Weird and Unsettling Black Metal

Time to check out some very strange and sometimes creepy Black Metal songs!
With the help of my community and my own music collection I've picked some pretty interesting things.
What's the most unsettling Black Metal song you know?
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[@rippingaxe]

1) Imperial Triumphant - Krokodil 2) Striborg - Mysterious Semblance of Spectral Trees 3) Emit - Dead Before Death 4) Bethlehem - Schatten aus der Alexander Welt 5) Amelnakru - The Prisoner 6) Gnaw Their Tongues - All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity 7) Deathrite Inanis 定め - Deathrites honorable mentions: Stalaggh, Gulaggh, Abruptum

[@Scrinwaipwr]

Thanks. Some of those names are in languages I don't understand and written in logos that are hard to read.

[@KampucheanDemon]

If only he added Endless Dismal Moan - Obsession

[@mattdbf]

He should've done this himself - lazy.

[@Scrinwaipwr]

@@mattdbf got to admit I was looking for it.

[@Farvann]

@@mattdbf Lazy 🤣 There always a reason. And there's a reason why I didn't do it.

[@PatriotLatLV]

No Silencer? '*sad screeching noises*' :(

[@birkabein]

Everyone and their mother has heard Silencer… ironically enough…

[@raz0rblade118]

@@birkabein🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡🤣

[@Redwizard88000]

As an Emit fan I agree with everything you said

[@bringmechaos666]

Emit is underrated honestly

[@Knarkamel]

@@bringmechaos666 Whattefuck are you on about?

[@Scrinwaipwr]

I'm older than Farvan and I like Emit so he isn't too old but I do recommend the whole EP that song comes from rather than any of the individual songs on it. They need their atmospheric context, they need to contrast with each other for full effect. The only thing I disagree with is that I can't stand other people's opinions. I don't care about people disliking music I like. And I can definitely hear why someone would dislike Emit - and why his music might attract a lot of dicks.

[@JohnDoe-dg7vo]

@@bringmechaos666 Emit is the most overrated shit I can think of

[@bringmechaos666]

@@JohnDoe-dg7vo Overrated would be Mayhem and Burzum. But overrated doesn't equal bad, just to be clear.

[@mihnea358]

man, your videos improved so fucking much, editing, filming and all of that, you are becoming a more serious content creator than ever before

[@Farvann]

Thank you. Putting much more effort in the content is pretty fun!

[@celticfury7328]

Saying that a black metal artist has improved his production value? BLASPHEMER!!! 😂

[@MrDick-kz8qc]

For a german, yes

[@Farvann]

@@MrDick-kz8qc What has that to do with Germans? 😂

[@z0ttel89]

Well, the guy behind Emit and Hammemit was Michael Morthwork, who was an important part of the Order of Nine Angles (O9A). He actually dug up corpses and impaled their heads on sticks in the woods ... so ... yeah. He might be slightly crazy.

[@0l0l00l0]

Where did u find this info?

[@abraxasfraxinus7744]

Not an important part of O9A....

[@keegandoa]

base?

[@gerardgaray1188]

I love Gnaw Their Tongues. Mories creates a vivid soundscape with each entry, this album being one of my favorites

[@666waughtron666]

Pretty much all of his bands are super high quality too. Bit of a bm genius, I'd say.

[@angelomerz_2]

Finally a video that talks about unsettling black metal without talking only about Stalaggh and Emit, love your stuff!

[@squidzarecool720]

If schizophrenia had a soundtrack, it would be these bands.

[@user-ec4ze9yq5t]

What I like about Farvann videos, is how they feel: like an old friend of mine learned something new and tells me everything about it, so I could know it too. I just couldn't go away from new video without a comment, really) I feel so greatful, so I comment almoust every one

[@michaelgiesler1896]

Agreed. I can't stand a lot of other metal youtubers because they talk and talk... Farvann is always straight to the point with an underlying base of good humour.

[@Selzor]

Yo it’s fravun my favorite youtuber

[@Farvann]

hahahaha

[@theaveragememelord759]

I'm glad to see Imperial Triumphant get as much love as they have, they dropped my favorite album of 2022 and I'm going to see them at the end of January, I can't wait

[@tlotr25]

seen them live, it was really insane

[@ryanwatts7817]

Spirit of ecstasy is my top album this year to. Absolutely amazing

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

You're going to love their performance. I've seen them twice, and both were absolutely insane experiences

[@theyescapedtheweightofdarkness]

Alphaville and abyssal gods are my favourite albums by them. Fucking amazing

[@dankmemesmeltexistentialdr2769]

Dictius Te Necare is literally the best 2nd Wave BM album, absolutely uncompromisngly raw, the single most batshit vocal performance ever, groove that bleeds into monotonous passages in a way like no other BM band has ever quite managed. God I love it.

[@barbarianblood2316]

Rainer’s vocals are absolutely mental.

[@rytkosenjussi]

What band? Never heard..

[@Vlad-ik4ne]

@@rytkosenjussi Bethlehem

[@rytkosenjussi]

@@Vlad-ik4ne familiar band but i dont know that album.

[@FlashmanVC]

It truly is one of the greatest albums of all time.

[@Beastlango]

I’m in a coffin is pretty creepy. Wrist deep in depression, finally happy, and corpses in living masks are the main ones that come to mind

[@sadderall-xr9094]

Blut Aus Nord's The Work Which Transforms God is one of the most disturbing yet profound albums I've ever listened to, it's pulverizing yet engaging at the same time

[@gimmedataids]

Yeah, figured this would be on the list. MoRT is another good one

[@sadderall-xr9094]

@@gimmedataids MoRT is really good as well, it's like slowly being digested in the gut of hell

[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

@@sadderall-xr9094 can you give me an album name plz cause there's a lot of mort

[@killforsatan]

@@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord MoRT is the album, blut aus nord is the band

[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

@@killforsatan ohh my bad, I know that band

[@Snarl616]

Deathspell Omega - Si monumentum requires circumspice. First Prayer literally scared me the first time I heard it, and Sola Fide I and II kept the unsettlement very high. That is the only album that actually literally scared me. Honorable mentions for: Axis of Perdition and Diapsiquir.

[@Farvann]

That was actually the first album by Deathspell Omega I ever listened to!

[@Snarl616]

@@Farvann me too. I still remember that I was so much on edge that while listening to the album, my right hand moved by instinct. I realized that it was just me being very nervous, but it was a big WTF time. PS: if you look for weird black metal, check out Axis of Perdition, Diapsiquir and Pensées Nocturnes.

[@Farvann]

@@Snarl616 Nice! I remember falling asleep to Pensées Nocturnes' album "Vacuum" when I was a little younger. And damn, I really like the album artwork

[@a1m4thah3d]

I thought First Prayer was pretty calming actually..honestly it kinda reminded me of some of Russian Circles' more darker material.

[@opethium647]

Album is perfect for the end of the world

[@BelegaerTheGreat]

Stalaggh was my introduction to extreme (effed up) BM. It was also the last of that genre I decided to listen to in my life.

[@rondenim9933]

The self titled album from the band Endless Dismal Moan is some highly recommended depressive black metal, with slight death metal influence, highly recommended for fans of Xasthur, Mutiilation or Emit (also rip Chaos 9)

[@angelgirlmari5686]

i was surprised endless dismal moan wasn't on here

[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

Rip chaos9

[@KingPaimon666]

Leviathan is also a good one

[@fvkthsstm8524]

You mean RIFFLESS black metal

[@olgaburkova]

I've found some new interesting bands to listen today. "Krokodil" video is incredible🐊

[@Farvann]

Absolutely! I didn't know there was a video before people metioned it

[@RootIsLearning]

I must say listening to the first Time to Emit was wierd and scary experience, but i began to like it and it gives me a certain journey

[@Farvann]

Yes, that's what I think it's about. Me who just listened to the EP a few times is probably not close enough to "see" it.

[@RootIsLearning]

@@Farvann ye especially in the dark bleeding, just the one of the first little Sound/FX and it refreshed me in fear at the beginning xd. Btw. If u want take listen there is a project out there "Skjold" very raw black metal. And to discover "wierd and unsettling BM" i recommende the Channel Underground Tapes :).

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

Fuck 'im.

[@RootIsLearning]

@@LouisWinthorpe622?

[@contratorn]

as an imperial triumphant fan im very happy to see them on the list, gonna see them live in august, wish me luck

[@badprod7480]

Good luck my guy

[@tiomcgregor7057]

how was it

[@mota9034]

​@@tiomcgregor7057in-sane...the guys were all moving like they were on a combination of meth and 20 energy drinks...weird af but amazing

[@ЭпросКальпива]

Marko Laiho from Beherit: I quit playing black metal and now I'm DJ Gamma-G. Sin Nanna from Striborg: Hold my beer.

[@Farvann]

😂

[@crosafix]

A few months ago I joined a Black Metal band based in Chicago. I'm a Thrash guy, so I've been trying to expand my understanding of Black Metal so I can eventually start writing music for the project. You've been a fantastic source for education. Thank you. 🤘🏽

[@dxvii937]

Band name?

[@After9waves]

I will list some bands that in my opinion could fit into this video, since they can be defined as weird or their music is characterized by an "unsettling" vibe/atmosphere that sets the listener on a different mindset than what you get from your ordinary "trve" black metal: 1. Silencer - Silencer is a black metal band from Sweden, there was an internet rumor years ago that its frontman, Nattramn, had cut off his hands and stitched actual pig hooves. Obviously this wasn't the case, His vocals are very distinctive and - to some people - even funny. Check out the album "Death - Pierce Me" 2. Botanist - Botanist is a black metal (?) band that uses dulcimer VSTs instead of real guitars. It's legit "weird", nothing more, nothing less. 3. K.F.R - The musical product of Maxime Taccardi, an artist who got famous in the metal community for using his own blood on his paintings. His music reflects this feeling quite a bit, it's very raw, dark and the productions helps with creating a vibe of this whole "nihilistic black metal" essence. 4. Reverorum Ib Malacht - If Dark Ambient music could meet black metal, avant-garde aesthetics, intentionally disharmonic soundscapes with chants and eerie atmosphere, this band would be the combo's spawn. A production style that gives this dark, lo-fi sound and the mixing just messes with the instruments' volumes and there's a cacophony that still makes sense though 5. Spektr - French black metal mixed with dark ambient/power electronica elements, it's an unsettling combo, even "scary" if I may say. The industrial elements are blended with avant-garde black metal riffs and certain moments of their albums will make you scratch your head 6. Puritas Virginum - French Ambient Black Metal with industrial influences, vocals similar to Silencer's, drums that'll remind you of that time when you were baning your grandma's head on the kitchen table because she burnt your roasted turkey with mango chutney and a dark atmosphere that sets off with the overall mixing 7. Ahulabrum - Legit....no idea. Based in the U.S, I remember reading a comment in an Ahulabrum album calling its music "an atrocity", go figure out on your own. Raw black metal with ambient stuff and it's lo-fi and it smells weird. 8, श्रवण (Sravana) - Harsh, almost noise-like black metal with Vedic elements, what would the outcome be if you mixed Black Cilice with throwing a rock at a window and Shiva was watching you doing it. The man behind the project also has a Raw Black metal act called Forest Thrall. He's weird 9. Jikininki - I found these...this....guy(s) today! And it's another combination of "black metal" and "dark ambient" but this time around, the mixing is the key here. Listen to the demo "The Star Ruby" and you'll figure out what I mean 10. Black Cilice - It's like a version of Emit that you might find more enjoyable, it's more raw, the dude screams his hate for mankind and the overall atmosphere takes you to an unsettling, dark and filthy journey that wishes to take down the sun itself Honorable mentions: Sigh, Imperial Circus Dead Decadence, Fulgor, Hissing, Koldovstvo, Circle of Ouroborus, Jacc, Evil Scarecrow, Lugubrum, Гнёт, Oranssi Pazuzu, Schlangengeist, Reek Of Unzen Gas Fumes, Diapsiquir, Pensées Nocturnes, Ebonylake, Wreche

[@raakareiska9804]

Silencer and their made up meme history is a joke

[@longgone696]

I would absolutely have included Silencer, death pierce me is fucking amazing. That Spektr album is a cool mix of electronics and black metal. Botanist live was incredible. Strange instruments and bizarre costumes. I thought for sure the Xasthur would have been on this list, but he chose Striborg. Striborg was a joke. Love your list man. gonna check out a couple I havnt heard of.

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

You know your stuff, I'm gonna have to check some of these out!

[@digitalcthulhu143]

Imperial Circus Dead Decadence doesn't belong here bro their music isn't that out there its actually pretty listenable I call it anime death metal if anything else

[@hastyhawkeye]

I am good, my guy silencer are hard core nazis

[@saqnswusjbingles1042]

I'd recommend KFR - Suck My Death It's a really disturbing Black metal/black ambient one man band by a guy who does artwork with his own blood and does all of his own cover art for each of his projects

[@Forhekset525]

I think K.F.R would fit nicely in a list like this. Good video by the way👍

[@SKvldlf]

Forgjord is a really good raw bm band. My favorite band right now. They actually just released a new album.

[@virgoliz6611]

Thanks for introducing me to Deathrite Inanis. Beautiful stuff \m/

[@maryfreegirl2029]

vouch, really loved what i heard so far

[@johnny_corleone]

Same. I just found it on KZbin. Amazing

[@ceilingfan6969]

As someone who loves both black metal and disturbing art/media, these are amazing and I'll definitely be adding the ones I haven't yet heard to my playlists LOL

[@hypnovertigo7200]

Make a follow up with Havohej!! Their EPs Purple Cloak and Black Mist still are the most out there I've seen black metal go!

[@sodapopbrosky]

Purple Cloak is great!

[@Peasant_in_a_tree]

First time watching your channel. Very impressed with your commentary. I love the down to earth yet confident vibe. Very unique on YT nowadays.

[@Farvann]

Thanks!

[@Peasant_in_a_tree]

@@Farvann for sure! Keep up the great work man!

[@tomiivaswort6921]

Farvann: "Weird and unsetteling black metal" Me, who listenes to every fucking shit that is even slightly related to black metal: "Is this some kind of false joke, I'm too kvlt to understand?"

[@Farvann]

Way too kvlt bro

[@Redwizard88000]

Also thanks so much for plugging my music!

[@Farvann]

You're welcome!

[@lightyagami1435]

I was jumpsacred when you encouraged us, the Emit fans. Great video as always!

[@amatimees.]

I love Bethlehem, the vocalist is just so good! Also would recommend a French, I believe, weird black metal project called K.F.R., their album artwork is also pretty... well, matches the music well lol. I think the project's purpose is to kind of translate paintings of the head guy to music or something if I remember correctly. Pretty interesting project at least for me.

[@B0MBADIL]

maybe you''ve already listened to it but the Bethlehem vocalist from Dictius has his own project, simply called Rainer Landfermann, and the only album is a masterclass, really experimental (could've fit in the video), but the vocals are insane

[@BT-ic2qs]

Kfr would be perfect for this list

[@amatimees.]

@@B0MBADIL oh I didn't know about that! Thanks a lot, definitely have to try it out!!

[@ASTRUM502]

They have the female vocalist now from Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult. I think it's great.

[@AsAugustSleeps]

Entrance Into Nothingness by Xasthur gave me the chills the first time I listened to it. I listened to it in the dark and it started to feel like something was in the room with me.

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

Something about the entirety Telepathic With The Deceased gets me, too. It's my favorite Xasthur album, but it is hard to sit through it and not feel dread

[@AsAugustSleeps]

@@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic Definitely. I also noticed it kind of makes me feel ill. It’s quite the experience.

[@ferocentaur13]

​@@AsAugustSleeps certain low vibrational frequencies are mastered into the music that causes ill or nauseous feelings

[@AsAugustSleeps]

@@ferocentaur13That’s wild. I could definitely see that.

[@ferocentaur13]

@@AsAugustSleeps they doing all kinds of things with weaponized sound and negative affirmations. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWXQn4dod9GMjKcsi=yDDpEp4v-GHt4pLt

[@andreasgrnnebk1385]

Love imperial triumphant and gaspar noe so loved the reference

[@PieroChighi]

Ive been watching you for years since i started my Black Metal journey and your videos have always helped me to understand different bm styles and bands. You have been like a bm tourguide! Thanks to you i fucking love Finnish Black Metal, i lived in Finland for a while and now i live in Norway, black metal its just something that goes so well in these two countries… I hope you keep making these type of videos they are amazing.

[@syahaz7088]

Cool to see Emit here. I like the band by first listen because I knew Hanatarash, Hijokaidan and Merzbow. Definitely acquired taste kind of deal so Farvann's reaction is understandable. 😅

[@holstonmatt]

i hear of those artists before but the artist that made me fall with noise was dreamcrusher with songs like adore also i love his cover of supermagic by mos def

[@syahaz7088]

@@holstonmatt Ohh never heard of them. Definitely trying them out.

[@holstonmatt]

@@syahaz7088 well they had kind of became a rising star in the noise landscape and check out the interview they did with sound field you can find it on youtube

[@SignOfTheWarrior]

The moment you announced "Emit", a commercial break poped and the song was "she's a maniac..." came into my ears.

[@Farvann]

😂

[@julkazjutuba]

I like All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity the most, maybe because it also sounds a bit industrial to me, but I wouldn't call it pure industrial or noise. To me it's like a mix of various genres.

[@AlphaJDM]

"he had something in mind" pretty accurate description

[@hattorihansen603]

Great Choices, i find the latest Blut aus Nord quite unsettling (Tales of the Old Dreamer)

[@nyarparablepsis872]

Gods, I completely forgot about that Betlehem album. It was definitely ...different (and still is).

[@dafrappecrew8933]

I would definitely add KFR and if we're including war metal, دمار (Damaar)

[@Damaged_Justice]

Damaar is so damn heavy, I like it

[@liamsmith6628]

DO YOU WISH TO DIEEE

[@ElephantDestroyer]

Some bands that are unsettling without diving entirely into noise or "avant-garde" that I don't see talked about as much: Parabellum and Senthil. They just made really off-putting melodies. And, not unheard of, but Jute Gyte. That guy has a massive discography but what I've listened to from him is gut-wrenching.

[@JeveGreen]

If there's one disturbing black metal/noise song I can think of from the top of my head, it's Utarm's Black Light Aeon Apochryphia, from their Apochryphal Stories-album. Most of the album is sinister, but fairly tame. Yet as soon as you hear the intro of Black Light, you'll feel a shiver down your spine, and possibly bleed from your ears. It does eventually take it down a notch with the noise, but geez that intro! If I had to describe that song, it's like being a scared child lost in a dark forest, surrounded by nothing but unsettling noises and occasionally seeing something glimmer in the shadows, something you can't even tell what it is. It evokes that same dread in an adult man...

[@jeremygarlick5862]

Havohej are really weird, creepy and interesting.

[@georgetheodor112]

So you just have to mix a bit of distorted blastbeating noise to a synthpad to become a revolution in black metal? Did I get it right?

[@johan7344]

Exactly

[@taftoc7288]

schatten aus der Alexander Welt is a hell of a song. thank you

[@sneezebiscuits7239]

Not black metal, but the most unnerving piece of music i've ever come across is Pissgrave - Perpetual War That riff is absolutely haunting.

[@AsAugustSleeps]

If Black Metal is corpse paint, Pissgrave is rotting corpse paint.

[@smw1193]

Gnaw their tongues sounds like opening a gate to hell... and it genuinely ruins my mood. Impressive

[@bjp4869]

I'd say stuff like Emit kind of hits a middle ground between Black Metal and Noise. There's definitely a bit of both in there.

[@Elvsterson]

The chocked chicken vocals from Fleurety’s A darker shade of evil Ep are something else.

[@farzinnavand4228]

on Instagram I recommended Lamp of Murmuur - Chalice of oniric torment, because by "strange" I thought you meant something like cosmic horror. I don't know how to explain it, it's like coming across a witch town after getting lost in the forest... it's the guitar tone I think... But as for something unsettling or scary, I would recommend K.F.R, Nightbringer, Akhlys, Stalaggh or Darkspace. There's also this comfy synth project Snowy Hill House, but nothing about is "comfy", it really unsettles me for some reason.

[@dougneon9550]

Striborg ... that was terrifying

[@Vladi306]

Bethlehem sounds like something I can get into. Sounds like it's more traditional along the lines of structure and composition but that vocal delivery definitely has a unique sense of urgency and apprehension. I'm also digging that guitar tone. I've been going out of my way to explore new black metal bands for the better portion of the year and Bethlehem seems like it could tickle my fancy. Imperial Triumphant is a little beyond what I typically get into but it does sound rather creative and fascinating. So, I'm fixing to check out more of THAT, too. \m/

[@99chuck99]

1. Purple Cloak - Havohej 2. Black Mist - Havohej 3. Abgzvoryathre - Moëvöt 4. Nèvgzérya - Brenoritvrezorkre 5. My Revenge Will Come (I'll Arise) - Heroin Makes Happy 6. Photograph - Nickleback

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Here's a few more bands to glut out on (I don't have specific songs to pick because the majority of albums/ releases from all these projects are just fvcking good): Skaphe Rhinocervs Crawl Hissing Cultor Noctis Hrae Skarntyde Pure Basmu Ossaert DSKNT Ad Nauseum Beketh Nexehmu HWWAUOCH Trha Prosternatur Akhlys Novae Militiae Illkynja Laudanum

[@JGerFuentes]

I just know Ad Nauseaum, Prosternatur and Akhlys and I love them, especially Prosternatur. Gonna check out the rest, thanks for the list!

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

@@JGerFuentes Hellyeah, Prosternatur as well as Ancient Moon (whom they did a split together, AM's "Vvltvre" release is phenomenal too) are excellent bands. Definitely a lot to unpack there, enjoy!

[@peregrinecovington4138]

Hwwauoch is so good

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

@@peregrinecovington4138 YES!

[@jeremygarlick5862]

Thanks for the recommendations. Will check them out.

[@Hateblaze]

Deathspell Omega - Monotonous Ecstasy Of Death and Procreation Epidemic. I like the mixture of "traditional" riffing and dissonant chords. They have more unsettling stuff but I don't like DSO with Mikko Aspa P.S. Dark Metal is the best Bethlehem album

[@Snarl616]

YOu should try Axis of Perdition. They were insane.

[@farqueleyou7578]

Do you not like Zeppelin with Robert Plant, either? 🤣🤣

[@omnicoeur]

Don't know if you've ever heard about Trails of Anguish? It's from Quebec (French Canada), their lyrics revolve a lot about psychological aggression and violence... they didn't get known much because the main founding member shot himself after an album and a single. Try their song "Haunting" :)

[@vincent66683f]

i love striborg's black metal but, his new stuff... is something...

[@GreyManFaustus]

Schatten aus der Alexander Welt is the perfect alarm clock song.

[@ThisIsDownstate]

i would say the most original and great BM album i ever discovered is Murmu​ü​re - Murmu​ü​re. Its definitely not straight up black metal, but the vibe is there and the whole record is amazing imo. you guys should check it out if you never came across it. cheers

[@alucard3317]

Waste Of Skin by I‘m in a coffin is really unsettling to me, like to me it literally feels like the Band Name when I listen to it, it makes my breath go flat, because the vocals sound like screams from someone being tortured

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Imperial Triumphant is a longtime favorite band of mine. A must have on this list.

[@mostlycoldandfullofrocks3317]

Is so good to see you on KZbin again c:

[@plastikman001]

Not BM but Linga Ignota still gives me shivers

[@MSHNKTRL]

while I do enjoy some fast "Necro" style, what twist my nipples is stuff like Carpathian Forest and Craft, mid-tempo stuff that feels like sheer degeneracy, like my soul is being corrupted more with each listen.

[@Damaged_Justice]

I recommend Photophobia - Humana Fragilitas. The vocals in this album are haunting af (and yes, that’s dsbm)

[@TheNeverEndingVoid]

I personally think The Seven States Of Mourning is a better album, but glad to see someome else finally recommend Photophobia. Truly underrated band.

[@marciochiabotto590]

Love this album

[@ashen6579]

Mehaal is dat you?

[@EddieNova]

Void Mediation Cult, Perverted Ceremony, and Beherit are bands that I find dark and creepy weird. More kind of Black/Death metal but in the ballpark for other options.

[@User0155]

Also emit ist schon ganz cool, wie fast jede andere Band die du benannt hast. Emit ist halt im letzten Jahr durch den youtuber wyatxhim und paar andere Videos ziemlich „bekannt“ geworden, was dieser Art von Musik, meiner Meinung nach, nicht gut tut. Wenn der „Mainstream“ davon mitbekommt nimmt es dem ganzen Halt irgendwie das mysteriöse und davon lebt diese Art von Black Metal. Black light aeon apocryphia von utarm ist noch mein pick, wenn’s um die Art von black metal geht, ähnelt ein wenig gnaw their tongues.

[@JesterOfDestiny]

Aw why did I miss this? I got so much weird shit, that you gotta check out. - Sigh - 12 Souls - Sigh is known for having a really cheesy almost upbeat sound, but the way they arranged this song makes it so unsettling. Dissonant choirs, disjointed drumming, the random saxophone solo that would sound goofy, but somehow they made it sound creepy. - Dornenreich - Ich Bin Aus Mir - Really creative vocal work here. Almost sounds theatric. - Antecantamentum - Sacramentum Tenebrarum - It literally sounds like the Psycho theme. - Quest For Blood - Kosi No Emshiw - This entire album is one of the weirdest things to come out of black metal. It's like a mix between black metal, free jazz and Japanese traditional music. But this song takes the cake. - Carcharoth - A lény törekvése - I don't even what's going on here. - Todesstoß - Pantherwelle - Just dark dissonant oppressive monotony. - Aversio Humanitatis - Psalm Of The Wanderring - Something about the vocals just really does it for me. - GGUW - Behauptungsanimalität - It's a one song EP and boy what a song it is! Good luck finding it tho. - Bestia Arcana - Shepherd of Perdition - Another one that takes cues from the Psycho soundtrack. - Aluk Todolo - Repetitive Krautrock drums and basslines mixed with black metal dissonance. A very effective mix.

[@HeathenMetalhead221]

If you ever decide to do a part two to this video you need to touch on Bergraven - Det framlidna minnet and Terra Tenebrosa - The Reverses. Both are some of the most nightmarish sounding albums I've heard

[@arkturuus]

Hey Farvann, try Bloody Keep, it's on Bandcamp, i believe it's weird and good enough to give it a go

[@CaineBatran]

The first song I would have mentioned is Silencer - Sterile Nails And Thunderbowels. That song has amazingly well put together instrumentation whilst the vocals push any sane person to the edge of sanity.

[@alucard3317]

I mean I am one of the people who found the vocals funny, though still unsettling, but I exhaled through my nose when I heard the first vocals on the song

[@DrinkingBleachOnTheBeach]

@@alucard3317when he first started singing I thought he sounded Mickey Mouse then halfway through I had to turn it off because that shit was unsettling

[@ronithestoic3702]

Thank you for the recommendations. Obsessed with that song called prisoner

[@VenerhiaStellarvore]

onielar vocals are amazing whatever she sings both in darkened nocturn slaughtercult and bethlehem

[@DepartmentOfPain]

Actually, the vocals are by Guido Meyer de Voltaire

[@VenerhiaStellarvore]

@@DepartmentOfPain damn they really sound the same then

[@Locohappy]

For a weird vocal performance I'd recommend Fleurety - A Darker Shade of Evil ep. As for odd/unsettling black metal goes, check Sutekh hexen or Ahulabrum.

[@HS_Merciless]

I love and enjoy many weird BM bands from Silencer, Bethlehem and Lifelover over Diapsiquir, Peste Noir and Pensee Nocturnes to the whole Dissonance BM rabbit hole (aka basiallcy any upload on the Odium Nostrum channel). There are some bands that arent my favs, but I can understand the appeal to some people. However there is one album I cant find myself to get into at all: Liturgy - H.A.Q.Q. Its like music written by a person who was born deaf. Liturgy had some interesting music in their catalogue, but that album is strange and terrible af. It´s trying too hard to be gimmicky, edgy and unpredicatable. It throws you some bones that appear to be artistical grand ideas, just to throw them down the garbage disposer with over the top pseudo experimental bs and pointless glitch effects. Definitely my Nr. 1 choice for weird Black Metal.

[@Max_Chiper]

Havohej - Purple cloak

[@freezxng_moon]

striborg is really good tbh,i remember listening a lot to his stuff. especially the album Southwest Passage. but I didn't know he ended up like this lmfao thats sad.

[@lordmanhammer666]

I think isolation and so far removed from the black metal scene if there is one in New Zealand Tasmania. He’s just probably over it.

[@robanzzz5124]

@@lordmanhammer666 Australia, and yes Russel is over black metal. his album "Though the melancholy tunnel of despair" is a bit more black metaly but not much. Even Scott (Xasthur) is done with black metal too and he just his accustic stuff. i don't think it's sad though, they've been doing fairly out there black metal since the early days so i guess there's only so much one has left in the tank so it is what it is.. I'm glad both Russel and Scott seem happy with the direction they've gone.

[@lordmanhammer666]

@@robanzzz5124 absolutely agree, they did what was their thing and moved forward. Sometimes the channel we have for artistry is just that sinking everything we have in those projects is their own depth of what they bring or want to bring. We all want another Striborg or Xasthur project and for that I don't think it'd be the same. Look at many other bands that have come back from the dead to rehash of their old style, Metallica is a great example, we wanted so badly to have that early style comeback and they gave it their best, but it sounds terrible. With the legacy of both Striborg and Xasthur I wouldn't want them to tarnish themselves.

[@robanzzz5124]

@@lordmanhammer666 I agree. There's lots of people (Me included) that would like to see xasthur and striborg return to black metal but both Russel and Scott has made it clear they are both done with the genre so it likely wouldn't work out the way we'd hope for. Just gotta be happy with what black metal releases they did do and be happy for both Scott and Russel that they both seem happy with the style change they've made, even if we're not into it.

[@unimatrix82]

Listening to these obscure BM bands while high is a euphoric experience.

[@gonlegos]

I recommend Begotten from Canada. Their album If All You Have Known is Winter has some very strong vocals. Nearing Bethlehem territory but not as high pitched and less deranged.

[@HiddenSniper88]

Hell yeah, I love Begotten so much. I have all of their albums on CD and If All You Have Known is Winter on vinyl. I still think And the Wind Cries Death is my favourite though.

[@oakmonolithband9000]

well. not really weird or unsettling at all. but yes great band

[@gonlegos]

@@oakmonolithband9000 True. Was just thinking of Depressive Black Metal that I like. Completely forgot about the video's subject matter.

[@gonlegos]

@@HiddenSniper88 And the Wind Cries Death is underrated even amongst Begotten fans. That's probably my second favourite.

[@oakmonolithband9000]

@@gonlegos ah ok lol yeah nothing worth remembering is personally my favorite from them. the riffs are just perfect.

[@agayfrog]

There is also a rather "weird" project from California named Botanist, which is essentially Black Metal but with a hammered dulcimer instead of guitars and lyrical themes on plants

[@thehorriblebright]

Oh yeah! I had forgotten about that, thanks.

[@DrummingWendigo]

VI: Flora is a fantastic album

[@JohnnyJackson-yh9vw]

I want a black metal album based on the flying spaghetti monster

[@agayfrog]

@@JohnnyJackson-yh9vw Sounds pretty fun, I propose the name FSMperor

[@JohnnyJackson-yh9vw]

@@agayfrog dope as hell. Lyrics about cheese and meatballs😂

[@BerBorKer]

Reverorum ib Malacht deserve to be in this list (as one person mentioned in the comments before). Their most recent release ‘Vacuum. The mystery of faith. We proclaim your death, O Lord. And profess your resurrection until you come again.’ is a pretty comprehensive example of what makes them so unique, but most of their albums are pretty exemplary of their diverse idiosyncrasies. They’re also very unusual as a theologically very sound Roman Catholic Black Metal band who converted from ‘orthodox devil worship’, while not compromising in any way the extremity and integrity of the art (because that would dilute the point). It’s also worth noting that in the pre-Catholic days the band had links with Emit, but thankfully that hasn’t continued.

[@channelnamenotfound1751]

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[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

Check out these: 1. Woddrea Mylenstede - Creda Beaducwealm 2. Endless dismal moan - curse of underground ( all albums are great) 3. Pyha - the haunted house 4. Advent sorrow ( probably alot know this band, all albums are sick but check out the song 'like a moth to the flame') 5. MZ.412. - Burning The temple of God ( there some 'black metal' but mostly bunch of noise) 6. Aakon Keetreh - The Dark winter 7. Forest Silence - Winter Circle Last 2 are more like ambient atmosphere with black metal elements

[@Reptilesnao5]

I'll throw Abruptum and Endless Dismal Moan onto the list. I suppose this could easily turn into a 3 hour collection. Great video!

[@alecjasper]

No silencer? Oh no! But still awesome video. Glad I found this channel.

[@rvstybearings]

Evrakon's Spellbound is probably one of the best and weirdest of black metal I've ever heard, should definitely have made it on the list

[@TheCrowan]

I love that you included Bethlehem. Dictius Te Necare is one of my favorite black metal albums.

[@matternicuss]

The Ruins of Beverast has some pretty unsettling songs. Anything from their first two albums especially, but even their doomier later records are quite effective at creating an unsettling atmosphere

[@RolodexEnigma]

The Past and Sorrow by Manierisme is my favorite "Weird BM" album. Riffs for days on that thing. We need a part 2!

[@iConformed]

Bethlehem is one of my favorite bands of all time, discovered them in ‘98 watching Gummo which has a killer soundtrack.

[@nylonpython]

I love Imperial Triumphant. IT and Violet Cold are the two most inventive bands that incorporate Black Metal in their sound that have come out in the last few years. For entirely different reasons.

[@Marinaacr]

I'm surprised he didn't mention silencer, maybe because everyone is already tired of hearing about it ?

[@OlafKnolaf]

Bethlehem, Leviathan, Gnaw Their Tongues, Abruptum, Black Pentecost, Blut aus Nord, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Dragged into Sunlight, Katharsis

[@jv0516]

What about the most unlistenable bands in the genre, like Trhä, Mnima, Bullet Clenched in Teeth, Nahvalr, Tritonchasm, Tetragrammacide, Mhnunrrn, etc.?

[@68NiteLife]

i recommend aakon keetreh - the dark winter. extremely mournful, depressive and atmospheric. its essentially dark ambient music made solely with a guitar and vocals.

[@rockerchic1968]

A band named Portal! This other person it’s not Black Metal but bizarre Sopor Artemis and esembal of Shadows just extremely Weird.