The MOST Important Black Metal Bands

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

I wanted to go over the importance of a ton of different black metal bands throughout the decades and countries, shining a light on their influence on the genre both culturally and musically! What would be your own list? And also, what are your thoughts on my list here?! Agree or disagree, there is no wrong answer. Be sure to let me know down below!!!!!!! But for now, cheers, rock on, stay heavy and have yourselves a fantastic rest of your day or night, depending on when you see this!!!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@sunman3829]

Why?

[@sunman3829]

You wouldn't want to converse with me... I got some heavy shit on my mind. Have a fantastic day/night? I don't know, my world is spinning like a record in gravity of Sol. I'll have a day. I'll have a night. And I will experience emotions rise and fall one by one, side by side, hand in hand. Fantastic for me would be a solar storm, systematic collapse, resurrection of the wild. (While listening to the Windir blow my mind from within)

[@paulbeaumont6617]

Really enjoyed your video - good broad range of bands mentioned under the umbrella of "black metal" - nice to hear Agalloch mentioned; Pale Folklore & The Mantle are my favourites.

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

The Mantle's one of my favorite albums of all time! Always love to see it get some love. Thank you for watching and so happy you enjoyed it! :]

[@Ilurblur]

Shining was one of the first BM bands i really started listening to and still holds a very special place in my heart and maybe it's just me but i love a BM band that really implements the bass well it's even a leading instrument on some tracks i'd say

[@vermin_scourge]

You should do a video like this about dark ambient/dungeon synth

[@haydenbernard5124]

May you send a list of all of the bands you mentioned thanks.❤️

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

absolutely!! most influential black metal bands: profanatica paysage d'hiver emperor, venom & bathory. darkthrone. mayhem. immortal. agalloch summoning celtic frost blasphemy & revenge anaal nathrakh burzum ulver liturgy wolves in the throne room deafheaven xasthur

[@That1MetalheadDude]

Bethlehem - While I don't really regard "dark metal" as a genre, which they claim to have invented with their debut record of the same name, their second album, Dictius te necare, revolutionized DSBM in a way that's still felt today. It's an extremely and oppressively bleak record, and one that features one of the most manic, tormented vocal performances in the history of metal, done by Rainer Landfermann. For reference, Silencer toooootally took their whole schtick from this album, even down to getting the same cover artist. Sardonischer Untergang im Zeichen irreligiöser Darbietung, their third record, continues a similar vibe to the previous record, and while it doesn't hit those exact same highs, it's still pretty damn close. They mostly kinda suck past the first 3 records or so, but I think it's a case of a frontloaded discography that still definitely earns the band a spot in the conversation.

[@wheelsofmercury]

I would say that Dawn Ray'd really brought anarchist left-wing lyrics and ideas into black metal in a way that was hard to ignore. Sure, there were left-wing crust punk/black metal bands like Iskra doing it before DR'd, *BUT* Dawn Ray'd did it in a way that stood out and was provocative at the time in the late 2010's. They may be disbanded, but I will never forget them anytime soon!✊

[@Wheredabox]

I just saw Mayhem in concert and this video comes out, coincidence? I think not

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Ooh shit, I am a clairvoyant truly!!!!!!! how were they?!

[@jackbrown4697]

Xasthur for me remains one of the most stunning bands in black metal to me, not interested in what he's doing now but once upon of time he was groundbreaking, just listen to To Violate the Oblivious 👌 Another band I have no words for is Leviathan, Tenth Sub Level for example is probably my favourite black metal album of all time. Obviously De Mysteriis Dom Satanas needs no introduction either, and Darkthrone's earliest works, I love this genre so much man.

[@sunman3829]

I think Xasthurs acoustic work/play is groundbreaking too. He broke the genre. Like death breaks ground and buries itself like a nut. Xasthur is like a friend in my imagination. And I don't forsake friends just because they want to explore other dimensions and go to playing haunting depressive folk instead of haunting depressive metal. If I played live instead of dead, I'd throw shit at the fans. I want shit to hit the fan. You might be interested in Xasthurs latest release though.

[@jackbrown4697]

@sunman3829 I respect what he did later on but Subject to Change just did absolutely nothing for me, Portal of Sorrow I can get behind absolutely, but Subject to Change just didn't do anything for me at all, maybe his ones since are more up my alley, his run from Nocturnal Poisoning through Subliminal Genocide is my absolute favourite. I have a Telepathic With the Deceased t shirt I've ordered for Christmas as it's my favourite Xasthur release.

[@sunman3829]

Victims of the Times... That's what I'm listening to now. Don't listen to it, you wouldn't like it.

[@sunman3829]

I had typed a more detailed reply to you, but KZbin deleted it right away. I don't know why...

[@sunman3829]

... Maybe "hail Santa" is not allowed? Let's see...

[@TheSwordsmanInBlack]

Darkthrone. Absolutely Darkthrone. Every other band since 1994 has been trying to get THAT Transilvanian Hunger sound; guitar tone, riff structure, song structure etc. Look at Craft. Pretty much Unholy Trilogy-era Darkthrone worship!

[@multiplesorganversagen5155]

As much as I love Anaal Nathrakh - Bands like Thorns and Mysticum were way more influential on industrial black metal. I'm also missing Deathspell Omega and Mgła as modern influences. You can still hear they're impact on so many bands today. Strid should also be worth mentioning regarding DSBM.

[@blankwavemessiah]

just got home from a fuckin 18hr day and heated some food. I see Scott Conner-Malefic, I malefuckin' CLICK.

[@gothicshark]

good video, and even knew a bunch of the listed bands... do I really listen to that much Black metal? o.0 Also loved the style ;)

[@Halo3ODST_smg]

What about black veil brides?

[@colecarstarphen8743]

Dont try to sneak yo ass into the thumbnail

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

??? hm? I'm not in the thumbnail. That's the vocalist of Anaal Nathrakh, Haela from Liturgy, Malefic, Varg and Abbath LMAOO

[@ivanooze8500]

Horna, they'll play anywhere and every release is awesome

[@lunarstrain235]

Great fucking list brother ! would love to see a video about the First Wave Of Black Metal . you gotta lot of knowlege

[@themetalmaniac7811]

a band that I feel should have been mentioned here is the band Morbid. their December Moon demo is one of the most influential black metal demos of all time. a lot of second wave black metal bands where inspired by that demo. also it was Morbid's December Moon demo that Euronymous heard that made him realize that Dead was a perfect choice to be the new vocalist for Mayhem at that time.

[@VestigialLung]

“It’s only black metal if it comes from the black metal region of Norway. Otherwise it’s just sparkling tremolo picking” - someone… probably. Anyway, to contribute something of value, anyone who likes DSBM but hasn’t heard Nymphrenia, give her a listen. It’s rare I hear a vocalist who genuinely makes me uncomfortable, but she pulls it off.

[@HemiSlant6828]

My favorite black metal band is Living Colour

[@mindful2864]

Here is what I would consider the most essential black metal bands of all time: Emperor Enslaved Bathory Summoning Mayhem Satyricon Marduk Immortal Windir Agalloch Alcest Darkthrone Dissection Borknagar Rotting Christ Blut Aus Nord Watain Winterfylleth

[@blankwavemessiah]

fine choices. But not including Burzum, I believe is a federal offense. Edit. Yes varg sucks lol. But his early work cannot be disputed

[@CarlosAugustoScalassaraPrando]

No Sarcófago? Wow

[@wheelsofmercury]

@@mindful2864 I thought about mentioning Windir or Enslaved.

[@wheelsofmercury]

@@CarlosAugustoScalassaraPrando That’s another great pick, too! Also Vulcano as well!

[@CarlosAugustoScalassaraPrando]

@@blankwavemessiah 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@rustyshackleford7656]

One thing that always bothered me about Black Metal not being friendly to an American newcomer was the dark, disturbing history of the US of A. Theres more dark history on almost every level in America than any other country. Native American genocide, Civil War, WWI, serial killers, bigotry, you name it, USA is top dawg

[@whatgameyouthinkyouareplaying]

make a video on BMSS

[@Ilurblur]

Also just thanks for getting me into Anaal Nathrakh. This shit fucking tears! 🤘

[@sunman3829]

The MOST important Black Metal band is from within, the depths of oneself... From the mind within the darkness of the skull, as the heart buried like treasure in the chest. Solely underground, never popular, opposing the Vulgar Era. Presence under the shade of trees, shadowing, pupiling the eye... Apples of knowledge hitting the head in gravity of a dense mind beaming light... The lone wanderer, a sole journey, an ancestral rite of psychedelia. The passages in red, writ of blood in vain, encoded in DNA for nuts to crack... For nuts to drop, to fall in love, to plant. To hold ground, rooted... Balancing out into the stars burning like hell in the heavens, coneheads pining of the pineal. ... Never to be heard, yet always barking... Roaring in the wind. Trees of life and family. Pneuma. Thumos. Cut downs from the masses, a deforestation of spirit for religious business holiday. Dysfunction. Family severed. Divided and conquered. Home ravished, life enslaved, the wild and free replaced by a new city overbred like a swarm of locust. A plague of Revelation of a book taken from and added to for eons, mass produced from cutting down the Tree of Life and family... Pressing paper, destroying habitat of the beasts... Until only one region, one religion, remains... A desert of dessert sugarcoating the shituation, depletion of health and sanity. Mind, body, and spirit drained.

[@judaspriestfan]

Bathory is the most importent

[@Zogblaster14]

Fagheaven and queerurgy is not black metal kid

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

lol, I feel like that sort of language is honestly one of the biggest reasons I feel like it's some of the most important shit--black metal's meant to offend or challenge people and that sort of outrage is one of the things i love to see from both the old-school bands for their own reasons, and the new school bands. respect your opinion, though. cheers!

[@sunman3829]

I have been really into the Styx song MR. ROBOTO lately. It's not Black Metal... Well, I don't know for sure what type of metal Mr. Roboto is made of... But I fell in love with this verse: "The problem's plain to see Too much technology Machines to save our lives Machines dehumanize" For me, Black Metal is the essence of lo-fi. The sound of the Lorax in a state of DIVINE MADNESS. And the corpse paint... Like ritual clowns celebrating the Day of the DEAD at night. Black Metal, for me, is like the cries echoing of the Trail of Tears. Wails, shrieks haunting the land of pagan massacre. As superior technology spread virally like bullies picking on the weak, and still does. Honor? The Medal of Honor is a pentagram. And that's Black Metal to me, metal of honor, of sabbatic scapegoats... The howls of wolves and family massacred, and Mother Earth crying as her privates are made property and whored to hordes of hoarders.

[@sunman3829]

Black Metal ist krieg! Army of Santa Satan! The green men in the dark! Arise! Rudolph is here! They used to laugh and call me names. Heil!

[@sunman3829]

Boy Named Sue... Don't tell me Johnny Cash isn't black as hell.