Favorite First Wave Norwegian Black Metal Act.

I need to give those main two Mayhem albums a serious going-over. Recall liking Ordo Ad Chao really quite a lot.

wolf's lair is one of my fave metal records ever.

All time top ten for me, I could never understand the bad press it got when it came out. Every single riff is gold and the all-out aggression/violence on this thing is unbelievable. The EP-length also does wonders, this wouldn't have worked at all as an album.

ok, THREE main Mayhem albums.

I did like Trelldom's '07 record. It was very gritty and punishing in the way that trad BM must be.

My own tastes, of course, veer more towards the likes of Deathspell Omega, Dodheimsgard and other such 'avant-BM' artists. I make no apology. But I understand those who prefer their BM, well, BM.

It was very gritty and punishing in the way that trad BM must be.

lolling about the potential non-musical interpretation of this sentence

Long xp Yeah but all those acts are basically known for what they recorded in 93/94 so I'm not sure what your point is.

Well one point is that De Mysteriis is a stone cold classic and their post-murder stuff kicks ass too.

Sure, but In The Nightside Eclipse, Dark Medieval Times, Vikingligr Veldi and Frost are stone cold classics too and each is better than anything Mayhem put out frankly (even if overall Mayhem is probably been the more consistent act since '94-95.)

I've only seen 3 of these bands live. Enslaved (x3), Satyricon (late era), and Mayhem (like a month ago). Of those, Mayhem destroyed the others with their live show.

And I'm still voting Enslaved, based on the strength of their catalog.

Fuck purists. The trilogy of Mardraum, Monumension, and Below the Lights (not to mention Ruun and Vertebrae) are simply some of the greatest progressive metal records ever.

I love Emperor and the aformentioned Mayhem records. But Enslaved is just the most forward thinking, inclusive and musical band on this poll. Why would I care for a second about who is grimmer? I just want great music.

De Mysteriis is maybe, maybe, my favourite of the debut full-lengths of these bands. But I voted Emperor because the gloopy organ murk of In the Nightside feels sufficiently different to the others to make me give it a nod.

Can anyone explain to me what makes Nightside even comparable in quality to Anthems or Equilibrium? I mean, it's good. It just seems like everything about them improved.

they didn't need to improve. nightside is perfect.

"My own tastes, of course, veer more towards the likes of Deathspell Omega, Dodheimsgard and other such 'avant-BM' artists. I make no apology. But I understand those who prefer their BM, well, BM."

check out Mayhem's Grand Declaration Of War album if you haven't already. experimental. lots of electronics. some strange stuff on there. it's an album that most metal fans either love or completely hate.

I half like it.

Fuck purists. The trilogy of Mardraum, Monumension, and Below the Lights (not to mention Ruun and Vertebrae) are simply some of the greatest progressive metal records ever.

TRUTH. but i voted for darkthrone anyway.

darkthrone

blaze, funeral moon and transilvanian hunger is the trilogy to beat here. though gorgoroth is really in the same league as all the named bands here - ad majorem one of the best recent black metal albums, just breathtaking

The trilogy of Mardraum, Monumension, and Below the Lights.... are simply some of the greatest progressive metal records ever.

I need to hear those three then, ASAP! Funnily enough I have the three before those and the three after those.

these are first wave?

just checked out wolf's lair - really enjoying it

Nightside even comparable in quality to Anthems or Equilibrium?

BTW Anyone who likes mid 90s Emperor really, really needs to hear Setherial "Nord...", it sounds exactly like a lost Emperor album between Nightside and Anthems and is amazingly good.

xxpost: the first Norwegian wave = the second wave (after Venom, Celtic Frost, Bathory), probably.

oh NORWEGIAN, im retarded

My favorite Darkthrone is still Soulside Journey.

LOL Hank Amarillo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulside_Journey

poll needs gorgoroth

that said, love all these bands except immortal and emperor. it's basically a list of my favorite extreme metal bands aside from those two.

You don't love Immortal? What's wrong with you?

"Anthems is just a remake of that with slightly worse vocals, worse lyrics, worse drumming and terribly mixed to boot."

Complaining about the lyrics seems weird when it's virtually impossible to understand like 95% of what their singing about and that's when it's in English and that's if I tried (I don't cuz I don't want to know what they are singing about in most cases.)

Can I just repeat this one word: Bathory.

Can I just point out that they are Swedish?

lol

Or rather he is Swedish. . .

Can I just point out he's Belgian?

(Stanm)

Can I just say touche?

Immortal don't sound good in my earholes.

Yes, I know he was Swedish, I already said that near the start of the thread. :-)
Just wanted to point out that "it's basically a list of my favorite extreme metal bands" might have also included Bathory (except not on this thread, obv.)

You like Celtic Frost, Stan?

I haven't really checked out enough of their music to answer that, to be honest. :-/
I like To Mega Therion, but that's the only album of theirs I heard, I think.

They're on the "to look up more of" list, just like so many other bands.

Oh yeah, and that Mexican Radio cover! Def. need to check them out urgently, ok.

Over the toppest BM logo: http://i28.tinypic.com/n4fwq8.jpg :-) (There's three words on there. Good luck deciphering them.)

its better than
http://tinyurl.com/nrr5yz

Complaining about the lyrics seems weird

or
http://tinyurl.com/ltz8oy

Also, totally disagree on lyrics. They matter - the whole concept of BM is that it's not "just the music". I always read lyrics before I play the music.

I like Celtic Frost's first two albums more than any band on this poll. Except for Enslaved.

"Also, totally disagree on lyrics. They matter - the whole concept of BM is that it's not "just the music". I always read lyrics before I play the music."

I don't do this with any kind of music. Sounds really dull.

Agreed 100%. Good lyrics are a plus, but generally the majority of music that I like has lyrics which I dislike or am indifferent to. Either on an aesthetic or moral level.

plus also with the reading the lyrics before playing the music, "welcome to autism".

that's meaner than i wanted it to sound, sorry, drunk.