Some other notable albums from Poland I would add are: Christ Agony - Moonlight Act III Arkona - Imperium Sacrilegium - Wicher All of them came out in 1996
Rotting christ Thy mighty contract was the album that brought me into black metal for real. I've listened to songs from time to time back in the day, but after thy mighty contract I started actually buying black metal albums. Also managed to see them live where the crowd chanted their name and they came back and played The sign of evil existence. I always love to listen to their older stuff just like the mentioned thy mighty contract and non serviam, a dead poem and passage to arcturo. Like come on man, Exiled archangels are one of the best black metal songs I've ever heard.
I see, that's pretty interesting, Other bands like Immortal and Emperor got me truly in Black metal but i will definitely check out Rotting Christ and the others. Such interesting ways how different bands express themselves through their Beautiful and powerful Black metal music. I would love to check them out. I love listening to older and newer stuff as well, Great variety.
that greek scene got me bleeding cash for vinyl... RC, Katavasia, Caedes Cruenta, Yoth Iria, Cult of Eibon, Kawir, Empire of the Moon... on and fuckin on
Not gonna lie, I've set this year to be the year where I find out about and hopefully even get into bands I've yet to listen to, new or old. And this channel is doing wonders for that, from Flagitious Dilapidation in the Idiosyncrasy (I think that's the spelling that's just off the top of my head) to Intestine Baalism. I've been introduced to some actually really good music from this channel alone, and I feel it's gonna be the case for more bands throughout this year.
I've been doing that with all the bookmarks I have in keeping tab. He's a good guy in helping fuck procrastinating in the ass by chanelling who to listen to out of who I bookmarked from someone about a decade ago lol
Murder Rape is a great brazilian black metal band, they released a full length called "Celebration of Supreme Evil" in 1994. Great Vast Forest is also a bang, but they didn't release a full lenght.
Great topic. Greece (Varathron, Rotting Christ, Necromantia) and Austria (Early Abigor, summoning, early Dornenreich) are among my favorites, but almost every country has unique classics.
what everyone misses about war metal is: the grindcore influence. What sets apart Mystifier and Profanatica from Sadistik Exekution and Blasphemy is the grindcore Influence. Yes it is all a mix of black metal elements and death metal elements but an easier to set apart Bestial Black Metal and War Metal is if its closer to Death Metal or Grindcore Some of the favourite bands of Blasphemy are grindcore bands (as they have said)
That link between grindcore and black metal is no coincidence. As I remember it from those days, is that the first people I heard talking about this thing called black metal were usually dudes into grindcore. There was this one guy who used to be the vocalist of a local death/grind band who was totally immersed into the underground, and (of course) had a distro. He'd be standing there behind his boxes with demo's, cd's and vinyl by bands like Arsedestroyer, Rot, Agathocles and Regurgitate, as well as the early Wild Rags stuff, wearing a Sadistik Exekution shirt, talking about how he recently went to see these awesome bands called Blasphemy, Immortal and Rotting Christ. He's still in the scene, by the way, I run into him regularly.
I would put the death date of first wave black metal in 1988 as that was when Bathory released their last Black Metal album "Blood, Fire, Death" and the birth date for the second wave of black metal in 1988-1989 as those were the year when some of the first Second wave bands such as Samael, Rotting Christ, Blasphemy, Varathron, Mystifier, etc. started popping up with their demos. Also I would say that Root and Masters Hammers should've been in the video as those are bands that I would say bridge the gap between First and Second wave black metal as they both formed right when the first wave was in it's final stages but were starting to get notoriety in the beginning of the second wave and released their debuts during the era of Second Wave black metal.
I forgot to mention that 1988 and 1987 were also the years when many First wave Black Metal bands started changing their sound to something completely different such as Sodom, Holocausto, Mutilator, Celtic Frost, Sepultura, Etc.
That C93 shirt is killer! Looks like a dead crow. I have the weird Jesus shirt which I always feel strange wearing cause not a christian. Cool vid. I'm of the rare opinion the whole Norwegian drama was in some ways a detriment to the scene. And holy shit you got that Comus album man! Hell yeah! Interesting point about the more barbaric sounds in other bands outside of Norway. You see personally I would say a number of those bands, such as Blasphemy, are not even Black metal. Its war metal and that whole bestial sound is a different but related scene. Also the sound itself and structure of the music is incredibly different from not only early Dimmu but even Dark Throne. Summoning and Abigor are much more connected to that sound or spirit. I have said it here before and I will say it again, early Cradle is fucking amazing. Been listening to those early albums for a loooong time.
Blasphemy is black metal just because it doesn't sound like Norwegian Black Metal doesn't mean it's not black metal. Also War Metal is not a real genre and that term was created much later on during the early 2000's which was after Blasphemy's heyday. Even if you wanted to label Blasphemy as War Metal everyone will tell you that war metal is a subgenre of black metal that blends it with elements of Death Metal, Grindcore, and Thrash. Blasphemy being partially influenced by Grindcore, Death, and Thrash Metal doesn't disqualify them as being Black Metal as ALL black metal during the second wave including the Norwegian bands were influenced by said subgenres.
I know Scotland is still apart of the UK but i think the super small but creative scene in Scotland is amazing. Great mix of atmospheric/ambient to primitive savage trad bm to crust punk infused stuff. Its just a blast honestly
Scotland has the best death metal scene in the world. Bands come to mind like brainbath, tyrannus, penny coffin, rancid cadaver and especially coffin mulch 🏴 Also hellripper, the Scotland black thrash essential
A lot of amazing albums you listed here. I would agree that Blut aus Nord started off really strong but I wouldn't really say that they were by the books black metal at all. Not only is there the drum machine but Ultima thule especially is mixed so weirdly that the kick sounds like a distand thunder and the guitars are so distorted you can't really make out the riffs. But it all adds up to a very emmursive atmosphere and for me they were a sign of the amazing albums to come later in their discography.
Awesome vid as always man! Frozen Shadows - Dans les bras des immortels (1999, Full-length) as well as Empires de glace (1996, Demo) are great examples of early canadian Black Metal if you're interested
@@sothis1448 Snowland and SDG are great, they've been at it since 1997 I believe.. Overall they're definitely my favored band over FS and they could've been my pick any other day of the week, but that day was a FS day. Could've went with Tenebrae too, but I wanted to stick with just one band. Out of curiosity, what makes you say that about FS though? I'm not too-too big on the demo to be honest, but the full-length... Shits great. Would love to see your take on it.
Italy also had Opera IX. Still around, but I only listen to the stuff with Cadavaria on vocals. Their album Call of the Wood fits within your time frame.
Whenever i see reaction videos to metal bands with female vocalists i remember that band. Not the best lyrics, not the most talented vocalist ever but she was brave enough to be in that scene decades ago, i respect her.
This was a very interesting pick on how black metal was understood and portrayed outside its birthplace. And I agree with you on the mexican scene. We didn't have much going on about black metal back in the day. Mexico always had a preference for death metal, goregrind and some thrash.
Here to tell everyone to look into the Chinese bm scene. It often goes unnoticed, but offers some unique material. Particularly with their own instruments/writing style and in the vein of dsbm
You have no idea how much it warms my heart to see Bal-Sagoth get some recognition. EDIT: Shame you didn't involve EP's, because Hecate Enthroned's 'Upon Promeathean Shores (Unscriptured Waters)' is another classic of UK Black Metal.
The GOAT USBM band is THY INFERNAL. They only made two albums and broke up 20 years ago, but they rule. I was lucky enough to see them a few times locally (Portland, Oregon)but they never really toured. HIGHLY recommend checking them out!! Keep it up Hail Satan!👹
These are things most metal fans I have known generally talk about. Not sure if you are just not that familiar with many people who enjoy this music, but its common. We are nerds its that simple!
I think it was from late 1989 to mid 1994. After all that boom, some ware in prison, dead or moved on from scene. Mayhem split up for a short time. Others in the scene just started to catch up with releases. And then it went full force over the globe. 1994/1995
Some important bands from Belgium are Ancient Rites and Enthroned. They weren't mentioned here, and I would think that especially Enthroned is a big name.
Great job! you might want to check out another super early Israeli BM band, Salem, who were in contact with Deathlike Silence in real time and even got life threats from Varg (of course). Check out their "Destruction Till Death ('87).
I don't think Sadistik Exekution qualifies as 2nd Wave, I say it bc all the material they released during that period was written during the 80's and has clear still-thrashy sound. And also, this video is missing Colombian bands. Like Nebiros, Utuk-Xul, Thy Antichrist, Erzebet, Typhon, and although everyone knows it, Inquisition.
The Baltics Countries have a pretty outstanding black metal scene, talking mostly about Lithuania and Latvia. And sadly, in the context of this video, the scene was pretty active starting from 1997 and early 2000. Groups like Skyforger, Heresiarh, Anubi, Obtest. If someone is more into pagan/polytheistic aspect of black metal - check them out. And in context of this video, in context of this video, there were band Poccolus with self-titled release in 1996. Some people say it's mid, don't really agree on this one.
Germany also had Grausamkeit but I don’t know if That guy made albums or just demos but he was around early and extremely young(first record produced with 15) one man project Dungeon synth mixed with early dark throne. Very raw black metal. Unfortunately lots of people claim that the dude is doing NSBM stuff but I think it’s just shock value. Recently for some reason his early stuff got Tiktok fame...
Ah, good old Belmez. Definitely something to check out for people who always wanted to hear a lo-fi BM song about UFOs (»Lautloser Gigant«). ^^ If you haven't already, check out Priestermord as well, they may have been the very first genuine BM band from Germany.
Don't know if it's worth mentioning but, in my country, Chile, there were only 2 bands with full-length albums from the 2nd wave era. Bewitched in 1995 and Mjölner in 1996. Personally, I don't think they are that good lol but these are the first black metal albums from Chile ever, so I guess they have some importance even though there were more bands around releasing demos.
Not sure if they count as 2nd Wave (they formed in 1994 and didn't release their first album until 2001), but Dark Fortress is another cool German Black Metal band! Their sound has changed a bit over time; they started out playing fairly melodic BM, but their more recent output displays some Extreme Prog Metal characteristics. Basically, if you like Naglfar, Lunar Aurora, and Ne Obliviscaris, they're worth checking out
Despite being Norwegian I just checked out a gem called Forlorn which was Viking just before the start of Windir. I only want to give them more word, mean no disrespect to the video. If I think of any more I'll add them to my other comment here.
The unholy trinity of german black metal imo are nagelfar, moonblood and katharsis. Also how could you forget infernum, the band of the polish guy that tried to assasinate fenriz.
You put me on game with the bands shown. Thanks. Do you think you'll do a vid on one man bands in different countries? Haven't looked through all your vids, thanks for posting.
From Metal Archives, you have over 800 lp albums from both waves combined from 1980-1997... you ain't going to run out of interesting stuff to listen to for a good long while
Such a diverse style, amazing variety! I strongly disagree with starting the second wave in the 90s however... several bands in the late 80s took almost exclusive influence from the 1st wave and pushed it forward, creating the 2nd wave in the process; Tormentor (88), Master's Hammer (everything they recorded between 87 and 90), 1st Samael + the demos (87/90), Necromantia (demo 90), Mortuary Drape "Necromancy"/"Doom returns" (87/89 - sounds like Darkthrone in places!), Goatlord (87/88), Beherit (89), Blasphemy (89 - Blood upon the altar), ....all 2nd wave, and all outside Scandinavia!
There are actually more interesting stuff from Israel from those years GRIMOIRE - A Requiem for the Light 1996 Dalmerot's Kingdom - Ha'mistorin Ha'nitzchi 1998 The Bishop of Hexen - Archives of an Enchanted Philosophy 1997
love the meads but they didn't start until 1998, Jaldaboath only had his main project ewigkeit back then. although ewigkeit's Faery Lands forlorn tape is proper ukbm.
Just like when I do an Iceberg chart video I have A LOT I can discuss and I always try to make my videos not super longer thus I tend to skip over stuff . Belgium and Russia are two countries I ended up not talking about.
I actually prefer the 3rd and final Order from Chaos album, more mid tempo stuff and imo more interesting riffs. The vocals on that one are also really good.
Ireland has some pretty cool black metal. Goniloc did a whole vid on that btw. Ps. I literally kinda have the same hair style/look as Wyatt and it freaks me out.
@@wyattxhim Lithuania is such a nice little spot for both black and death metal. I know recently kens death metal crypt talked about Lithuania in a video about Eastern European death metal
You missed the part where he said only FULL-LENGTH albums from 1990-1996. According to the metal archives there is only 3 lithuanian bands who released an album in that time period, all of them in 1996 lol
I doubt most people do even know where Lithuania is. Now real talk, Eastern Europe is such an ignored area of the world, it would be very interesting if someone makes a video about what's going on in the former soviet union countries.
II tend to think 2nd wave ended in 99 why? because that's when the imitators really started to pop up. For the UK Hecate Enthroned (also check out Defod formed in 2021 but the original HE line up), Daemonum, Thine, Salem Orchid, Frost (mick kenney).
@@3y3hategod Серьезно? Чем Сингапур? )) В 90-е годы. Дебютный альбом Forest вышел в 1996 году, а демо Branikald - в 1994 году. Обе группы пользуются известностью далеко за пределами России и оказали влияние на сцену.
@@jonaskazlauskas9084 Well it wasn't. With all due respect... And that's not to say the Russian scene in the span of 1992-1996 was particularly strong, but we saw the beginnings of the likes of Forest and Branikald.
@@jonaskazlauskas9084 Rdyandalir by Branikald completely destroys even the most praised Norwegian BM albums, I'd say it was worth mentioning along with other Blazebirth Hall projects
