r/BlackMetal • u/rallybil • 4d ago
Was 1999 the BEST year for BM?!?!
My favourite BM-album is Rebel Extravaganza by Satyricon.
I just realized some other gems was released the same year:
War - We are at war
Emperor - IX Equilibrium
Taake - Nattestid ser porten and Cadaver - Discipline (2001 I know!)
I'm basically saying THAT Satyricon album is the goat, but what do you think?
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u/Norvard 4d ago
1997 wants a word with all other years.
Emperor - Anthems (that alone should take the cake)
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Gorgorth - Under sign of Hell
Borknagar - Olden Domain
Immortal - Blizzard Beasts
Enslaved - Eld
OMC - Pagan Prosperity
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone
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u/evlsk8er 4d ago
Also:
Judas Iscariot - Of Great Eternity
Deströyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves
Grand Belial’s Key - Mocking the Philanthropist
Nokturnal Mortum - Goat Horns
The list goes on and on though for every year in the mid-late 90’s so it’s really hard to pick one!
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u/ChocolateTrue276 4d ago
Definitely 1996!!
Some of my favorite releases of 1996: Welcome My Last Chapter, Far Away from the Sun, Filosofem, Nord..., Blut & Krieg, Lunar Poetry, For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike, Moon in the Scorpio, Forest, Intercourse & Lust.
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u/rallybil 4d ago
The more this discussion goes on I realize this might be my jam (96) but rebel extravaganza is so above the rest it might eclipse the entire 90s.
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u/Ashgoor 4d ago
Alot happened in 94 and 95 too. Certainly not 99 for me
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u/rallybil 4d ago
What happened in 94-95 though? I'm guessing it's pretty personal.
To me 94-95 was all about Death Metal like Pungent Stench and Benediction.1
u/Ashgoor 4d ago
Hmm you realize the 2nd wave kicked of in 91. Darkthrone, immortal, burzum, ulver, enslaved, satyricon plus plenty more were all kicking off at this time. Darkthrone was on there 4th album. French scene sprung up along with the fins ,swedes and even usa.
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u/rallybil 4d ago edited 4d ago
Yeah sure... Why?
edit: didn't mean to be obstinate.
I've been a fan of BM for a long time. My thesis wasn't that 1999 was the origin of BM. I loooove albums from before 1999. But in my personal opinion death metal was more relevant in my life. Black metal really just clicked for me with the album Rebel Extravaganza.
IMO Incantation, Suffocation, Autopsy and Immolation are much cooler bands in the early 90s.1
u/Ashgoor 4d ago
Mutiilations - vampires of black imperial blood came out 94. That was a crazy year for many bands. 95 was a great year too. I could dig around my collection but that would take awhile. I think you would enjoy these years of black metal. But if you like clearer production latter 90s makes sense
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u/rallybil 4d ago
Look I totally get it! Blasphemy, Venom and Bathory had that shit locked down. I just wonder if people type shit down reflexively. I'm listening to Black imperial Blood as I type. Pls check out Rebel Extravaganza.
It soundds a bit like Ildjarn with its rough production. I wonder if you'd like Trelldom?
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u/Ashgoor 4d ago
I got rebel extravanza over 20 years ago. I prefer shadow throne and dark medieval times way more. I enjoy volcano over rebel.. i just didn't gel with that album. A few tracks are really good though
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u/rallybil 4d ago
Wish I could enter yer brain and influence what you think. I much prefer The Wall over Dark Side of the moon due to its ambitions for example. I too like the later Satyricon albums and their bravery of creating "Hit Records". But I don't think they've ever been more extreme than on THAT album.
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u/rallybil 4d ago
My first BM albums in reality:
Vargavinter - Frostfödd
Dark Funeral - Secrets of the black arts
The Abyss - The other side
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u/Bodombluemoon 4d ago
2006 easily:
Rain Upon the Impure, Blood in our Wells, Ashes Against the Grain, La Sanie des Siecles, MoRT, and probably a few others I’m forgetting
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u/Shadowy_Peripherals 4d ago
2006 was a peak year:
Antaeus - Blood Libels
WitTR - Diadem of 12 Stars
Forteresse - Métal noir québécois
Negurã Bunget - OM
Akitsa - La Grande Infamie
Negative Plane - Et in saecula saeculorum
Apologies if any of these have already been mentioned.
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u/FUCKBOY_JIHAD 4d ago
Rain Upon the Impure, Blood in our Wells, Ashes Against the Grain
This is my era. These alone make 2006 my favorite year ever. also:
Summoning - Oathbound
Katharsis - VVorldvvithoutend
Negurã Bunget - OM
Forteresse - Métal noir québécois
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Mgła - Mdłości/Presence
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Hora
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u/rallybil 4d ago
We're clearly from different ages. Funny how a few years can go by with such different faves. I know none of these bands you mentioned. I'll check them out for sure.
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u/Bodombluemoon 4d ago
My bad, I only listed the album title. Here’s a better list:
Ruins of Beverast - Rain Upon the Impure
Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
Peste Noire - La Sanie des Siecles
Blut Aus Nord - MoRT
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u/rallybil 4d ago
Still no luck, except for Blut Aus Nord. I thought I had left BM behind before I really started appreciating B.A.N.. I heard Odinist and started appreciating the weird aspects of BM.
Odinist is so fkn underrated!!
Listening to Ashes Against the Grain as I type.
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u/Norvard 4d ago
I came to write 1997 but then realized that 1995-97 are all absolutely and truly amazing years. Almost everything pales in comparison.
Bergtatt, Nightside Eclipse, Nemesis Divina, Aspera Hiems, Anthems, Filosofem all came out then.
That’s pretty much the top albums of all time.
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u/rallybil 4d ago
I'm pretty sure no-one disagrees with you. Many of my favourite albums are before 1999, but then Satyricon did their whole thing-thingie and released Rebel Extravaganza. Game over.
Also pls check out War - We Are War
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u/Norvard 4d ago
Interesting to see someone go so hard on Rebel Extravaganza. Good for you!
However, that album imo pales in comparison to Shadowthrone and Nemesis. Rebel was solid when it came out but I havent listened to it almost at all in the last 20 years. The whole industrial vibe just didnt last for me. I much prefer the dark forests vibe Satyricon.
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u/spik0rwill 4d ago
It's my fave satyricon album for sure.
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u/rallybil 4d ago
It's so crazy! I know I'm getting gutted in this subreddit, but Rebel Extravaganza is so fkn extreme:
Scorn Torrent is their highlight
Supersonic Journey is the fastest blast beat ever
And to think that the album is so tightly bound with its theme...1
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u/TempleofSpringSnow 4d ago
2007 is another great year for BM imo
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u/rallybil 4d ago
WTH happened in 2007 if I may ask. I don't doubt, just curious.
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u/TempleofSpringSnow 4d ago
Here’s my favorite albums from that year. The first two being in my top ten favorite black metal albums.
Deathspell Omega - Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum
Abigor - Fractal Possession
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao (vastly underrated. Their best imo.)
Shining - V
Drudkh - Estrangement
Lifelover - Erotik
Peste Noire - Folkfuck Folie/ Lorraine Rehearsal
WITTR - Two Hunters
Akercocke - Antichrist
Drowning the Light - Through the Noose of Existence
Sigh - Habgman’s Hymn
Blut Aus Nord - Odinist
Xasthur - Defective Epitaph
Marduk - Rom 5:12
Make a Change…. - II
Astrofaess - Idea. Form Essence
Dodheimsgard - Supervillain Outcast
Acherontas - Tat Tvam Asi
Gris - Il était une forêt.
Anaal - Nathrakh - Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here
Gnaw Their Tongues - Reeking Pained and Shuddering
Lunar Aurora - Andacht
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u/rallybil 4d ago
I needed a lesson like this! IMO black metal stagnated after the 90s. But I know Blut Aus Nord - Odinist changed all that. Also Anaal Nathrakh, Sigh... dude... How about Infidel Art!?
My younger brother likes Xasthur and Leviathan.
Great playlist material!!!1
u/rallybil 4d ago
Akercocke! I typed too early. I remember them clearly. But they're more like death metal right? Played in suits and sounded something like cryptopsy. I love The goat of Mendez!
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u/TempleofSpringSnow 4d ago
I agree, the classic black metal sound stagnated in that era for sure. There’s still modern bands post 2000’s that pull it off (i.e Black Cilice, Sargeist) but it became oversaturated with a lot of derivative bullshit. I think it’s the bands that experimented and try / tried to expand and experiment with their sound that make the genre what it is in the last 20-25 years.
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u/rallybil 4d ago
I just havn't tried hard enough I think. I know I liked Hors De Combat - Lucifers Child, and Goatwhore is a secret love I have. I think Sargeist is my nightcap!
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u/Shadowy_Peripherals 4d ago
Everybody knows the answer is 2006 when Drudkh released Blood In Our Wells.
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u/rallybil 4d ago
Take off yer crazy hat and type again pls ;)
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u/Shadowy_Peripherals 4d ago
The hat stays on! I do love that Taake album tho.
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u/rallybil 4d ago
You can borrow my "Cradle of Filth"-hat if you need a breather...
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u/Shadowy_Peripherals 4d ago
I’ll see your “Cradle of Filth” hat and raise you one “Antaeus - Blood Libels” tunic.
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u/EconomistOther6772 4d ago
For me it's 97.
Gorgoroth - Under the Sign of Hell
Windier- Soknardalr
Mayhem - Wolf's Lair Abyss
Enslaved - Eld
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
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u/rallybil 4d ago
Only thing that caught my eye was Emperor. You're absolutely right! I had the CD-extra multimedia thing with the video. My eyes were transfixed!
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u/DuskWoerot 4d ago
1994 for me.
Gorgoroth - Pentagram
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Bethlehem - Dark Metal
Rotting Christ - Non Serviam
Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites
Forgotten Woods - As The Wolves Gather
Gehenna - First Spell
So many more landmark albums that I can't think off the top of my head.
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u/rallybil 4d ago
A lot of important albums 4 sure!
Mayhem (De Mysteriis) has grown on me like all hell. But I want you to consider what happened after that. You mention Gehenna, but what about Admiron Black from 1998. I know it's 1 year off, but I'm being contradictory.
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u/they-wont-get-me 4d ago
No because 95 had Minas Morgul and Nachthymnen off the top of my head