The Black Metal Desk:

Hello, anybody here?
I'd like an album in the lines of Livets Ändhållplats by Shining?
Fairly slow, droning sound, not drone though.

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Maudlin of the Well - Pondering a Wall



Chosen by NocnikStargazer.

I've heard about the album but havn't got my hands on it yet. I got some tips on this from someone else though, namly hoplesslyhip:

Forgotten Tomb, Silencer and Xasthur are supposed to be simular bands, the same neich in black metal.

Krux is Doom, not BM :)

Edit: And do you guys count Mercyful Fate to BM? I do.

I dont think its stupid counting Mercyful to the BM genre, they where pioners in satanic lyrics. But who cares atleast they made good music back in the days.

And Death not death metal? Hmmmm

1349 - Hellfire (2005)
Akercocke - The Goat of Mendes (2001)
Akitsa - La Grande Infamie (2006)
Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro (2001)
Arkona - Imperium (1996)
Bathory - The Return (1985)
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987)
Beherit - Drawing Down The Moon (1993)
Blut aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God (2003)
Borknagar - The Olden Domain (1997)
Burzum - Det Som Engang Var (1993)
Darkthrone - Hate Them (2003)
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon (1993)
Deathspell Omega - Kénôse (2005)
December Wolves - Blasterpiece Theatre (2003)
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora (2004)
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997)
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (1994)
Enslaved - Blodhemn (1998)
Enslaved - Isa (2004)
Fleurety - Min Tid Skal Komme (2003)
Forest Silence - Philosophy Of Winter (2006)
Frost - Cursed Again (2002)
Gallhammer - Gloomy Lights (2004)
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness (2002)
In the Woods... - Heart of the Ages (1995)
Infernal War - Terrorfront (2005)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Mirrorthrone - Carriers of Dust (2006)
Mörk Gryning - Tusen år Har Gått... (1995)
Nargaroth - Black Metal ist Krieg (2001)
Negură Bunget - Om (2006)
Obtained Enslavement - Soulblight (1998)
Primordial - A Journey's End (1998)
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina (1996)
Sigh - Gallow's Gallery (2004)
Silencer - Death - Pierce Me (2001)
Solefald - Neonism (1998)
Sort Vokter - Folkloric Necro Metal (1996)
Thorns - Thorns (2001)
Ulver - Bergtatt (1994)
Windir - Arntor (1999)
Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters (1995)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)
Xasthur - Telepathic With The Deceased (2004)

Yes, you're right. Certainly they didn't play black metal.

Well, it seems I can't distinguish Death from Black Metal. Please someone teach me! Although I'm not into these at all.

Black Metal for one is usually (not always) satanic. Death metal has more low grunts and growls, while black metal vocals are relatively similar. Black metal has a few main categories, depressive/suicidal/ambient black metal like Xasthur, Leviathan, Striborg, Twilight, etc. who are very close to dark ambient. Then there is the fast thrashy kind of black metal, started in Norway, with bands like Darkthrone, Immortal, Emperor, Mayhem, Mayhem, etc. They take influences from the 1st wave of black metal, which is actually more thrash metal with bands like Venom and Mercyful Fate. Then there is also folk/pagan/viking black metal which is more melodic and is not satanic. Bands like Temnozor, Falkenbach, Arkona, Bathory, Enslaved, etc. And death metal also has it's categories like melodic death metal like Mercenary, Dark Tranquility, Kalmah, etc. Brutal death metal like Carcass and Cannibal Corpse, progressive death metal like Opeth, Amorphis, Nevermore and technical death metal with bands like Element and Quo Vadis. There are also genre-bender bands, who mix black and death metal. Now of course, these are just brief, not very specific posts, but if you want to look into it a little more, try these resources:
http://www.metal-archives.com/
For bands, it is a huge database of thousands of metal bands of every sub-genre with detailed info about them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Metal_subgenres
That's the only thing I know about genres. But if you want to know metal, you have to listen to metal, talk to metalheads and eventually you will catch on.

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Countess



Countess is a legendary band hailing from the Netherlands. They have been around for a good 15 years and have developed a unique style of black metal with some slight heavy metal influences. Many fans consider Ad Maiorem Sathanae Gloriam (1995) and Heilig Vuur (2004) to be their best albums. If you're interested: check their MySpace.

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Enthroned



Belgium horde that has been playing fast, blasphemous black metal since 1993. Members of the Légions Noires (a group consisting of French bands solely) liked them so much they wanted them to join their circles. Unfortunately, no one from the original line-up is still in the band.