[Zarathustra19]

Hey guys,
I'm getting tired of my metal collection, need to freshen it up. When I say metal collection, I mean black and death metal such as Belphegor, Wolves in the Throne Room, Skinless, etc. Give me some recommendations as to what you think I'd like. Its much appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Enverxis]

What style of Black and Death are you after?

 

[Zarathustra19]

Anything man, I just downloaded (legally of course) Belphegor's entire discography...I got some skinless the other day, I'm into dissection, Wolves in the Throne Room, generally everything. just looking for some new bands

 

[ThirtySixBelow]

Insomnium. Go now, hurry!

 

[antiant]

heh i've been 'acquiring' some death/goth/black etc metal, check these out:

1. the project hate mcmxcix - armageddon march eternal (symphonies of slit wrists)
(really liking this album so far)
2. sirenia - an elexir for existence and or at sixes and sevens
3. penumbra - seclusion
4. luca turilli's dreamquest

 

[Zarathustra19]

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Originally Posted by ThirtySixBelow /img/forum/go_quote.gif Insomnium. Go now, hurry!

lol, got it already, love that band.

antiant: thanks for the recommendations, I've not heard of some(3) of those bands, so it should be a learning experience.

 

[Enverxis]

try these (look up their metal archives profiles for info)

Death
Augury
Gorguts
Melechesh
Opera IX
Ram-Zet
Dylath-Leen
Forgotten Tomb
Cynic
!.T.O.O.H.!
Atheist
Nile
Runemagick
Ensiferum
Moonsorrow
Nortt
Khanate
Bethlehem

 

[Poboy]

Vital Remains
Nile
Azarath
Devourment
Putrid Pile
Bleeding Display
Cynic
Zyklon B
Drudkh
Woods of Ypre
Xasthur
Leng Tche
Squash Bowels
Korpikilaani

ill add some more later

what kind of BM / DM you into ?

 

[jonnywolfet]

Going through my ipod, here are some of the best (imho)

Death Metal,

The Acacia Strain (tech death)
Anata (tech death)
At The Gates (gothenburg death)
Atheist (Thrash death)
Cannibal Corpse (brutal death)
Cattle Decapitation (brutal death/ grind)
Cephalic Carnage (brutal death, grind, everything death)
Cryptopsy (classic death)
Cynic (experimental death)
Death (classic death)
Frederik Thorndal's Special Defects (from meshuggah, tech death)
Gojira (progish tech death)
Gorguts (obscura- experimental death)
Hacksaw to the Throat (thrash death)
Ion Dissonance (tech death)
Martyr (classic death.thrash)
Necrophagist (brutal death)
Nile (awesome brutal death)
Pitbulls in the Nursery (brutal/tech death)
Psycroptic (brutal death,thrash)
Sepultura (classic death)
Spawn of Possession (tech, brutal death)


Black Metal,

1349 (filthy black)
Akercocke (blend of black and death)
Anaal Nathrakh (filthy black)
Arcturus (experimental black)
Blacklodge (industrial black)
Blut Aus Nord (atmospheric black)
Dimmu Borgir (prog black)
Emperor (classic black)
Enslaved (viking black)
Ephel Duath (the first album)
Keep of Kalessin (viking black)
Primordial (doom black)
Red Harvest (industrial black)
Satyricon (classic black)
Ulver (older albums, classic black)
Ved Buens Ende (doom black)
Zyklon (blend of black/death)

other "essential" Metal/Noisy Guitar bands,

Agoraphobic Nosebleed (grindcore)
Behold... The Arctopus (instrumentalness)
Botch (hardcore)
Burst (post-hardcore)
Converge (noisy hardcore)
Cult of Luna (doomy hardcore)
Earth Crisis (vegan hardcore)
East West Blast Test (avantgarde hardcore)
Ephel Duath (rest of thier stuff, avantgarde hardcore )
Ghengis Tron (cybergrind)
Impaled Nazarene (blend of rock and roll, black metal and satanness)
Isis (doomy awesomness)
Knut (hardcore metal)
Kylesa (not definable, awsome guitarness)
The Locust (noisy)
Mastodon (battle metal)
Meshuggah (tech metal)
Mouth of the Architect (doomy hardcore)
Mr Bungle (avantgarde)
Napalm Death (grindcore)
Neurosis (doomy awesome hardcoreness)
Nostromo (f'ing amazing noisy hardcore)
Obsidian (tech metal)
The Ocean (collaberative hardcore)
Old Man Gloom (collaberative apocayliptic hardcore)
Orchid (screamo)
Othrelm (noisy instrumental)
Pig Destroyer (grindcore, harsh metal)
Rosetta (doom hardcore)
Saetia (original screamo)
Sikth (experimental metal)
Sunn O))) (sludge/drone/doom)
Textures (hardcore)
Tusk (hardcore)

disclaimer,
genre definitions are my own, when i say hardcore, i dont mean 'MTV, Scuzz, Popular' Hardcore, its more in the classical 'harder than metal' hardcore.
i tried to keep the list short, but hey. i love each and every one of the above bands. I tried to cover a wide variety of noisy guitar genres, with the exeption of power/prog (Enverxis will be able to reccomend from that genre, its not my thing), and keeping it heavy.
have fun!!!

 

[asmox]

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Originally Posted by jonnywolfet /img/forum/go_quote.gif I tried to cover a wide variety of noisy guitar genres, with the exeption of power/prog (Enverxis will be able to reccomend from that genre, its not my thing), and keeping it heavy.

I don't believe Enverxis is very much into power/prog, either.

For myself, I don't really listen to the "purist" forms of DM/BM so much as the more technical and experimental forms, but nonetheless here are some favorites off the top of my head -

Cynic
Gorguts
Atheist
Death
Origin
Martyr
Negativa
Augury
Sleep Terror
Spawn of Possession
Gorod
Meshuggah
Cryptopsy
Enslaved
Behold... the Arctopus
Coprofago
Ram-Zet
The Kovenant (Covenant)
Alarum

I've heard really good things about Anata and Gojira, both of which were mentioned by jonnywolfet, but I haven't actually heard their music. Probably worth checking out anyway.

 

[puiah11]

The System Has Failed

 

[carlosgp]

This year, only one album somewhat related with this kind of music really impacted me: Ashes Against The Grain by Agalloch. It is some kind of folk tinted progressive doom metal. More melodic than noisy. I did not know Agalloch and never expected this goodness from an american band.

 

[Enverxis]

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Originally Posted by asmox /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't believe Enverxis is very much into power/prog, either.

Quite right, not an area I am that familar with mainly due to the fact that nearly every single band I try has a vocalist that makes me cringe (Mind you, some very good voices there, they just do not go down well with these ears

)
Will do some more digging eventually.

ask lmilhan or Iron_Dreamer instead

Quote:

Originally Posted by carlosgp /img/forum/go_quote.gif This year, only one album somewhat related with this kind of music really impacted me: Ashes Against The Grain by Agalloch. It is some kind of folk tinted progressive doom metal. More melodic than noisy. I did not know Agalloch and never expected this goodness from an american band.

Indeed (although for me there have been a few more goodies, especially in Doom). One of the best releases of the year

 

[Zarathustra19]

Thanks for all the recommendations guys, I'm seeing a lot of stuff that I've never heard before. ...oh man, I'm getting excited now.

 

[jonnywolfet]

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Originally Posted by Enverxis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Quite right, not an area I am that familar with mainly due to the fact that nearly every single band I try has a vocalist that makes me cringe

oh sorry, i hope i didn't offend, ill check my definitions.
(slightly o.t.) just so im clear, how would you define bands such as virgin black? i would have said prog.