My Favorite Black Metal Albums

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I wanted to make a favorite death metal albums video, but I realised I actually don’t listen to death metal that much. However that’s not the case with black metal, so here’s a long long list of my favorite black metal albums.
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0:00-1:16 Algleymi
1:16-2:01 Söngvar elds og óreiðu
2:01-2:25 Storm of the Light’s Bane
2:25-3:20 Panzerfaust
3:20-3:55 In the Nightside Eclipse
3:55-4:40 Vikingligr Veldi
4:40-5:05 Opus Nocturne
5:05-6:32 Hvis lyset tar oss/Filosofem
6:32-7:03 Nachthymnen
7:03-7:57 Paracletus
7:57-8:45 Arson
8:45-9:29 Age of Excuse
9:29-12:11 Death - Pierce Me
12:11-13:02 Auðn/Vökudraumsins fangi
13:02-14:41 Saldorian Spell
14:41-15:38 Í Blóði Og Anda
15:38-16:33 Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam/Twilight of the Idols
16:33-17:59 Halmstad
17:59-19:09 Totalselfhatred

[@VikingStrengthBB]

Which are your favourite black metal albums?

[@wastedthoughts]

my current top 10: Carpathian Forest - Morbid Fascination of Death Nagelfar - Virus West Silencer - Death -Pierce Me (you're right, that Album is sort of depressing, but the sound is great!) Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Unstille Todtgelichter - Angst Marduk - Those of the Unlight Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (it was either that or "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk"... I think I like "Nightside..." a little bit more) Waldgeflüster - Herbstklagen Abigor - Nachthymnen and as a Bonus: Darkthrone - Every single Album they ever recorded because its fucking Darkthrone and I love them!

[@davidlynn5272]

Hecate Enthroned - Slaughter of innocence. Love me some Old Man’s Child Pagans Prosperity as well but they are not necessarily bonafide into a category imho. You know what was a great album - perhaps the one and only “cosmic metal” coined band? Nexus Polaris by Kovenant (Covenant)

[@Jarppispecial]

Yes this one! we don't really care any of the later ones..

[@emmagomez4211]

You really know man!!, excellent selection of albums. All are masterpieces.

[@davidlynn5272]

Dissection where dead angels lay is an absolutely beautiful culmination of classical shades and brutality.. I love when bands can express both in a cohesive way and they sure do. Early children of bodom (something wild) did the same though obv not black metal. Good video liked and subscribed, keep it coming friend :)

[@VikingStrengthBB]

Yeah, I love it too. I think blending some beauty into ugly music can be sooo amazing. I think some newer Emperor songs have that nailed down with the added clean vocals. I'll have to check on CoB tho, I heard the band name so many times, but never heard any of their material.

[@marija.vujkov]

5:36 YESS BROOO finally someone mentioning this song and that album!!!!!!

[@davidlynn5272]

Good call out! Check out Windir and Journey to the end - I think it’s called? Ephemeral Metal experience from straight metal to this synth element that envelops you.

[@VikingStrengthBB]

That album is so good to just close your eyes and vibe to, it makes you fall out of the world.

[@gayyy3565]

these are all bangers dude u have good taste. Love the amount of dsbm u put in the list. i'm excited to listen to all the ones I haven't heard yet

[@VikingStrengthBB]

Haha yess, thanks bro! I had a phase when I listened to a lot of dsbm. Still do sometimes, but not as often. Some albums, like Death, Pierce Me really just take you off life in a couple of minutes

[@gayyy3565]

@@VikingStrengthBB good dsbm is amazing at making you incredibly depressed. an album i rlly like thats like this is Damp Chill of Life by None

[@VikingStrengthBB]

@@gayyy3565 I'll check it out. For me one of the trickiest ones is Lifelover, because I know what Silencer is like and I know it'll make me depressed, so I usually don't listen to it... but Lifelover has some catchy ass songs, so I always go back at it, but then when you listen to a whole album you still become depressed.

[@LompaGaming]

Surprised to see Totalselfhatred here, they are amazing! My favorite BM albums would probably be: Akhlys - "Melinoe" Gorgoroth - "Under the Sign of Hell" 1349 - "Hellfire" Nocturnal Depression - "Deathcade" Lord Belial - "Enter the Moonlight Gate" Behemoth - "The Satanist" Xanthochroid - "Incultus" Graveworm - "As the Angels Reach The Beauty" Belphegor - "Blood Magic Necromance" Dimmu Borgir - "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant" Old Man's Child - "Ill-natured Spiritual Invasion"

[@davidlynn5272]

Old Mans child are just such great song writers..

[@LompaGaming]

@@davidlynn5272 Indeed! One of my dad's favorite bands when I grew up, so they definitely have a huge influence on my music taste today

[@VikingStrengthBB]

Yeah they have a very unique take at dsbm.

[@VikingStrengthBB]

@@davidlynn5272 I'll have to check on Old Man's Child, everyone here seems to love them and I somehow never even heard their name.

[@brandalgo]

Cool video! I can't seem to get into black metal but I can respect it. I am more of a deathcore music guy.

[@VikingStrengthBB]

Thanks man! Yeah black metal is definitely not easy to get into. Give a listen to Pillorian - Obsidian Arc. That was the first bm album I really got into, partly probably because it's pretty different from all of the other stuff. But I won't overshare on that, cause I'm planning on talking about that album in an upcoming video...

[@kamo124]

Interesting recommendation! Im more into death metal (and blackned death) but im gonna check some of this recommendation (at least the ones i didnt know about it)

[@VikingStrengthBB]

What bands are you into? I want to get a bit more into death metal, cause I just realized I barely listen to it and barely know shit about it, so I'd be happy to hear some recommendations.

[@kamo124]

@@VikingStrengthBB WOW first time i get to recommend a "new guy" to death metal. I d prefer to gives you some blackned death since you come from black but im gonna give you also some old school death metal that people lovs to recommend. First my favourite BEHEMOTH. They started as black metal to became slowly blackned death metal. Favourite Album "the Apostasy" and "The satanisti" which is their best. Then MORBID ANGEL. Now 99% of the fan they ll you that Altar of madness is their best but to me is more "death-thrash" so i wanna give you the more death metal ones and im gonna recommend the Album "Covenant" (best songs in it are Rapture and God of emptiness) and "Domination". The something from the swedish current of death metal (yes as you realized by now death metal has alot of subgenres in it) DISMEMBER. They dont have a bad album but my favourite are "Massive Killing Capacity" and "Indecent and Obscene"(cause the last song here is my favourite, its called "Dreaming in Red). Back in America "Deicide" (only the first album). Dying Fetus with Destroy the opposition (the opening track is probably my favourite its called Praise the lord). For "slower" death metal i d say ASPHYNX's album "Last one on earth" (titletrack being again of my favourite of all time) or Obituary "Slowly we rot"

[@VikingStrengthBB]

Sooo I'm not "new" to death metal, I've been listening to it for like 5-6 years at this point, but not a lot of it. I mostly now "mainstream" stuff. I know Morbid Angel, really love 'em. I've heard a couple of songs from Behemoth, but never a full album, so I'll def check that out. I gotta check out Dismember as well. I love Deicide. I've listened to the Dying Fetus album you were recommending today and I like it a lot. It reminds me of Suffocation. I also never heard of Asphynx, so I'll check them out. I probably only know like Death, Morbid Angel, Entombed, Possessed, Deicide, Suffocation, Obituary, Amon Amarth, Cryptopsy, Vital Remains, Belakor, Blood Red Throne and Angist.

[@puckyou4568]

icelandic black metal 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@VikingStrengthBB]

Icelandic black metal is honestly something else. It just has a very different vibe altogether, so much more brutal and hellish sounding

[@puckyou4568]

@@VikingStrengthBB indeed, i've only discovered the icelandic scene about a year ago, i'm in love

[@VikingStrengthBB]

@@puckyou4568 stay tuned tuned then, because I'll be talking about some more Icelandic stuff in the future. I know so many bands from that scene and most people have never even heard of most of them, so I try to always put some of it in every metal video I make.

[@bdawg3942]

Naglefar “ Hunengrab im herbst” Strid “ End of life” Setherial “ Nord” Empyruim “ A winter sunset “ ( more gothic/black) Paragon of beauty “ the spring “ ( more gothic/ black) Ellende “ Todbringer “ Caladan Brood “ Echoes of shadows “ Thy Light “ Suicide Depression “ ( DSBM) And there’s many more, but these are my go too’s constantly

[@bloodclot]

What do you think about Ulver's Bergtatt?

[@VikingStrengthBB]

Honestly I have to listen to it again, because I don't really remember much of it. I've heard it a couple of times, I remember that it had some viking metal-ish elements that I really liked, but I didn't listen to it many times, no idea why.

[@user-zb8ye3xi4n]

WINDIR, MOONSORROW,KAMPFAR?