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15 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said: I'm not a big Demon Burger fan, but they have some good songs and I get the appeal. Check out Satyricon's "The Shadowthrone" and "Nemesis Divina", Cradle Of Filth's "Dusk... And Her Embrace" and "Cruelty And The Beast", Diabolical Masquerade's "Nightwork", and maybe Borknagar's "Empiricism". For something less riffy and a bit more atmospheric, check out Dawn's "Slaughtersun" and Ulver's classic "Bergtatt". Also be sure to check out the black metal recommendation thread. Good to see you developing a taste for other stuff.

Awesome! I'll start listening

3 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said: Black metal is pretty vast, about the only thing that you can do is explore it. You'll run into some patterns in sound based on scenes, year of release, musicians involved, etc..., so you kind of just have to see what fits for you.

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I will definitely start exploring probably gonna start with classics

Always a good idea.

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6 hours ago, True Belief said:

YouTube Naglfar's "12th Rising" demo (as opposed to the cleaned-up version that made it onto the 'Diabolical' album) and get lost in the riffage.....

Thanks for posting that, early Naglfar is great for that minor-key tremolo picking. I loved Vittra when it came out, but I've never been able to get into Diabolical. Ryden's vocals were fucking awesome though.

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Darkthrone's "Panzerfaust" was big for me when I started to really get into black metal. Also, their album "Transylvanian Hunger" has influenced me a lot, and the title track, despite only having about 3 riffs, is so powerful.

If the rest of the album sounded like Skald Av Satans Sol, I would like it more than I do.

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On 9/17/2014 at 7:20 AM, edpettersen1 said:

Check out Myrkyr (one woman band) and there's a fantastic 2cd comp of California BM that I just bought called Tilitic Tlapoyauak. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Where did you get the 2 cd set?  It sounds interesting.

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