Black Metal Classics!

[@burggrafzudohna4444]

Thanks a lot, Marty! Discovered this amazing Hades record right here! Was listening to it yesterday while forest walking - great stuff! Hails from Moscow, Russia!

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

It’s such a great and largely overlooked Norwegian classic. So much emotion in it. Thanks for watching.

[@Sirmeatwad]

I love going back through your old videos and rewatching them. It’s relaxing and comforting to me and just puts me in a good mood. Thank you for all the effort you’ve put into making this channel. I’m really glad it exists

[@mykectown]

Great to see you back, dude! And this was a great video for a comeback. I'm really enjoying these!

[@mykectown]

BTW I'm still hoping you do the "Best album covers" video.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+Myke C-Town perhaps!

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+Myke C-Town yeah man. It's cool to get people's perspective on classic albums and everyone has different tastes and ideas about them.

[@infernusrex796]

So glad that you are back Marty, missed you a LOT!! Glad my post inspired you to make this video, it is a fantastic list!!!

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

Infernus Rex it feels good to be back, but this vid felt a bit forced and admittedly awkward. It’s like I forgot how to do this shit! Ugh,

[@andysorgslott2934]

Great stuff, good to see you back! Thanks to your video I found that Hades album which I hadn´t heard before, even though I´ve been into black metal for 20 years! I can´t understand how I missed that one.

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

Hades definitely needs more attention. And if someone isn't gonna check them out, it's their loss! Great video man. Good to hear from you again. Also, I'm bad at making lists unless it's like 50 albums but my list would be similar to yours, but would probably have had something from Rotting Christ and Mystifier.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

Dark Hyms From The Cold North I used to love compiling lists. These days it seems everything is harder than it should be, but for a quick list, this one is pretty faithful to what I was obsessing over in the 90s. Satyricon Nemesis Divina and The Shadowthrone should have been on here’s well. I was sadly late to Rotting Christ with Triarchy of the Lost lovers being the first album of theirs I heard. Great stuff!

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

Best part was that you went into detail about what those albums mean to you. Makes it more interesting and personal than just showing your favorites.

[@michaelbirge5025]

So happy to see you back. A stand out in the pack young man.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

michael laura you’re too kind. Many thanks.

[@ElusiveMirror]

Great to see a video from you! Definitly need to take time for Mercyful Fate as well as spend more time with the Windir discography, I've listened to each album 1-2 times maybe. Always nice to see some love for Taake, saw them live this summer and was blown away. I think Armagedda's Only True Believers are worthy of a spot on a list like this, no one ever talks about them here on youtube it seems.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

TheHuntingRat it felt confining to pick out 12or 13 titles when there are soooooo many worthy and important albums over the years that made a mark on my listening journey. I may do another list down the road for more talking points. We shall see. Thx for watching!

[@s.craigzahler8670]

Yep, the fjords of Norway really offered us a lot of black metal classics... In the Nightside Eclipse is great, but 20+ years later, I have yet to find the black metal album that matches the soaring majesty, varied hues, and orchestrated intensity of Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, in my estimation, a pinnacle in music history. I also adore Mayhem's Wolf's Lair Abyss & Grand Declaration of War & Chimera, Immortal's At the Heart of Winter & Sons of Northern Darkness, and Emperor's IX Equilibrium. Some other black metal favorites are: Enslaved's Isa & Below the Lights, Summoning's Minas Morgul & Stronghold & Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame, Drudkh's Forgotten Legends & Estrangement & Blood in Our Wells, Thorns self-titled, Bathory's Under the Sign of the Black Mark, Moonblood's Sob a Lua, Nargaroth's Black Metal Ist Krieg, Nachtfalke's Doomed to Die, Ruins of Beverest's Blood Vaults, Rotting Christ's A Dead Poem & Triarchy of Lost Lovers, Carpathian Forest's Black Shining Leather, Horn of Valere's Blood of the Ancient Heathens, Elite's Kampen, and Ulver's Nattens Madrigal. Some of these bands the host of this channel turned me on to back in the day---Summoning, Moonblood, Drudkh, and Rotting Christ.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

So glad that I had a hand in getting you into some of those classics. Not black metal, but I still fondly recall a road trip to Milwaukee Metal Fest and playing Mob Rules for your first experience with that classic. Being able to tie a dearly loved album to a friend, makes it even more special. Anyway... other black metal classics... Hades - Again Shall Be and The Dawn of a Dying Sun are both amazing. Windir Arntor is one you should investigate if you haven’t already. Norway was always my favorite scene back in the heyday. Sorry for the delay in my reply! Talk soon.

[@s.craigzahler8670]

@@HeavyMetallurgy Yeah, I remember that life-changing listening experience very well as the gray sky outside turned black beneath the Sign of the Southern Cross, my favorite Black Sabbath song ever from what has been favorite Sabbath album since that time... Though I relish tons of albums of all types, especially metal, prog rock, and soul, the only metal albums that I'd put on the same uppermost pedestal as Mob Rules are Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (Emperor), Rust in Peace (Megadeth), Phoenix Rising (Destroyer 666), and A Flame to the Ground Beneath (Lost Horizon). Painkiller, Defenders of the Faith, Heaven and Hell, Sons of Northern Darkness, At the Heart of Winter, Wolf's Lair Abyss, Grand Declaration of War, Awakening the World, Battle Hymns, Kings of Metal, Mystification, Mark of the Beast, Imaginations from the Other Side, Spectres, Secret Treaties, Thunder and Lightning, III: So Long Suckers, and others are incredible, long time favorites, but the aforementioned quintet are the glorious, godly FIVE.

[@benng4376]

Ever the stalwart and luminary... Great to have you back. I was just listening to Graveland "Carpathian Wolves" yesterday. Still looking for more dungeon synth recommendations.

[@The1stsuperman]

Rad! So many new albums and bands that I've never listened to. Thank you!

[@srednuasrmit]

Just rewatched this episode, great classic BM picks especially the Mercyful Fate Melissa LP, first wave of BM. Just read a news story on April 23, 2023 about BM status in Norway and thought this would be he perfect place to add the story. Reported by AFP. Black Metal has earned a spot in the Halls of Culture with a new exhibit, called Bad Vibes, at the Oslo National Library. The curator said Norwegian Black Metal is an important part of Norways national cultural heritage. Looks like BM is now a mainstream part of Norwegian history. Who would have thought a few violent altercations, several church burnings and the occasional murder would be considered national cultural heritage. Anyways, good for Norway to recognize the value of Black Metal music. What other country in the world would honour a musical genre as brutal as BM?

[@boybumbatso1582]

that Windir album! amazing stuff!

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

A complete classic Norwegian BM album! Thanks for watching.

[@Nightbreed82]

Ohhh man HADES!! Great fucking band, and I discovered it with this video. Awesome picks man, nearly mirrors my own list. Thoroughly enjoyed this, cheers!

[@pietrayday9915]

It sounds like our musical tastes were rather similar, at least through the 1980s and 1990s! Great list, I can't really fault any of the choices there. The Emperor/Enslaved split would have been my first second-wave Norwegian black metal cassette, followed by "In the Night Side Eclipse" - that stuff was mind-blowing at the time! (I agree about Enslaved's side of that split - not quite as good as Emperor's, but I liked it almost as well.) It took me a while to finally track down that demo, but I remember mail-ordering that same cassette as soon as I found it, and being impressed with just how ambitious and truly frightening it was. Before that, Celtic Frost's "To Mega Therion" would have been my early black metal exposure, sort of equivalent to the Mercyful Fate disc for you, but Mercyful Fate hit like a cold, evil bomb when I finally did hear it. I think in the end my selection of black metal classics would overlap with about half your selection (especially Samael, Emperor, Mercyful Fate, and Mayhem), though I think my selection would probably have included more of the likes of Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, Possessed, Morbid Angel and Deicide (those guys were definitely more black than death metal on their first couple albums), Arcturus, Bathory, Sarcofago (that "Rotting" EP was scary for its time, and it's easy to see how South American bands like Sarcofago played a massive role in shaping the Norwegian metal scene!).... Anyway, great list here!

[@wyattxhim]

it blows my mind honestly that not many people praise Windir the way people praise others in the genre

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+Wyattxhim It is odd. They were just as good as any other band in Norway. Screw everyone else.... they still get plenty of spins in the Rytkonen house!

[@derek9217]

Windir Antor is a very unique and special album. I've loved it though out the many years

[@Skol_Qc]

Windir rules!!!!

[@boybumbatso1582]

same here. I've listened to their other albums and were all good. but the Arntor album is a masterpiece

[@HighDefTV]

Hell yes... great "comeback" (you were never gone, my man!) and list. I might have to put in my two cents or less when I get finished with work. I've kind of veered away from black metal as of late, but I'm always down to reminisce about the "good old days"!

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+Eric Bauer "don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years". Do a video!

[@lifeeternal9823]

Glad to see you back my friend! and im also glad to see mercyful fate on this list!

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+life eternal had to be. They remain to this day, one of the most evil bands ever! Imo of course.

[@miguelcruz2682]

Void vod was like first industrial some kind of metal!??.. I'd be dead wearing that shirt.. me good.🤘

[@JuanCortez-xn8ur]

For mentioning Following the Voice of Blood, take my like :)

[@dejjal8683]

brought back memories of Metal Maniacs and Lapland

[@SDijkstra88NL]

I just can not get to dig Emperor.....

[@superiormusic]

Some great choices you got there, mate. When it comes to the early Darkthrone albums, most people choose either A Blaze or Transilvanian as their favourite. personally I'd go for Funeral Moon as my own pick, but I believe I'm in a minority on that. Cheers from Norway!

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+InternalCombustionGenie thanks for watching. He'll I even love albums like Hate Them. I feel that was their last truly black metal effort. Great.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Dude! Killer shirt.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+Scott Waters thanks Scott. I used to have an original of that shirt (This is a bootleg) which had more colors in it. But I became far too sexy for it (ie: fat) and gave it to a friend.

[@MyBichSustained]

2O Year anniversary of nightside is a must if you don't have!

[@BifrostMR]

Greetings from Norway \m/ Really great list if i were to add a few that i have not seen featured on any of these response videos it would be: Fimbulwinter - Servants of Sorcery Carpathian Forest - Morbid Facination of Death Forgotten Woods - As the Wolves Gather/Sjel av Natten Gehenna - First Spell Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam Myrkgrav - Trollskau, Skrømt og Kølabrenning Old Man's Child - Pagan Prosperity Primordial - Imrama Windir - Sognariket (Demo) Kampfar - Mellom Skogkledde Åser Thorns - Stigma Diabolicum (All Demos) Trelldom - Til Evighet...

[@Lyrici17]

You just blew my mind with the Attila/Nivek Ogre comparison. I'm with you, "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" is one of the best.... I especially like the mention of Windir's "Arntor". I really like all of the other Windir albums a lot as well, but "Arntor" is just a step above the rest. Great pick.... I will own up to owning some Graveland albums. I particularly think his viking metal style black metal stuff is pretty strong. I don't listen to them very often though..... I feel like I've read that Mercyful Fate was actually referred to as black metal before the black metal as we know today was really a thing. I could be making that up though..... Good list, thanks!

[@forever_underground]

Really like your videos man. I just started a channel myself, Vinyl Worship.

[@adanmenendez]

pretty cool albums, I absolute classics indeed!!

[@Nightbreed82]

After watching this, I can tell we have very similar taste. I recommend Enthroned's early work, like Prophesies of Pagan Fire, Towards the Skullthrone of Satan, and Regie Sathanas. They are from Belgium I believe. It's one of the first Black Metal bands I ever got into, and there's some definite nostalgia for me. Their style changed (for the worse IMO) in 1999...not familiar at all with their new stuff. Hope you enjoy. \m/

[@claytonbjork5687]

Yes indeed Enthroneds first two albums are severely underrated..I always loved Belgian bands for some reason.. Ancient Rites first two were great also and noone even talks about them...

[@Nightbreed82]

@@claytonbjork5687 good call on Ancient Rites! Another amazing overlooked Belgian Black Metal band.

[@themiserablist4516]

Good to have you back sir

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+the miserablist it's oddly good to be back!

[@hellionsentinel]

Excellent list man!

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

Thanks for watching!

[@Titant2]

1. Dissection - The Somberlain/Storm of the Lights bane (I simply can't choose, fuck i even like ReinKaos) 2. Bathory - Sign of the Black Mark 3. Emperor - In the nightside eclipse 4. Gorgoroth - Under the sign of hell 5. Venom - Black Metal I know my 5 picks haven't got any Darkthrone in it. In all honesty, I just never got into them. Maybe it is the production or something, I don't know but it is what it is.

[@screamsfromthegrave3324]

Nice to see Mercyful Fate here... my favorite metal band of all time

[@screamsfromthegrave3324]

Also, loving the Fates Warning poster in the background!

[@hmpz36911]

laith jawad Without a doubt, some of the best guitar playing in metal.

[@austinanddakota607]

What is the album after Burzum?

[@petras8385]

Great to see Taake - Nattestid on your list

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

They are a Dave of mine for sure. One of the few in Norway to keep that true spirit alive

[@joedenby2645]

Great to see you man, Hope you're doing well.

[@scaryeyeball]

marty, where did you get that dimension hatross shirt? i can never find a shirt with that album art, and it's been my favorite voivod album since it's release.

[@grimhorgh76]

Glad to have you back! I'm surprised there wasn't any Drudkh in your list. Would love to see a video with your thoughts on eastern european BM bands.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+Mike Paths there could and probably should have been. The albums Autumn Aurora, Blood in our Wells and Estrangement all have moments of music that can bring tears to my eyes.

[@baphomick]

Hope you've been doing great too.

[@ComicsUnlimited-wy3sz]

Great video Marty

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+The Lone Wolf Of Comic Book Hunts thanks man

[@anjavanderbie6670]

Still a great video

[@RichardWolfe79]

Did you ever buy from Barbed Wire Enterprises? I got a ton of good stuff from that guy back in the day.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

Is that the guy with all the bootleg shirts? He was always set up at the metal fests. I never bought anything from him, but had friends that did.

[@RichardWolfe79]

Marty Worm I did see at the Milwaukee fest. Don’t remember his name but he was Middle Eastern or Pakistani. Dude had cool shit though.

[@efox37]

glad to see you back Marty! do you have a favorite carpathian forest album or opinion about the band? i have a few of their records and was just curious.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+myrkrefr Black Shining Leather is my fave. The perfect cross between Motorhead and atmospheric BM. The band took a turn for the worst after that one guy left after that album imo.

[@BlackWaxRitual]

Norwegian Black Metal worth checking: Fleurety - Min Tid Skal Komme Ildjarn-Nidhogg - Norse Ildfrost - Dark Waters Stir Troll -Trollstorm over Nidingjuv Strid- Strid Ved Buens Ende - Those Who Caress the Pale

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

+BlackWaxRitual thanks for the lost. I've heard all of this bands other than Troll. Must investigatea

[@ttkdovieski9864]

Anyone know Frostmoon?

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

I guess I’ve heard of Frostmoon Eclipse, but I’m assuming that’s a different band.

[@ttkdovieski9864]

@@HeavyMetallurgy yes that Is a different band

[@GEOPOLITICALANALYSIS]

who shrugs their shoulders to 'De mysteriis'? You kidding me?

[@bmoremetal]

Love De Mysteriis. Attila sounds like Dave Mustaine doing black metal.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

Argh! I’ll never be able to un-hear that! Hahaha. Thanks for watching.

[@1MRCRock]

welcome back marty

[@martmart3153]

good to see u back, sir ! how is your wife? hope she's fine

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

mart mart thanks for asking. She’s doing pretty well. Home! Walking a bit stronger everyday, but recovery is a slow process. She is determined and working hard. Take care!

[@arklowrockz]

Windir is fantastic

[@poisonoracle]

hey man which is your distro?

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

poisonoracle shop.bindrunerecordings.com

[@PawelSorinsky]

M.A.R.T.Y. F.L.I.P.P.I.N. W.O.R.M.!

[@GroundZeroSalem]

Being an almost 40 year old Black Metal noob (at least when it comes to the "2nd wave" and/or Norwegian stuff) you have reminded that I really need to scope out some Hades and Windir stuff. That Samael record is incredible, as is Mercyful Fate (of frigging course). I love finding stuff that was released on Wild Rags, very jealous of that Emperor tape.

[@hmpz36911]

GroundZero Salem Check out Suicidal Winds. Swedish black/death/thrash

[@xCynder]

Also, I’m pretty sure Taake is just pronounced take

[@horseofunreason]

It's not prounounced as the English word "take", rather it's a long A and the E is not silent and sounds like you say End. Something like taaaaakE(nd)

[@horseofunreason]

Actually I don't know what the hell the word means but since he is from Norway and the way it's spelled it should sound like my explanation.

[@SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG]

hell yeah dude

[@todosectas3674]

Storm - Nordaving

[@markorokosa4294]

great fucking list btw!!!

[@L-Slayer]

Venom Black metal the best

[@scaryeyeball]

the devil IS real, bro.

[@miguelcruz2682]

U said you got into BLK metal in the 90's???. Where were you threw the 80's?? When it really matters you living under a rock!???

[@markorokosa4294]

de mysteriis dom sathanas is fucking masterpiece!!away better than deathcrush!!

[@jasonureta2621]

The only thing you publish is Scandinavian black metal. where are the great black metal records, Ritual, Fallen angel of doom, INRI, zjevenis, Aquelarre, etc ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@xCynder]

Mercyful Fate is ( I think traditional?) heavy metal. Not even close to Black Metal

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

I fully agree, but the ideology of the first 2 certainly fits the “black metal” mission statement if we all agree that black metal is devil worshiping by nature. Thanks for watching!

[@dawudcharlton]

It's proto black metal .. I'm guessing your under 30

[@miguelcruz2682]

Never liked merciful fate weak metal Alice cooper's stunt double!??.

[@katarinagamersgal]

"...if you take evil music with satanic lyrics ..." dear fucking god,why are you even making these videos For anyone who wants to delve into the beauty of black metal sound and atmosphere here are some essential albums - Ulver - Nattens Madrigal Satyricon - Shadowthrone Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Grenjar - Naar Skogen Lokker Vokodlok - Mass Murder Genesis Taake - Over Bjoergvin graater himmerik/Hordalands doedskvad Gorgoroth - Antichrist/Pentagram Marduk - Nightwing Dark Funeral - Diabolis Interium Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst/Enthrone Darkness Triumphant Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse/Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk Dodsferd - Spitting with Hatred the Insignificance of Life Immortal - Battles in the North Windir - Sóknardalr This could go on and on...avoid everyone who tells you black metal is strictly about satanism and evil. This music is much more than what this fifty-year-old man with the mindset of a thirteen-year-old gothic girl interprets. Disturbingly dumb video.