2nd Wave Black Metal Outside Of The Nordic Countries

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[@triledink]

Rotting christ Thy mighty contract was the album that brought me into black metal for real. I've listened to songs from time to time back in the day, but after thy mighty contract I started actually buying black metal albums. Also managed to see them live where the crowd chanted their name and they came back and played The sign of evil existence. I always love to listen to their older stuff just like the mentioned thy mighty contract and non serviam, a dead poem and passage to arcturo. Like come on man, Exiled archangels are one of the best black metal songs I've ever heard.

[@bluewinter6660]

Oh yes, Exiled archangel is probably my favorite RC Song 👍

[@patrickbertlein4626]

They are a bit cheesy now in my opinion, very over the top anthemic, like Arch Enemy. But I love Triarchy of the Lost Lovers.

[@connyslayer4661]

I see, that's pretty interesting, Other bands like Immortal and Emperor got me truly in Black metal but i will definitely check out Rotting Christ and the others. Such interesting ways how different bands express themselves through their Beautiful and powerful Black metal music. I would love to check them out. I love listening to older and newer stuff as well, Great variety.

[@SuicidalGrind]

Not gonna lie, I've set this year to be the year where I find out about and hopefully even get into bands I've yet to listen to, new or old. And this channel is doing wonders for that, from Flagitious Dilapidation in the Idiosyncrasy (I think that's the spelling that's just off the top of my head) to Intestine Baalism. I've been introduced to some actually really good music from this channel alone, and I feel it's gonna be the case for more bands throughout this year.

[@NeroAngelo616]

I've been doing that with all the bookmarks I have in keeping tab. He's a good guy in helping fuck procrastinating in the ass by chanelling who to listen to out of who I bookmarked from someone about a decade ago lol

[@volin_d]

Some other notable albums from Poland I would add are: Christ Agony - Moonlight Act III Arkona - Imperium Sacrilegium - Wicher All of them came out in 1996

[@kaitoanderson2845]

Yes sacrilegium, great band

[@Morbid_State]

Arkona with their Imperium, definitely, one of the greatest bm '90's records from Poland

[@Podolskiy]

I would also add here Mastiphal from Katowice and Besatt.

[@DeadJDona]

I had a t-shirt with Moonlight in 1997 🤗

[@JohnDoe-dg7vo]

Fullmoon demo

[@bingboompow8861]

The more videos like this you do the better . These type of very specific eras of metal and waves and all that is so fun to hear about

[@d-erekweth6903]

I love how your videos constantly remind me of how much catching up I have to do with bm music

[@hexilaiho6858]

Gotta mention that you completely forgot Belgium with Enthroned&Ancient rites. Besides that great clip. Brought me back great memories.

[@jspn9474]

that greek scene got me bleeding cash for vinyl... RC, Katavasia, Caedes Cruenta, Yoth Iria, Cult of Eibon, Kawir, Empire of the Moon... on and fuckin on

[@unzenkoala]

Murder Rape is a great brazilian black metal band, they released a full length called "Celebration of Supreme Evil" in 1994. Great Vast Forest is also a bang, but they didn't release a full lenght.

[@rippedtorn2310]

Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult ....still the greatest .With Onielar doing the vocals for Bethlehem too .

[@wheelsofmercury]

Happy to see you mention Lunar Poetry! Love that record. 💛💙

[@magdalenaoctaviaminca2789]

Negura Bunget from România. What a band..

[@weirdpath5481]

Cool to see Mexico in a vid. Might recommend Winter moon lots of you guys might like it. The album with the red cover and a wolf is amazing

[@weirdpath5481]

Great vid. Best recommendations as always

[@sewerspawn]

Stillbirth Machine is one of my favorites, super underrated album

[@dante666jt]

Relinquish!!!

[@conjure4585]

Awesome vid as always man! Frozen Shadows - Dans les bras des immortels (1999, Full-length) as well as Empires de glace (1996, Demo) are great examples of early canadian Black Metal if you're interested

[@sothis1448]

Awful. Only Sorcier Des Glaces is real.

[@conjure4585]

​@@sothis1448 Snowland and SDG are great, they've been at it since 1997 I believe.. Overall they're definitely my favored band over FS and they could've been my pick any other day of the week, but that day was a FS day. Could've went with Tenebrae too, but I wanted to stick with just one band. Out of curiosity, what makes you say that about FS though? I'm not too-too big on the demo to be honest, but the full-length... Shits great. Would love to see your take on it.

[@noided666]

A lot of amazing albums you listed here. I would agree that Blut aus Nord started off really strong but I wouldn't really say that they were by the books black metal at all. Not only is there the drum machine but Ultima thule especially is mixed so weirdly that the kick sounds like a distand thunder and the guitars are so distorted you can't really make out the riffs. But it all adds up to a very emmursive atmosphere and for me they were a sign of the amazing albums to come later in their discography.

[@Noiseofvarrich]

I know Scotland is still apart of the UK but i think the super small but creative scene in Scotland is amazing. Great mix of atmospheric/ambient to primitive savage trad bm to crust punk infused stuff. Its just a blast honestly

[@MrSolcys]

Can you give me some examples? I would love to hear it 😉

[@elmag5540]

Scotland has the best death metal scene in the world. Bands come to mind like brainbath, tyrannus, penny coffin, rancid cadaver and especially coffin mulch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Also hellripper, the Scotland black thrash essential

[@MrSolcys]

@@elmag5540 thanks man, I will check them out 😉

[@deckerh.7620]

@@elmag5540 hellripper rules

[@spencergrady5501]

Saor

[@patrickbertlein4626]

That C93 shirt is killer! Looks like a dead crow. I have the weird Jesus shirt which I always feel strange wearing cause not a christian. Cool vid. I'm of the rare opinion the whole Norwegian drama was in some ways a detriment to the scene. And holy shit you got that Comus album man! Hell yeah! Interesting point about the more barbaric sounds in other bands outside of Norway. You see personally I would say a number of those bands, such as Blasphemy, are not even Black metal. Its war metal and that whole bestial sound is a different but related scene. Also the sound itself and structure of the music is incredibly different from not only early Dimmu but even Dark Throne. Summoning and Abigor are much more connected to that sound or spirit. I have said it here before and I will say it again, early Cradle is fucking amazing. Been listening to those early albums for a loooong time.

[@BrotherhoodofSteel-zh7ty]

Blasphemy is black metal just because it doesn't sound like Norwegian Black Metal doesn't mean it's not black metal. Also War Metal is not a real genre and that term was created much later on during the early 2000's which was after Blasphemy's heyday. Even if you wanted to label Blasphemy as War Metal everyone will tell you that war metal is a subgenre of black metal that blends it with elements of Death Metal, Grindcore, and Thrash. Blasphemy being partially influenced by Grindcore, Death, and Thrash Metal doesn't disqualify them as being Black Metal as ALL black metal during the second wave including the Norwegian bands were influenced by said subgenres.

[@patrickbertlein4626]

I've come across plenty of people making it clear they don;t see things the same way you do. Opinions. @@BrotherhoodofSteel-zh7ty

[@warlich]

Amazing content as always

[@M75248]

This was a very interesting pick on how black metal was understood and portrayed outside its birthplace. And I agree with you on the mexican scene. We didn't have much going on about black metal back in the day. Mexico always had a preference for death metal, goregrind and some thrash.

[@wileytrieff7530]

Italy also had Opera IX. Still around, but I only listen to the stuff with Cadavaria on vocals. Their album Call of the Wood fits within your time frame.

[@denizinyeri]

Whenever i see reaction videos to metal bands with female vocalists i remember that band. Not the best lyrics, not the most talented vocalist ever but she was brave enough to be in that scene decades ago, i respect her.

[@hvitekristesdod]

All their stuff with Cadaveria is must-hear

[@valeriegregoire5073]

My favourite video of yours so far. 🤘

[@ghosthealthgames]

Japan’s black metal is genuinely really great, super underrated.

[@Bollthorn]

You have no idea how much it warms my heart to see Bal-Sagoth get some recognition. EDIT: Shame you didn't involve EP's, because Hecate Enthroned's 'Upon Promeathean Shores (Unscriptured Waters)' is another classic of UK Black Metal.

[@lewisb85]

I like the spin off band Merciless savage better there is a new band called defod made up of ex HE/MS members which is a great project.

[@Bollthorn]

@@lewisb85 I'll be sure to check them out, thanks!

[@norwegianblackkvlt4384]

Interesting video, would be cool if this would be a mini series, more countries and a couple of vids 😁 For sure need to check out Mexico scene👍

[@wheelsofmercury]

Nice shirt! Been getting into Current 93 a lot recently.

[@fidelfranco9234]

How do you find such fire themes almost always, goddamit, i wanna marry this channel

[@patrickbertlein4626]

These are things most metal fans I have known generally talk about. Not sure if you are just not that familiar with many people who enjoy this music, but its common. We are nerds its that simple!

[@mausperson5854]

Destroyer 666, Gospel of the Horns, Striborg, Corpse Molestation... Just a few off the top of my head from Australia, seeing as you started here...

[@BrotherhoodofSteel-zh7ty]

I would put the death date of first wave black metal in 1988 as that was when Bathory released their last Black Metal album "Blood, Fire, Death" and the birth date for the second wave of black metal in 1988-1989 as those were the year when some of the first Second wave bands such as Samael, Rotting Christ, Blasphemy, Varathron, Mystifier, etc. started popping up with their demos. Also I would say that Root and Masters Hammers should've been in the video as those are bands that I would say bridge the gap between First and Second wave black metal as they both formed right when the first wave was in it's final stages but were starting to get notoriety in the beginning of the second wave and released their debuts during the era of Second Wave black metal.

[@BrotherhoodofSteel-zh7ty]

I forgot to mention that 1988 and 1987 were also the years when many First wave Black Metal bands started changing their sound to something completely different such as Sodom, Holocausto, Mutilator, Celtic Frost, Sepultura, Etc.

[@datsk8terboi377]

Great video you should make another video like this but with 1st wave black metal

[@princessprog]

love the abigor in the background

[@ProletarianNuklearWarrior]

what everyone misses about war metal is: the grindcore influence. What sets apart Mystifier and Profanatica from Sadistik Exekution and Blasphemy is the grindcore Influence. Yes it is all a mix of black metal elements and death metal elements but an easier to set apart Bestial Black Metal and War Metal is if its closer to Death Metal or Grindcore Some of the favourite bands of Blasphemy are grindcore bands (as they have said)

[@profile1674]

That link between grindcore and black metal is no coincidence. As I remember it from those days, is that the first people I heard talking about this thing called black metal were usually dudes into grindcore. There was this one guy who used to be the vocalist of a local death/grind band who was totally immersed into the underground, and (of course) had a distro. He'd be standing there behind his boxes with demo's, cd's and vinyl by bands like Arsedestroyer, Rot, Agathocles and Regurgitate, as well as the early Wild Rags stuff, wearing a Sadistik Exekution shirt, talking about how he recently went to see these awesome bands called Blasphemy, Immortal and Rotting Christ. He's still in the scene, by the way, I run into him regularly.

[@kellymckay1750]

The GOAT USBM band is THY INFERNAL. They only made two albums and broke up 20 years ago, but they rule. I was lucky enough to see them a few times locally (Portland, Oregon)but they never really toured. HIGHLY recommend checking them out!! Keep it up Hail Satan!👹

[@patrickbertlein4626]

Von too.

[@Agonel]

You forgot to mention Samael's first two albums: "Worship Him" (1990), and "Blood Ritual" (1992). Much more straightforward kind of doomy-black metal.

[@NeroAngelo616]

Moonspell from Portugal. Back when Gothic black metal was a subgenre. Primordial from Ireland. Godkiller from Monaco.

[@darkflame615]

First viewer, fuck yeah!!! Love your content btw 🤘

[@fried_worms2827]

Here to tell everyone to look into the Chinese bm scene. It often goes unnoticed, but offers some unique material. Particularly with their own instruments/writing style and in the vein of dsbm

[@maleexile9053]

Like dismil

[@butcheredalive]

Multiple Personality is a good one

[@STEPHxCA]

You put me on game with the bands shown. Thanks. Do you think you'll do a vid on one man bands in different countries? Haven't looked through all your vids, thanks for posting.

[@hiram.runemaster_666]

Vice already made that video a decade ago, friend

[@bluewinter6660]

Great topic. Greece (Varathron, Rotting Christ, Necromantia) and Austria (Early Abigor, summoning, early Dornenreich) are among my favorites, but almost every country has unique classics.

[@patrickbertlein4626]

Definitely into that Austrian sound!

[@Agonel]

You also left out for early Absu, their debut album 'Barathrum V.I.T.R.I.O.L.' released in 1993. They're another one of the earliest USBM bands.

[@FilipBozdech]

as a person from czechia it made me very happy to see my country inclueded maniac butcher is an amazing choice and very valid anyway great video

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

Greek black metal is my favorite genre next to simply atmospheric black. I feel way more engaged with them. Its hard to put into words you know.

[@d1ggg]

Great job! you might want to check out another super early Israeli BM band, Salem, who were in contact with Deathlike Silence in real time and even got life threats from Varg (of course). Check out their "Destruction Till Death ‎('87).

[@wyattxhim]

yeah I was getting messages about them and they're great from what ive heard

[@imperialtutor8687]

Germany also had Grausamkeit but I don’t know if That guy made albums or just demos but he was around early and extremely young(first record produced with 15) one man project Dungeon synth mixed with early dark throne. Very raw black metal. Unfortunately lots of people claim that the dude is doing NSBM stuff but I think it’s just shock value. Recently for some reason his early stuff got Tiktok fame...

[@Koitern]

Grausamkeit only got popular on tiktok because someone simply posted a certain part of one of his songs

[@mistudio3939]

On god bro thank you for bringing up Singapore

[@ForeskinGamer335]

So happy that you mentioned Israel😁 we have an interesting black metal scene. a band I recommended is dim aura

[@mordechaifrizis7231]

And also bands as: Bishop of Hexen, Bartholomeus Night, ZAD, Arallu, Winterhorde, Arafel, Azazel, Thokkian Vortex, Tangorodim, etc.

[@bluewinter6660]

Grimoire is also very good

[@eljaviaraujo]

Don't know if it's worth mentioning but, in my country, Chile, there were only 2 bands with full-length albums from the 2nd wave era. Bewitched in 1995 and Mjölner in 1996. Personally, I don't think they are that good lol but these are the first black metal albums from Chile ever, so I guess they have some importance even though there were more bands around releasing demos.

[@Metaldude1945]

Some important bands from Belgium are Ancient Rites and Enthroned. They weren't mentioned here, and I would think that especially Enthroned is a big name.

[@profile1674]

My thoughts exactly. I have great memories being a teenager and seeing the release of those first couple of Ancient Rites and Enthroned albums.

[@AltWriteWegner]

Ah, good old Belmez. Definitely something to check out for people who always wanted to hear a lo-fi BM song about UFOs (»Lautloser Gigant«). ^^ If you haven't already, check out Priestermord as well, they may have been the very first genuine BM band from Germany.

[@swaikstan2604]

The Baltics Countries have a pretty outstanding black metal scene, talking mostly about Lithuania and Latvia. And sadly, in the context of this video, the scene was pretty active starting from 1997 and early 2000. Groups like Skyforger, Heresiarh, Anubi, Obtest. If someone is more into pagan/polytheistic aspect of black metal - check them out. And in context of this video, in context of this video, there were band Poccolus with self-titled release in 1996. Some people say it's mid, don't really agree on this one.

[@tonywhite3504]

From Metal Archives, you have over 800 lp albums from both waves combined from 1980-1997... you ain't going to run out of interesting stuff to listen to for a good long while

[@ElephantDestroyer]

I don't think Sadistik Exekution qualifies as 2nd Wave, I say it bc all the material they released during that period was written during the 80's and has clear still-thrashy sound. And also, this video is missing Colombian bands. Like Nebiros, Utuk-Xul, Thy Antichrist, Erzebet, Typhon, and although everyone knows it, Inquisition.

[@REPHIA]

Great list, some of the names were unknown to me and sound really dope (Mortuary Drape, Belméz, Abigail)

[@JohnDoe-dg7vo]

Another great scene to note is Russia's Blazebirth Hall scene with bands like Branikald and Forest.

[@BlackMetalNomad82]

Scarlet Evil Witching Black is my favorite Necromantia album, but they released Crossing the Fiery Path in 1993, two years before Scarlet.

[@iglumajor]

Could have mentioned Blazebirth Hall and the rest of the Temple of the Fullmoon bands.

[@wheelsofmercury]

Great bands (even if they aren’t the most politically correct to mention). Very raw sounding!

[@hiram.runemaster_666]

Shhhhhhh, 🤫 don't tell Wyat X Pleb about true cult bands!!

[@pasthuman]

Indonesia's been killin' it lately!!

[@Kapitan_Pazur]

One more band from Germany: Ungod - Circle of the Seven Infernal Pacts (1993)

[@atlantankihihi4541]

You forgot to include As Sahar who are from Singapore as well and they did release their very first studio album "Phenomistik" in 1996.

[@TheNickybobby1]

Late comment but Lithuania's black metal scene is incredibly fascinating and overlooked (Poccolus, Anubi, Obtest, just to name a few)

[@ridlaridlidouzou]

I think it was from late 1989 to mid 1994. After all that boom, some ware in prison, dead or moved on from scene. Mayhem split up for a short time. Others in the scene just started to catch up with releases. And then it went full force over the globe. 1994/1995

[@NeroAngelo616]

Despite being Norwegian I just checked out a gem called Forlorn which was Viking just before the start of Windir. I only want to give them more word, mean no disrespect to the video. If I think of any more I'll add them to my other comment here.

[@Ricardo-dz9xf]

Mystifier from Brazil and Blasphemy from Canada are my favorites, i love this style of black metal 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘😈😈👹👹

[@terridactyl5152]

What did Rapunzel do with Wyatt?

[@dante666jt]

Sugma

[@boston_and_maine]

Species

[@SlyHikari03]

Lol. Seriously though, Wyatt’s hair is something of beauty.

[@rothbardfreedom]

One great German band that didn't release full length is Grausamkeit.

[@78deathface]

Some of the BEST black metal is going on in Mexico these days IMO

[@deathismycolor]

Thanks for introducing me to jerusalem burns.

[@johnbenedictxviii]

Not sure if they count as 2nd Wave (they formed in 1994 and didn't release their first album until 2001), but Dark Fortress is another cool German Black Metal band! Their sound has changed a bit over time; they started out playing fairly melodic BM, but their more recent output displays some Extreme Prog Metal characteristics. Basically, if you like Naglfar, Lunar Aurora, and Ne Obliviscaris, they're worth checking out

[@wyattxhim]

they're great saw them live at the Maryland death fest last year

[@DavidAtomic]

Foreigner: *Mentions Brazil* Brazilians: I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED!

[@flatheadgg2443]

The unholy trinity of german black metal imo are nagelfar, moonblood and katharsis. Also how could you forget infernum, the band of the polish guy that tried to assasinate fenriz.

[@acidictoast1137]

YEAHHHHHH GREECE BABY

[@Agalloch1234]

There is also Nehëmah from France.

[@MRSludgedude]

Can I get a list of black metal bands with guttural vocals? I never got into those high pitched vocals but dig lower register vocals like mgla .

[@n3r0n3]

uh current 93's S. for Noddy t-shirt, cool!

[@dekoener485]

Where’s Belgium in your list? Enthroned? And especially Ancient Rites’ Blasfemia Eternal.

[@wyattxhim]

Just like when I do an Iceberg chart video I have A LOT I can discuss and I always try to make my videos not super longer thus I tend to skip over stuff . Belgium and Russia are two countries I ended up not talking about.

[@dekoener485]

@@wyattxhim Fair enough bro. Check out Blasfemia Eternal anyway.

[@paws2758]

Mgla is definitely the best polish black metal band. You should check it out

[@RedBlueSam]

Amazing Current 93 shirt my man. Swastikas for Noddy is probably my favorite record of theirs at the moment.

[@Headless_Cross]

There are actually more interesting stuff from Israel from those years GRIMOIRE - A Requiem for the Light 1996 Dalmerot's Kingdom - Ha'mistorin Ha'nitzchi 1998 The Bishop of Hexen - Archives of an Enchanted Philosophy 1997

[@jmutil]

Rotting Christ is definitely my favorite band out of the Balkans, without question.

[@SlyHikari03]

Same

[@aquacamel]

Bruh nice 93 tshirt. Rank their discography, I've got all day 😂

[@spencergrady5501]

dig the t-shirt fella

[@wyattxhim]

There’s prints out there of it however I’m not sure if it’s a bootleg .

[@gozhaba]

Nice shirt btw

[@dante666jt]

Relinquish!!

[@Fedja-2210]

Try the german Black Metal/ Extreme Metal Band Endstille.

[@allen5494]

hail order from chaos

[@lewisb85]

II tend to think 2nd wave ended in 99 why? because that's when the imitators really started to pop up. For the UK Hecate Enthroned (also check out Defod formed in 2021 but the original HE line up), Daemonum, Thine, Salem Orchid, Frost (mick kenney).

[@TheBFN]

👿🔱😈.. I think right now is the best time ever to be a fan of black metal so many different bands from all over the world putting out great records... Check out medieval demon 🤘

[@gabi.m.hshshs8913]

negura bunget and argus megere are brlliant Romanian black metal bands

[@znalniaskas]

I actually prefer the 3rd and final Order from Chaos album, more mid tempo stuff and imo more interesting riffs. The vocals on that one are also really good.

[@Nerdycottoncandy]

Totally...Maniac Butcher Is our Immortal 😀 But grindcore And Thrash is where it's at..

[@borivoj_navratil]

Cool video but why did you leave out the Russian scene completely

[@3y3hategod]

потому что она менее влиятельная, чем другие страны, упомянутые в этом видео

[@borivoj_navratil]

@@3y3hategod Серьезно? Чем Сингапур? )) В 90-е годы. Дебютный альбом Forest вышел в 1996 году, а демо Branikald - в 1994 году. Обе группы пользуются известностью далеко за пределами России и оказали влияние на сцену.

[@jonaskazlauskas9084]

Well . Even Lithuanian BM scene back in 1992 -92 were much BETTER in quality than russian.

[@borivoj_navratil]

@@jonaskazlauskas9084 Well it wasn't. With all due respect... And that's not to say the Russian scene in the span of 1992-1996 was particularly strong, but we saw the beginnings of the likes of Forest and Branikald.

[@thatpower4235]

@@jonaskazlauskas9084 Rdyandalir by Branikald completely destroys even the most praised Norwegian BM albums, I'd say it was worth mentioning along with other Blazebirth Hall projects

[@matthewcarson3736]

Did you leave out Absurd intentionally?

[@a-man3179]

From Ireland, I think Waylander and Cruachan count.

[@rothbardfreedom]

Mystifier doesn't have anything less to any band in Europe. As evil as it gets.

[@colecarstarphen8743]

No mention of forgotten tomb in the Italian part is criminal

[@SlyHikari03]

Ireland has some pretty cool black metal. Goniloc did a whole vid on that btw. Ps. I literally kinda have the same hair style/look as Wyatt and it freaks me out.

[@hvitekristesdod]

Germany is definitely my fave

[@mikerophone235]

Is it Sar-cough-ago or Sar-co-far-go? I always say it the first way

[@wyattxhim]

Welcome to my channel

[@jannehansen-haug3375]

Its not really a debate, but a common misconseption that Finland is a part of Skandinavia. Finland is geographicly a fennuscandian country, not scandinavian.

[@wyattxhim]

I say that cause from what I read people who live in Finland claim to be apart of Scandinavia .

[@jannehansen-haug3375]

@@wyattxhim Yeah im finnish and we were taught this in school, but i guess some finnish people just like the idea of being skandinavian. Its like a northen patriotism thing.

[@mauriciomarquez9314]

You forgot the mighty Sabbat from Japan (I know they are heavily Thrash influenced)