Favorite First Wave Norwegian Black Metal Act.

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.

especially daunting when they're in another language (norwegian, elvish)

if you can't read norwegian u have no business listening to troo kvlt black metal tbh

i can get by but its like why waste time when i could skip "step one" and just get necro

http://i43.tinypic.com/30ic7ee.jpg

anyway some of it doesnt even HAVE lyrics!!

i am just teasing u rox

i cant see that jpg anyways haha

how about http://tiny.cc/KUBhY for an illegible logo

Ok ok, I give up. I can't read any of them! The one I linked to supposedly says "Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra" by the way.

i'm fairly new to black metal - i've got a lot of the stuff mentioned in this thread but can anyone recommend any recent more experimental bands?

http://www.myspace.com/byzantum

stan im afraid ive forgotten what bands those logos were from lol. Hope you didn't want to know hehe

one of them was korgonthurus actually. I took note of that one.

and the other was lurker of chalice