During the Christmas Season of 2014, my drummer Merlin gave me a book about black metal, a subgenre of metal known as much for teenage misbehavior as for substandard recordings. I'd already read Michael Moynihan's Lords of Chaos, which detailed some of these criminal rampages. This newer book, Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult, mentions many of the same events, but is also more focused on the steps that these same bands took while evolving from early thrash through second-wave to avant-garde experiments. The author, Dayal Patterson, discusses the boundary-pushing that led to some of the milestones of the genre, such as Burzum's droning masterpiece of ambience Dunkelheit (the first black metal song I'd ever heard) or Wolves in the Throne Room's evolved production on post-black metal tour de force Two Hunters.In an effort to further understand a genre that I love and in accordance with completist tendencies, I listened to every album mentioned in the book. There were a few more that I came across or were suggested to me while working on this project that weren't listed in the book; I think of them as extra credit.
Keep in mind, each item listed below is an entire album, whether LP, EP, or split. This has been a 2 1/2 year listening project.
Venom - Welcome to Hell
Venom - Black Metal
Venom - At War With Satan
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
King Diamond - Abigail
*King Diamond - "Them"
*King Diamond - Conspiracy
King Diamond - The Eye
King Diamond - The Spider's Lullaby
King Diamond - The Graveyard
King Diamond - Voodoo
King Diamond - House of God
King Diamond - Abigail II: The Revenge
King Diamond - The Puppet Master
King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul…Please
Bathory - Bathory
Bathory - The Return
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
*Bathory - Hammerheart
Bathory - Twilight of the Gods
Bathory - Requiem
Bathory - Octagon
Bathory - Blood On Ice
Bathory - Destroyer of Worlds
Bathory - Nordland I
Bathory - Nordland II
Hellhammer - Death Fiend
Hellhammer - Triumph of Death
Hellhammer - Satanic Rites
Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium
Sodom - Obsessed By Cruelty
Sepultura - Schizophrenia
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
*Sepultura - Arise
Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
Sepultura - Roots
Kreator - Endless Pain
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Kreator - Terrible Certainty
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom
Blasphemy - Gods of War
Samael - Medieval Prophecy
Samael - Worship Him
Samael - Blood Ritual
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
Samael - Passage
Rotting Christ - Thy Mighty Contract
Rotting Christ - Non Serviam
Rotting Christ - Triarchy of the Lost Lovers
Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem
Tormentor - The Seventh Day of Doom
Tormentor - Anno Domini
Master's Hammer - The Ritual Murder
Master's Hammer - Finished
Master's Hammer - The Mass
Master's Hammer - The Fall of Idol
Master's Hammer - Ritual
Master's Hammer - The Jilemnice Occultist
VON - Satanic Blood
Beherit - The Oath of Black Blood
Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon
Beherit - H418ov21.c
Beherit - Electric Doom Synthesis
Beherit - Engram
Mayhem - Deathcrush
Mayhem - Live In Leipzig
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Mayhem - Dawn of the Black Hearts
Mayhem - Grand Declaration of War
Mayhem - Chimera
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare
Thorns - Grymyrk
Thorns - Trondertun
Thorns - Thule
Thorns - Thorns
Thorns - Thorns vs Emperor
Darkthrone - Soulside Journey
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon
*Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger
Darkthrone - Panzerfaust
Darkthrone - Total Death
Darkthrone - Ravishing Grimness
Darkthrone - Plaguewielder
Darkthrone - Hate Them
Darkthrone - Sardonic Wrath
Darkthrone - The Cult Is Alive
Darkthrone - F.O,A,D,
Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
Darkthrone - Circle the Wagons
Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
Burzum - Burzum
Burzum - Det Som Engang Var
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Burzum - Aske
Burzum - Filosofem
Burzum - Dauði Baldrs
Burzum - Hliðskjálf
Burzum - Belus
Burzum - Fallen
Burzum - Umskiptar
Burzum - Sôl austan, Mâni vestan
Burzum - The Ways of Yore
Emperor - Wrath of the Tyrant
Emperor - Emperor
Emperor - Hordanes Land
Emperor - As the Shadows Rise
*Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Emperor - Anthems To the Welkin At Dusk
Emperor - IX Equilibrium
Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise
Gehenna - Black Seared Heart
Gehenna - First Spell
Gehenna - Seen Through the Veils of Darkness
Gehenna - Malice
Gehenna - Adimiron Black
Gehenna - Murder
Gehenna - WW
Gehenna - Unravel
Gorgoroth - Pentagram
Gorgoroth - Antichrist
Gorgoroth - Under the Sign of Hell
Gorgoroth - Destroyer
Gorgoroth - Incipit Satan
Gorgoroth - Twilight of the Idols
Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
Gorgoroth - Quantos Passunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt
Gorgoroth - Instinctus Bestialis
Trelldom - Til Evighet
Trelldom - Til et Annet
Trelldom - Til Minne
Cradle of Filth - Invoking the Unclean
Cradle of Filth - Orgiastic Pleasure Foul
Cradle of Filth - Total Fucking Darkness
Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
*Cradle of Filth - Dusk...And Her Embrace
Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast
Cradle of Filth - Midian
Cradle of Filth - Damnation and a Day
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine
Cradle of Filth - Thornography
Cradle of Filth - Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
Cradle of Filth - Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
Cradle of Filth - The Manticore and Other Horrors
Borknagar - Borknagar
Borknagar - The Olden Domain
Borknagar - The Archaic Course
Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions
Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli
Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
*MGLA - Exercises in Futility
Mutiilation - Hail Satanas We Are the Black Legions
Mutiilation - Vampires of Black Imperial Blood
Vlad Tepes - Black Funeral March
Vlad Tepes - March to the Black Holocaust
Vlad Tepes - Black Legions Metal
Deathspell Omega - Infernal Battles
Deathspell Omega - Inquisitors of Satan
Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice
Deathspell Omega - Fas, Ite, Maledicti in Ignem Aeternum
Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
Marduk - Fuck Me Jesus
Marduk - Dark Endess
Marduk - Those of the Unlight
Marduk - Opus Nocturne
Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn...When We Are Gathered
Marduk - Nightwing
Marduk - Panzer Division Marduk
Marduk - La Grande Danse Macabre
Marduk - World Funeral
Marduk - Plague Angel
Marduk - Rom 5:12
Marduk - Wormwood
Marduk - Serpent Sermon
Marduk - Frontschwein
*Dissection - The Somberlain
*Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Dissection - Reinkaos
Watain - Rabid Death's Curse
Watain - Casus Luciferi
Watain - Sworn To the Dark
Watain - Lawless Darkness
Watain - The Wild Hunt
*Shining - Within Deep Dark Chambers
Shining - Livets ändhållplats
Shining - Angst, självdestruktivitetens emissarie
Shining - The Eerie Cold
Shining - Halmstad
Shining - Klagopsalmer
Shining - Född förlorare
Shining - Redefining Darkness
Shining - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends
Graveland - In the Glare of Burning Churches
Graveland - Carpatian Wolves
Graveland - Thousand Swords
Graveland - Following the Voice of Blood
Graveland - Immortal Pride
Graveland - Creed of Iron/Prado Stali
Graveland - Memory and Destiny
Graveland - The Fire of Awakening
Graveland - Dawn of Iron Blades
Graveland - Fire Chariot of Destruction
Graveland - Will Stronger Than Death
Graveland - Spears of Heaven
Graveland - Thunderbolts of the Gods
Graveland - Ogien Przebudzenia
Infernum - The Dawn Will Never Come
Infernum - Damned Majesty
Infernum - Taur - Nu - Fuin
Infernum - When the Light Has Died
Infernum - The Curse
Behemoth - Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)
Behemoth - Grom
Behemoth - Pandemonic Incantations
Behemoth - Satanica
Behemoth - Thelema.6
Behomoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)
Behomoth - Demigod
Behomoth - The Apostasy
Behomoth - Evangelion
Behomoth - The Satanist
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Leviathan - Scar Sighted
Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Immortal - Battles In the North
Immortal - Blizzard Beasts
*Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
Immortal - Damned in Black
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Immortal - All Shall Fall
Windir - Soknardalr
Windir - Aarntor
Windir - 1184
Windir - Likferd
Summoning - Dol Guldur
Enslaved - Nema
Enslaved - Yggdrasil
Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
Enslaved - Frost
*Enslaved - Eld
Enslaved - Blodhemn
Enslaved - Mardraum - Beyond the Within
Enslaved - Monumension
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Enslaved - Isa
Enslaved - Ruun
*Enslaved - Vertebrae
*Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
Enslaved - RIITIIR
Enslaved - In Times
Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times
Satyricon - The Shadowthrone
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
Satyricon - Rebel Extravaganza
Satyricon - Volcano
Satyricon - Now, Diabolical
Satyricon - The Age of Nero
Satyricon - Satyricon
Isengard - Vinterskugge
Isengard - Høstmørke
Storm - Nordavind
*Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
Ulver - Kveldssanger
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Ulver - Themes From William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Hades - Alone Walkying
Hades - ...Again Shall Be
Hades - Dawn of the Dying Sun
Finntroll - Midnattens Widunder
Finntroll - Jaktens Tid
Finntroll - Nattfodd
Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup
Finntroll - Nifelvind
Finntroll - Blodsvept
Primordial - Imrama
Primordial - A Journey's End
Primordial - Spirit the Earth Aflame
Primordial - Storm Before Calm
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Primordial - To the Nameless Dead
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen
Drudkh - Forgotten Legends
*Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Drudkh - The Swan Road
Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
Drudkh - Songs of Grief and Solitude
Drudkh - Estrangement
Drudkh - Microcosmos
Drudkh - A Handful of Stars
Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel
Drudkh - A Furrow Cut Short
Moonsorrow - Suden Uni
Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
Moonsorrow - Verisakeet
Moonsorrow - Viides Luku - Havitetty
Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
Cruachan - Tuatha Na Gael
Cruachan - The Middle Kingdom
Cruachan - Folklore
Cruachan - Pagan
Cruachan - The Morrigan's Call
Cruachan - Blood On the Black Robe
Cruachan - Blood For the Blood God
Negură Bunget - Zîrnindu-să
Negură Bunget Măiastru Sfetnic
Negură Bunget - N Crugu Bradului
*Negură Bunget - OM
Negură Bunget - Măiestrit
Negură Bunget - Vîrstele Pamîntului
Ash Borer - Demo
Ash Borer - Ash Borer
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages
Ash Borer - Bloodlands
Ved Buens Ende - Those Who Caress the Pale
Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters
Judas Iscariot - The Cold Earth Slept Below
Judas Iscariot - Thy Dying Light
Judas Iscariot - Of Great Eternity
Judas Iscariot - Distant In Solitary Night
Judas Iscariot - Heaven In Flames
Judas Iscariot - To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding
Urfaust - Der Freiwillige Bettler
Urfaust - Einsiedler
Urfaust - Empty Space Meditation
Fleurety - A Darker Shade of Evil
Fleurety - Min Tid Skal Komme
Fleurety - Department of Apocalyptic Affairs
Mortem - Slow Death
Arcturus - My Angel
Arcturus - Constellation
Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
Aethyrium - Demo MMXVI
Solefald - The Linear Scaffold
Solefald - Neonism
Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane
Manes - Vilosophe
In The Woods... - Isle of Men
In The Woods... - Heart of the Ages
In The Woods... - Omnio
In The Woods... - Strange in Stereo
Sigh - Desolation
Sigh - Tragedies
Sigh - Requiem for Fools
Sigh - Scorn Defeat
Sigh - Infidel Art
Sigh - Ghastly Funeral Theatre
Sigh - Hail Horror Hail
Sigh - Scenario IV: Dread Dreams
Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
Sigh - Gallows Gallery
Sigh - Hangman's Hymn
Sigh - Scenes From Hell
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Sigh - Graveward
Dodheimsgard - Kronet Til Konge
Dodheimsgard - Monumental Possession
Dodheimsgard - Satanic Art
Dodheimsgard - 666 International
Dodheimsgard - Supervillain Outcast
Dodheimsgard - A Umbra Omega
Dordeduh - Valea Omului
Dordeduh - Dar De Duh
Sabazios - Wintermass
Mysticum - Medusa's Tears
Mysticum - In the Streams of Inferno
Mysticum - Lost Masters of the Universe
Mysticum - Planet Satan
Aborym - Worshipping Damned Souls
Aborym - Kali Yuga Bizarre
Aborym - Fire Walk With Us
Aborym - With No Human Intervention
Aborym - Generator
Aborym - Psychogrotesque
Aborym - Dirty
Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun
Sacramentum - The Coming of Chaos
Sacramentum - Thy Black Destiny
*Blacklodge - Login:SataN
Blacklodge - SolarKult
Blacklodge - T/ME
Blacklodge - MachinatioN
Lifelover - Promo 2005
Lifelover - Pulver
Lifelover - Erotik
*Lifelover - Konkurs
Lifelover - Dekadens EP
Lifelover - Sjukdom
Amesoeurs - Ruines Humaines EP
Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs
Alcest - Le Secret EP
*Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde
*Alcest - Écailles de Lune
Alcest - Les Voyages de L'Âme
Alcest - Kodama
Fen - Ancient Sorrow EP
Fen - The Malediction Fields
Fen - Epoch
Fen - Towards the Shores of the End split w/ De Arma
Fen - Dustwalker
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
*Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
Wolves in the Throne Room - Malevolent Grain EP
*Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
*Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestite
*purchased or planned purchase
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