Death/Black

Anyone into death black metal? I would figure at least a few would be and since someone put a pop, phleminem, gindcore topic up I thought I'd put something I enjoy up.

to limit myself to a few,
God Dethroned
CoF
Cannibal Corpse
Marduk
Mayhem
Immortal
Deicide

And yours?

All those of course, and more. Morbid Angel has always been a favorite.

Yeah I'd have to say I like them also. I got to see them on the Pantera/Morbid angel/Soul fly tour I went to a few years back. Phil even came out to sing with Morbid and man does he have a good death metal growl!

How about some bands with more creativity and originality? (not that Morbid Angel's bad... they were just better in the early days)

Aborym
Absu
Averse Sefira
Barathrum
Beherit
Bestial Warlust
Centinex
Demoncy
Graveland
Krieg
Limbonic Art
Manes
Profanum... eh... forget it. I'll stop here

Some good bands listed, but creativity and originality comes out of more well known bands also. Just because they have a greater fan base doesn't make the band not creative. To date I've never heard a better Cannibal Corpse, a better Cradle of Filth. Original? I've never heard malice through the looking glass played by anyone else. Nor have I heard another skull full of maggots.

I think everyone has left out the godfathers of the death/black metal scene...Hypocrisy. totally sick ass band.

i like all kinds of metal, in terms of death/black

Agalloch
Bethlehem
Nile
Morbid Angel
Emperor
Arcturus/Ulver
Rune
Exhumed
Edge of Sanity (Crimson PT2 coming soon)
Carcass
tons more...

I had a thread "Metalheads, UNITE!" Anyway, here's my list.

Emperor
Amon Amarth
Hate Eternal
Diabolic
In Flames
Arch Enemy
Opeth
Nile
Morbid Angel
Death(RIP Chuck)

Just got back from an In Flames show, so I'm a bit partial to them a the moment...
other bands that annihilate:
Emperor
Dying Fetus
Dark Tranquility
Dimmu Borgir
Opeth
Napalm Death
SYL...
too many now that I think about it.

yes it is a challenge to limit yourself to a few bands because most every band I see listed there I enjoy also. Tis nice to see I am not alone in my taste for music.

Angel Corpse
Manegarm
Naglfar
Deicide
Impaled
Exhumed
Morbid Angel

Very similar to Cradle of Filth, and arguably better - Abyssos

I've rediscovered Septic Flesh after hearing Sumerian Daemons in full. Wow. Just plain, wow. Makes me want to cry that they broke up this year. It's only like $9 from The End Records, so I don't think anyone has an excuse to not buy it.

Children Of Bodom, Old Man's Child, My Dying Bride, Ed Gein, Darkest Hour, Acid Bath, Pig Destroyer, Cryptopsy, Circle Of Dead Children, Anal Cunt, Gwar, ... those are bands that aren't mentioned, or I just didn't look to see... as a lot of great ones were mentioned already

hmm black?
Setherial, Ulver, Darkthrone, Mayhem, Kvist, Dissection, Bathory, Behemoth, Absu, Naglfar, (early) Burzum, Dark Funeral, Hecate Enthroned, Frozen Shadows, Enslaved...etc etc etc

death....
Suffocation (my personal favorite), Nile, Disgorge (mexico and san diego), Nile, Dripping, Exhumed, Dying Fetus, Deeds of Flesh, Circle Of Dead Children, Possessed, Deprecated, blah blah blah

good genres i would say...many a good band

[Edited on Dec 01, 2003 by JomRopGame]

Doom/Dirge Death Metal like Shape of Despair is good
Can't forget the classics like Celtic Frost and Possessed
For more obscure black metal - Azaghal,Mutiilation, Baltak, etc

Anaal Nathrakh is fairly obscure as well and totally kick ass.

Burzum
Judas Iscariot
Leviathan (u.s.)
Obtained Enslavement
Gorgoroth
Weakling
Graveland
Pest
Abruptum
the first Forest of Impaled e.p.
Ulver
Bethlehem
Enslaved

DEATH TO CRADLE OF TRAITORS!!!
HAIL THE TRUE BLACK METAL UNDERGROUND!!!

...i've always wanted to do that

oh, yeah. screw "nu metal" treason, too.

As I listen to it now, I shall mention Bathory. His old stuff that is.

Funny Cradle story. In July when they were in Indy for Ozzfest (me and the bro went. he's nuts about CoF) my friend Dani and her parents hung out with them. Apparently CoF likes to go to Wallmart and Appleby's when they're in the states, and my friend literally lives across the street from both. I guess they were both at there at the same time and hit it off. CoF ended up staying the night at said friend's house, and I have the photos to prove it. She called me the next day screaming about how she hung out with rock stars. I just laughed because she had no clue who they were. Crazy.

Anyway...not much into the stuff, but my brother's crazy about it. In terms of metal, I like bands like Opeth and Dimmu Borgir more...

Cattle Decapitation is probably the only black/death metal band I can say I really enjoy. It's the kind of band you have to see live though, their record "To Serve Man" while good just wasn't up to par with their live show. They have one of the most talented singers I have ever seen.

You have given me more reasons why I should boycott Cradle of Filth. Thank you.