My FIRST TIME Hearing Original Cult BLACK METAL | EMPEROR - "I Am the Black Wizards" (REACTION!)

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[@masso392]

Saying a black metal song has poor quality is a compliment.

[@griffith281]

_facts_

[@Rnerdy197]

Hahaha most black metal songs are impossible to understand without the lyrics showing

[@Beubeu_66]

They say black metal must be recorded in a shed with the microphone very far away outside of the shed

[@HinFoo]

@@Rnerdy197 you are just supposed to like the sound of it, if you like it you check out the lyrics

[@LionMetalMusic-videochannel]

& do it in the woods on cassette recorder like ULVER did 😂🔥🤘

[@FolencioGarcia]

Old school black metal is like beer. It is an acquired taste. But when you get it you'll never be out of it.

[@Metal_Vault]

Spot on!

[@collt0916]

True

[@jesusdvr1983]

Hail

[@heretic5116]

It's the best vintage man

[@followdanger890]

Never go back to sober

[@CutterJLJ666]

Black Metal is definitely not for everyone. I grew up listening these guys along with Satyricon, Mayhem, Immortal, Ulver, Darkthrone, Arcturus. All worth checking out. Some better quality than others.

[@profetsoul]

Ulver 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Rnerdy197]

I think if the lyrics weren't so drowned out by rest of the music I would a bigger fan of black metal

[@jamesroe7628]

I love this band. But some marduk gorgoroth godseed is a must listen for him.

[@hoopsmccann639]

one rainy day i played a mixtape of arcturus for my middle school track team during an indoor practice. most of them didn't get it, but a couple kids wanted to delve deeper into it. mission: accomplished!

[@jamesroe7628]

Arcturus - the chaos path is epic. Ics vortex's vocals are great.

[@adamlytek]

Some recommendations: Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger Burzum - Det Som En Gang Var Dissection - Where Dead Angels Lie Gorgoroth - Profetens Apenbaring Immortal - Unsilent Storms in the Northern Abyss Marduk - Baptism by Fire Mayhem - Freezing Moon Satyricon - Mother North Watain - Malfeitor 1349 - Sculptor of Flesh Deathspell Omega - Abscission Windir - Arntor, A Warrior Ulver - I Troldskog Faren Vild + some Behemoth and Belphegor (both Blackened Death Metal) Those are some of the best black metal bands. You could react to other songs by them. All of those bands are pretty good in my opinion. I am also getting into black metal slowly, as I never enjoyed it before. The more I listen to it, the better it is. You could also react to more classic Death Metal. Would be awesome!

[@zabper57]

Live in Leipzig for freezing moon or De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Huge difference between. I would go with former

[@maciejnowak666]

some decent recommendations. I'd have to add Nargaroth. But thats just my personal favourite. Watain and Behemoth however..... ugh. Both the bands are the halloween spooktacular special. Its hard to take them serious

[@chriswu772]

@@maciejnowak666 To quote the Joker, "Why so serious?"

[@adamlytek]

@@maciejnowak666 Oh right! I completely forgot about Nargarorh. They are really good. I agree with your opinion about Watain and Behemoth. Watain is really mediocre to me, but I had to include it in my recommendations. Behemoth though… I personally really enjoy some of their stuff.

[@kallabhalu6006]

Behemoth is cool too

[@jeffreytam7684]

The “poor audio quality” has nothing to do with a bad version. It’s a conscious choice by most bands of the era to eschew conventionally “good” mixing and production. Instead, a lot of the music was self recorded and mixed, with a deliberate attempt at a raw sound.

[@Ozzpot]

True. I prefer it to be well produced these days, but I was super into the raw sound back then. Made it feel like something underground, taboo, special. Total rejection of the mainstream. Something to scare the norms away I guess.

[@dude11444]

Indeed

[@dericanslum1696]

...cue all the whining about Lorna Shores vocals being "too low"...it's almost like they don't know what the "blackened" part means...

[@mortensen1961]

@Mooky: They also were trying to ape Bathory's and Hellhammer's raw approach (in their case, limited by funds and acceptable places to record). . . .

[@bjeffbuck1369]

@Mooky Not true at all with Emperor. They were kids without money in the first records. This was before you could do an album with your home studio. It cost shittons of money going to a studio. With emperor you hear with every realease the sound got better. Its a myth that every black metal band choose this sound. Enslaved and Emperor is not Darkthrone. Big difference in music and sound

[@Stork1214]

Ihsahn, the vocalist of emperor is absolute genius. Try his solo projects.

[@lightmarez1794]

Truuuuuue!!

[@troillmainn]

Beat me to it🙂 His solo albums are f-ing awesome!

[@SpaghettiWithMeatSauce]

@@lightmarez1794 trvvvvvve*

[@SteveCremulation666]

Keep in mind how young he was on this album. I think he was like 17 or something

[@svartmetall]

Interviewed him once for my radio show in the late 90s, think it was just after 'Anthems...' came out; fascinating and very intelligent guy.

[@lazyman4214]

Satyricon - Mother North, another masterpiece to consider

[@JosephSaintClair]

Agree. Masterpiece 🤟🔥

[@mauzspinola7012]

That's indeed one of the legendary list

[@z0h33y]

"Dark Medieval Times" is better imo.

[@biblicaladrian6007]

Most people just go with KING

[@rpmrockpunkmetaloslo2059]

Seen them 4 times in concert and I have to admit, you guys need to see these bands live.

[@MrBern91]

As "Necrobutcher" the bass player of the pioneering black metal band "Mayhem" once said; "We are not here to look pretty, we are here to make the music we want and love." It is basically the foundation of what Black Metal is, not about the glory or money or fame. It's about provoking the masses and give people the freedom to express themselves, the ability to think for themself and not to become famous.

[@vonbl3]

Don't forget the middle finger throw to the pestilence that is religion and ESPECIALLY christianity.

[@MrBern91]

@@vonbl3 No, it's not. That was merely a response by the black metal heads to the fact that the christians got butthurt because they made "Satanic" or "Pagan" music which they did not like. None of the originals made the music to piss them off, it just happened and then there was one moron who took the opposite side to the extreme.

[@vonbl3]

@@MrBern91 You know that Bathory and Venom both literally said that they made music just to piss off christians right? It was an anti-christian thing. None of them believe in any sort of satanic entity, it was just mockery towards the brainwashed relligious people who believe in this kind of crap and a middle finger to some made up story that literally took over the world, Christianity. And if we talk about the Norwegian scene, most of the bands were pissed of that Christianity came and erased their past culture so once again, middle finger to Christianity. Also, that "fool" ur talking about did exactly just that, thought for himself. You're just being hypocrite, we all think differently, it just so happens that his beliefs are more extreme than the average guy's SO by default, him doing those things was exactly doing that, thinking for himself. You all love these type of "thinking for urself" and "freedom of speech" but the moment it's out of your boundries or under ur moral standards, it's wrong. Heads off ur asses, snow droppings. And ALSO, Isn't the "It is basically the foundation of what Black Metal is, not about the glory or money or fame. It's about provoking the masses and give people the freedom to express themselves, the ability to think for themself and not to become famous." one of the main beliefs in like 6 Metal Genres and 10 Punk ones? You're making it sound like it's something unique to Black Metal when in fact, there are 10+ sub-genres that do that but better. I think you're misunderstanding the meaning and point of Black Metal. The "no money, doing what I love" thing can be found in literally any extreme music sub-genre. Nobody starts a Slamming Brutal Death Metal band hoping they'll get famous and rich. Black Metal as a whole was a movement against Christianity and then later on in the '90s people started to add more of their individual substance to the music. Some bands were handing their tribute to their past nordic culture, some still did the whole fuck relligion thingy, some were actually theistic Satanists and thru their music they were sharing their love for the unholy entitiy and trying to infest the world with their diabolic beliefs, some of them talked about depression and self emotions, some of em were basically 'fuck the world" and nothing more, some of them were literally standing for nothing but they just like the music, some of them ACTUALLY had money and "fame' in their mind when started the band, some expressed their extreme political views and many more things, I could go on forever.

[@tylermarine1853]

Now it’s time to listen bathory

[@qwrtyuq]

yeahh

[@0ytacc]

A fine day to die is THE perfect song

[@pedestrian6862]

@@0ytacc Of Doom too.

[@Lulufromdiscord]

Fun fact: ihsahn wrote and recorded this entire album while being a teenager , around 15/16 years old if I am not mistaken. The boy is a genius.

[@matejcvik5345]

this album was recorded in like june-july '93 when ihsahn was still 17. yet he and his friends wrote most of the music when they were much younger...first demo "wrath of the tyrant" was, like u said, when he was still 16!! unbelievable

[@spudsmuggler1821]

I was the same age when it came out . I found it hard to get my head around how a non native English speaker could articulate the lyrics of song such as Inno a Satana

[@MetalConfederation]

I don't think so...

[@mariozd971]

Dissection - Jon Nodveidt too, he started writing songs for The Somberlain with 14 years, when he was below 18 album was finished. Mad genius

[@asiginaakmiigwaan9200]

When I recently looked some stuff up about him I was like "wait... He's only 45?!" when I knew in the night side eclipse came out in 94

[@ManzoPepper86]

Every single member of the band was about 16-18 years old when record this album. Amazing

[@emilymatthews2990]

That’s awesome!! You never see enough teens with musical talent, that is amazing they were so young

[@infernusnerad8867]

The thing with many black metal songs that intrigues me so much is their elusiveness. They come off as harsh and simple when you first listen, but then after awhile, they start to reveal themselves and unravel a true, unique, and cold beauty. It parallels their message. The elusiveness of the art mimics the elusiveness of the worldview of black metal. Of hidden beauty in nature and humanity and the cosmos, of the infinite coldness of a perfect reality.

[@juancarlosv5136]

Wow, inspiring thoughts

[@paulhilton6426]

Yep. 100%.

[@j_squiggle22]

Remember it’s not proper black metal if it’s not recorded in a shed in the middle of winter in the middle of a forest… love your reactions bro 😎

[@endorse531]

In Norway with one mic thats very far away on the otherside of the shed

[@j_squiggle22]

@@endorse531 oh yeah that’s right… must be in Norway for sure

[@raz0rcarich99]

It was recorded in the middle of July in a real music studio, during the full moon though.

[@TheSussexpillbox]

If you do not record the whole album through one guitar pickup, you were not there

[@muylae]

And it must be in the middle of a snow storm, on the edge of a cliff of a fjord, with a headset used as the microphone.

[@maceg96]

Dissection- Where Dead Angels Lie Just that whole band will get you hooked

[@EuanWhitehead]

Dissection are just amazing.

[@NorthgateLP]

Yeah I'd say production wise Dissection and Immortal are really good picks. They also do a good job easing you into the genre. And then you can dive into some nice Bathory.

[@maceg96]

@@NorthgateLP blood fire death is Gold tier for sure. First 5 albums were pretty good in general.

[@nihilist1680]

Here's some black metal recommendations: With Strength I Burn (Emperor) Thorns Of Crimson Death (Dissection) Enter The Moonlight Gate (Lord Belial) Dunkelheit (Burzum) Quintessence (Darkthrone) Gorgoroth (Gorgoroth) Wolves (Marduk) Mother North (Satyricon) Antikrist (Dimmu Borgir) Malfeitor (Watain) Withstand The Fall Of Time (Immortal)

[@iggy151]

In Blood - Devour This Sanctity OR Spell of Reflection (Belphegor)

[@HelsethDeckard]

Emperor - The Loss and Curse of Reverence

[@kirvergalarragacastro1448]

Nice list! Even tho, I'd start with Bathory! ♥️

[@JosephSaintClair]

A react to ‘the chosen legacy’ by dummu would be interesting to see Alex’s face to 😆

[@raymondlopez8023]

destroyer from gorgoroth is also cool

[@klaushagen5110]

Emperor- Thus spoke the night spirit Mayhem- Freezing Moon Darkthrone- Kathaarian Life Code Immortal- Beyond the north waves Rotting Christ- King of a Stellar War Bathory- Enter the Eternal Fire Negura Bunget- Hora Soarelui

[@dextermorgan1757]

Which version of freezing Moon the one with Attila or the Trve Kvlt one with Dead on vocals

[@klaushagen5110]

@@dextermorgan1757 i think for a first reaction is better the studio version.

[@StirbMensch]

Would rather recommend Tesarul de Lumini from Negura... for me, it's the epitome of atmospheric black metal

[@klaushagen5110]

@@StirbMensch great piece of art too. But for some reason Hora Soraleui connects with me in a deep emotional level, I cannot really explain

[@thewildhealer541]

With Strength I Burn - Emperor Legendary song, solidified my love for their music

[@wickedsky7093]

You can't say you listened to Black Metal until you listen to Freezing Moon by Mayhem

[@sukinobu181]

I please my hunger on living humans

[@TheRealJoeNathan]

Emperor is one of my favorite bands; their Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk is my favorite album of all time. I would recommend checking out Inno a Satana too, which was ironically inspired by classical music even though it's very dark and evil; it's probably my favorite song of all time.

[@ktompa77]

I second that!

[@Martinn834]

Fax!

[@zwackel6790]

Your "annoyance" is actually mostly wanted in Black Metal, just a Black metal thing

[@orion_5128]

Haha I love how positive your reaction was, like how you said "Dude, how fucking cool is that!" made me smile lol. If you went back a couple years and listened to this you would've had a completely different reaction. You've come a long way 🤘

[@フレドリク]

Emperor has been my favourite band since I heard "Anthems to the welkin at dusk" in the late 90's

[@bmein7el]

Next black metal reaction should be "Gorgoroth - Sign of an open eye" Way more black metal is waiting for you!

[@zoso219]

Live version too

[@bmein7el]

@@zoso219 absolutly

[@JosephSaintClair]

Would be funny seeing his reaction to “carving a giant”, although the self title song ‘Gorgoroth’ or ‘Incipit Satan’ would be insane to see a react to

[@bmein7el]

@@JosephSaintClair yeah "carving a giant" would be also a great reaction! One of my favourite songs. I hope he will react to gorgoroth in the future, we will see!

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Wound Upon Wound

[@danielmontgomery7657]

Transylvanian Hunger by Darkthrone is another classic. Very cold. Very raw.

[@JosephSaintClair]

More black metal to add to the list * Marduk - souls for Belial * Taake - myr (the solo will literally blow your mind) * Satanic Warmaster - The Vampiric Tyrant * immortal - all shall fall * behemoth - blow your trumpets Gabriel * gorgoroth - incipit satan * batushka - exercises in futility iv (edit: band is actually Mgla, my metal fail moment 🖤) * waitan - outlaw There’s way heaps that many others have also suggested as next next BM listens. This is a ‘add to the list’ ✌️ There’s also some cool stuff like: * wolves in the throne room - I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks And Stones * Dzo-Nga - anything from ‘the sachems tales’ album * walknut - The Midnightforest of the Runes * impaled Nazarene - goatized * Bathory - enter the eternal fire (classic BM) * emperor - with strength I burn ... and heaps more.

[@KORNBG]

batushka - exercises in futility iv ? You rly ? :D

[@JosephSaintClair]

@@KORNBG oh crap. I meant Mgla!! Metal fail 🖤

[@MrAvalon82]

listened to TAAKE after i got high,,, have never been the same.

[@KORNBG]

@@JosephSaintClair all good ,mate ^^

[@KORNBG]

@@MrAvalon82 imagine doing this and listen to Burzum - Filosofem full album,or the ambient ones... u'll see a different world -trust me.

[@chrisbest2155]

"not the best quality" "it lacks structure" - yes, both of these are basic requirements for old school black metal

[@HideousConformity]

The 'lack of structure' is a common thing in both Black Metal and Death Metal. Both genres have a tendency to break or ignore rules in music. For example, when it comes to lyrics it's relatively rare to see songs using the standard verse and chorus structure. There's pretty much only one rule they are virtually guaranteed to follow: only use minor scales.

[@donniehoffman4738]

I would say it's not that it doesn't have structure, it just has a structure that's not typical for rock. It's more a development of themes, like prog or classical

[@syndikate_void]

Ye Entrancemperium from Anthems next? Emperor lads are actually very talented players and the mix was done on purpose to give it a cold vibe, which it sure delivers.

[@zoso219]

Only if he does the first 2 tracks back to back to warm up to the song

[@kevincannon2269]

@@zoso219 the only way to listen to Ye Entracemperium

[@mattdubya1037]

“Cult” = “cold” as in the sound of the production and atmosphere

[@antoniogonzalez4252]

Ahhh the almighty Emperor, you gotta check out any of their live stuff, it's the old songs with an amazing live production and since most of Emperor (Ihsahn especially) are peerless in their playing it makes for an enthralling experience

[@marszczelec]

We need more black metal!! DISSECTION next ;)

[@markdemars7648]

Emperor is basically symphonic black metal because of the symphonic elements and different uses of clean vocals at times. Just like Dimmu Borgir.

[@schwoarzman6884]

emperor still more evil than dimmu

[@markdemars7648]

@@schwoarzman6884 Ah even still they're part of the same black metal genre because of their symphonic elements and different uses of clean vocals. So therefore they are basically the same thing.

[@tooernn]

Time for "Mayhem" now Alex, the band that started the "norweigen black metal scene", and many including Emperor says that it would exist a "norweigen black metal" scene without 'Mayhem" I recommend you start with the song "Freezing Moon" since it their biggest song.

[@theplaguedoctor9137]

He has to do that band haha.🤘🏾

[@all_caps_kevlar6300]

Maybe some pelle ohlin versions

[@tooernn]

@@all_caps_kevlar6300 yeah ofc, thanks, forgot to write that. Alex: dont do the album version of "Freezin Moon" do one of the Pelle Ohlin versions of freezing moon. 🙂

[@all_caps_kevlar6300]

@@tooernn Damn man ive comnented on lots of people on other videos and their like "their isnt clips of pelle" or they just say he wasnt good but i found someone who approves of him 👍

[@azja6666]

Yes!

[@fran.coper7]

You'd listen to "Advent Sorrow - Pestilence shall come". Depressive black metal. Absolute masterpiece.

[@boobajew3812]

Hell. Yes.

[@jasonberezowski2869]

That is an absolutely bone chilling song.

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

Intrigued by your eventual conclusion. Black metal isn't for everyone, and Emperor's freezingly cold sound doesn't diverge from that.

[@achillescolettas211]

Don't be scared of Black Metal just embrace it 🤘😈🖤

[@MorningStar_1491]

I love Emperor. You absolutely need to check out Rotting Christ’s Rituals album next.

[@headbangerlund]

You should react to Von Raven - The moment you die(Norway) Pagan's mind - God's Equation(Norway) Serj Tankian - Harakiri System of a Down - Boom! Corey Taylor - Spit it out(acoustic) Scars on Broadway - Chemicals Alestorm - The sunk'n Norwegian(Scotland) Rammstein - Keine Lust Audrey Horne - Redemption Blues(Norway, support: for Stone Sour in 2012) Volbeat - Evelyn Stone Sour - 30/30 - 150 Brainstorm - Falling Spiral Down(Germany) Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah(Finland MGP winner 2006) Korpiklaani - levan Polka (Finland) AC/DC - Rock N Roll Train(live at River Plate 09) Requinox - Raiders of the Holy Island(Norway) Nemesis - The War is On(Serbia) Sinsaenum - Splendor and Agony Satyricon - Black Crow on a Tombstone(Norway) Amon Amarth - Cry of the Black Birds Okilly Dokilly - White Wine Spritzer Dreampilots - Comedown(Norway, not metal, but worth a listen) Disturbed - Darkness Gorgoroth - Carving a giant(Norway) Amy Lee - Kyle quit the band Tenacious D cover Iron Maiden - Empire of the Clouds(lyrics video) Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know(album)

[@kaustavsaikia4559]

You should do an entire "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk" album Reaction. It is the Master of Puppets of Black Metal.

[@HaloOverOurDemise]

I second this

[@hauntedgaminguk]

I third this

[@antoniogonzalez4252]

I quadra(?) this!

[@andreaseverin1346]

I quinta this I guess Also does this mean that Storm of the Light's Bane is the equivalent to Rust in Peace?

[@antoniogonzalez4252]

@@andreaseverin1346 Storm of the light's Bane is a masterpiece, but then again so is Rust in Peace haha

[@jeroentump7053]

I love black metal, but i do prefer it when its made with good productions. But specially in the olden days low quality was part of the style. One of the reasons i like Dimmu Borgir. Just try Mourning Palace maybe in a new jacket performed at Wacken open air with a chior and orchestra

[@sandro07warrior]

Hahaha React to the new Cradle of Filth video "Crawling King Chaos"

[@ianmcpeck424]

Ihsahn is the vocalist/guitarist of Emperor. His solo stuff is really good. Try Arcana Imperii off his last full length. Super fun proggy riff.

[@troillmainn]

Or perhaps Marble Soul?

[@Blarkysh]

Lend Me The Eyes Of Millennia!

[@troillmainn]

@@Blarkysh The first few times I listened to that track I didn't like it because the keyboards never stopped playing that loop, but after giving it some more spins it grew into one of my favorites on the album, partly because the keyboards never stop playing that loop🙂 Well, it stops eventually, but lasts long before doing so👍 Marble Soul and In Rites Of Passage are my most favorite tracks though🤘

[@vonbl3]

Weren't prog and tech stuff that ruined Black Metal in the first place tho?

[@MorbidSwede]

Heard Emperor 20+ years ago and become a huge fan. Love the band. Check out bands like, Taake, Tjuder, Carpathian Forest, Burzum, Kampfar.

[@sasakanjuh7660]

You already listened to black metal before, remember Mgla? If I'm not mistaken, your impression of that band was quite positive :) Btw, congrats, I guess Black is the top of the ladder when it comes to metal, you came a long way, my friend! :)

[@Blyatuber]

Burzum, Mayhem, Darkthrone, THEY ALL NEXT

[@disturbiafromthebay]

Quick, change it to Kvlt before someone gets mad and makes an unwanted comment!

[@theclawyaww3740]

Ah the Black Metal rabbit hole here are the Black Metal bands required listening: Bathory Darkthrone Immortal Mayhem

[@Agostoic]

+ Burzum

[@brandonwooster7663]

Kudos to mortiis for co writing one of the most beloved black metal songs

[@shiroudevil]

If you want to learn about Black Metal, you must listen its roots like Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone and Emperor again!!

[@MetallIstKrieg]

Bathory

[@4sbel885]

its roots are bands like bathory, venom, hellhammer, celtic frost, sarcofago, early sepultura, etc

[@MetallIstKrieg]

@@4sbel885 Exactly 100% correct 👍🏻

[@jacobprice8048]

@@4sbel885 Thank you for mentioning early Sepultura. Those first two albums with Jairo T on guitar are truly black metal masterpieces

[@mitchell3877]

It's all trash and a bunch closet homosexuals that was letting their suppressed gay rage out.

[@user-uc4kh3ne9v]

Mayhem - Freezing Moon Please , check it!

[@cesarenero551]

Dude... You're entering a bottomless pit! :D Immortal, Ulver, Arcturus is all I have to say.

[@NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetall]

Dissection - Where Dead Angels Lie. Its one of my favourite black metal songs also Bodom After Midnight have made cover of it its Alexi Laiho last project before he died

[@cfh143]

Next up Darkthrone and Mayhem with Dead on vocals. Let the rabbit hole behin

[@metalpit1000]

BM is an absolutely addictive type of music. I quit metal quite a few years ago, but when it comes to hearing metal, it's still BM. By the way - Emperor is great.

[@illumina1992]

I really can't imagine how it can happen, but damn, there is too much of amazing bm nowadays, to quit it - It's never been as good as it is now

[@samspade8830]

@@illumina1992 All the black metal bands today are just carbon copies of old school black metal.

[@samspade8830]

@metalpit1000 I quit listening to newer metal. I mainly listen to old school. For me, it will always be death metal as my favorite. Then black metal comes in second.

[@nimimerkillinen]

@@samspade8830 uh, no

[@samspade8830]

@@nimimerkillinen Whatever. My opinion still stands.

[@estrangedlunaticsuraj8967]

Reacting to Emperor with Dirt being played behind him is real sign of a true metal/music appreciating person \m/

[@MrNeenan]

I've seen Emperor live twice now... First time in 2019...Anthems in its entirety Second time 2023...Nightside in its entirety

[@danielmontgomery7657]

Thank you for taking my request. If you want more trve kvlt black metal listen to Dunkelheit by Burzum. The man behind this band stabbed his friend to death and burned down multiple churches in Norway in the 90s and even used a picture of the remains of the burnt church as an album cover for his ep Aske. Many of the people in the Norwegian black metal scene did similar crimes in the 90s to avenge their pagan ancestors.

[@krisrakow6663]

*insert Varg smiling in court*

[@unrandomcualquiera...1122]

We need a full reaction to De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas album by Mayhem...

[@HaloOverOurDemise]

Black metal is my favourite genre, my friends like to describe it as 'recorded on a potato, while in a tincan being thrown downstairs' And well...they're not wrong. This whole album is a masterpiece, seeing emperor live at bloodstock 2014 in the pissing rain was an experience! Faust is a fantastic drummer...shame hes a murderer

[@Maedroth]

That show was fucking brilliant.

[@happymonkeyfish]

I been waiting for this forever

[@SuperSuperpenisman]

This is the stuff some of us play on our way to work at 7 a.m.

[@andrewfrye5599]

Some favorites of mine to check out. Marduk - still fucking dead Bathory - in conspiracy with satan Mayhem - chainsaw gutsfuck Dark funeral - to carve another wound Mayhem - freezing moon The list goes on and on forever but these are definitely ones to check out 😁

[@dextermorgan1757]

I see we have the same favorite Mayhem song

[@krisward7720]

Stupidity in hell you'll c how could I have traded my soul 4 this garbage

[@brentonbabcock1174]

A lot of these recordings were done on the cheap. Thus the cassette-quality sound.

[@pirxmad8738]

Finally. One of my fave albums since it came out! Just lay down close your eyes and let it take you with...

[@incubus5000]

you've got to go to a black metal concert. It's amazing to see these bands live!

[@MrMatMyster]

You can give a try to "Dissection" with The Somberlain, Where Dead Angels Lie, both live at Wacken or In The Cold Winds of Nowhere studio or live version. It could great reactions

[@aronjanssonnordberg307]

When the first riff returns towards the end in a slower version sends shivers up my spin. 7:02

[@sharavanaraj77]

Hahaha, this is my alarm clock when I wake up at 5am every morning!

[@dabithefrenchie1267]

When it comes to Black Metal the band Immortal is KING

[@deathmetaldungeon429]

Finally you’d a black metal band,the vocals were pretty much like this in the early days,check out Bathory(the pioneer of this genre) Mayhem/Darkthrone/Burzum.

[@StirbMensch]

Now that you've dipped your toes in some "trv" old-school BM, highly recommend you check out some OLD Dimmu Borgir as well - like something from For All Tid, Stormblast or, their best album IMO, Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (Mourning Palace remains a huge staple!)

[@haggisgaming666]

Emperor, ONE of the best bands I have ever seen live !!! Saw them at Bloodstock 14 in the UK and they played this entire album live, was an anniversary of the record.

[@carlobattistelli7719]

True norwegian black metal Long live the Emperor ! 😈

[@eldorado9068]

In that album there is a song called A Fine day to die, a remast version of the original by Bathory... Man listen to the guitar solo at 6:30..its just INSANE !!!

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

Now can we please do carving a giant by gorgoroth live??

[@biffschlaffley7847]

Totally bad ass song.The scream at the beginning and that hypnotic riff mixed in and riding on top of the song.The vocals were buried on purpose and for effect,so evil and attractive.

[@augmentedhat16]

Emperor - one of my favorite black metal bands. Nightside Eclipse was the first album of theirs that I heard and i became an instant fan because of it.

[@Arch_Angel_Michael]

One of the many great things about black metal is unconventional song structure. Also, an absolute MUST Black Metal reaction: MAYHEM FREEZING MOON.

[@gustavrunesson5355]

While you are in the track of black metal you gotta give mayhem a listen, I’d recommend either freezing moon or de mysteriis dom sathanas

[@v8cool168]

The thing I love about this album is the dense murk of the guitars. Its like wading through a room of black candle smoke m and mountain fog.

[@srgsnz62]

Some black metal songs have the most beautiful melodies you will ever hear...

[@Rusted_Empire]

Also try Leprous - Contaminate me (live at the Rockefeller Hall) which features Ihsahn

[@deliathorja442]

yes, this!

[@jamesmcnaught6341]

This is why I love metal, Alex's been doing this for ages and there are still genres he hasn't experienced. Keep pushing your boundaries !

[@raphaelleclair2688]

You should try to listen to this in a forest while trekking or during winter for maximum immersion 🤘🏾

[@aragorn0988]

"Flipping the whole script on its head" That was exactly the point of Black Metal when it came out in the 90's!!

[@stefanba2029]

Started with Bathory in the eighties though

[@aragorn0988]

@@stefanba2029 Yes I know, and with Celtic Frost, Venom and Sarcofago as well, but I was talking of the Second Wave of Black Metal (especially the Trve Norwegian Black Metal), But I recognize that my comment wasn't really obvious

[@hershadowdomain5603]

This is one of the "True Norwegian Black Metal" pioneers. You pretty much hit the nail on the head with what you said about the production. It was roughly produced very much on purpose to encompass the passion and brutality of black metal. It's meant to make people uncomfortable, using a lot of tritones (the devil's notes...look that up, pretty interesting stuff) and demonic sounding vocals. I love Emperor. You should check out Ihsahn's (lead singer) solo work. I recommend something off his latest album. You'll be shocked, lol.

[@timothymartin5538]

I vote for 'Samr'

[@DouweHummeling]

The tritone isn't really the Devil's notes. Check (for instance) Adam Neely's video about that.

[@dancarrington7100]

I am familiar with the band and song. There's tons of other black metal out there, especially from Norway. There's Mayhem, Gorgoroth, Immortal, Darkthrone...there's quite a bit. If you wanna check out some early stuff that's also thrashy, check out Venom.

[@natashka1982]

This takes me back to the 90s, lol. 2e were driving around with windows open, listening to this in Chicago. Good ole days...

[@sujithsasi6985]

The first time I heard Emperor I literally freaked the fuck out and I never stopped listening to them since then…

[@zigak.7800]

If black metal sounds like it was recorded on walkie-talkie in some shed in the middle of the woods around 1000 BC then it sounds perfect

[@eulerianpath6355]

It doesn’t lack structure at all it’s just not ur typical

[@thetyrant8048]

FINALLY! EMPEROR! I can now die a happy man that you reacted to my favorite band.

[@tauvholiik7936]

Emperor expanded and grew with each successive new album. Their previous EP was self titled and on a split with Enslaved that featured a much more scooped out mid range and therefore "less noisy" but still chaotic. Their first demo release was not even stereo and most likely recorded on a 4 track cassette. In The Nightside Eclipse rerecorded two songs of which was less scooped, raw and noisier. Their follow up album had perfected and tweeked their guitar tones with a more defined heavy distortion that was more capable of delivering its lead guitars and rhythm guitars with more decipherable precision of which they kept improving upon with each new album. The whole band perfected their performance as they channelled sounds of fast chaos as complex guitar rhythm chord progressions not heard before so it only sounds chaotic to new listeners. Perform the riffs unplugged yourself and hear the perfect complexity of entertwining notes and chord progressions. Ihsahn set the bar for technical/progressive blackmetal to which many others came afterwards. They were once my favorite band, but now there are nearly millions of songs available to choose from and so I have many dozens of favorite metal bands across many dozens of metal genres.

[@iggy151]

Check out some Belphegor 👌 The mix is much more modern and refined. "In Blood- Devour This Sanctity" OR "Spell of Reflection" Actually, treat yourself to both. By the way yes a lot of old black metal WAS recorded and mixed in a dusty ass attic...with a handheld tape recorder...😂

[@makmakarov8488]

If you will react to Mayhem, listen to songs with Dead on vocals

[@Ibreaker99]

Daaang I remember wearing this cassette tape out in my truck when I was younger because I listened to it so much

[@Lukeflesh]

Cool story! They are fun to read. Mine, i bought it back in 94’ish?? I had been into the earache scene in high school. Anyway im about 20 years old and we are going on a 7 day Caribbean cruise. It was a ship full of mostly old people, so at night the top decks were all but empty and all yours… listening over and over this at night, on the ocean, under the star’s??? Sneek a hit of bud and wow!!! This album was soooo killer! Still is \,,/

[@kirvergalarragacastro1448]

My favorite black metal. I was so hyped to watch them live for the first time, but covid happened.

[@vrilconnoisseur]

Try Bathory - A fine day to die

[@BlackWolflord]

This is the best black metal album in history, period. People might name drop others that they prefer more and it's fine, but nothing beats In The Nightside Eclipse.

[@noir4356]

It is the best bm album in history. Nothing beats this. This is unreached

[@yoona_bunny9939]

Okay I agree this is good good, but De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas holds a special place in my heart. It just hit different.

[@zeitlos9481]

Ungfell blows this out the water.

[@mandu6665]

Bathory - Under The Sign of the Black Mark, Sarcofago - INRI Master's Hammer - Ritual Necromantia - Scarlet Evil Witching Black Mortuary Drape - All the Witches Dance Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom All blow Emperor out of the water. Emperor is great but they weren't even the best Norwegian band lol.

[@stinkfist6422]

"Where dead angles lie" by "dissection" you'll not regret...

[@Kylora2112]

"Into The Infinity Of Thoughts" is my favorite off this album, followed by "Inno A Satana." I could never really into black metal, but man did I take a deep dive into thrash and speed metal.