Serpentboi1992

Razor

3 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Sorhin - Apokalypsens Ängel, Sweden 2000

 

Armagedda - Only True Believers, Sweden 2003

 

 

Setherial - Endtime Divine, Sweden 2003

 

 

that setherial album is epic 

Ragnarok

Sacramentum

31 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

I mean there have to be some kind of "rules" for a subgenre to mean anything as far as how the music sounds, but there's plenty of leeway especially within black metal as the sub-genre has grown so much in the last 30 years. Black metal is not just one thing. It might seem that way at first to noobs and outsiders but if you look a little deeper into black metal you'll see there is much variation in how the bands look and sound and their themes.

i agree with a lot of what goatmaster has to say. there is a lot of versatility within black metal which is probably why it is my favorite of all the metal genres. from my listening perspective, the commonality between many of the different types of black metal bands i have listened to is obscure time signatures, fairly dirty guitar tones and atmospheric elements. i'd say a great example of this is sodom's "in the sign of evil" since black metal originated from thrash. witchhunter's drumming on that record had a uniqueness that set the band apart from a lot of the other thrash metal bands of the time in my opinion. but, i don't consider myself an expert by any means. so, i acknowledge i could possibly be wrong on this 

Tyr