Filosofem is the most famous of the Burzum albums, and probably the best one to start with. Voted Burz.
― eskimo kisses, Friday, 24 July 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
What is that 8bit stuff stanm posted?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:01 (fifteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitpophttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune
― StanM, Friday, 24 July 2009 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
"i can't believe Geir is the only person on this thread who has mentioned Mayhem yet. Where is the love?"
Well no one else here went to high school with Euronymous. I like Mayhem, but they are the weakest act of the eight IMO.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean if we were setting aside the music, Mayhem were pretty fucking metal and I'd vote for them. But, yeah, tbh, weakest band in the poll.
― 3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
The original four (Burzum, Darkthrone, Immortal, Mayhem) are all very worthy of the vote on the strength of their discographies, the other four all had their moment of greatness at some point but none of them produced more than one classic album and all went on to suck really badly. Still voted Burzum, just because...well I don't really know. He just got out, let 'm shine.
Also, Gehenna, Gorgoroth, Mysticum, Forgotten Woods, Trelldom, Ildjarn, and Ancient could've been mentioned but I can't really imagine them getting much of the vote.
And you ppl are crazy, sure Mayhem put out some tripe but De Mysteriis, Wolf's Lair Abyss and Ordo Ad Chao are so much stronger than anything Satyricon, Ulver, Emperor or Enslaved recorded after 1994.
― Siegbran, Friday, 24 July 2009 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
finally, the voice of reason. wolf's lair is one of my fave metal records ever. i have a fondness for early fleurety stuff and i'd like to give them a shout-out. not that they would win any poll either. and forgotten woods and trelldom as well.
― scott seward, Friday, 24 July 2009 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i've got the first ulver demo on ten-inch at home and i wish i had it now to play.
― scott seward, Friday, 24 July 2009 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I need to give those main two Mayhem albums a serious going-over. Recall liking Ordo Ad Chao really quite a lot.
― country matters, Friday, 24 July 2009 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Siegbran, Friday, 24 July 2009 22:38 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― country matters, Friday, 24 July 2009 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― country matters, Friday, 24 July 2009 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
It was very gritty and punishing in the way that trad BM must be.
lolling about the potential non-musical interpretation of this sentence
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, 24 July 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Friday, 24 July 2009 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Well one point is that De Mysteriis is a stone cold classic and their post-murder stuff kicks ass too.
― Siegbran, Friday, 24 July 2009 23:04 (fifteen years ago) link
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.)
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Friday, 24 July 2009 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 25 July 2009 01:33 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― General Pubic (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 July 2009 01:49 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 25 July 2009 02:04 (fifteen years ago) link
they didn't need to improve. nightside is perfect.
― scott seward, Saturday, 25 July 2009 02:24 (fifteen years ago) link
"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.
― scott seward, Saturday, 25 July 2009 02:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I half like it.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 25 July 2009 02:40 (fifteen years ago) link
TRUTH. but i voted for darkthrone anyway.
― dim samosa... lost samosa (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 25 July 2009 03:58 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Trey Tsongas (J0hn D.), Saturday, 25 July 2009 04:18 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― 3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 25 July 2009 04:49 (fifteen years ago) link
these are first wave?
― dont blaze me dro (roxymuzak), Saturday, 25 July 2009 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
just checked out wolf's lair - really enjoying it
― squirrelbait, Saturday, 25 July 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 25 July 2009 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
xxpost: the first Norwegian wave = the second wave (after Venom, Celtic Frost, Bathory), probably.
― StanM, Saturday, 25 July 2009 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
oh NORWEGIAN, im retarded
― dont blaze me dro (roxymuzak), Saturday, 25 July 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
My favorite Darkthrone is still Soulside Journey.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 25 July 2009 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL Hank Amarillohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulside_Journey
― StanM, Saturday, 25 July 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
poll needs gorgoroth
― dont blaze me dro (roxymuzak), Saturday, 25 July 2009 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― dont blaze me dro (roxymuzak), Saturday, 25 July 2009 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link
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.)
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Can I just repeat this one word: Bathory.
― StanM, Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Can I just point out that they are Swedish?
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Or rather he is Swedish. . .
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Can I just point out he's Belgian?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
(Stanm)
Can I just say touche?
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Immortal don't sound good in my earholes.
― dont blaze me dro (roxymuzak), Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
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.)
― StanM, Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
You like Celtic Frost, Stan?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:31 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― StanM, Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link
They're on the "to look up more of" list, just like so many other bands.
― StanM, Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, and that Mexican Radio cover! Def. need to check them out urgently, ok.
― StanM, Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Over the toppest BM logo: http://i28.tinypic.com/n4fwq8.jpg :-) (There's three words on there. Good luck deciphering them.)
― StanM, Saturday, 25 July 2009 22:38 (fifteen years ago) link
its better thanhttp://tinyurl.com/nrr5yz
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 25 July 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago) link