xenofem.me nothing but black metal december
a series of posts from rowb1t, december 2024CE, gregorian calendar
introduction
long ago in the land of /mu/ there was a tradition known as #NothingButBlackMetalDecember (#NBBMD) where users would forego all other musical pursuits for the entirety of the month of december. eventually this was moved to november and december became NothingButDreamPop december (which makes no sense to me, bm is way more winter-y than dream pop. nothing against dream pop. but whatever)
in honor of this tradition, i will be making daily black metal posts, and everyone should feel free to join in and rec some stuff.
disclaimer: and for the elephant in the room -- yes, some (many) of the people who make black metal are shitty people. for educational purposes i will not be eliding any artists due to ideology if i deem their output important / good enough (though i will not be posting any overt nsbm). it's >current year, there are many ways to listen to music without the artist making a dime. or, you could not listen to it. or mute the thread. or unfollow/block me. no matter. anyway...
day 1: First Wave Black Metal (Part 1)
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Venom (UK):
- Welcome to Hell (1981) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPZYorQ5Qec)
- 𝕭𝕸 Black Metal (1982) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJuiWya6wfs)
Hellhammer (CH):
- Death Fiend (1983) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqKc19qdWiw)
- Triumph of Death... (1983) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODhWIl6hCew)
- Satanic Rites (1983) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0-knE7bSe0)
- 𝕭𝕸 Apocalyptic Raids (1984) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3FIml7-dfs)
Celtic Frost (CH):
- 𝕭𝕸 Morbid Tales (1984) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjLjv1otmGU)
- To Mega Therion (1985) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87V_4w6FdD4)
Sodom (DE):
- In the Sign of Evil (1985) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plk2bK1-FLc)
- Expurse of Sodomy (1987) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5NScxrQi8Q)
Bathory (SE):
- Bathory (1984) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL6NUBk_j6M)
- 𝕭𝕸 Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sf53EYdAyg)
Tormentor (HU):
- Seventh Day of Doom (1987) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwSjSdtlePM)
- Anno Domini (1989) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkZTRqCRYwXIFYc5RWMdcvwWJheejfq9)
Mayhem (NO):
they'll pop up again when we get to the second wave, but this ep is really closer to first wave
- 𝕭𝕸 Deathcrush (1987) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TljXxso4Jq8)
honorable mentions (either they're not bm-enough or they're too obvious, but still check them out if you haven't) -- Mercyful Fate, early King Diamond, early Slayer
day 2: First Wave Black Metal (Part 2)
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Various (BR):
- Warfare Noise (1986) (compilation of various prominent artists in the '80s Brazilian extreme metal scene) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35CLWs7gb6g)
Sepultura (BR):
- Morbid Visions (1986) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5op_uXBqJ8)
Vulcano (BR):
- Bloody Vengeance (1986) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlwL4C3-ClQ)
Sarcófago (BR):
- 𝕭𝕸 I.N.R.I. (1987) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPft18G0nQQ)
- Rotting (1989) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dOW4CuD-iA)
Blasphemy (CA):
- Blood Upon the Altar (1989) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZqk6ZExTf0)
- 𝕭𝕸 Fallen Angel of Doom.... (1990) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAZnHJ9-0EA)
Samael (CH):
- 𝕭𝕸 Worship Him (1991) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khWREu3e7oM)
Master's Hammer (CZ):
- 𝕭𝕸 Ritual. (1991) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8MgqXJYAMVzTMlB6BlN7twrTIJane25P)
Sadistik Exekution (AU):
- The Magus (1991) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds3yclflR6Y&t=2s)
Beherit (FI):
- 𝕭𝕸 The Oath of Black Blood (1991) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdj9wl3f_Wc)
day 3: Second Wave Norwegian Black Metal
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Mayhem (NO) :
- 𝕭𝕸 Live in Leipzig (1990/1993) (recorded live in 1990 but not released until 1993, this is one of the only recordings with vocalist Dead (Per Ohlin) and one of the most legendary BM recordings of all time) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luoOPUIN2BY)
- De mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcS0CVJ1KPg)
Thorns (NO):
this right here is black metal. Blackthorn would later join Mayhem as guitarist and engage in a number of wacky hijinks.
- 𝕭𝕸 Grymyrk (1991) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FinfPwpTylo)
Darkthrone (NO):
- 𝕭𝕸 A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDi99nXhObs)
- Under a Funeral Moon (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47jB1-mllWY)
- Transilvanian Hunger (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0dIhJOOZOY)
Burzum (NO):
yeah, you know what it is. Varg is a fascist dimwit but his output in this period is among the most important in the history of music, let alone BM.
- Aske (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv-GRWfHLD8)
- Det som engang var (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6AS25g7Ie0)
- Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2TlkRa-N1Q)
- 𝕭𝕸 Filosofem (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ZVkESecXk)
Emperor (NO):
- In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlTSqF66IqjVLxe5GhOveP_R9Yzk0a0Aw)
- 𝕭𝕸 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmlhq5rtFXw)
Enslaved (NO):
- Hordanes Land (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vjUjL-r6zg)
- Vikingligr veldi (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coJ_O3YYcNY)
- 𝕭𝕸 Frost (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfY9y8LTvJI)
day 4: Second Wave French Black Metal / "Les Légions Noires"
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Mütiilation (FR):
- Black Imperial Blood (Travel) (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWrvSLibCYA)
- Hail Satanas We Are the Black Legions (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE9ipccMSlg)
- 𝕭𝕸 Vampires of Back Imperial Blood (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIy4Ve8YEh8)
Vlad Tepes (FR):
- War Funeral March (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhnxS1R2P80)
- Celtic Poetry (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qF3XgGNUVY)
Torgeist (FR):
- Devoted to Satan (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5SycYEpQTs)
- 𝕭𝕸 Time of Sabbath (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqXkFdY0QNQ)
Vlad Tepes / Belkètre (FR):
- 𝕭𝕸 March to the Black Holocaust (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS0ZrcR3rKk / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMyICXXq150)
Black Murder (FR):
- 𝕭𝕸 Feasts (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBKygfCp0E)
Seviss (FR):
- Et pleure le bâtard... (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9HDEzR1j_g&t=1390s)
these next two are more black ambient than black metal, but they're closely associated with this scene.
Moëvöt (FR):
- Abgzvoryathre (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5As2qtKog6w)
- Ézléýfbdréhtr Vépréùb Zùérfl Màzàgvàtre Érbbédréà (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z9OzP_keSE)
Aäkon Këëtrëh (FR):
- 𝕭𝕸 Dans la forêt... (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELnsd9blhhU)
- The Dark Winter (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed4-toY3G1A)
day 5: Second Wave "Norwegian" Black Metal (Part 2)
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Immortal (NO):
- Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism (1992) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCKEznpQhbA)
- 𝕭𝕸 Pure Holocaust (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM8wWKS2hF0)
- At the Heart of Winter (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d4DEUBhkNI)
Ulver (NO):
if this were anything other than a NBBMD list, Ulver would get its own post. following the release of Nattens madrigal Ulver would go on to create an insanely diverse string of albums
- 𝕭𝕸 Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVcjf_p5pDY)
- Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) (EEEEEEEEEeeeeeee) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3WdtS4FZck)
Gorgoroth (NO):
- Pentagram (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWHiHQ72zTk)
- Antichrist (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-wU2Uynkk)
- Under the Sign of Hell (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMHw22VEu9Y)
Marduk (SE):
- Those of the Unlight (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tK2I8Ghg5Y)
- Opus Nocturne (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-1XPqysvkc)
- 𝕭𝕸 Panzer Division Marduk (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQlk4Asess)
Impaled Nazarene (FI):
- Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz... (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83tbnyXgtxY)
- 𝕭𝕸 Ugra-Karma (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aclmXvLFof4)
Ildjarn (NO):
getting a little weird
- 𝕭𝕸 Strength and Anger (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4qT38y7bWI)
- Forest Poetry (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8eUqTkc9qY)
Abruptum (SE):
getting really weird
- 𝕭𝕸 Obscuritatem advoco amplectère me (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sniWtDancHk)
- In umbra malitiae ambulabo, in aeternum in triumpho tenebrarum (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpkTh4zhD34)
day 6: Melodic Black Metal
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Dissection (SE):
- The Somberlain (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78iNFmCzh7o)
- 𝕭𝕸 Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCp6N7xjH-A)
Dawn (SE):
- Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYIqBNXhgU)
- 𝕭𝕸 Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MGcbUI_QU)
Abigor (AT):
- Verwüstung / Invoke the Dark Age (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcOCXuHsg0k)
- 𝕭𝕸 Nachthymnen (From the Twilight Kingdom) (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl_LTFVnwMo)
Sacramentum (SE):
- 𝕭𝕸 Far Away From th Sun (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAIzUXr9WDY)
Vinterland (SE):
- Welcome My Last Chapter (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JF2dXLBpDM)
Kvist (NO):
- For kunsten maa vi evig vike (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B-irXSH7Jg)
Taake (NO):
- Nattestid ser porten vid... (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vQDZSQ5qQk)
- ...Bjoergvin... (2002) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-8vq3h-_zM)
- 𝕭𝕸 ..Doedskvad (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0icRVEJw8rs)
day 7: British Black Metal
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Cradle of Filth (UK):
- The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym8ARKY492g)
- Dusk and Her Embrace (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc7o4wzW128)
Hecate Enthroned (UK):
the cooler Cradle of Filth
- 𝕭𝕸 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sP51GMFgQc)
- Dark Requiems and Unsilent Massacre (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SyZVFTG-YlrKPvBjbBq2LMWrArIR11T)
Old Forest (UK):
- 𝕭𝕸 Into the Old Forest (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9ccZEo_5c)
Adorior (UK):
- 𝕭𝕸 Like Cutting the Sleeping (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe114pR4xL0)
- Author of Incest (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXJS6-yJARU)
Witchmaster (UK):
- Violence & Blasphemy (2000) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SVfB2KwSsc)
- Masochistic Devil Worship (2002) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FWII8eo-SU)
Frost (UK):
- 𝕭𝕸 Cursed Again (2002) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnLcIZz1b4E)
- Talking to God (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUAhndVJ9SM)
day 8: Greek Black Metal
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Rotting Christ (GR):
- Thy Mighty Contract (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoQZT_RyHnA)
- 𝕭𝕸 Non serviam (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY9BO5VzsT4)
- Triarchy of the Lost Lovers (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvmndrhP2X8)
- 𝕭𝕸 Theogonia (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCtgeqK--k0)
Varathron (GR):
- His Majesty at the Swamp (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTshhfUoluw)
- 𝕭𝕸 Walpurgisnacht (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKq6ZVHJ-Yw)
Necromantia (GR):
- 𝕭𝕸 Vampiric Rituals (1992) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR1auEhszpA)
- Scarlet Evil Witching Black (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLacTbutMqg)
Thou Art Lord (GR):
- Eosforos (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4NNL_j_ws)
- Apollyon (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kT9y0vgoAcwHHgRQpxbf3yncJ2VtjnQgs)
Deviser (GR):
- Unspeakable Cults (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFphRpaF-Og)
- Transmission to Chaos (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFZOvpGr9EY)
Agatus (GR):
- Dawn of Martyrdom (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep_UTvoLXQw)
- The Weaving Fates (2002) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwmZwMHFZtE)
Order of the Ebon Hand (GR):
- 𝕭𝕸 The Mystic Path to the Netherworld (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYKYNjn2O7Z4wlezqUV4aiOC3p4GatECy)
day 9: Enslaved
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
𝕭𝕸 Eld (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceds_1ep4Fg)
Blodhemn (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIm405LLBCw)
Mardraum: Beyond the Within (2000) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvJC3zoD_X8)
Monumension (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B2Lgz39es0)
𝕭𝕸 Below the Lights (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8tsBOo3gnA)
𝕭𝕸 Isa (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyy_eoyQFrM)
𝕭𝕸 Ruun (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfjnTfGn5AE)
Vertebrae (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPkyV9qqKhSw_ljCumYZmovK7hnZx3-fH)
Axioma Ethica Odini (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPkyV9qqKhSwLIUxZGiBhdcAiW71lyb96)
𝕭𝕸 RIITIIR (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUt3Xg2XhUk)
In Times (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHTo__bpnlYXgfjHb6DA1-P0ArTCz7Fxx)
E (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHTo__bpnlYXPhcOsRmWokA2u8IXs8CxN)
Utgard (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_wSVZ1LIcU)
Heimdal (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=644fzPdL-F4)
day 10: Viking Metal
this one's a little weird because viking metal started off as an offshoot of black metal but quickly morphed into more of a power metal thing, so we're sticking with the early shit.
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Bathory (SE) (again):
- 𝕭𝕸 Blood Fire Death (1988) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCXVpj7uRes)
Helheim (NO):
- Niðr ok norðr liggr Helvegr (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhr22FXDyqc)
- 𝕭𝕸 Jormundgand (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjiNsl9X4m0)
- 𝕭𝕸 Av norrøn ætt (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-FE6R234bw)
Borknagar (NO):
- Borknagar (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKT0uxT7iIY)
- 𝕭𝕸 The Olden Domain (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDEMZpegeq4)
Windir (NO):
- Sóknardalr (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TNO3kB5wXg)
- 𝕭𝕸 Arntor (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6GWdwkXqhw)
- 1184 (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ5fCQVKb3c)
- Likferd (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v805xBELTs)
Thyrfing (SE):
- Thyrfing (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnOHoxBNqXg)
Vintersorg (SE):
- 𝕭𝕸 Till fjälls (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgtvGkabBTgjuWRFKfDArfo7gkYRi9Umw)
- Ödemarkens son (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgtvGkabBTgggQAcZhwmRLFlr5sid547q)
day 11: War Metal
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Abhorer (SG):
- Rumpus of the Undead (1989) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQyOCUjWolU)
- 𝕭𝕸 Upheaval of Blasphemy (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXnHTAQRR8g)
- Zygotical Sabbatory Anabapt (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwkrBSMX1F4)
Bestial Warlust (AU):
- Vengeance War 'Till Death (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoKNLKeIWx4)
- Blood & Valour (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jac9RpseunE)
Conqueror (CA):
- Anti-Christ Superiority (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F3B_285UJE)
- 𝕭𝕸 War Cult Supremacy (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQkJ-YQaAc)
Revenge (CA):
- Attack.Blood.Revenge (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNHo91q1Zo)
- Victory.Intelerance.Mastery (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJeb-26_1EU)
- 𝕭𝕸 Behold.Total.Rejection (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiwHPjnhHmc)
Axis of Advance (CA):
- Landline (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-S19fD3pU)
- 𝕭𝕸 Strike (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZIfTlzwnKk)
- Obey (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePxi-G6XD4U)
Black Witchery (US):
- 𝕭𝕸 Desecration of the Holy Kingdom (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EofWfuYhirk)
Morbosidad (US):
- Cojete a Dios por el culo (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSoQg_YQv1Q)
- Profana la cruz del Nazareno (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaqbWKFBv6I)
- Corona de epidema (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVg6mbfgXj8)
day 12: Eastern European Black Metal
so today's post is a bit tricky. the core of the eastern european black metal scene is the Russian "BlazeBirth Hall" and Roman Saenko, the man behind Drudkh and a number of other Ukrainian bm projects. nearly all of these people have some ties to fascism or directly participated in NSBM bands, and some of the bands on this list themselves would eventually shift toward a NSBM direction (although still, nothing in today's post is explicitly NSBM). all the links posted are to pirate youtube channels, so no one's getting any money off this. obviously i understand if anyone would rather sit these out, but i do think they're important to bm history, or else i wouldn't include them. anyway...
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Branikald (RU):
- 𝕭𝕸 Рдяндалир (Rdyandalir) (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOSaKkiOD98)
- Хмель мизантропии (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqgoGef5lpc)
Forest (RU):
- Обрекая надежду на вечность (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Yz-FlFO4s)
- 𝕭𝕸 As a Song in the Harvest of Grief (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P062opg2w0U)
- Заревом над прахом (2000) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEeQ229RMek)
Nokturnal Mortum (UA):
- Lunar Poetry (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbtFq8A8XJE)
- Goat Horns (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NuJbr5V6vI)
- 𝕭𝕸 Голос сталі (The Voice of Steel) (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqEyMKN4VJ0)
Hate Forest (UA):
- Purity (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVFVZRZl0FM)
- Sorrow (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_iQI36H6Po)
Drudkh (UA):
- Forgotton Legends (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldVfMl5cwjg)
- Autumn Aurora (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbL5GyS89eY)
- 𝕭𝕸 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6c9j1IzO7E)
Walknut (RU):
- Graveforests and Their Shadows (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K26LfozVu24)
Mgła (PL):
- With Hearts Toward None (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aFGuKwF2ic)
- 𝕭𝕸 Exercises in Futility (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl7430NIF0U)
⭐ Батюшка (Batushka) (PL):
gold star for being the only band on this list with no ties to fascism
- 𝕭𝕸 Литоургиiа (Litourgiya) (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URDWbv4miAQ)
day 13: Paysage d'Hiver (CH)
"The nonproblematic Burzum™"
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Steineiche (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGFFNrLhQ0ZobCuCwAXfeLZahf3Y8U-tE)
Schattengang (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idt16OwL5nw)
Die Festung (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwhNU99YaDw)
𝕭𝕸 Paysage d'Hiver (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftJpAjEI9F8)
Kristall & Isa (2000) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHOUg5MXcUU)
𝕭𝕸 Winterkälte (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrpFtJ6od_8)
Nacht (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtspIkyPwW4)
𝕭𝕸 Einsamkeit (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_mM2Pm66mE)
𝕭𝕸 Das Tor (2013) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6HgNq53P4M)
Im Wald (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L2TGDFEaYk)
Geister (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ykE83sIeY)
𝕭𝕸 Die Berge (2024) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7qtrGX2Nnk)
day 14: Atmospheric Black Metal
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Summoning (AT):
- Minas Morgul (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JgLFdNSwks)
- 𝕭𝕸 Stronghold (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuoR8wEW0Bo)
Agalloch (US):
- Pale Folklore (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVHRQj1lxUc)
- 𝕭𝕸 The Mantle (2002) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INgo0xmYBeg)
- Ashes Against the Grain (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1x8q64NXxA)
Urfaust (NL):
- Geist ist Teufel (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYmiP7wQtRU)
- Der freiwillige Bettler (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyhETdE3sKk)
Darkspace (CH):
- Dark Space I (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j61DTT9CIMs)
- Dark Space II (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHHvnxxDXXE)
- 𝕭𝕸 Dark Space III (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnMqLgDdgoM)
- Dark Space III I (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXq6cpCXldk)
Lurker of Chalice (US):
- 𝕭𝕸 Lurker of Chalice (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRoJELdvK5M)
Altar of Plagues (IE):
- 𝕭𝕸 White Tomb (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCLbV-m-adI)
- Mammal (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnjQKd7imq4)
Forteresse (CA):
- Métal noir québécois (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt11BGhD2YM)
- Thèmes pour la rébellion (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhLDS0lMY6g)
day 15: US Black Metal
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Weakling (US):
- 𝕭𝕸 Dead as Dreams (2000) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnjH-ZYe59c)
Xasthur (US):
- A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65KZ3ioHCYQ)
- Nocturnal Poisoning (2002) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfgimdpUgTY)
- Telepathic With the Deceased (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT4lErdaolQ)
- To Violate the Oblivious (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZOpIhVkWFo)
Leviathan (US):
- 𝕭𝕸 The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvENeQoloew)
- Tentacles of Whorror (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucPCq9e7a58)
- 𝕭𝕸 Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0InWjNDZkQ)
- Scar Sighted (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3KhkGsB-DQ)
Wolves in the Throne Room (US):
- Diadem of 12 Stars (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxaKjuAOeI4)
- 𝕭𝕸 Two Hunters (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsvFVUu9olw)
- Black Cascade (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFNjNYKXdEE)
Cobalt (US):
- Eater of Birds (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdIuqfED_h8)
- 𝕭𝕸 Gin (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMgo7VJBZ_dTlkgYJpdwXdXxQ2y5Y1K7P)
Krallice (US):
- Krallice (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m54cinXWNVA)
- Dimensional Bleedthrough (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkG5xmvA3lM)
- Years Past Matter (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU9GAxrQHmg)
Panopticon (US):
- Social Disservices (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l6ZDMjPABNrlkVuxKDpvGfin1Pf_haaPM)
- 𝕭𝕸 Kentucky (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a80Kwu2zaCM)
- Roads to the North (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJYt7TMb6lU)
- Autumn Eternal (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgDWyMEkyCM)
day 16: Depressive & Suicidal Black Metal (DSBM)
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Bethlehem (DE):
- Dark Metal (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWN7NZgsnIo)
- 𝕭𝕸 Dictius te necare (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqUrP2J58Rw)
- Sardonischer Untergang im Zeichen irreligiöser Darbietung (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcfY1prvdaU)
- Bethlehem (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0Ekb8t8uo)
Sortsind (DK):
- Tomhed (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKU6-erKKcY)
- 𝕭𝕸 Sår (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZHrENKL3w)
Abyssic Hate (AU):
- Suicidal Emotions (2000) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWph7PoODuw)
Forgotten Tomb (IT):
- Songs to Leave (2002) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRNyQyG02Uw)
- 𝕭𝕸 Springtime Depression (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4nFR5OCdaQ)
- Love's Burial Ground (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxmsArqKkfA)
Make a Change... Kill Yourself (DK):
- Make a Change... Kill Yourself (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7yRhf3_hI0)
- II (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_z6Lj5aN28)
- Fri (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI-pGZKKxLo)
- Oblivion Omitted (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIS8uHTpeoE)
Trist (CZ):
- Stíny (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZr68gP_Mss)
- Sebevražední andělé (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deQ4ykeRQBk)
- 𝕭𝕸 Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3M9qnjv_BQ)
Lifelover (SE):
- Pulver (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqIc6ELjMDM)
- 𝕭𝕸 Erotik (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulslArw1j6k)
- Konkurs (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur3238acqZ0)
Gris (CA):
- 𝕭𝕸 Il était une forêt... (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS0l0o45IUw)
- À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée... (2013) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWUr3JWi9ZM)
day 17: Blut aus Nord (FR)
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Ultima Thulée (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fonEvDZfdBc)
𝕭𝕸 Memoria Vetusta I: Fathers of the Icy Age (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFLKbR2WpO4)
The Mystical Beast of Rebellion (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhypWb6Rzs)
𝕭𝕸 The Work Which Transforms God (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTiYJCbMIh4)
𝕭𝕸 MoRT (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo3JsOwNMp4)
Odinist - The Destruction of Reason by Illumination (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8_6g1ptoNM)
Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOxLYHuX8fI)
777 - Sect(s) (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jrxh_u3Mkg)
777 - The Desanctification (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krtna3VN99w)
𝕭𝕸 777 - Cosmosophy (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYB8ThL0c-Y)
Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABb8NZYLu-E)
Deus salutis meæ (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBccOXcBBDU)
𝕭𝕸 Hallucinogen (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk9Eb4i6Wn8)
Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WHSZ7FE5M0)
Disharmonium - Nahab (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eya7OAqb02g)
day 18: Industrial Black Metal
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Samael (CH):
again
- Ceremony of Opposites (1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u0b73veE-k)
- Passage (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmtjd28qmox0U_jCX1i0u-JxJbwHMiLEw)
Mysticum (NO):
- 𝕭𝕸 In the Streams of Inferno (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6syzYg6VhLE)
Dødheimsgard (NO):
- 𝕭𝕸 666 International (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy-8hFuYeIA)
- Supervillain Outcast (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPk8guCxClw)
Thorns (NO):
again -- after serving his prison sentence for acting as Varg's chauffeur Blackthorn revived Thorns as an industrial BM band
- 𝕭𝕸 Thorns (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mrY9u3KUUY)
Aborym (IT):
- Kali Yuga Bizarre (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgMJrsanwo4)
- With No Human Intervention (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhseAfX8GRU)
- Generator (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWBuV59zmDI)
Anaal Nathrakh (UK):
- 𝕭𝕸 The Codex Necro (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_fsUR5w4c)
- When Fire Rains Down From the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDXZd5PSA2w)
- Domine non es dignus (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4lH0deE_uM)
- Eschaton (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsK9IF3jvcU)
An Axis of Perdition (UK):
- 𝕭𝕸 The Ichneumon Method (And Less Welcome Techniques) (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWAaDaZ8HjQ)
- Deleted Scenes From the Transition Hospital (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofi1QXHioUU)
Abigor (AT) (again):
- 𝕭𝕸 Fractal Possession (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5NTZ_l9HaU)
- Time Is the Sulphur in the Veins of the Saint - An Excursion on Satan's Fragmenting Principle (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRQrv2MHuSU)
day 19: Deathspell Omega (FR)
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Infernal Battles (2000) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGkclxZIwX4)
Inquisitors of Satan (2002) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMMwJxbr-xk)
𝕭𝕸 Si monvmentvm reqvires, circvmspice (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3crNk83BA)
𝕭𝕸 Kénôse (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Decpvh237Fk)
𝕭𝕸 Fas – Ite, maledicti, in ignem aeternum (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KubSXhTiHeY)
Manifestations 2002 (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmUk2vcRYK0)
𝕭𝕸 Veritas diaboli manet in aeternum: Chaining the Katechon (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRhsLILfdHw)
Mass Grave Aesthetics (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WzJbt_94Rw)
𝕭𝕸 Paracletus (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRkkuv05ZDU)
Diabolus Absconditus (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq-Zh_4EdZE)
Drought (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGD5Efw71lE)
The Synarchy of Molten Bones (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB6G1xMt0Ss)
𝕭𝕸 The Furnaces of Palingenesia (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KzXgA7dxXI)
The Long Defeat (2022) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaRGMv7Cnq4)
day 20: Icelandic Black Metal
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Svartidauði (IS):
- 𝕭𝕸 Flesh Cathedral (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uVD1wkVVpM)
- Revelations of the Red Sword (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxKk2zIKYx4)
Wormlust (IS):
- The Feral Wisdom (2013) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym4BRDMDqe4)
Carpe Noctem (IS):
- In Terra Profugus (2013) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOvGdFnw2R8)
- Vitrun (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqH0SHI2b6CPqZH-MyIePTSICTcClO-Zm)
Sinmara (IS):
- 𝕭𝕸 Aphotic Womb (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmFQ5mDPSU)
- Hvísl stjarnanna (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMoQ6q4gCkg)
Misþyrming (IS):
- 𝕭𝕸 Söngvar elds og óreiðu (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2zPTa5qSfY)
- Algleymi (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_WPX8NsGlk)
- Með hamri (2022) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxWW5VqnFrw)
〇 (IS):
- Null & Void (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAcVCFkgpTQ)
- Entity (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP8x2o9utgg)
Zhrine (IS):
- Unortheta (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLArAJlC1y559NCQR8_rLpTxvNrXtsqfdP)
Almyrkvi (IS):
- Pupil of the Searing Maelstrom (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnWAwQnBAQ)
- 𝕭𝕸 Umbra (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqki34Oqcz4)
Andavald (IS):
- Undir skyggðarhaldi (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXIlvopehhM)
Sól án varma (IS):
- 𝕭𝕸 Sól án varma (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOjhrIpuC_k)
day 21: Pagan Black Metal
⛧ Happy Solstice ⛧
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Graveland (PL):
- 𝕭𝕸 Thousand Swords (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5VMSqEpPlw)
- Following the Voice of Blood (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwCsQf4JwaE)
Primordial (IE):
- Imrama (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ufdq7__aNMxo0ZXhy7hJ0ktlz8nsXx_)
- Spirit the Earth Aflame (2000) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-jDU8-m64s)
- 𝕭𝕸 The Gathering Wilderness (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT8xJsd29aI)
- 𝕭𝕸 To the Nameless Dead (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKadNYb3DOQ)
Negură Bunget (RO):
- 'n crugu bradului (2002) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4jpPSvIEUY)
- 𝕭𝕸 OM (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAt_jLRHUWQ)
- Vîrstele pămîntului (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQyReuKvBLI)
Moonsorrow (FI):
- Voimasta ja kunniasta (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kOfx6c5oR4mIbKgsGj7kMeWlYk_z3gZmE)
- Kivenkantaja (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTgjScHX_2Z_7Dxosx38KUmUSX2bfp6aa)
- 𝕭𝕸 Verisäkeet (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mlXPcGPnIRtWJOSUPomxF0AEsItEJLxjs)
- V: Hävitetty (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa885g6oeMc)
Kawir (GR):
- Προς Κάβειρους - To Cavirs (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UErGEuxMucg)
- Ophiolatreia (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opl1PUJ4N5U)
- Isotheos (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRrKalTdYz0)
Winterfylleth (UK):
- The Ghost of Heritage (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5ruorCLHY34ce7oGXCGoXBI8-L32-kZo)
- The Mercian Sphere (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kirpRxmrIjuLStcOaaEOZdprT4GKYyTrE)
- The Threnody of Triumph (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mrOFZB5Zy1xDQ2qI7pXoLwVFvF_qS8f_s)
- The Divination of Antiquity (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqw4F8cBEPYzOszjHOy7doPGTMBVlg0aN)
Ygg (UA):
- 𝕭𝕸 Ygg (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5WhhuoG1Po)
- The Last Scald (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bok1IuVgnAw)
Dordeduh (RO):
- Dar de duh (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLToXWne2Bk-cDQ6322mKfMYjiE7iBHdCq)
day 22: Sigh (JP)
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
𝕭𝕸 Scorn Defeat (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUq4HB5N9gA)
Infidel Art (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SypuE6huJpg)
Ghastly Funeral Theatre (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S0J8KQx4EE)
𝕭𝕸 Hail Horror Hail (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0YZyAXvxKs)
Scenario IV: Dread Dreams (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwuP1Rqc2cr1B099sN-mT7dVkpSyEFU7o)
𝕭𝕸 Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIJ56d-8yPs)
Gallows Gallery (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GmLBXvFjTg)
𝕭𝕸 Hangman's Hymn (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQcRwK_UHiQ)
Scenes From Hell (2010) (https://mortprod.bandcamp.com/album/scenes-from-hell)
In Somniphobia (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzmw_gBCulcBnr6vcmUNFzO8YP9Bjy1_Z)
Graveward (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nUyhvKBNBTB7oGiU7D2wCmVYf8bs2Gozs)
Heir to Despair (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kgQquX2GM3fXxw0eVaBR1vMKd4rvlnvYo)
𝕭𝕸 Shiki (2022) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crNfUtJefV4)
day 23: Blackgaze
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Alcest (FR):
- Le secret (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVzLJqZY3lo)
- 𝕭𝕸 Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiuFNyUZ9VI)
- Écailles de lune (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0OxRHgtlX0)
- Kodama (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef7bKmQVcX8)
Amesoeurs (FR):
- Ruines humaines (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OOha6I1VgU)
- 𝕭𝕸 Amesoeurs (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIRfTgbiWVA)
Lantlôs (DE):
- Lantlôs (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgtvGkabBTgjp1fhKXaJA4o1w8Ee5Lvwj)
- 𝕭𝕸 .neon (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S77L1DuaoE4)
- Agape (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7111WZZMx0)
Deafheaven (US):
- Roads to Judah (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_oRQcfEK8Y)
- 𝕭𝕸 Sunbather (2013) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfbLWHT7vUU)
- New Bermuda (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezyTjg-8iY)
- Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhn30YmixAQ)
Sadness (MX/US):
- Leave (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd7Bz00iNn4)
- Circle of Veins (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUjjl1YN2_M)
- 𝕭𝕸 I Want to Be There (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSyBkk99VE)
- Tortuga (2022) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ndnkhkWx4U)
Violet Cold (AZ):
- Anomie (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVCjFL7mK_M)
- kOsmik (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsr7QJPan7g)
- Noir Kid (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl6VB-bbyww)
- Empire of Love (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBjkvAGoVug)
White Ward (UA):
- Futility Report (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASJKcYBD-rQ)
- 𝕭𝕸 Love Exchange Failure (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfOwdOUTkwQ)
day 24: E Asian & SE Asian Black Metal
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Sabbat (JP):
- Envenom (1991) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOd4Rawf-EE)
- Evoke (1992) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxLccFvIP3Q)
- Disembody (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fceT4GDx_Y)
- 𝕭𝕸 The Dwelling (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_GSQNC5uHw)
Abigail (JP):
- Intercourse & Lust (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFccewtcRlE)
Kekal (ID):
- Embrace the Dead (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbJyNxIVfVY)
- The Painful Experience (2001) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5278AEB16E8DD987)
- 𝕭𝕸 1000 Thoughts of Violence (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVw8hNr01I)
Endless Dismal Moan (JP):
- Lord of Nightmare (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz0zrLYtOec)
- 𝕭𝕸 Ruin (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm1Fv1vctXw)
Be Persecuted (CN):
- I.I (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzDTi-rriT8)
- 𝕭𝕸 End Leaving (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jORC5ZoelQ)
폐허 (KR):
- 𝕭𝕸 The Haunted House (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO2ecOkNVD8)
- 맞불놀이 (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn8yVHvOBq8)
Dismal (HK):
- 遺。白 (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WL2-Cl3Oy8)
明日の叙景 (JP):
- わたしと私だったもの (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir9VwKXZLbI)
- 𝕭𝕸 アイランド (2022) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw6elyPvR3A)
Vitriolic Sage (CN):
- Feuerschlucker (2022) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqSad8gU6jc&t)
- 梦路 (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md9rr9lPnAk)
day 25: Black Ambient / Black Noise
𝕭𝕸 = must-listens
Emit (UK):
- The Dark Bleeding (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFp1eqrPXNk)
- A Sword of Death for the Prince (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R_auIpsxfM)
Wold (US):
- 𝕭𝕸 Screech Owl (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG-EzHjcGVg)
- Working Together for our Privacy (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQWBYPs8YQvCUr6BrXIxUdkQgCGEBRYDw)
- Postsocial (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahGtxvRADMs)
Gnaw Their Tongues (NL):
- Reeking Pained and Shuddering (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtgGIQ4UCYM)
- 𝕭𝕸 All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wO5QDx1keM)
- L'arrivée de la terne mort triomphante (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PYmDC5WKQU)
Nahvalr (US):
- 𝕭𝕸 Nahvalr (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nEvtpHrcQkhFoxQ4k2urPtW7xKNSbwMvg)
Aderlating (NL):
- Dying of the Light (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8jpNc09_Ek)
- Devotional Hymns (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOsUrEmiwrA)
- 𝕭𝕸 Spear of Gold and Seraphim Bone, Part One (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBuTvmxIX8w)
- Spear of Gold and Seraphim Bone, Part Two (2013) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4MpMjKDdrU)
Sutekh Hexen (US):
- Luciform (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u88HYvOmq2g)
- Larvae (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Y-srZTaOg)
Abu Lahab (MA):
- 𝕭𝕸 Humid Limbs of the Torn Beadsman (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLT4LbgTWQw)
day 26: Atmospheric Black Metal (Part 2)
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Murmuüre (FR):
- 𝕭𝕸 Murmuüre (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeUZkn3GA9I)
Bekëth Nexëhmü (SE):
- 𝕭𝕸 De svarta riterna (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcyi_xFtgGQ)
- De forna sederna (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAAVTLvYLIU)
- De fornas likgaldrar (Forna nordiska besvärjelser omfamnat i tre kapitel) (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ9EoIFlTH0)
Akhlys (US):
- The Dreaming I (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_SK1Gn63f0)
- Melinoë (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kicDjUCsFBk)
- House of the Black Geminus (2024) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs1C_wKdjaU)
La Torture des Ténèbres (CA):
- Civilization Is the Tomb of Our Noble Gods (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl0YY_0-gwc)
- 𝕭𝕸 IV: Memoirs of a Machine Girl (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9tGGRVE1a8)
- V (2024) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyLMjRYjalk)
- The Lost Colony of Altar Vista (2024) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLe0WY-_Zj0)
Sunken (DK):
- Departure (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3E2L7qwSQE)
- 𝕭𝕸 Livslede (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXVhNj38YT0)
None (US):
- NONE (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWYKjZjRbII)
- Life Has Gone On Long Enough (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VbL1E3vJOM)
- Damp Chill of Life (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A4yhLYseDA)
- Inevitable (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lurM41Z7-Ao)
Trhä (MX/US):
- Nvenlanëg (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiFaWEugO-E)
- Novej kalhnjënno (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbELMECNG6s)
- Endlhëtonëg (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlOiDPJaonU)
- 𝕭𝕸 Alëce iΩic (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-IeJtbZA3k)
day 27: War Metal (Part 2)
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Archgoat (FI):
- Whore of Bethlehem (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWnPb0FEu3o)
- The Light-Devouring Darkness (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAV5zDCP_1o)
- The Luciferian Crown (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NaOtW5aDhM)
- Worship the Eternal Darkness (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEsY4spZQzA)
Teitanblood (ES):
- Seven Chalices (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-KKfaJXNv4)
- Woven Black Arteries (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMbxAITK6J4)
- 𝕭𝕸 Death (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBsfKrYv9rM)
Diocletian (NZ):
- Doom Cult (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH7ZGUPQcv8)
- Bellum omnium contra omnes (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjHc3krBXgQ3OChKbvDuhuvR0eGvTEBPK)
- Gesundrian (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coi87Siunvw)
Knelt Rote (US):
- Insignificance (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX2syFaMGk0)
- 𝕭𝕸 Trespass (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5XGQ8JAUS8)
- Alterity (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NHO41PQa9Q)
Infernal Coil (US):
- Burning Prayer of Infinite Hatred (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBggRumQAiY)
- 𝕭𝕸 Within a World Forgotten (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1litIuNGYE)
Antichrist Siege Machine (US):
- Morbid Triumph (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WJJShfXG0o)
- Schism Perpetration (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAOubTzLVQ)
- Purifying Blade (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9SE4ZfjimQ)
- Vengeance of Eternal Fire (2024) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwE0TD7VwgA)
Concrete Winds (FI):
- Primitive Force (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqDXRr9jKc)
- Nerve Butcherer (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlE-kum9Qxo)
- 𝕭𝕸 Concrete Winds (2024) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvEwdrq97Es)
Heáfodbán (US):
- Bealusorg (2022) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82osxWTMNdU)
- 𝕭𝕸 Heáfodbán (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-SDSxJhfQ)
- Blódwracu (2024) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnzYaMdRN0U)
day 28: South Asian War Metal / Warnoise
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Tetragrammacide (IN):
- 𝕭𝕸 Third World Esoterrorism (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF6IU7WnSqA)
- Typhonian Wormholes: Indecipherable Anti-Structural Formulæ (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn5EPzF8QyQ)
- Primal Incinerators of Moral Matrix (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOOBhvS5kbc)
Genocide Shrines (LK):
- Devanation Monumentemples (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYm6MeQ7p6E)
- 𝕭𝕸 Manipura Imperial Deathevokovil: Scriptures of Reversed Puraana Dharmurder (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US4SrwBEZvY)
Konflict (LK):
- Cyanide Resolution (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2otP6k_p4c)
- Trigger Universal Conflict (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z1TBz59sLA)
- 𝕭𝕸 Third World C.O.N.T.R.O.L. (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K7xi9YJhSs)
Kapala (IN):
- Infest Cesspool (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM-yzCGvywg)
- Termination Apex (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV6wjchYgjQ)
- Doomsday Requiem (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1joeAZuBAVA)
Brahmastrika (IN):
- Excarnastrial Commencination (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl677Uyyw20)
- 𝕭𝕸 Abhabaniyastral Samsarimplication (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4_uY8iITyU)
Nirriti (IN):
- 𝕭𝕸 অসূর্যস্পর্শা (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szoiA5_3XxY)
Nyogthaeblisz (US):
obviously not South Asian, but this band was a huge influence on this scene
- 𝕭𝕸 Apocryphal Progenitors of Mankind's Tribulation (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn3wIy8x5KM)
- Apex Satanist (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zafR7lWLp7g)
day 29: Blackened Crust
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Darkthrone (NO):
again. though Darkthrone always had a little bit of crust in their sound, in the early '00s they changed direction to more overtly show their punk influence.
- 𝕭𝕸 Hate Them (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46v0byTHzgw)
- Sardonic Wrath (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RYfFZ0RBdI)
- Dark Thrones and Black Flags (2008) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9x0mkYmLyQ)
Martyrdöd (SE):
- Martyrdöd (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nDNrhsyxJE)
- 𝕭𝕸 In Extremis (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4eMV57AVfY)
- Sekt (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2KCCtu-UqE)
- Paranoia (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvBHiCFbZME)
Iskra (CA):
- Iskra (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfRN9VdODA8)
- Bureval (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14qPbuoBs0)
- 𝕭𝕸 Ruins (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wie7FGXJ5E)
The Secret (IT):
- 𝕭𝕸 Solve et Coagula (2010) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k8n7X96qvg)
- Agnus Dei (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G14sGHEfR4)
Young and in the Way (US):
- I Am Not What I Am (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Mny-aoiq8)
- When Life Comes to Death (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEhceNf5O9U)
- Ride Off and Die (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mrn8a5TR2e8bIefwI8nJIQVlT_ztCR1ik)
Calligram (UK):
- Askesis (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktUdc0iiinI)
- The Eye Is the First Circle (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaA3E31gZ9M)
- Position | Momentum (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82ZgNlP-34s)
Dödsrit (SE):
- Dödsrit (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLrKFmIl9Oc)
- 𝕭𝕸 Spirit Crusher (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SIjlDLOvH8)
- Mortal Coil (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ktaLl8kVc)
day 30: Jute Gyte (US)
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
𝕭𝕸 Old Ways (2008) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/old-ways)
Young Eagle (2010) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/young-eagle)
Verstiegenheit (2011) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/verstiegenheit)
Impermanence (2011) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/impermanence)
Isolation (2012) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/isolation)
Senescence (2012) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/senescence)
Discontinuities (2013) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/discontinuities)
Vast Chains (2014) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/vast-chains)
𝕭𝕸 Ressentiment (2014) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/ressentiment)
Ship of Theseus (2015) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/ship-of-theseus)
The Sparrow (2016) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/the-sparrow-12-ep)
𝕭𝕸 Perdurance (2016) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/perdurance)
Oviri (2017) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/oviri)
𝕭𝕸 Birefringence (2019) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/birefringence)
Mitrealität (2021) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/mitrealit-t)
𝕭𝕸 Unus mundus patet (2023) (https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/album/unus-mundus-patet)
day 31: Avant Garde & Contemporary Black Metal
𝕭𝕸 == must-listens
Oranssi Pazuzu (FI):
- Muukalainen puhuu (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iyPePg5XWQ)
- Valonielu (2013) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrZR6pUH-rU)
- 𝕭𝕸 Värähtelijä (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4brqp2Y0Fc)
- Mestarin kynsi (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yshzL4Hf-Wc)
Liturgy (US):
- Renihilation (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TfFGD4YLRU)
- Aesthethica (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm8obBcg7Ts)
- H.A.Q.Q. (2019) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRExyTbVqZjPS-J-1FfJgYB8F6jB_sUOO)
- 𝕭𝕸 93696 (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAiFgPsS70Q)
Thantifaxath (CA):
- Thantifaxath (2011) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM6Div6jYV4)
- 𝕭𝕸 Sacred White Noise (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w9TbulMd70)
- Void Masquerading as Matter (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfYN3XPw9I)
- Hive Mind Narcosis (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj8fpLC8HYI)
Plebeian Grandstand (FR):
- Lowgazers (2014) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZOnYYJKns)
- False Highs, True Lows (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRpnUo5pmyg)
- Rien ne suffit (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUVKUwHG4PY)
Altar of Plagues (IE):
- 𝕭𝕸 Teethed Glory and Injury (2013) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEMpI2PjNQ0)
Ashenspire (UK):
- Speak Not of the Laudanum Quandary (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ECldNd6N0)
- 𝕭𝕸 Hostile Architecture (2022) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBI_UUTMpDE)
Victory Over the Sun (US):
- Century of Hands (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t_CtVFzWtM)
- A Tessitura of Transfiguration (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvGitEeM8Zg)
- 𝕭𝕸 Nowherer (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BDdBKaOxBs)
- Dance You Monster to My Soft Song! (2023) (https://votsband.bandcamp.com/album/dance-you-monster-to-my-soft-song)
Wayfarer (US):
- World's Blood (2018) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi5F_Dtnni4)
- A Romance With Violence (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMIgGhOfkPI)
- American Gothic (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdBgRSepCa9NXnW-wT_PH82rsH7mGRChO)
Scarcity (US):
- 𝕭𝕸 Aveilut (2022) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0I8fNxcZNs)
- The Promise of Rain (2024) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l-XrIg9bMPfwCWamamlcFR6nBHXp2QQuo)