The best BLACK METAL Bands of all time (according to YOU guys)

I made a statistic of YOUR favorite Black Metal albums and bands!
So if you are new to Black Metal, you should check out all of these albums.
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[@cszabo666]

As a Hungarian I have to say that you pronounced BATHORY correctly.

[@Farvann]

Cool!

[@jager6680]

Milyen meglepő...

[@xdhun]

just came here to say this

[@mateuszmisiek6398]

@Κύριλλος XD

[@wlados22]

As a Slovak who visited Čachtice I. Satisfied with your pronounciation too

[@rdmoonie]

Blood Fire Death by Bathory is criminally underrated.

[@g-man4744]

It's for the connaisseur!

[@Sergey_Matskevich_82]

It is not a black metal))) But still this is the one of the best Bathory's albums as for me. I Love "Dies Irae" and "Blood fire death". This songs are pure epickness. For black metal better suits the 3rd album - Under the sign of Black Mark. It gas the right atmosphere and sound.

[@rdmoonie]

@@Sergey_Matskevich_82 Blood fire death is very much black metal. It's the uniting album between black and viking metalheads.

[@Sergey_Matskevich_82]

@@rdmoonie sounds more like thrash metal for me. Some riffs are very similar to ...and justice for all...

[@rdmoonie]

@@Sergey_Matskevich_82 i can agree on it sounding like thrash metal, but like early black metal did too. it's still black metal. both and justice and blood fire death are definitely not under the same sub-genre

[@zombiemachinery4868]

It makes me happy to see Storm Of The Light's Bane here. That record is an absolute legendary gem.

[@Kaloian_Ivanov]

When he said that he never got into Dissection I was like whaaat. I think Dissection embodies the spirit of metal as a hole very well and Jon was a true metalhead. But of course not all people will like the same things.

[@tss1473]

@@Kaloian_Ivanov yeah i could never get into dissection either for some reason

[@lightyagami1752]

I love SOTLB. It is to Black Metal what Master of Puppets is to Thrash.

[@zombiemachinery4868]

@@lightyagami1752, YES!

[@Caroline-gw5jf]

The story behind Jon Nödtveidt is interesting.

[@chris_doesnt_exist-762]

i love that mgła is getting so much love, their older stuff needs some more appreciation tho

[@J.L.B.-XIII]

This.

[@Farvann]

Yes

[@griefforest1870]

Yes! With hearts towards none is just as good

[@rothbardfreedom]

On the other hand, they barely play old songs live...

[@g-man4744]

It's quite surprising how this became a classic of some sort

[@opastila6252]

Although I started this black metal journey with Burzum and then continued with Mayhem, Darkthrone is the band that has it all, at least for me. When I first heard "A Blaze In The Northern Sky" I was blown away. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of black metal bands who made and still making great music, but Darkthrone... so cold, so dark..

[@IHEARTTX2]

I started on the same track! I went from mayhem, burzum, dark throne,

[@ylevjr]

I don't know how to explain the Dissection's music. The atmospheric imersion take me to another world...

[@Johnjohnlamenace]

I guess Storm of the Light's Bane came from another world. The music is so great and so majestic... Jon was a genius

[@ylevjr]

@@Johnjohnlamenace Jon, Peter, Johan and Ole did a great work in the Storm of the Light's.

[@nihilist1680]

I'm surprised that Gorgoroth wasn't on any of the lists.

[@Farvann]

Me too

[@teo6685]

It should be Pentagram is black metal anthem

[@nihilist1680]

@@teo6685 To me personally Under The Sign Of Hell is on my top 10 black metal albums.

[@teo6685]

@@nihilist1680 yeah that album is also awesome 9. Twilight of the idols 8. Ad majorem sathanas gloriam 7. Destroyer 6. Incipit satan 5. Antichrist 4. Instinctus bestialis 3. Quantos possunt... 2. Under the sign of hell 1. Pentagram Yeah i hate gaahl and king ov hell period

[@nihilist1680]

@@teo6685 I'd rank their albums like this: 1. Under The Sign Of Hell 2. Antichrist 3. Pentagram 4. Quantos Possunt.. 5. Incipit Satan 6. Instinctus Bestialis And everything else is sh*t in my opinion.

[@ilikevideos4868]

Burzum is one of my favourite "bands" from any genre, but I gotta give it to old Darkthrone. I'd say that's THE sound you think of when you think of Black Metal

[@Caroline-gw5jf]

Dissection is indeed quite melodic. I absolutely love it though. Thy Serpent- Forests of Witchery is one of my all time favorite albums.

[@CultOfSol777]

I also like the Demos of Thy Serpent. Overall a great band!

[@grassrootsflshp]

Burzum's Filosofem at #1 is just about right. That album set me on my own mini journey into the dark world of BM. Didn't quite like the genre but Filosofem stayed in my top 50 fave of all time (one of only 2 BM album that got into my top 50 fave list).

[@KingSolomonJedidiah]

yo can you show that list?

[@AbissoInteriore]

yeah, show the list bro

[@Ironfist85hu1]

4:35 As a Hungarian. THANK YOU! That was absolutely perfect pronounciation! :) One small thing: Hungarian names use family name first, and given name then.

[@DoormanDan88]

Breaking favorites down by country would be a pretty interesting, albeit nerdy, little presentation.

[@386xt80]

This would be pretty cool actually. Every regional scene has unique traits, even if only minor.

[@bartenderofhell]

Do whatever statistics You crazy deutsch, we love everything related to Black metal! Cool video as always.

[@bluewinter6660]

Great picks but the first three Satyricon are masterpieces and the debut got me into Black metal

[@JimRainer-cn4re]

@Dragon Ball fans can't read yes

[@BoydJourney]

Was wondering where are satyricon in this

[@Serpentis666]

Satyricon sucks…

[@Afrodisiaka]

@@Serpentis666the first 3 albums are epic. Forget about the rest

[@sloshed-rat]

I think that Emperor's In the Nightside Eclipse is a great entry point for anyone who's brand new to black metal. I'd barely call myself a black metal fan, but this is one of my all time favorite albums. It's more beautiful than it is oppressive. None of it feels like filler. In the Nightside Eclipse has got a bit of everything black metal has to offer, without ever feeling rigid or bored with its own sound. It's dynamic, it's heavy, and it's always a fun listen.

[@cpfantastic5576]

You first and foremost always recommend Dunkelheit to a non Black Metalhead, that's it.

[@matternicuss]

In the Nightside Eclipse wasn’t my first black metal album (that honor goes to Bergtatt), but it was THE album to cement my love for the genre. In many ways it hasn’t been topped, though Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk is at least its equal (though it’s a tad more difficult for beginners).

[@P3rm4frost]

And you gotta admire the mixture between raw black metal screeches and the smart way of arranging the songs. It's almost a classical composition at times and you can hear that there's some musicianship and expertise though it was a pretty straight forward record. My first entry was typically cradle of filth and dimmu borgir (im not sure what my first real encounter with black metal was..I think dark fortress? ). It was in 2000 when black metal got popular again and cradle released "her ghost in the fog" on a promo disc. I don't care about the naysayers. It was a time where metal got exciting and intriguing again and introduced more fans like me. You could feel that something wicked was about to burst. The death metal and black metal community was thirsty for extreme metal again and the vibe was already there. It was electrifying. And suddenly everyone dropped their albums. And each one was better than the other! Dark funeral, Nattefrost, enslaved, Gorgoroth,... Everyone released more albums and it all felt like it was at its peak again. It sounded like the third wave of black metal incoming, storming the metal community with awesome releases. It felt like the new blood worshipped the old classics but also transformed into something different, with some fresh air of unusual musicality. I'm 35 now and I miss those days. It felt like you grabbed the holy grail of extreme metal and wanted to get more and more extreme with every new band youve found.

[@sloshed-rat]

It was also kinda a "mid-fi" black metal album among the other toaster recordings. They poured a bit more into making it sound as tight as they could, and it shows.

[@woodenhoe]

This and Anthems are my favs

[@amarug]

Not a fan of Varg in terms of ideology, but damn he is a skilled musician. Filosofem is just such a masterpiece, it's hard to deny it's brilliance, I have been listening to it - for literally decades now. I also loved Vargs atmospheric releases, esp. Ways of Yore, so simple but so unique and clever. Such a waste that he pisses all his time and energy away by obsessing over his ideas about the races and world orders and all that nonsense. Just make more music damn

[@wolfmauler]

It's Under A Funeral Moon for me! The first I ever heard was Transylvanian Hunger, which my girlfriend bought me at the time, based solely on the album cover. (The Norsk Arsik Black Metal cover, I might add.) That record changed my life, musically. But nowadays, I keep going back to UAFM

[@thecommunistloli1042]

Damn either your gf got bankrupt after buying it or she was extremely lucky to find the one with the Norsk Arsik Black Metal cover

[@ansari8225]

Under a funeral moon and Blaze in the nothern sky, are both better than Transylvanian Hunger imo.

[@ChuckyDoll79]

#8 Ulver - Bergtatt Guys, I am proud of you. As a black metal trilogy Ulver fan since 1997, I am glad to see young bloods like you all have a wonderful taste for norvegian black metal. We did it, guys, we did it!

[@Yr_218]

Too bad Ulver only produced 2 Black Metal albums.

[@ChuckyDoll79]

@@Yr_218 I included Kveldssanger as black metal album too. And I am pretty sure that I am not the only one.

[@MiG-23]

Nattens madrigal is my all time favorite.

[@stuff5532]

im so happy to see sotlb from dissection! where dead angels lie is pure love, i cant stop listening for many years

[@polarblade1159]

I personally find Dissection's The Somberlain and Where Dead Angels Lie to be perfect both for new and old black metal heads

[@DeathBYDesign666]

I would go with unhallowed, it just has that unrelenting black metal power to it. You can't not just bang out to that song.

[@flatheadgg2443]

I'm really surprised how high panzerfaust is. It is my personal favorite but it always felt like the neglected stepchild of darkthrone's early discography. It also was one of my first "trve" black metal albums together with ablaze. For the record l took the first wave, death/thrash/early war metal inspired route before diving into the serious stuff, but being also really into celtic frost those two albums were the perfect start alongside mgla and inquisition.

[@theblondbeast777]

I want to share the 10 albums that got me into BM (more or less in chronological order) 1) Merrimack - The Acausal Mass 2) Enslaved - Frost 3) Cradle Of Filth - Vempire 4) Mayhem - Wolf's Lair Abyss 5) Venom - Black Metal 6) Mayhem - Deathcrush 7) Darkthrone - A Blaze 8) 1349 - Hellfire 9) Celtic Frost - Morbid Tails 10) Deströyer 666 - Phoenix Rising (With more than 10 slots I could've quote Bathory's The Return, Aura Noir's Black Thrash Attack, Dark Funeral's In The Sign, Marduk's Opus Nocturne, Sarcofago's INRI...)

[@qartz2211]

As a Czech i would have to say Root or Masters Hammer. These bands are criminally underrated although they are one of the first BM bands ever.

[@ismoalanko4505]

I have always thougth those bands to be boring but 80 - 90 music isnt so much off my thing.. From Chezch id much rather listen Cult Of Fire or even Ador Dorath, though Ador Dorath prob isnt black metal but the early albums off their is a guilty pleasure off my. Mainly only cause I like the voice off the female singer.

[@rra022001]

Yeah ..Masters Hammer /l^|\

[@HudsonValleyVHS]

I'm from the states and love Root and Masters Hammer, Törr as well. I think there is like 500 of us lol.

[@qartz2211]

@@HudsonValleyVHS nice, i recommend Stíny plamenů, Mnich, Dark Seal or Cult of Fire for some more czech black metal madness 😊

[@metalWarriorCZ]

and what about legendary Trollech? :-) We dont have much good or famous black metal bands here in Czech. Our Polish neighbors are better off in black metal which is interesting because they are very religious nation.

[@Vladi306]

Personally, I'm a bit surprised Pure Holocaust wasn't on the albums list. That might be my favorite black metal album EVER.

[@Farvann]

Random video of me making a statistic from your comments

[@BrainEatPenguin]

What do you think of Darkthrone’s Arctic Thunder?

[@yungvarg2301]

Wirklich geil, dass du wieder da bist. Hoffe die Pause hat die gut getan!

[@Farvann]

Danke!

[@Avliv_Satan]

Mgla is my favorite Black Metal band and Exercises is my favorite album, both the band and the album is just flawless in my opinion, though I respect most of, if not all of the other choices here as well.

[@brucegryllisgaming7732]

Definitely agree with the Mgla picks, both EIF & Age of Excuse are two of my all time favourites. I'd also like to throw Katedralen by Mork in to the mix. Everything that Mork has put out recently has been incredibly impressive imo but Katedralen could well represent their peak! Especially with tracks like Fodt Til A Harske & Lysbaereren. Let me know what you think.

[@haydensnyder7093]

Mgla and Kreigsmaschine are easily my favourite black metal bands of all time, but Mork also has some mind- blowing riffage, definitely agree

[@LePopPathetique]

what about best "underground" artists/album? just an idea for a future video. there's so much iconic stuff to talk about and seriously people should consider diving a little deeper than the mainstream. some of my favorites are Paysage D'hiver, Vlad Tepes, Abruptum, Forgotten Woods, Obtained Enslavement

[@SindreGaaserod]

Good idea bro

[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

yeah there are so many great bands

[@Ca11mero]

Judas Iscariot =)

[@Gabriel-bt7ix]

Aarsland

[@tapearchive37456]

Hypothermia is criminally underrated

[@phantomvox]

Marduk is my favorite black metal band. Totally brutal stuff

[@Night1989]

Exercises in futility was the first black metal album I bought. It got recommended to me by a female iranian artist who found my art on instagram, no kidding. I would never have thought, that a female who lives in a country where metal music is basically banned would ever introduce me to a great band that is located in close location to my country which I don't know about. (germany) Still feel bad for her. I can see mgla live whenever I want.

[@paskapaavo]

Dissection was hard piece for me too, but one day it just happened. Now I like it very much. 🖤

[@Tiger-ks6ox]

I agree Darkthrone as a band is number one. I would put Hecate Enthroned - Slaughter of innocence and Eternum - Devouring Descent in the top 5. These two albums are worth attention. Masterpieces. No one mentioned Emperor - Anthems to the welkin at dusk. It's fantastic

[@polarblade1159]

Agree about emperor, never got into darkthrone because of their production (strangely enough I love behexen though). Would also have loved to see the somberlain here, I personally like it more than storm of the light's bane because of the sound and more accoustic parts

[@njordmannen]

For me Thorns' selftitle debut is up there. it was so ahead of its time. and has some killer riffs.

[@MetalOfAllOwns]

Hell yeaaa dude!

[@knutskullestad4001]

I went to a concert in 90s with Dark Throne, Satyricon and Dissection at same concert. Based on this experince I would say Dissection is on another level than the rest. Quality in all aspects and their energy at stage was incredible.... I love both Dark Throne and Dissection, but after 25-30 years listening to them, i am kind of "tired" of Dark Throne, but Dissection albums just becomes better and better.

[@d_walsh]

You saw dark throne live in concert ?

[@knutskullestad4001]

@@d_walsh yes. 1996

[@michaelolz]

I know this list is a year old, but I'm a bit of a newcomer. I've been deep-diving into the Black Metal Promotion channel. I've found a lot of newer bands that just aren't getting mentioned at all. I think it's time for that to change, because there's so much talent and fresh new stuff. Among my favorites are Faidra (whom I've spoken with a few times and he is honestly a great composer and musician), Verminous Serpent, Argenthorns, Ave Sanguine, Ninkharsag, way too many to list here, and some are newer than others. But how about a list of lesser known bands? (Please forgive if that's already been done and I'm just late to the meeting.) Thanks for the great channel, Farvann.

[@lordofthemoonrealm2151]

What is not to like about Satyricon? Dark Medieval Times, The Shadowthrone, and Nemesis Divinia are some of the most classic albums within BM and well worth the praise they get. Ur trippin

[@xraygamer9895]

It's entry level black metal, poser black metal like Dimmu Borgir or Behemoth.

[@arhaanchettri95]

@XRay Gamer you could say those things about the mentioned band's later material but not their early ones. In what world is The Shadowthrone, For All Tid, and Dark Medieval Times poser metal?

[@xraygamer9895]

@@arhaanchettri95 my logic: marduk is a poser band, satyricon is bigger than marduk -> satyricon is a poser band. But tbh, the list of poser bands contains quite a few: The true fucked up shitty trinity of poser bands(Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, Cradle of Filth), the norwegian big 5(Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone, Emperor, Immortal), Marduk, Dissection, Bathory(probably the big 3 of sweden) and some random bands from diffrent subgenres: Taake, Carpathian Forest, Ulver, Mgla, Bathuska, Enslaved, Winterfylleth, carach Angren, Windir, Deathspell Omega, Watain, Agalloch, any blackgaze band(you know, Alcest and Deafheaven shit), the big 4 of atmo black(WITTR, Drudkh, Summoning and Ruins of Beverast) and the mentioned Satyricon. I think i missed quite a few poser bands Edit: forgot about the big 3 of dsbm: Leviatham(not really dsbm tho), Xasthur and Silencer

[@g-man4744]

@@xraygamer9895 what do you mean by Marduk is a poser band? Makes no sense

[@Sergey_Matskevich_82]

Maybe because the Satyricon have a good clean sound and many money))) When I was a kid - we thought that Cradle of filth is black metal band and it's gloom and evil)))

[@Vanguard521]

Great Horna shirt. Loved seeing Evangels on your go to album list.

[@buckshotter]

i know he wasn't mentioned, but Xasthur has to be my fav black metal artist. his music is really good :D

[@blvndr]

Scott is so talented and not only just in black metal!

[@EricEyetooth]

Sunn and Xasthur are my favorites.

[@nazarnovitsky9868]

Thank you very much , Farvann ! Another interesting video.

[@rapmetaldemon09]

In the nightside eclipse all day. My number 1 favorite album. Storm of the light's bane has to probably be in my top 10 as well. The song nights blood itself is a masterpiece in my opinion

[@highonsleep4219]

greetings from Finland. Nice Horna shirt!

[@Kobanyai_enjoyer]

Can't pick a favorite album, but when it comes to bands Bathory is probably on the first place. Yes, there are some shitty thrash albums, but the black and viking metal stuff is amazing, and it still holds up to this day.

[@g-man4744]

Yes, this band has released 6 groundbreaking albums one after the other, absolutely incredible, that's more than any other black metal band that ever existed ! One of the best metal band ever IMO, hail Bathory!

[@Sergey_Matskevich_82]

Agry. I am not BM fan. But I love Bathory. First 2 albums are great. Blood Fire Death, Hammerheart Twilight of the gods,, Blood on Ice, Nordland 1&2 are pure atmospheric alltime epick. Destroyer of words is also have very good songs such as Lake of fire, title song, Ode and Pestilence.

[@bandenwesen]

Ist das so schön, dass du wieder da bist! Videos ohne Ende. Genügend Farvann für alle!

[@Tystros]

I'm very surprised by those results! I would have thought the top of the list would be those black metal bands that are the most mainstream, most popular. So bands like Dimmu Borgir or Dark Funeral or Behemoth. really surprising how they are not even in the top 10 of both lists.

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

It's because Farvann's audience likes more raw underground stuff

[@polarblade1159]

Dark funeral would really be the only one who would have a chance here since they still sound black metal although they're that big, behemoth is too much death metal and dimmu borgir is just dimmu borgir

[@georgecostan3248]

You REALLY had free time to do something like this. :)) Also, the results make more sense if it were for most known black metal albums/bands, instead of "the best" (what is that, anyway?).

[@Klementin_]

You can say even in death, burzum is still stabbing Euronymous

[@thecommunistloli1042]

Tbh even though some mayhem songs are damn good they really just gained popularity because of the whole euronymous "very bad evil dude" thing and the whole satanic things they did including their plan of making a "metal army" and lets not forget the histories everybody knows at this point of dead's suicide and euronymou's murder and the deal with cooking pelle's brain bits and giving parts of his skull to "trve" bands Burzum on the other hand it's very impresive to see that even in jail Varg managed to put stuff together and make a pretty descent music list but i also think that part of his success is in part to the whole deal with edgelords who followed him because he also supported the whole "evil antichristian" movement and was/is (not sure if he still is) a racist and at some point a straight up nazi supporter but i won't deny his material is definitely pretty good music to listen regardless of his ideologies

[@containternet9290]

Varg's still jealously of Euronymous. Lol

[@Afrodisiaka]

Nothing even comes close to de mysteriis…

[@ansari8225]

​@@AfrodisiakaMaybe if it was dead doing the vocals or even maniac. Atilla ruins that album for me. Deathcrush> De mysteriius

[@ragnar0k174]

Your comments about Dissection made me cry :(. Anyway, funny video!

[@dillandvito5371]

Ironic that De Mysteriis was mentioned 23 times. It seems almost intentional

[@HunterOfSouls218]

So glad there’s pages like this that post good music for people who haven’t heard it and don’t just rant about varg or the Mayhem story

[@ChuckyDoll79]

Next... "How many of guys are also programmers/IT like me?" I would say... over 90% of us are in IT.

[@Farvann]

That would be surprising

[@spritefroggy]

@@Farvann Also in IT here.

[@uauser-ez5ye8mf4m]

same here

[@hekanymous]

Another one here

[@86smoke]

Yeah, me kinda too

[@doylecoody1651]

Glad to see you back Farvann

[@pedromelolouzada2003]

My 10 favorites: 10 Dimmu Borgir 9 Marduk 8 Burzum 7 Satyricon 6 Dissection 5 Immortal 4 Darkthrone 3 Mayhem 2 Bathory 1 Emperor

[@georgecostan3248]

Giving Bathory the love and appreciation it deserves. \m/

[@dronenpc6877]

dimmu borgir? pls

[@jelefaz]

@@georgecostan3248 Grew up with them. Celtic Frost is awesome as well

[@georgecostan3248]

@@jelefaz and Merciful Fate and Tormentor are awesome as well. People like the Norwegian early scene more than their blatant influences for some reason.

[@Afrodisiaka]

@@dronenpc6877they did a lot for the whole BM scene in the early days, just line cradle.

[@radeksima2608]

Whooaah. I've got some vacation, didn't notice that you're back. Glad to see you again.

[@UkjentDimensjon]

Great video man, I have never heard of this Mgla, I will check them out. Ulver are great! I agree with your comment about Marduk and I'm also not a big Mayhem fan but appreciate De Mysteriis. I look forward to seeing more of your lists. Perhaps you could do a list of BM albums that you think are highly underrated. And perhaps even the top 90s Black metal albums 🤘

[@thetrveundulator]

Very underrated but Abigor's Fractal Possession is my favorite black metal album ever. Avant-garde, industrial, so layered and filled with intense builds and breathtaking melodies and emotion. Not to mention the instrumental performances are insane.

[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

Here some cool bands which isn't the mainstream ones: Inquisition Mork Mutiilation Evil Feast Schrat Vargrav Noenum Krypt Baxaxaxa stormkeep Nehemah Bethlehem Endless Dismal Moan Pest (from Finland and another from Sweden)

[@CultOfSol777]

Good list. There is allot of Underground stuff. Of course it should stay underground in my opinion. Because this is the magic and mystic part of Black Metal.

[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

@@CultOfSol777 Yeah you're right

[@Henrique-iy2lk]

thanks

[@raven_of_zoso455]

Filosofem is my favourite BM album too, then all the good Darkthrone albums (Blaze, Transil, and Panzer, etc) and pre-Filosofem Burzum albums rank as close seconds. But the 3 first songs on Filosofem are all songs I can really relate to. Lately, I have been really vibing to Beholding The Daughters of The Frimament, or that German thing it is also called.

[@tomiivaswort6921]

As a german, I can say that you pronounced Panzerfaust correctly

[@Farvann]

Ja ich bin ja auch Deutscher

[@tomiivaswort6921]

@@Farvann nice

[@Vaedh]

Your production is so good! I loved this video!

[@theoc9203]

Doubt you'll read this comment but I'm very curious about your thoughts on the band summoning and caladan brood. Edit: another cracking video from the black metal goat 🐐👑

[@Farvann]

Summoning is great! Never listened to Caladan Brood though

[@МартинСтефанов-в1л]

@@Farvann They only have one album though, which is a shame, but it's absolutely fantastic and full of pleasure nonetheless.

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Yes and yes!!! Both exceptional bands. I don't usually self-promote on other channels in the threads, but I also want to bring up the band Eldarion (I am a member of that band) which is also heavily in the vein of Summoning and Caladan Brood, check it out when you get a chance.

[@theoc9203]

@@DJTheMetalheadMercenary hey mate just heard your full album "gondolin" (sorry if spelt wrong 🥴) it's absolutely amazing, great atmosphere and vibe 🍻

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

@@theoc9203 Thanks!!! Glad you liked it, thanks for checking it out 🍻

[@hvitekristesdod]

My top 10 bands: 1. Marduk 2. Summoning 3. Satyricon 4. Urfaust 5. Leviathan 6. The Ruins of Beverast 7. Lunar Aurora 8. Blood Red Fog 9. Blut Aus Nord 10. Inquisition Top 10 albums: 1. Summoning - Oath Bound 2. Satyricon - The Shadowthrone 3. Marduk - Nightwing 4. Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice 5. The Ruins of Beverast - Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite 6. Carpathian Forest - Defending the Throne of Evil 7. Krohm - The Haunting Presence 8. Urfaust - Der Freiwillige Bettler 9. Leviathan - Tentacles of Whorror 10. Xasthur - To Violate the Oblivious

[@jojoplaysmusic]

De Mysteriis actually came out the same day as my birthday :y

[@alvarogabrielaguirregarin3933]

Gay. Iron Maiden was released the same day I was born and you don´t hear me say shit about it. Same day Judas Priest released British Steel.

[@darkestoath666]

@@alvarogabrielaguirregarin3933no one cares boomer

[@c0mplex_Ale]

Jay-Z released The Blueprint in September 11th, 2001, so what?

[@gabrieltarcsa3882]

Your Hungarian is correct Man! :-D Good Job on this video!

[@denudenovsky]

What do You mean that Black Metal is more than just numbers? I've spent countless hours on programming every single MIDI drum hit for nothing? ;_;

[@D3ATHC4RRI3R]

mgła is from my country - poland. appriciate that they are recognizable in the world

[@NikolaSekuloski]

My first metal band that I started listening to was actually tracks on action video games in the background to make it flipper sound actually this just popped in my mind that on excursions I listened a lot of OFFSPRING tapes "Americana" so that was my first metal band from 1998 when I was 13 6th grade call it punk pop rock and they have a lot metal tracks. So it's various artist listening to "metal" in the background and it's only a segment. If you take the Offspring first album it is actually a lot of metal

[@msgrim8295]

Good list of albums and bands! Immortal is personally my favorite and I named my cat Abbath. 😂

[@lorannab3092]

Horna is awesome. And so are Behexen, Sargeist, Urgehal, Tsjuder, Naglfar, Rotting Christ, Samael, Watain, Aegrus, Windir, Beherit, Necrophobic... seriously, there's so much more to BM. I think what your research in the comments shows is that you need to take these people away from their little mainstream blackster starter pack.

[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

haha yeah they're all the mainstream ones

[@winterwinter7505]

I would add the Finnish band Baptism to this list, too

[@majakoren1746]

Finally someone mentioned Beherit...

[@johnnyhoffer]

You have done good job with the pronunciation, Erzsébet Báthory without the English th sound, just a normal t instead. Well said

[@Lotastic_Films]

4:25 I think you have to pronounce it "Ratlord" 🙃

[@Medichamrulez]

I don't specifically like Black Metal but I love this channel. Farvann is a funny guy, sue me! Anyway, I don't have enough expertise on the topic to select favorite albums or bands, but I came here just to say this: Synagoga Satanae, by Celtic Frost, is my favorite BM song. At least I consider it to be BM because of the lyrical content and the sheer heaviness of it - it is uncompromised!

[@MrSetigod]

My top 3 favorites: ABBA Burzum Darkthrone

[@liviogore2303]

I agree with these charts. Probably Gorgoroth and more recent Drudkh deserve a place but I don't know who to to pull off, maybe Marduk

[@craftbeer4life801]

Is there are specific reason why you dont like Satyricon at all? Of course taste of music is higly personal for sure. However, Satyricon had quite a journey from old school, to atmospheric, to Black'n'roll. Non of them are bad resp. some of them are quite aweseome. Should be something in for all of us. BTW, I am not the biggest Satyricon fan but they have some decent shit :D Did not get the Burzum (Band) hype. Apart from the first two ones everything else was quite shitty imo. Even the (Dungeon) Synth stuff was and is way below average compared (imo) Though I get the point with Filosofem. Great Album! Apart from that - All hail the Emperor \m/

[@nicholasc.3928]

I honestly love Satyricon's black n roll music too, it's so good!

[@krata420]

So, my black metal favourites are Mgła - Age of Excuse/Exercises Kriegsmaschine (original project of musisians from Mgła) - Apocalypticists Odraza - Rzeczom Furia - Nocel Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse Dissection - Storm of the light's bane

[@domenicogulla8020]

This shows how underrated Dark Funeral actually is :(

[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

And inquisition

[@Thesenseiformerlyknownas]

Absolutely. Diabolis Interium is a brilliant album, those guys never get the credit they deserve.

[@domenicogulla8020]

@@Thesenseiformerlyknownas unlike other important Black Metal bands, they ALWAYS made awesome albums. Bands like Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum etc. have 3 or 4 relevant masterpieces in their discographies, but also awful albums or at least albums that are not as good as the ones they published in 90s (Yes 2010s Darkthrone i'm looking at you).

[@michaelkarlsson5966]

Dark Funeral are not underrated in my opinion. They're just not very good compared to other bands. I think that the MCD and first and second album are great but after that it went down hill.

[@domenicogulla8020]

@@michaelkarlsson5966 Well, that's your opinion. To be honest: i'm a huge Dark Funeral fan and still thinking that they should be recognized as one of the greatest black metal bands on the face of planet. In my opinion they published their best albums in the 2000s but the whole discography is really good.

[@DB-xz1sb]

I am not a black metal fan, but I agree with the nr.1. I really love this one: circumambulation of the transcendental pillar of singularity. Best song for learning/reading etc.

[@nightmaretraveller]

Actually it is spelled as:Báthory and pronounced as /ba:tori/. Btw Báthory used to be a noble family in the late middle-ages

[@scorpions1965]

The most ACCURATE list I’ve ever seen anywhere

[@slayde7740]

One of if not my all time top would have have to be Peste Noires - La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence

[@Mp57navy]

NSBM 🤮

[@PerjantaiPrkL]

Awesome Horna shirt brother!

[@BadBlueBoysBorovje]

Vlad Tepes/Belketre - March to the Black Holocaust best black metal album don't @ me

[@slayde7740]

Truly one of the finest recordings of black metal to ever grace the scene

[@lorekeeper666]

As a hungarian, I have to say, there isn't any problem with your pronunciation of Erzsébet Báthory :D

[@hetace]

Color chart on a black metal list? Not kvlt enough :)

[@hnorrstrom]

He's secretly a Rainbow guy. 😉

[@mcstabba]

Every band and album should have had a black pie piece.

[@rahmatsumantri6577]

My favorite 1. Windir 2. Burzum 3. Darkthrone 4. Emperor 5. Ulver 6. Lord Belial 7. Nokturnal Mortum 8. Blut Aus Nord 9. Summoning 10. Marduk

[@hate8485]

My top 10 Albums: 1. Burzum - Burzum (1992) 2. Mütiilation - Vampires Of Black Imperial Blood (1995) 3. Bathory - Bathory (1984) 4. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse (1994) 5. Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger (1994) 6. Gehenna - First Spell (2012) 7. Xasthur - A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors (2001) 8. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) 9. Silencer - Death, Pierce Me (2001) 10. Summoning - Stronghold (1999) . Doubt anyone will read this, but I thought it would be fun to share.

[@arroganceinvictus]

Read.

[@ScuzCuz]

I would like to see a top ten chart of the best obscure BM bands. (& a pie chart)

[@bryanmons3463]

not saying these bands aren't good, they are. But I'm just disappointed that the choices are so predictable.

[@lorannab3092]

Entry level stuff and the classic horde of burzum fanboys. It was predictable that it was going to be predictable.

[@g-man4744]

They are all classics, what did you expect? No obscure band/album will please everyone so naturally the most common denominator will rise to the top

[@luciferseven9177]

Can’t really argue, very surprised no mention of Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism. Then again, the only black metal fan I know is myself.

[@hammerheartdan6311]

I agree with dark throne and burzum being #1 and #2 spot because no matter what i listen to or in the mood for, i always got back to those two..

[@spritefroggy]

Filosofem over Hvis or Det Som? Weird as hell. Also, can't stand Mgla. Feels like baby's first black metal record.

[@flatheadgg2443]

Agree but l think that's exactly what makes mgla so big, it's for everyone willing to listen. Also l like filosofem as much as the next guy but l can't see why it is THE black metal album for so many people. It really scratches that border of being just weird ambient stuff with distorted guitars mixed in, what goes as well for hvis lyset but at least that one still has screaming on it, det som engang var should definately be the way to go.

[@bluewinter6660]

The first three burzum are the best. Cant understand the hype for Filosofem

[@bdawg3942]

I 100% agree about MGLA! I just don’t get the hype

[@ansari8225]

Yeah I like the self titled and Aske better also. Filosofem would have been a lot better if the ambient tracks weren't so fucking long.

[@loganc1158]

My personal top 10, 10. Filesofem - Burzum 9. In the Nightside Eclipse - Emperor 8. Frost - Enslaved 7. Paracletus - Deathspell Omega 6. Blood Fire Death - Bathory 5. Panzer Division Marduk - Marduk 4. Sunbather - Deafheaven 3. A Blaze in the Northern Sky 2. The Satanist - Behemoth 1. Écallies De Lune - Alcest My list would probably piss off classic black metal nerds lol

[@ravendark8816]

this list is the starter pack of every "wannabe blackster", so predictable 😅, great idea this video anyway

[@g-man4744]

Would you argue that any of these aren't classics though? What's your list?

[@ravendark8816]

@@g-man4744 i did'nt say that are not classics, and i have not a list of "all time"

[@Afrodisiaka]

So when did you start to listen? You didn’t give these bands credit for making the BM path?

[@ravendark8816]

​@@Afrodisiaka yes of course, but the important thing is move on, black metal is a lot of more than these bands, i forgot about this comment i wrote anyway 😅

[@Afrodisiaka]

@@ravendark8816 true. 30 years later, I ended up in Jazz🤖

[@bjornehlert5544]

Nice statistics. A great idea to use comments this way. 😁👍🏻

[@v-7815]

Filosofem #1 *pretends to be shocked* Gehenna - First Spell album is a hidden gem

[@Afrodisiaka]

Gehennas first spell was awesome at the time , besides the poor recording

[@dazerano7808]

I think Ive just realised there are more fans of Mgla's Exercises In Futility than I thought! Thats my number 2 behind De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.

[@tac9668]

Pretty early on in my path into black metal but I figured I'd throw my hat into the ring: 10. Blaze In The Northern Sky - Darkthrone 9. Menschenmühle - Kanonenfieber 8. In Solitary Silence - Bilskirnir 7. Hooded Metal - Speedhammer 6. Filosofem- Burzum (did I even have to specify) 5. Der Wolkenwanderer - Bilskirnir (litteraly just because of thier cover of Mourning Soul) 4. Under The Sign of The Black Mark - Bathory 3. Satanic Rites - Hellhammer 2. 10th Sublevel of Suicide - Leviathan (Idiot Sun is unironically the best black metal song I've ever heard) 1. Self Titled - Bathory (this album not only got me into black metal but metal in general) Honorable mentions: Rainbow Nights, Kaleidoscope Dreams, and Spectral Ecstasy - Black Magick SS (not on the list because I cannot decide if it's black metal or psyche rock or both)

[@Miskowaty]

Dimmu Brogir for me. I know its not the traditional black, obviously, but I like the melody, symphony and good sound production

[@doomedtobedestroyed]

For me it was Nemus - Wald Mensch which was the First Black Metal Album I enjoyed over and over