10 Greatest Black Metal Bands

[@jonsaltberry8167]

Black Metal concerts in daylight take away so much of the dark aesthetic.

[@eliasmg9144]

Yeah but we can see the goat skulls better

[@michiganscythian2445]

I can only listen to black metal at night or on a cloudy day

[@lukasnorie]

Saw Behemoth in the middle of the day at wacken 18, but it looked sick anyway because of the insane heat.

[@lone_wolf6666]

Should be forbidden

[@redtrenches]

hence the name

[@icaro616]

My top 5: 05- Nickelback 04- Creed 03- Limp Bizkit 02- Rolling Stones 01- Bring me the horizon honorable mentions to: Antestor, Coldplay, Black veil brides, Black Eyed Peas, oasis, imagine dragons, one direction, tokyo hotel and Justin Bieber.

[@dangerousmetalhead7592]

Imagine dragon, omg they're so heavy

[@adriansaycon7344]

when u said limp bizkit *angry slipknot noises*

[@Max82473]

pls come to germany!!

[@tedpoland7650]

They are dick s

[@kianoakley4522]

You're forgetting my chemical romance

[@Zedd.y]

Immortal is how people think kiss is like at first glance

[@melkerrosell795]

DeElectricTroll true

[@Rob-ys6ot]

Ha, like it!!! Appearances can be deceptive.

[@rocknrollmilitant]

What's interesting is as they've gotten older, they (look most bands) have had to tune down and this has given some of their songs (like God of Thunder and War Machine) a much more evil sound. Check it out.

[@arvindshastry1178]

@@rocknrollmilitant Can you please tell me the name of the song which immortal are playing in this video

[@rocknrollmilitant]

Arvind Shastri I actually don't know. I'm not too familiar with them. I'm more familiar with KISS.

[@fabnorum9568]

Bathory, Mayhem and Darkthrone should be at the top since it was those bands that basically laid a foundation of Black metal

[@sandipgr2117]

Bathory venom used to play thrash metal when burzum and mayhem was formed mayhem started the journey varg joined the force to make true Norwegian black metal and change the world forever

[@pierreaubert624]

What is the name of the song of Darkthrone ?

[@tommylaflamme5358]

@@pierreaubert624 Under a Funeral moon

[@pierreaubert624]

@@tommylaflamme5358 thanks bro !!!

[@Philipp.of.Swabia]

Doesn’t mean they are the best in business, but I kinda agree

[@eighthcircleofhell5348]

And no one can play freezing moon solo like euronymous

[@lukehewko260]

Especially not Euronymous.

[@eighthcircleofhell5348]

@@lukehewko260 yup

[@ashkandi1337]

@@lukehewko260 To play it well you're supposed to NOT know how to do it!

[@spamsingles5948]

@@lukehewko260 hahahaha

[@tomdanub4231]

Too bad he was fucking murdered then

[@paulpinargote5199]

Don't care what anyone says. Bathory is and always should be number 1. They are the heart and soul of black metal. They are one of the most important metal bands ever

[@Foreverceltic]

Agreed. People still will argue based on preference but facts are facts. 🤘

[@Absolutely_puck_fakestine]

They ? You mean he

[@traditionalfascists3303]

Burzum And Mayhem should be ironically together at the top

[@ChodeMaster]

LMFAO Mayhem has 1 good Full-release. Completely fucking overrated

[@AnnihilationOfGod]

I agree

[@utqiagvik1991]

@@ChodeMaster No.

[@ChodeMaster]

@@utqiagvik1991 that's not an argument

[@utqiagvik1991]

@@ChodeMaster Then explain me what's wrong with albums like Chimera, Wolf's Liar Abyss?

[@shopski2189]

We all know that a black metal list without The Beatles is not a valid one

[@DevSharma-ho7oo]

u forgot lil wayne

[@zackzallie8735]

u forgot kanye west

[@yung.god__]

BTS too ong

[@felixlee4498]

justin bieber, dude.

[@rinhluimetallinkinpark9924]

Wait don't forget Billie eilish

[@elcanaldeesetipo]

No Nickelback? this list sucks

[@jorgesanchis5534]

Flash Azul Same man.

[@blackcarnagemetal6667]

NickleBack isnt Black Metal, But i do agree that this list SUCKS!

[@marksouls1390]

Metal God666 ever hearf of memes

[@unkindledjuan2495]

Where's Pitbull?!

[@katerinaO_o]

This list is for posers. Nickelback is trve kvlt.

[@wanjanechtangroeger]

Satyricon, 1349, Behemoth, Dark Funeral? Also they could have easily picked a better Mayhem live performance.

[@fiends8908]

Hey, it's you

[@hendrikm9569]

And Gorgoroth

[@664theneighbor5]

Behemoth is death metal

[@664theneighbor5]

w a i t a s e c o n d

[@ChickenMcPussy]

Wanja [Nechtan] Gröger whats the song name from Immortal? because these loudwire fucktards dont credit the songs

[@julkka4483]

Putting Burzum number eight makes my blood boil

[@jorgeduarte9599]

what's your argument on that? isn't Varg kvlt enough for you?

[@jorgeduarte9599]

that's fine by me... but when I don't like band I just don't take the merit from them (personally I don't like Megadeth very much, but I know they are 1 of the Thrash icons

[@jorgeduarte9599]

man tastes are tastes... I'm a Black Metal fan and I don't care what u throw on me... Kvlt isn't for everyone

[@jorgeduarte9599]

man I grew up with the genre and I live in Norway for 26 years, I saw it grow

[@whoknowswhocares885]

Most of Vilkernes material is a ripoff of Bathory

[@777damian9]

I can´t help myself, Maniac is worst singer of Mayhem like his "screams" in this video is horrible

[@s.a.l.1974]

He's the keith morris of black metal

[@BadEconomyOfficial]

Let’s hear your black metal albums, I’m sure yours are better 😂

[@willianrosales2093]

I love maniac the vídeo is the Best

[@777damian9]

@@BadEconomyOfficial I do not have any black metal albums because my screams kinda sucks, but at least I do not sing black metal because I know that my screams sucks and Maniac obviously didn´t know that his screams sucks too

[@JanXD]

His vocals really sound like a joke here

[@katyomalley309]

If the jackson 5 started a metal band that would of been a real black metal band

[@216trixie]

+Katy O'Malley lolol

[@luisgomez.7100]

Best comment.

[@217xAdam]

+Katy O'Malley dammt.

[@maxthecrazyxentrixfan1848]

You mean The Village People

[@JRut99]

thought it was funny until you used "of" instead of "have". It's really not that hard

[@mayhem6452]

Tf why u using the video with Maniac for Mayhem, his vocal sucks, use the concerts from 2016, 2017 or the old video with dead and euronymous

[@alien_666]

GuitarlifeHD there is actually one video which is really good with dead and euro

[@TheFapFactory]

┼ Mayhem ┼ yeah whoever the dude is at Loudwire that picks the video clips for these should be shot. Dude fucking sucks and clearly doesn’t give a shit about what’s actually shown in the videos, just that it’s a video of whatever band it is he’searching up on KZbin real quick to get footage of

[@happysatanproduction8854]

Dead is overrated attila is god

[@metalfan4209]

+1

[@happysatanproduction8854]

@FEMTO we can agree to disagree

[@nettvshumen]

Where is Gorgoroth,Satyricon and Dark Funeral ?

[@violentmince4676]

Taj smelly Gorgoroth is better then any of these other bands except mayhem and Behemoth I do enjoy them but other then that they don’t belong that low

[@kotanovakota]

@@violentmince4676 behemoth isn't black metal since the 2000s then moved on to blackened death metal

[@wowno5763]

Hahahaha you think Dark Funeral deserve a spot here? No.

[@pisskopflarry6394]

@@kotanovakota dissection is on this list too and they are satanic death metal

[@godji9396]

@@pisskopflarry6394 what the fuck, there is no thing as "satanic death metal" lol

[@anakinskywalker7223]

My top 5: 5. Paramore 4. My Chemical Romance 3. Ghost 2. Nickelback 1. The Beatles

[@serhatmuratasbit206]

😂😂😂😂

[@APOSTEL_GREIFF]

Hahaha! ..Anyways, the corect order is: 1. Nickback 2. Evanescence 3. My Cemical Romance 4. Hotel Books 5. Shinigami

[@nokturnalmortum4763]

I like ghost....but they aren't metal

[@MultiStar84]

Stradlin you left out Five For Fighting. Da Fuq

[@will_stevens]

Republican and a Metalhead It was a joke 😂😂😂

[@sunwheel666]

'Let's get a bunch of bands from Sweden and Norway and call it a day.'

[@antitoxic423]

Lmao

[@wowno5763]

Most of the choices are understandable even though they wouldnt be my picks, but lol @ Watain and Marduk being on the list when there are so many black metal bands out there that are far superior to that basic ass shit.

[@lightbringer2794]

Εχεις να προτεινεις κατι αντιστοιχο ελληνικο? Απλα ψαχνω...

[@Eqpesan]

@@wowno5763 lol of all the bands you could haver pulled out, i'd say they are by far the best, consistent and productive bands of the black metal bunch.

[@das96bna]

@@lightbringer2794 rotting christ

[@DarkAngelsAshes]

Now, being someone who loves screamed vocals, I can honestly say that Mayhem vocal performance was fucking painful. He's literally doing what everyone who hates on metal vocalists think they do.

[@lilfryy5614]

I agree I hate the new mayhem vocalist Especially a band that was famously known to have amazing vocals

[@xraygamer9895]

@@lilfryy5614 out of all the mayhem vocalists except dead, maniac was cool on deathcrush, and attila was pretty cool with his original band tormentor. Nothing else besides that.

[@trystanterblanche1546]

Dead was the best go listen life eternal and freezing moon . No vocalist will beat that

[@salvatorebelchi2254]

I can't take this anymore... guys seriously WHERE THE FUCK IS BLINK-182????!

[@cristianabarradas414]

And FoB???? And BMTH??? YOU ALL SHALL CHECK SLIPKNOT THEY'RE SO HEAVY AND SATANIC!!!!11

[@salvatorebelchi2254]

+Cristiana Barradas But not as Blink, i heard one time they started to spit Mtn dew to the people... So insane

[@13kancut13]

+Salvatore Belchi stupid

[@salvatorebelchi2254]

+kiki nm hey there little butthurt

[@tofu8085]

I love this comment and I am fan of blink 182

[@amnesios3263]

Dissection is brutally underrated. And they sould make the top 3 along with burzum and mayhem

[@lefterisphasarias8934]

I'm just happy they are in the list, since they are considered blackened death by some.

[@oskar356]

Forget one of the best BM bands, they are one of the best Metal bands.

[@Razzah128]

Mayhem sucks, only good songs are death crush and freezing moon

[@lorannab3092]

i agreed with you until you said Burzum and Mayhem. Burzum is a f*ing hype and doesn't deserve all the attention he gets. Most of his albums aren't even remotely BM. As for Mayhem, the band should have ended with Euronymous. He was the heart of it. Mayhem without him makes no sense. It would have been legendary and deserving of a position in the top 3. But they wanted to keep going and ruined the legacy. Now they're just a gimmick and people go to see them only because of their past glory.

[@Razzah128]

@@lorannab3092 damn man, not sure about the burzum part

[@therileygray]

144p for true black metal.

[@0777coco]

*trve

[@aedanloughran4888]

No Black Metal should have its own quality called 0.1p

[@stimeycrany9138]

Lol good one

[@thrasherst.pierre2567]

@@aedanloughran4888 0.666p

[@aedanloughran4888]

yeah that sounds better

[@mdbr155]

10. Satyricon 9. Marduk 8. Gorgoroth 7. Behemoth 6.Immortal 5.Mayhem 4. Bathory 3. Emperor 2. Burzum 1. Darkthrone

[@ferchoromo7184]

Dissection? They r da best

[@mdbr155]

fuck u right so many bands, so few spots

[@alexeicardinal3362]

Song darktrone please

[@ofmeeknessandgloom]

keeponrocking87 personally I don't like bathory, but your list makes a lot of sense!

[@Velocisaurusman]

keeponrocking87 That's my top 10 too!!!

[@robinblieck8213]

10 Dark funeral 9 Marduk 8 Shining 7 Watain 6 Gorgoroth 5 emperor 4 Burzum 3 Darkthrone 2 Mayhem 1 Dissection Just my top 10 favorites 😈

[@giselarita2186]

Hell yeah! Dissection is just the best

[@chadcj2077]

Nice to see people finally appreciating dissection

[@tallonburnz1430]

Looks like we have some what the same taste

[@chadcj2077]

@@tallonburnz1430 yeah

[@pabloloco9013]

Bathory missin

[@devildozer]

"I am the Black Wizards", my favorite song from my favorite black metal band EMPEROR. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@oliverhayhoe]

Really? Enslaved over Bathory? I can respect Darkthrone and can understand Emperor, but fucking Enslaved? Really? Also, no Gorgoroth or Venom? Fuck this list.

[@lilfemto]

Venom isn't black metal

[@oliverhayhoe]

TheGamingDick If Venom aren't black metal, then Bathory aren't black metal.

[@lurking162]

+Oliver Hayhoe To be honest, Venom really isn't black metal. They may have coined the term, and really brought the black metal theme to ground, but if anything, they were closer to thrash metal.

[@Phasmecosmique]

+Oliver Hayhoe Venom and bathory aren't black metal, guys

[@kenillla]

+Marc Guilluy "Under The Sign" is pure fucking black metal. Venom are more of a heavy metal band.

[@warningchimes24]

it's weird to see that loudwire doesn't put Metallica at 1st

[@wiltonribeiro616]

Cry

[@theholywarss]

+Hector Licona Kappa

[@fireemblemistrash75]

The Blackest Album on earth....... Nickelback-Nickelback

[@tommythecat7752]

+Wilton Ribeiro I was just making fun of the fact that in everything Metal, Metallica gets #1

[@Mary-hy8jk]

Because Metallica is trash metal.

[@benjaminbrandon8197]

This list should be renamed to "The Top 10 Most Well Known Black Metal Bands". Well known does not necessarily mean "greatest".

[@vexedaslin]

well no shit. Did you expect a bunch of underground bands no one's ever heard of to please the likes of you?

[@thetruepyromancer2928]

I wanted to see Death Heaven on the list

[@mennokuipers5709]

@@thetruepyromancer2928 deafheaven*

[@johnmploutis5562]

WATAIN MORE WELL KNOWN THAN SATYRICON......

[@mrcrustnasty3574]

Yeah I wanted to see Venom on this list

[@chicagotransitauthority3161]

Mayhem’s first record, their demos and infamous bootleg live album, and Varg’s Burzum project are my favorite things out of Black Metal

[@andrewtanko4247]

imagine the comments if they had put deafheaven as #1 lol

[@vpajuluoma]

My top 5: 5. Celtic Frost 4. Bathory 3. Mayhem 2. Darkthrone 1. Burzum

[@rwwkfab]

amazing list

[@wheelchair1410]

My man

[@TheFapFactory]

Saint Noodles am I the only one who doesn’t like Celtic Frost at all?

[@wheelchair1410]

@@TheFapFactory Yes. Have you ever heard the Usurper?

[@-Vitalis-]

5. Cephalotripsy 4. TorsoFuck 3. Nuclear Vomit 2. Gutalax 1. Spasm

[@hubabuba7703]

Burzum 8, are you fucking kidding!?

[@0LionKiller]

huba buba Must be higher than ever!

[@hubabuba7703]

Ahmed R yes!

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

1.bathory 1.darkthrone 1.burzum 1.satyricon 2.mayhem

[@knownothing3364]

+reaper mayhem (with dead on the floor)

[@METALMETALAS]

and Impaled Nazarene

[@fabnorum9568]

I love the fact that all these bands is from Norway and Sweden

[@mitchell2719]

Of all the Mayhem clips, you had to choose that one?

[@tdogg1281]

Mayhem at #7. No gorgoroth, no Satyricion at least they put Emperor at 1

[@marcinkowalewski9545]

Not Emperor only Lux Occulta with album Dionysos it's so epick, even you all can't imagine that.

[@kittycat05]

Emperor deserves n1 imo

[@rathernot3839]

But emperor does not deserve number 1 at all, they have 2 good releases everything else sucks balls

[@ALPINE_M4GTS]

Emperor trash

[@tylermitchell.420]

Here's this video's comment section summed up in one comment: "Where's Behemoth and Venom at?" and "Mayhem shouldn't be at #7"

[@drageben145]

And burzum shoild be higher

[@johnmploutis5562]

VENOM ARE N.W.O.B.H.M./ HEAVY/SPEED METAL

[@thrasherdave1428]

Venom is technically more thrash than black metal

[@thrasherdave1428]

And where are Gorgoroth and Dark Funeral?

[@shacky2281]

tyler mitchell I agree with you that Mayhem shouldn’t be #7 because they are well good and OG

[@matiascalfuquir7060]

1. Mayhem 2. Bathory 3. Darkthrone 4. Burzum 5. Emperor 6. Immortal 7. Dissection 8. Gorgoroth 9. Marduk 10. Darkened nocturn slaughtercult

[@harris7654]

Put darkened nocturn slaughtercult at the top

[@condorsalesman]

Celtic Frost?

[@sashavish309]

Dimmu Borgir? Batushka? Behemoth? Cradle of filth? 1349? Gorgoroth? Ulver?

[@Brian-qg8dg]

You have a solid list there!

[@FernandoMorales-ln1rt]

thankfully corey taylor wasnt on this list...

[@hiroshiwatari4620]

HAHAHAHAHAHA HAHA LOL BUT WHY???!!!! 😂😂😂 I kniw this comment is 5 yrs ago ok? But yeah, why?

[@MADBL00DH0UND]

Why do Loudwire NEVER list the song names in the description that they've used?! Pisses me off...

[@ChickenMcPussy]

Field Marshal i know right..

[@fartman316]

xX_cYaNiDEZz_Xx to be honest what I do is I watch the video on another device and just Shazam from my phone

[@kidsfromkash]

they should include the song with the visual of the artists name

[@kevinberstler]

It’s a strategy to have you watch the video to find out, even though they don’t include the song titles. If they included the bands/songs in the description, some people might not watch - I think.

[@vikipoyta]

i dont really care for black metal, but having mayhem at 7 is just not right

[@vikipoyta]

+Grandpa Joe then why but them in a numbered order?

[@vikipoyta]

***** I shall refere to my previous comment

[@vikipoyta]

***** well if you´re going to make such watertight arguments I don´t see any reason to continue

[@vikipoyta]

Shaun Martin to a casual listener like myself the whole genre seems to owe its success to Mayhem. In a genre as theatrical as black metal I think the antics outside the musical aspects are important. They were pioneers, interesting characters and they gave the genre the notoriety it still has to this day. Many of the milestones of the early scene are linked to Mayhem, and by running Helvete they facilitated other early artists.

[@devonlabella2943]

+vikipoyta It's too bad that big and bad Euronymous closed Helvete because his Mommy wanted him to

[@user-nm8ly1of4y]

my top 3 bands 1-dissection 2-dissection 3-immortal

[@neonrain9563]

WWWWpzzzasssss@@ 1.dissection 2.emperor 3 immortal 4.darkthrone 5.bathory 6.satyricon 7.burzum 8.watain 9 and onwards meh

[@Todes.218]

1.dissection 2.burzum 3.darkthrone

[@thrasherdave1428]

I like Dissection's music, don't get me wrong, it's just this whole Misanthropic Luciferian Order thing that pisses me off. I can't support someone who advocates murder and animal abuse

[@martu_mareco]

My Top: 10- Marduk 9- Dark Funeral 8- Darkthrone 7- Gorgoroth 6- Dimmu Borgir 5- Immortal 4- Bathory 3- Emperor 2-Burzum 1-Mayhem (bonus track: Watain)

[@painpeace3619]

All hail dead..\m/

[@Kristian89]

Mr. Metalik windir

[@todeswalzer1184]

Fact: Behemoth is death/black metal

[@mattisandersson9661]

Dissection is blackened death too and still on the list

[@wowno5763]

Dissection are not blackened death, dumbfuck.

[@kotanovakota]

@@wowno5763 They are Melodic black-death

[@wowno5763]

@@kotanovakota no, dumbass.

[@kotanovakota]

@@wowno5763 What then smartass?

[@thickmomson]

I wonder why BTS is absent

[@TheJoker-vx4me]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@s.a.l.1974]

Bind, torture, slaughter is a death metal band

[@ongzhengjie924]

BTS IS THE BEST NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL BAND

[@mohammad_ahnaf_afique]

Dude your username🤣

[@mr.hanssheenseen5613]

XDDDDD

[@theokumlin7477]

Omg thank you guys from loudwire that you picked Dissection as one of the bests. Me myself believes that dissection is the most underrated black metal band ever

[@ΜάριοςΣίσκος-η1δ]

Theo Kumlin7 theu are not underrated, everyone basically loves them

[@MegaChorro123]

Bathory should've been first. Quorthon is the God of black metal.

[@thebigb0ss514]

MegaChorro123 true that

[@Kristian89]

MegaChorro123 true

[@theotherperson9928]

More like god of viking metal... I like Bathory, but not their BM stuff.

[@aleshka00076]

true, burzum and immortal copied bathory

[@robbburch]

Top 3 should have been Darkthrone, Burzum, and Dead-Era Mayhem.

[@dudeok5978]

Hit the nail in the head. Good man.

[@ZackAttackLehman444]

couldnt be more right. with bathory at 4

[@tylerjohnson7971]

Thank you!!!

[@steveo8178]

This is the only correct answer

[@MoSweiti666]

mayhem nowadays sucks

[@aziomanoris]

Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, Darkthrone, Ulver, Daemonarch, Dark Funeral, Ancient...

[@Kristian89]

dimmu and cradle arent black metal anymore

[@SnapRasta]

Watain????

[@stevefargher]

@@Kristian89 dimmu are

[@shugaryzv4815]

Gorgoroth, Nargaroth...?

[@marckowens9970]

@@Kristian89 they are symphonic black metal.

[@twistedwizard9100]

I was expecting Mayhem to be #1. Loudwire really is turning into WatchMojo.

[@dandan4092]

Mayhem are overrated af

[@Skyggnast]

@@dandan4092 neh

[@darkweaboo8380]

@@dandan4092 neh #2

[@TheKestevon]

Mayhem is no. 1 because they burned a church and they used a picture of one of their members corpse as an album cover.

[@Skyggnast]

TheKestevon That album was a bootleg that they didn't give out.

[@juliandavididarragarestrep8719]

0:57 When my TV is damaged

[@MasterNcognito]

WHERE THE FUCK IS ONE DIRECTION?!?!

[@mayhemsong1723]

I'm wondering the same

[@cooldude123817]

One Direction are the rawest black metal band I have ever heard.

[@duffbeer9202]

+Oliwally yea bc I think they have guitar in that one song why aren't they on the list

[@cooldude123817]

DUFF Beer Totally agree.

[@spicymemeboismixtapeandmor3951]

Luke Lemire What about Nickelback?

[@krypluhhh]

No lil wayne?

[@шажиню]

ikrr

[@Deinleben1werlosuwu]

Mayhem are racist peace of shits

[@NewDawnFadesX]

He’s just black. Not black metal. Hahaha.

[@d_6639]

@@Deinleben1werlosuwu "peace" Shut the fuck up fucking reject

[@Deinleben1werlosuwu]

@@d_6639 love yah too mate

[@poker1911]

Marduk, burzum and mayhen so low? What? And bathory should be 1st

[@elfilosofo5168]

Yes u right

[@krkrkrkrkrkrkrkrkrkrkrkr]

I agree.

[@codyvance325]

How can a thrash metal band be first on a black metal list?? Because for the last time bathory isnt fucking black metal

[@TheKvltPantShater]

@@codyvance325 Bathory is black Metal. Wtf are you smoking LMFAO?

[@Shadowsdeity]

​@@codyvance325 Listen to any of the first 4 albums Bathory put out and tell me they're not black metal. Next time, do some research before you yell something stupid because right now you just make yourself look like a clown

[@imperium7846]

Venom, Bathory, and Mercyful Fate. Without them black metal wouldn’t exist. That’s why they’re my top 3

[@Armando.Sepulveda]

Imperium Celtic Frost

[@GMMus]

@@Armando.Sepulveda Or if you wanna go a bit more back, then Hellhammer

[@antoniogonzalez4252]

Being influential doesn't mean being the best/most interesting, although I can deff agree on the Bathory pick, "The Return" is the first true Black Metal record, ever.

[@epipsychidionozymandias5021]

Mercyful Fate are more heavy metal, however Bathory should definetely be first

[@pranav3848]

But none of them are pure black metal. For example, without the Beatles metal wouldn't exist but you don't exactly go around calling the Beatles metal

[@WrektSK]

Top 3 Should've been: 3) Immortal 2)Burzum 1)Dead - Euronymous' Mayhem Still, great list

[@sinnermeister]

To be honest Mgla and Drudkh should be on this if they do 20s.

[@thefallen1383]

They don't even know who Mgla is. Other bands should have been on this list, like Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, Rotting Christ...

[@664theneighbor5]

Awesome List! My list would be: 10: Dark Funeral 9: Marduk 8: Ulver 7: Enslaved 6: Burzum 5: Gorgoroth 4: Emperor 3: Bathory 2: Darkthrone 1: Mayhem

[@m3t4lh3ad.]

I’m also a Slayer fan. Your list isn’t bad at all! My list is somewhat similar.. 10: Gorgoroth 9: Marduk 8: Emperor 7. Enslaved 6. Ulver 5. Shining 4. Venom (not a huge fan, but I respect their impact.) 3. Bathory (same as venom) 2. Diagnose: Lebensgefahr (More atmospheric than Black Metal, but it has its attributes.) 1. Silencer (don’t hate me for this, but they represent true melancholy and horror in a very well manner.) Honorable Mentions: Mayhem, Darkthrone. (Not a big fan of both, just they made a huge impact.)

[@WeirdofMouth]

Post euronymous mayhem over burzum? This ain't it.

[@rocknrollmilitant]

It's not post-Euronymous Mayhem over Burzum. It's Mayhem over Burzum. They just used footage from the Maniac-Blasphemer era. I don't know why, but Loudwire is always making weird decisions.

[@kostka8152]

@@rocknrollmilitant To be fair most of the Mayhems only full release album (DMDS) was written by Snorre Ruch anyway- but still Burzum is unironically a top 5 black metal act

[@tomislavobrovac9313]

To be honest I only like the Dead era Mayhem, but Burzum is always good. And all that stuff Varg did after he got out of prison is pretty amazing, especially when you smoke some weed and chill out to that ambiental sound.

[@jjj-qj8lu]

@@kostka8152 wrong wrong and wrong my friend. He only wroted some of the lyrics from the last song and wroted maybe 1 or 2 riffs and thats it. The whole album was musically created by euronymous(with a help from hellhamner obviously) and dead wroted most of the lyrics before his suicide.

[@jayfleing4239]

@@kostka8152 hi there my friend jay Fleming and I love black metal music please contact me my email address [e-mail]

[@YogDodoth]

Living Colour? no?

[@moisesaardaya]

lmao

[@Headbanger9000]

haahahahaha xD

[@YogDodoth]

but i'm not a racist T_T

[@larryjohnson7429]

YogDodoth I get this obscure reference to the Anal Cunt song "Living Colour is my Favorite Black Metal Band"

[@summonliiva5673]

Nor Body Count!!!

[@cameronhoff7430]

Idk much about black metal but I do know that burzum should be way higher on this list

[@Theodcyning]

No Gorgoroth, No Behemoth, No Venom... I can't even...

[@larryebensteiner3407]

venom and behemoth arent even black metal

[@Headbanger9000]

+Larry Ebensteiner Venom started the genre ass hat, along with Mercyful Fate, Celtic Frost and Bathory. Every true black metaller will tell you that without those bands the genre wouldnt exist

[@larryebensteiner3407]

but VENOM IS NOT BLACK METAL i know they coined the term but they arent black metal at all, they just named their album black metal, they started the name, Mercyful Fate and Celtic Frost influenced BM music-wise

[@drawingcircles7133]

Venom defined what black metal was all about, satanic lyrics. All bands whose themes revolved around satanism were called black metal bands during the 80's. BATHORY and Celtic Frost help establish the sound and Mercyful Fate just plainly kicks ass.

[@Dirge4july]

..behemoth use to be black metal not anymore thy are clealry more in the death metal relm and venom just coined the term. They were most certainly just a heavy metal band. 1979 were talking here

[@LuizDAlves-ey2lf]

Where's Satyricon, Rotting Christ, Behemoth and Dark Funeral?

[@Phasmecosmique]

+Luiz D. Wolf Behemoth ins't Black metal

[@LuizDAlves-ey2lf]

Black Metal (early), Black/Death Metal (later)

[@Phasmecosmique]

Luiz D. Wolf "Blackened Death metal" not Black/death

[@Phasmecosmique]

RagingRaikou937 But all the bands here are better

[@Jakromha]

Behemoth is more black metal than Black Sabbath is doom metal.

[@pantherex4284]

I wish Dead would rejoin Mayhem :(

[@A7xeno]

Dead is dead.

[@pantherex4284]

Abhinav Srivastava dead dead in the bed

[@-Vitalis-]

I was thinking about digging up Dead's corpse and make myself a shirt out of his torax. ... That's brutal.

[@acrspeed]

Dead is God

[@withoutone000]

It's Candy Time Boys and Girls but was cremated...

[@crownofflies7079]

The footage of darkthrone playing live is the most kvlt thing I’ve seen🖤

[@Retr0D3ds3c]

1- Bathory....

[@franciszekwieczorkowski4516]

immortal or darkthrone

[@Retr0D3ds3c]

Burzum is shit, Bathory and Darkthrone are the best

[@franciszekwieczorkowski4516]

burzum is ok, but still immortal

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

immortal is a comedy in its own.....

[@richardaaron4454]

The vocals in Burzum were what made it cool but yeah the music was nothing too special

[@luizadarc2734]

For Me: 10. Marduk 9. Dissection 8. Dimmu Borgir 7. Nagaroth 6. Emperor 5. Darkthrone 4. Mayhem 3. Immortal 2. Burzum 1. Bathory

[@patient666zero]

number one is supposed to be black veil brides. this list sucks!

[@CrescentKicks23]

Daniel Hyatt 🤦‍♂️

[@patient666zero]

SynysterWxlf661 he is *TRIGGERED* can't measure a jokes

[@D-A-1776]

No I was just glad this was a joke lol. Some people actually believe they are bm.

[@owltheeye6595]

What the fuck ? Are you think BVB is Black Metal AND they must be number one ? xDD Why there are many 15-years old kid in here ?

[@Lil_vara]

Hahaha

[@andreiandrey9584]

Before we unveil our top pic, here are a few honorable mentions: Gorgoroth Behemoth Belphegor Deathspell Omega Shining Silencer Beherit Carach Angren Dimmu Borgir Leviathan Judas Iscariot Satyricon Negura Bunget Vesania

[@cheyannanakai2494]

Bathory should've been #1 in my opinion.

[@fackinboolsheit1903]

I'm surprised Metallica, iron maiden and black sabbath weren't the top 3 since this is a loudwire list

[@fackinboolsheit1903]

Alfred von Schlieffen i was making a joke because loudwire usually have the same like 3 bands in all their lists

[@ChickenMcPussy]

"ummm" read his comment, its sarcasm you even bigger idiot

[@Jhenix]

1. Dimmu Borgir (trve kvlt, some may not know this one) 2. Lordi 3. Psycho Synner 4. Deathspell Omega 5. Bullet For My Valentine 6. Insane Clown Posse 7. Kiss 8. Alice Cooper 9. Nickelback 10. Bathory (gotta pay respect to the pioneers)

[@enoszhimo619]

Your lists are too cute...😁😆

[@Fenriz1222]

Top three: #1 Darkthrone #2 Mayhem #3 Bathory Oh and I just recently discovered Tormentor, which is Atillas original band from Hungary.. I don’t know how this band somehow slipped under my radar. They were absolutely awesome and if it weren’t for the fact that they didn’t produce much material, (only one album that I’m aware of) I would absolutely have them close to the top of this list also. Atillas vocals with Tormentor were far superior to anything he’s done with Mayhem imo.

[@svekkapung]

The Darkthrone song is 'Under a Funeral Moon'.

[@danielalvarado8933]

sveik-Official bless your soul ive been trying to find the name of that song for like 20 minutes in this stupid comment section

[@enesozen60]

LOVE YOU MAN

[@konanarcher]

burzum at 8 wt actual f Varg deserves at least a 3rd spot

[@oliverhayhoe]

Burzum are Bathory plagiarists and Varg is a fucking murderer.

[@gabrieladryan5719]

immortal should be in second... burzum not even in the list!

[@konanarcher]

Oliver Hayhoe he defended himself this is not a murder it's self defence wich became to murded

[@oliverhayhoe]

dimytar georgiev HE STILL KILLED A MAN

[@warningchimes24]

+Oliver Hayhoe hahaha, go listen to punk rock then, if you want to listen some bitches withouth balls, bye.

[@_CPP_]

1: Emperor 🤘😈🤘 -Best song: With Strength I Burn 2: Mayhem -Best song: Dark Night Of The Soul 3: Flukt -Best song: Fortapelse 4: Dissection -Best song: The Somberlain 5: Entropic Awakening -Best song: Covenant of The Condemned 6: Immortal -Best song: Withstand the Fall of Time 7: Darkthrone -Best song: En Vind Av Sorg 8: Burzum -Best song: Det Som Engang Var 9: Batushka -Best song: Yektenyia I-IV 10: Dimmu Borgir -Best song: The Insight and The Catharsis Honorable mentions: Bathory, Shining, Satyricon, Thorns, Gaahl’s Wyrd, Mgla

[@quinn.0]

you're an absolute normie, good bands yes but all entry level

[@quinn.0]

also are you kidding? attila was the worst mayhem vocalist

[@_CPP_]

@@quinn.0 I have my opinions just like you.

[@_CPP_]

@@quinn.0 Yeah, Attila is probably my least favorite Mayhem vocalist, but he has an unique voice that fits Mayhem's music. Just because his voice sounds strange, doesn't mean that he is a shit vocalist

[@ChuckyDoll79]

I started to laugh when I read Dimmu Borgir being present in your list. Plus, you said, their best song, a song within their sold-out era. lol

[@Hrvo182]

1. Burzum 2. Bathory 3. Darkthrone 4. Mayhem 5. Mgla 6. Dissection 7. Emperor 8. Deathspell Omega 9. Inquisition 10. Blut aus Nord My personal faves off the top of my head, if I had to write it down again the rankings would probably be different each time.

[@rahmatsumantri6577]

What are your favorite songs by Mgla? Top 15 or top 10 if you don't mind

[@Hrvo182]

@@rahmatsumantri6577 I love everything from Mgla and KSM, so you're putting a lot on me, but lets gooo: 1. Exercises I 2. Exercises VI 3. Mdlosci II 4. WHTN III 4. AoE V 5. WHTN I 6. Groza IV 7. Down the Nest I 8. Presence II 9. AoE VI 10. Exercises II 11. Groza III 12. WHTN VII 13. AoE II 14. WHTN V 15. Exercises IV

[@rahmatsumantri6577]

@@Hrvo182 sorry, what does KSM mean? Idk

[@Hrvo182]

@@rahmatsumantri6577 Kriegsmaschine, it's the guys from Mgla but it's more experimental

[@rahmatsumantri6577]

@@Hrvo182 I see...thanks a lot for the recommendation songs and thanks for making me know Ksm. Gonna check them😁🤘

[@SolarfallBaits]

person who made this list clearly had a very shallow knowledge when it comes to black metal and basically listed the most well known bands within the genre, so rather boring list considering how much more interesting stuff there is available when you dig a little deeper.

[@bernardocatrilef2846]

+SolarBaits YES!

[@stilllbornn]

+SolarBaits thanks... i cringed so hard at mayhem..

[@somber6665]

+SolarBaits Tbh loudwire doing a black metal list is a joke seeing they'll just pick the most popular. BUT, don't you think black metal is ABOVE this kind of thing in general?

[@d9or7n]

I agree with you

[@edybocman76]

Somber 666 black metal is not popular

[@franciscor.1325]

The title says bands, and lets be honest, Burzum its not a band. Also...WATAIN? They are great...but common, Gorgortoh, Satyiricon, Old Mans Child, ULVER, Even Dimmu Borgir in their best times (3 first records) would fit better.

[@Koshkinayekaterina]

Old man’s child over Watain? Lmaoooo

[@vargsburzum]

1. Burzum 2. Dark Throne 3. Emperor

[@efekagan1108]

10-Gorgoroth 9-Dark Funeral 8-Behemoth 7-Immortal 6-Emperor 5-Dissection 4-Mayhem 3-Darkthrone 2-Bathory 1-Burzum

[@sebastian05156]

Gorgoroth never 10

[@efekagan1108]

@@sebastian05156 didn’t ask for your opinion 😉

[@sebastian05156]

@@efekagan1108 ok you fake metalhead keep bumplin around

[@efekagan1108]

@@sebastian05156 👋

[@sebastian05156]

@@efekagan1108 yup pls go away

[@OkkyHan]

Confessing how sinful I've been. All these years on youtube I just type in "black metal playlist" and let it autoplay while I study or work.. not knowing bands or song names.. Good thing that came out of this quarantine is that it makes me do individual search on those bands/songs now lol 😁🤘

[@DonnyJ_CountryLife]

I was SHOCKED to see Living Colour was not number one! WTF?!?!?!

[@YogDodoth]

+necroviolator2 hahahhaahahahah , Living colour is the authentic TRUE BLACK METAL band

[@DonnyJ_CountryLife]

YogDodoth Lmao. Exactly!

[@YogDodoth]

necroviolator2 kvlt ov personality

[@DonnyJ_CountryLife]

YogDodoth Hahahahahahahaha!

[@blackferdinand2260]

Black metal, pretty sure all these dudes are white

[@nuansavanhouten4702]

SentinelS+ racist

[@collinm9469]

SentinelS+ that's actually funny because Mayhem's drummer once said "black metal is for white people"

[@freemanflow1578]

and its true

[@ZJMusic1990]

You don't understand black metal.

[@bignibba9638]

Blasphemy has a black guitarist

[@yee4481]

My list: 10. Darkthrone 9. Immortal 8. Emperor 7. Dimmu Borgir 6. Marduk 5. Behemoth 4. Bathory 3. Gorgoroth 2. Bvrzvm 1. Mayhem (with Dead)

[@leany6298]

GORGOROTH?

[@waseemnemri8372]

BEHEMOTH?

[@paleontologi485]

HUrrICaNe Behemoth are loosely black metal. They are mostly death metal.

[@markegipto1462]

Blackened death actually

[@paleontologi485]

mark egipto Blackened Death is a subgenre for Death Metal.

[@vukabel7161]

Where is Satyricon!?!?!?

[@Rebel_71123]

I'm guessing its because they went more towards rock & because they are considered cheesy.

[@grimstone8002]

@@Rebel_71123 wtf are u talking about?

[@kotanovakota]

Their early stuff was black metal, they're more black'n roll these days

[@kotanovakota]

@David Gibson Come at me bro, you ain't afraid to take on a cringelord are you?

[@kotanovakota]

@David Gibson Hey I didn't a word about liking Satyricon or black n roll, I'm just saying it for the people who aren't familiar about it

[@hawkeyegough9090]

bathory should be #1 on any list worth shit

[@CanalExistencial]

1 - Mister Catra 2 - Justin Bieber 3 - Taylor Swift 4 - The Beatles 5 - My Chemical Romance

[@zoltanadriansebestyen8721]

So... For me the top10 is... 10. Dark funeral 9.Immortal 8.Enslaved 7.Behemoth 6.Marduk 5.Emperor 4.Mayhem 3.Darkthrone 2.Burzum 1.Bathory

[@historyandmusic8646]

Great list, finally someone who puts Enslaved!

[@ghostie_0990]

Behemoth are Blackened Death Metal

[@ghostie_0990]

@H Hedgecock Ok

[@vonbl3]

Mayhem on 3 and it'll become exactly like mine, you mind reader

[@honorshot5448]

Ur a smart man

[@ek6648]

Woman of dark desires! Woman of eternal... beauty! Woman of dark desires! Elizabeth... Bathory! Best band of them all :)

[@bartoszgamrat4848]

top 10 10. Dark Funeral 9. Satyricon 8. Marduk 7. Mayhem 6. Gorgoroth 5. Immortal 4. Bathory 3. Emperor 2. Darkthrone 1. Rotting Christ

[@jaimuzyka3177]

Satan, please be mercyful for him!

[@tyb2315]

Fucken love Rotting Christ

[@SxpticFlxsh]

Bathory, Mayhem, Immortal, Burzum… all bands that got me into black metal. Favourite metal song however, is by Windir funnily enough, and the song’s called Journey to the End.

[@sigurdberg5832]

My personal top 10: 10. Darkthrone 9. Emperor 8. Mayhem 7. Kampfar 6. Gorgoroth 5. Windir 4. Burzum 3. Immortal 2. Watain 1. Satyricon I really enjoy behemoth aswell, but they are like death/black? If not they deserve a good high place. Their new album is really good. 1349, marduk and early dimmu is honorable mentions

[@Solstafir-t4l]

Windir=Masterpiece

[@syntezjaofficial4240]

I think that now Behemoth is death metal with satanic lyrics. They are not even blackened death imo but it works good. The Satanist and ILYAYD are amazing albums.

[@caveiraalves1826]

5-Carpathian forest 4-Immortal 3-Darkthrone 2-Gorgoroth 1-Bathory Thats my top5....

[@elfilosofo5168]

Yes bathory

[@rahmatsumantri6577]

What are your favorite songs by Carpathian Forest? Top 15 or 10 if you don't mind

[@maxvandijk2001]

Alot of underground black metal easily stack up to these guys.

[@reneriley8132]

A best Black metal band list without including VENOM and CELTIC FROST is an incomplete and inaccurate best black metal band list. A little respect please.

[@lalbiakhluavankal5042]

no celtic frost? they are the inspiration of many black metal bands

[@jorgeduarte9599]

they're not true/raw black... It's more in the Black/Thrash wave

[@jazzie634]

Jota Drunarte Its trve, not true.

[@jorgeduarte9599]

good point man \m/ that was kvlt enough

[@zjaa3113]

I am trve kvlt blvck mvtal

[@zifiana4711]

hi

[@marinooliveira4204]

I think you forgot behemoth and gorgoroth

[@andrewwilson803]

Behemoth is blackend death metal.

[@chancebcrr]

+Andrew Wilson early behemoth was black metal soo lol

[@marinooliveira4204]

+SpIKe6535 whateaver a black metal list isn't complete without Gorgoroth.

[@chancebcrr]

Marino Oliveira very true sir and mayhem

[@IdentifiantDeCatacombe]

+Marino Oliveira This black metal list is faaaar from being complete...

[@ieuantime3257]

I like it how the video for Darkthrone has been put in such shocking quality.

[@balzac617]

Burzum all the way.

[@unessimmich4128]

Gorgoroth

[@jacobhill9516]

All the way to prison

[@spectratio]

@@jacobhill9516 OOF

[@thebigb0ss514]

Say that to mayhem fans

[@relijinn826]

"Where's Behemoth????" Behemoth is blackened death metal, not straight up black metal