the new album VOLCANO is really good. song like "fuel for hatred" or "possessed" are one of the best black metal hymns ever. the whole album is one red thread.
black metal ist krieg
krieg ist scheiße
black metal ist geil

First and foremost i'd just like to say that my list is going to appear quite goofy, i've been called a black metal elitst on a few boards... though i enjoy power metal so that can't be possible... its a wonder i listen to metal at all with the utter lack of a scene here in southern virginia

Xasthur
Wyrd
Wurdulak
Winter Nerve
Windir
Uruk-Hai
Ulver (i prefer the older stuff)
Totenburg
Thy Serpent
Thy Infernal
Tairach
Taake
Summoning
Selbstmord
Seigneur Voland
Satyricon (if you ignore how horrible Reble Extravaganza was)
Satanic Warmaster
Samael
Old Wainds
Pantheon
Nokturnal Mortum
Nazgul
Nargoroth
Naglfar
Mütiilation (obviously i like this band heh)
Mork Gryning
Moonblood
Judas Iscariot
Isengard
Immortal
Horna
Harvist
Grom
Graveland
Gorgoroth
Funeral Mist
Frostmoon
Exhumed
Eucharist
Emperor
Einsatz Kommando
Darkthrone
Burzum :)
Blut Aus Nord
Bilskirnir
Bathory
Arcturus
Aeternus
Abyssic Hate
Absurd
Abigor
1349
Paths of Possessions (had Rich Brunelle of Morbid Angel)
Morbid Angel
Krabathor
Hate Eternal
Immolation
Grave
Nile
God Dethroned
Death
Carcass
At the Gates
Ablaze my Sorrow
Vintersorg
Thyrfing
Fall of the Leafe
Falkenbach
Enslaved
Amon Amarth
Skyfire
Rhapsody :) :)
Iced Earth
Kalmah
Demons and Wizards
Blind Guardian

Ugh. 'Black metal hymns'? Okay, I have nothing to say to you.

No, it's :( Burzum :( or maybe >: Burzum >:, but definately not " Burzum :) "

well if you want people to dissect other peoples opinions as you've done here, i could go through and rip a few members posts up with my own view of things, but i've already acknowledged that its my view, not theirs, and my point of view means nothing to them, as it shouldn't. Your list wasn't exactly par with my tastes either, afterall :)

I was speaking in reference to the lovely Aske-Burzum era of good black metal, i.e. "My Journey to the Stars" is a good track. I don't consider Varg and his Casio keyboard metal, nor burzum. But the actual metal burzum shall always be :) in mine eyes, for they have seen the glory.

i'm also adding "Einherjer" to the list, not necessarily metal, but its still a good band.

I was making a joke over how burzum :) is an oxymoron, given the nature of the band more than actually judging your taste in music, but what the hell.

I dislike Burzum for political reasons, not musical anyway. Their musical stylings, as employed by early In The Woods... captivate me like no other black metal band.

But I can't pay a racist killer no matter what his music is, you see.

aye, i follow you

i'm not necessarily a biggot but i have no problem buying say... Moonblood or Graveland albums. I'm not for or against other races, they're there, and thats it. Having pride in your country/ethnicity/race is kind of odd in itself, you can't controll where you are born, or from what family/race/etc. Always struck me as odd.

I listened to a few Angry Arayans songs before. I thought it was kind of funny, but i felt pretty bad having songs like "cleanse the homeland" and "******s must die" on my computer. The music sucked anyway. That's my story. :/

ha what band would that be?

i think new graveland is wonderful, it sounds like bathory

bands like pantheon aren't exactly great, and they have an overly racist message. I don't know, i'll listen to it if its good.

What about Canible Corpse. Tell me you dont like Skull Full Of Maggots and not be lying.

Canible Corpse.

Okay.


Umm... what were we saying?

Oh, about racist music. For me, the ideology of the person making the music ties in with the music itself at some parts, and you can tell. And then as Ninjavenom said, you feel sad for having funded in any way those people. Be wary of 'extreme' bands in general. Those that take themselves completely seriously feel the need to follow up their extreme music with some 'extreme' ideology of sorts. Bands like Antaeus, for example.

Antaeus was brilliant in Cut yourself and worship satan though haha

plus, that just makes for a great t-shirt :)

whatever

Progressive Metal
Fates Warning, Queensryche, Savatage, Psychotic Waltz, Watchtower, Pain Of Salvation, Shadow Gallery, Aghora, Maohni Moahna, Sieges Even, Dysrhythmia, Last Crack, latter day Heir Apparent, Maggelan, Spastic Ink, Vauxdvhil, Threshhold, Confessor, Lethal, Depressive Age, Quite Room, Mekong Delta, Jester's March, Believer, Abraxxas (I've only heard their e.p Shattered by a Terrible Prediction, but that very impressive prog-power), Cynic, Atheist, Coroner, Sadus, Seer's Tear (much like Psychotic Waltz), Crimson Glory, Spiral Architect (Fates Warning vocals meet Watchtower zanyness), Lord bane, Anacrusis, Black Jester, Cacophony, Conception, Thought Industry, Kalaban, Mordred, Savior Machine, Tiles, Varga, Damn The Machine.


Progressive Rock
Altura, Anekdoten, Asia, Bedful of Metaphysicians, Cairo, Can, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Caravan, Camel, Clockhammer, David Cross and assorted bands, Cynic, deathORGAN, Al Di Meola and assorted bands, Einsturzende Neubauten, Eloy, ELP, Enchant, Exodus (polish, not american thrash band), Experimental, Fates Warning, Fish (first solo record only), Garden Wall, Gentle Giant, Gordian Knot, Allan Holdsworth, IQ, Ithaka, King Crimson - get everything, Kraftwerk, Leviathan (USA), Lucifer Was, Maggelan, Magma, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Marillion, Nektar, Mike Oldfield, Ozric Tentacles, Porcupine Tree, Psychotic Waltz, Quill, Rush, Shadow Gallery, Sieges Even, Soft Machine, St. Elmo's Fire, Supertramp, Tangerine Dream, Thinking Plague, Univers Zero, Van der Graaf Generator, Voivod, Watchtower, Yes, Frank Zappa.

I think you forgot Dream Theater

Anaal Nathrakh

Dark Funeral, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Cannibal Corpse, Haemorhhage, Dead Infection, Pig Destroyer, Marduk, Scar Culture, Electric Wizard, Cryptopsy, Dying Fetus, Suffocation, Nile, Exhumed, Grave, Napalm Death, early Carcass, Noism, Bane.

There's more, I just can't think of all of them off the top of my head. And check out the band of a guy off another forum - Bloody Anal Yeast Infection.

BTW: What's the appeal of noisecore? It doesn't sound heavy to me at all, just random and noisy.

I did not forget Dream Theater. I just don't like them that much. Not that they suck, but they're not anything special in my oppinion.

And Atheist, if not progressive can be said to be Jazz Death. Certainly not Thrash.

Yeah, Jazz Death does sound more fitting, but what i've heard off of Unquestionable Presence makes me think of thrash. I've heard nothing else of theirs, so i can see where my comment might looks ridiculous. Perhaps i should listen to some of their other stuff?

SLIPKNOT AND LINKIN PARK LEET UBER METAL, LEET UBER. DID I MENTION LEET UBER.

And somebody who listens to Cynic, the lounge music of Metal ;) try aghora, same idea, just with a chick on mic.

Most of their stuff sounds the same. Unquestionable is their best, followed by Elements. Sounds like jazzy death metal to me.

Try Ephel Duath, they are my favorite Jazz Metal band. The painter one. I hate to spam it so, I love them though. With whipcream.

Go now.

I have Focus.

But you're talking about Atheist. I have no fucking clue how anyone could consider atheist Jazzetal. I'm listening to t hem now, trying to get the jazzetal vibe, it's not coming. Skittles are tasty, but not the tropical ones, they make me think of some crappy fruity liquor, it makes me vomit twice, then again in some whore's hair.

I think you think their bass solos are jazzy.

Personally, I love metal, all kinds, all the time.
Anorexia Nervosa, Fog, Eclipse Eternal, Amon Amoarth, Iced Earth, Enslaved, Macabre, Hypocricy, Pain, Fantomas, In Flames (just saw them last night), Arch Enemy, Mortiis, Burzum, old Mayhem (with Dead), Death, Witchery, old Dimmu Borgir, Summoning, Nile, Immortal, Nevermore, and Enslavement of Beauty.

HE LIKES DIMMU BORGIR! GET HIM!

Metallica Old Stuff
 

I think it goes without saying that ALL Metallica albums from Load onwards suck.

You don't? You sick fuck.