Curse the Australian time zone, I missed a whole Black Metal discussion… Again. So okay I’m much too lazy to go back and multi quote instead I’ll pull my usual trick
1. For our fine French fiend when it comes to Bathory you’re almost certainly better off ignoring everything they did between Twilight of the Gods and Nordland.
2. Beherit’s raw, and filthy debut is slightly underrated in my view, and Drawing Down the Moon is to my ears, at least quite excellent.
3. To each their own but much like the old goat, I have very little tolerance for symphonic BM, especially if it’s driving the sound rather than being a background feature. I can barely tolerate keys in Doom Metal and I think they bring more to the table in that regard.
4. Plenty of killer BM has dropped in the last decade, I’m a little surprised, the old man left Inquisition from his list, unless my admittedly, barely working eyes deceive me.
NP: Inquisition - Black Mass for a Mass Grave