvis lyset tar oss" (1994)
06. Oranssi Pazuzu - "Värähtelijä" (2016)
07. Wolves In The Throne Room - "Two Hunters" (2007)
08. Bathory - "Blood Fire Death" (1988)
09. Mayhem - "De mysteriis dom Sathanas" (1994)
10. Bathory - "Under the Sign of the Black Mark" (1987)
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The credentials of the Oranssi Pazuzu ones are a little bit questionable in my opinion but I've gone with the common consensus for the moment.
As a metalhead who's not really into black metal, avoiding the satanic part of the genre like the plague, here are my top 5, each from one of only 5 bands that I like to have at least one black metal album:
5. Moonspell - Under the Moonspell (1994)
4. Underoath - Cries of the Past (2000)
3. Sólstafir - Í Blóði og Anda (2002)
2. Woods of Ypres - Woods III: The Deepest Roots and Darkest Blues (2007)
1. Enslaved - Isa (2004)
Only ten!! Shit, I've got some whittling to do on my list. I'll get to work and get back to you...
I dunno about you guys but I actually think top tens are much more relevant than extended ones. I generally only wanna see the life-changers. I don’t agree with honourable mentions either. A record is either good enough to make it or it’s not. Quality over quantity as they say!
I dunno about you guys but I actually think top tens are much more relevant than extended ones. I generally only wanna see the life-changers. I don’t agree with honourable mentions either. A record is either good enough to make it or it’s not. Quality over quantity as they say!
That's actually a very good point Daniel. I guess a top five or ten really focusses the mind on which releases REALLY mean something to you.
OK so here we go - nothing too out there for me, I'm afraid. I guess my taste is quite orthodox when it comes to black metal.
1. Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992)
2. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (1994)
3. Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä (2016)
4. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger (1994)
5. Enslaved - Vikingligr veldi (1994)
6. Mayhem - Live in Leipzig (1993)
7. Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters (2007)
8. Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss (1994)
9. Panopticon - Kentucky (2012)
10. Shining - V - Halmstad (Niklas Angående Niklas) (2007)
1. Akhlys - The Dreaming I (2015)
2. Enslaved - Below The Lights (2003)
3. Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God (2003)
4. Darkthrone - Panzerfaust (1995)
5. Immortal - Pure Holocaust (1993)
6. Burzum - Filosofem (1996)
7. Panopticon - Kentucky (2012)
8. Inquisition - Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith (2016)
9. Drudkh - Microcosmos (2009)
10. Cultes des Ghoules - Henbane (2015)
I'm not entirely sure these days. I could easily create a top 50 black metal albums, but making a top 10 list is much more challenging.
Here are 10 that instantly come to mind, so I'm just throwing it out there with little real consideration. The last four may not actually make my true top 10 list, but it's boring including something like Darkthrone or Bathory when I could put something potentially surprising. I hope to rate all my favourites in the next couple of years and then I'll be able to do a proper top 10.
1. Burzum - Filosofem
2. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
3. Mayhem - De mysteriis dom Sathanas
4. Burzum - Hvis lyset tat oss
5. Blut aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
6. Ulver - Bergtatt
7. Darkspace - Dark Space III
8. Nehemah - Requiem Tenebrae
9. Lurker of Chalice - Lurker of Chalice
10. ColdWorld - Melancholie2
I feel like Two Hunters might also make my list at some point. Need to give it a bit more time.
Here's my updated list:
01. Burzum - "Filosofem" (1996)
02. Deathspell Omega - "Kénôse" E.P. (2005)
03. Akhlys - "The Dreaming I" (2015)
04. Darkthrone - "Transilvanian Hunger" (1994)
05. Oranssi Pazuzu - "Mestarin kynsi" (2020)
06. Burzum - "Hvis lyset tar oss" (1994)
07. Oranssi Pazuzu - "Värähtelijä" (2016)
08. Wolves In The Throne Room - "Two Hunters" (2007)
09. Bathory - "Blood Fire Death" (1988)
10. Mayhem - "De mysteriis dom Sathanas" (1994)
https://metal.academy/lists/single/120