The Black Metal List Jan. 5/2000C.E. (4/7 K-O)
Heathen Irredentist
# Nazi band, if you care
And the Battles will Start Again/demo/1997
<split with Kaiadas>/7"/2000 [STP]
Kalm: Estonia 1995-2000
# Main member died in a car accident
Kattemaks Hunti Dele/demo/1996
Org/demo/1997
...Ioputu/MCD/1998 [self]
Igaveseks Mälestama Moistetud/2000 [Guano] (split with Assamalla)
Kampfar: Norway 1994-
# One-man project of Dolk, ex-Mock
# Burzum soundalike
Promo 1995/demo/1995
Kampfar/MCD/1996 [SOM]
# The promo + one track
Mellom Skogkledde Aaser/1997 [Mal]
Norse/MCD/1999 [Ham2]
Fra Underverdenen/1999 [Ham2]
Katatonia: Sweden 1987-1989, 1991-1994, 1996-
# Not to be confused with Catatonia, the Welsh pop-band.
# Melodic Doomdeath with a few Black Metal overtones and tendencies
# towards the gothic.
Jhva Elohim Meth/demo/1992
# This is their blackest recording
Jhva Elohim Meth... the Revival/MCD/1993 [Victor]
# The demo released on CD
Dance Of December Souls/1993 [NF/Pave]
<one track promo>/demo/1994
For Funerals To Come.../EP/1995 [AG]
# And this isn't Black at all
Brave Murder Day/1996 [AG]
# A US version includes the "For Funerals To Come..." EP?
<split with Primordial>/10"/1996 [Mis]
Sounds Of Decay/MCD/1997 [AG]
Saw You Drown/MCD/1998 [AG]
# Style Change...
Discouraged Ones/1998 [AG]
# Now atmospheric alternative rock
Tonight's Decision/1999 [MFN/Peaceville]
Jhva Elohim Meth/12"/2000 [VC]
# Finally, the demo on vinyl
Kataxu: Poland ????-
# Nazi band, if you care
North/demo/1996 (split with Thunderbolt)
Roots Thunder/demo/1998
<split with Thunderbolt>/2000 [Ances]
(a full-length should appear in 2001)
Katharsis: Germany ????-
Terror Storm and Dark Arts/demo/1996
The Red Eye of Wrath/demo/1997
Into Endless Chaos/demo/1998
Dawn of a New Order/7"/2000 [Sombre] (split with Nhaavah)
Trident Trinity/demo/2000 (split with Deathcult)
666/12"/2000 [Sombre]
Kawir: Greece 1993-1999
# An atmospheric variant of the Greek sound.
# they now have an "alternative" Greek name: Kabeipos.
Demo '93/demo/1993
Promo 93/demo/1993
<split with Sigh>/7"/1994 [Cac]
Eumenides /7"/1995 [DS]
Promo '95/demo/1995
Demo '95/demo/1995
The Adored Cry of Olympus/7"/1995 [ML]
Kawir/7"/1995 [DS]
The Ancient Spirits/demo/1996
To Kavirs/12"/1996 [DS]
Pros Kaweirous/1996 [Nyx]
# LP has different cover
To Kavirs/1997 [Nyx]
# The EP + Bonus Tracks
Epotia/1999 [Storm]
Keep Of Kalessin: 1993-1996 as Ildskjaer, 1996- as Keep of Kalessin
Skygger av Sorg/demo/1996
Through Times of War/1998 [AG]
Agnen, A Journey Through The Dark/1999 [AG]
Khephra: Italy ????-
# With Cultus Sanguine Drummer
Kheprhra/demo/1996
Khephra/MCD [Lucretia]
Khazad Dhum: Germany ????-
# "Fast, aggressive Black Metal".
# Is that the correct band name? Tolkien spelled it "Khazad Dum".
Blackest/1996 [Mind]
Kohort: Poland ????-
# Nazi band, if you care.
Meggido Eve/demo/1996
Christian Masquerade/demo/1996
Christian Masquerade/1996 [ED]
Korova: Austria 1990-2000, 2000-
# Barock Black Metal?
Promo '94/demo/1994
A Kiss in the Charnel Fields/1995 [Nap2]
Echoworld/1997 [self]
Dead Like an Angel/1998 [Nap2]
A Kiss in the Charnel Fields/12"/1999 [self]
# Improved layout, re-mastered, etc.
(Back together and signed to Red Stream now)
Korozy: Bulgaria 1994-
Inscription/demo/????
Long Road to the Land of Black/1999 [BT]
Kovenant, the: Norway 1992-1998 as Covenant, 1998- as The Kovenant
# From easy-listening keyboard based black metal to
gothic/industrial/mainstream?
From The Storms Of Shadows/demo/1994
In The Times Before The Light/demo/1995
In The Times Before The Light/1996 [Mord]
# Not the same as the demo
Nexus Polaris/1998 [NB]
# Even easier listening
# The above were done as Covenant
Anamatronic [NB]
# Like Marilyn Manson they say
Krieg: US ????-1997 as Imperial, 1997- as Krieg
Endless Path/demo/1996
# As Imperial
Rise of the Imperial Hordes/1997 [BFD]
None Shall Escape the Wrath/2000 [Spike]
# Split with Eternal Majesty, Judas Iscariot, and Macabre Omen
(split 7" with Lust, split CD with Nebron and Allfather, and new CD
soon)
Krig: Germany ????-
Raben, Schwerter und Blut/demo/1997
Forced into Holocaust Frozen Clouds/demo/1998
Throne of Majesty Triumph/2000 []
Kristallnacht: France 1994-1997 as Funeral, 1997- as Kristallnacht
# Fast with lots of keyboards
# Nazi band, if you care
Black Flame of Unholy Hate/demo/1995
# As Funeral
<split with Osculum Infame>/demo/1996 [AMSG]
# As Funeral
<split with Morke>/demo/1997
Warspirit/MCD/1999 [DTB]
Kult ov Azazel: USA 1999-2000 as Azazel, 2000- as Kult ov Azazel
Entering Ereberus/demo/1999
Order of the Fly/MCD/1999 [self]
Live 7-18-99/demo/1999
Forever Heaven Gone/demo/1999
Of Evil and Hatred/demo/2000
Order of the Fly/2000 [BFD]
# Includes a bonus live track
(split with Krieg and 'Triumph of Fire' CD in 2001)
Kvikksølvguttene: Norway ????-
# With Necro Butcher of Mayhem
# Old style
Gamlem/demo/????
Gamlem/MCD/1997 [HNF/VOW?/PC?]
Krieg/1997 [HNF]
Kvist: Norway 1994-1997
# Typically fast and Norwegian
Demo 95/demo/1995
For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike/1996 [AG]
(Avantgarde may release some demo material?)
Kyrprian's Circle: Finland ????-
Käärmeenkantaja/demo/1997
Noitatulen Vartija/MCD/2000 [Silv]
(signed to Woodcut now)
La Caruta di li Dei: 1997-(project)
# Project of Inchiuvatu member. Same Sicilian Lyrics
New Life/demo/1997
Mediterraneo Atto I/1998 [Inch]
Langsuir: Malaysia 1991-
# A Langsuir is a kind of vampire if I'm not mistaken
Occultus Mysticism/demo/1993
The Eastern Cruelty/demo/1996
The Eastern Cruelty/MCD/1997 [OE/NE]
Riusgnal/1999 []
Legion Of Doom: Greece 1990-
# Nazi band, if you care
<split with Paralysis>/demo/1992
# The band were Death Metal Here
Passage Through...The Circle/7"/1993 [ML] (split with Bestial Wrath)
Desecration/demo/1994
The Kingdom Of Endless Darkness/1995 [SP]
For Those Of The Blood/1997 [Hyp]
Lemegethon: Greece ????-
Dethronement Of The Light/demo/1991
Spiritus Locus/demo/1993
Demonic Hellhounds/7"/1994 [WL]
Liar Of Golgotha: Netherlands 1993-1994, 1995 -
# Funeral Winds side project, then became a full-time band
The Seventh Winter/7"/MC/1994 [Maggot/Who]
Winter Returns.../demo/1995
Dancing Through The Palace of Unholy.../12"/1995 []
Vendetta/MCD/1996 [Cry]
Dancing Through The Palace Of Unholy.../1996 [Shs]
# Right, the LP on CD
Dwell Within the Mysterious Dark/1998 [Mascot]
Ancient Wars/2000 [Mascot]
Limbonic Art: Norway ????-
Rehearsal 95/demo/1995
Rehearsal 96/demo/1996
Moon In The Scorpio/1997 [NA]
# Dbl LP has bonus tracks
In Abhorrence Dementia/1997 [NA]
# The limited edition 2LP version has two bonus tracks
Epitome of Illusions/1998 [NA]
# Re-recorded demo tracks.
# The Picture Disc has a bonus track
Ad Noctem - Dynasty of Death/1999 [NA]
# Yes, the vinyl has a bonus track
Chronicles of Limbo/12" box set/2000 [Ham2]
# The three albums on six picture discs
(A Four CD box set will be released by Hammerheart in 2001)
(And a new album in late 2001)
Long Voyage Back: Australia ????-
# With ex-Hobbs' Angel of Death/current Destroyer 666 member
Long Voyage Back/1998 [MI]
Long Voyage Back II/1999 [MI]
Lord: France 1994-
# Not to be confused with the Czech heavy metal band
# Keyboard heavy
Lord/demo/1995
Behind the Curtains of Darkness/1997 [Neat]
Lord Astaroth: Germany ????-
Frankonian Frost/7"/1998 [PT] (split with Cryptic Wintermoon)
Lord Belial: Sweden 1992-
# Somewhat in the Unanimated/Dissection/etc "Swedish" style. Unusual
# instrument: flute
The Art Of Dying/demo/1993
Into The Frozen Shadows/demo/1994
Kiss The Goat - Sic Transit Gloria Mundi/1995 [NF]
Enter The Moonlight Gate/1997 [NF]
# Much rawer and colder
The Unholy Crusade/1999 [NF]
Lord Blasphemate: Brazil ????-
# Like old Rotting Christ they say
Hail Satan/demo/1993
Demo '94/demo/1994
The Sun that Never Dies/1999 [Blas]
Lorde of All Desires: US 1997-
Crowned in Blasphemy/1999 [Tk]
The Scent of Malevolence/2000 [RoE]
Lord Kaos: Australia 1994-
Path to my Funeral Light/demo/1995
# Never officially released they say
Thorns Of Impurity/1996 [Whd]
Lords of Algol: US ????-
# In the Bal-Sagoth school they say
Disciple of Mysteries/2000 [Medea]
Loucyfer: Brazil ????-
# Black Metal?
Land of Lust/demo/1990
Flesh Desires/demo/1991
Worship Flesh/???? [Cogu]
<split With Cirhosis>/???? [Cogu]
????/???? [Cogu]
Lucifugum: Ukraine ????-
# Nokturnal Mortum member involved here
Through the Indifferent Sky/demo/????
Gates of Nocticula/demo/1996
The Wolves.../demo/1996
Path of Wolf/demo/1997 (split with Nokturnal Mortum)
Skvozj Ravnodushnoey Njebo/demo/1998
# Is that title ok?
Nachristichryastchyah/demo/1999
Invade/2000 [WiI]
Lugubrum: Belgium 1993-
Black Prophecies/demo/1993
-/demo/1994
# Right, no title...
Winterstones/1995 [Skr]
Gedachte & Geheugen/1997 [Skr]
# Half of the album is electronic
De Totem/1999 [Berz]
# Yes, a banjo is used on a track or two here
Lunacy: Russia ????-
# Industrial Black Metal
When Death and Frost Unite - Music of Downfall/1998 [Cor]
# Two recordings on one disc
Lunar Aurora: Germany 1994-
# Lots of keyboards!
A Wandering Winterdream Beneath The Cold Moon/demo/1995
Auf Dunklen Schwingen/demo/1996
# Translation: "On dark wings"
Weltengänger/1997 [Voices]
# Translation: "Globetrotter" or what???
Seelenfeuer/MCD/1998 [Voices]
Of Stargates and Bloodstained Celestial Spheres/1999 [Ket]
Auf einer Wanderung durch goldene Sphären.../7"/2000 [] (split with
Secrets of the Moon)
(New album on Ars Metalli soon)
Lungorthin: Germany 1995-
The Magister/demo/1997
Glemt/demo/1997
...as Night Gets Colder/1998 [self]
Prophecy of Eternal Winter/2000 [Folter]
Lupercalia: Italy ????-
# 'Brutal but Atmospheric Black Metal'
Per Amica Silentia Lunea/demo/1997
The Moaning Age/MCD/2000 [Exp]
Lux Occulta: Poland ????-
# Symphonic Black like... many other bands nowadays
# They call it 'Occult Metal'
The Forgotten Arts/demo/1995
Forever Alone Immortal/1996 [Pagan]
# This is very catchy and melodic
Dionysos/1997 [Pagan]
Major Arcana (The Words That Turn Flesh into Light)/1998 [Pagan]
# Demo + Unreleased Tracks
My Guardian Anger/1999 [Pagan]
Lycanthropy: US 1994-
# Started out kind of Darkthrone sounding. Now more atmospheric
# Not to be confused with the early 90s US thrash (?) band
Sanctity Of The Black/demo/1995
Amduscias/demo/1995
Promo 1995/demo/1995
The Veils Of Sorrow/MCD/1996 [PTE]
...As The Mourners Arise/1998 [PTE]
Macabre Omen: Greece 1994-
Secrets of the Moonlight/demo/1994
Before Darkness.../demo/1995
Olympos/demo/1996
<split with Godblood>/7"/1998 [Dae]
<split with Walhalla>/7"/1999 []
None Shall Escape the Wrath/2000 [Spike]
# Split with Judas Iscariot, Eternal Majesty, and Krieg
Mactätus: Norway 1992- ex-Blasphemy
# Death gone symphonic black
Black Poetry/demo/????
In Sorrow/demo/1994
Sorgvinter/demo/1996
Blot/1997 [Emb]
# Translation: "Sacrifice" (roughly)
Dark Journey/MCD/1997 [self]
Provenance of Cruelty/1998 [Nap2]
The Complex Bewitchment/2000 [Nap2]
Magister Dixit: Canada 1997-
The Epoch of Unblessed Tragedies/demo/1998
Andar and the Curse of Azagoth/2000 [Frowz]
Maldoror: 1995-1997 as Funeral Fog, 1997- as Maldoror
# Not to be confused with the one-man French band
De Mysteriis Serpentis/demo/1996
# As Funeral Fog
Behind a Bloodstained Moon/demo/1997
# As Funeral Fog
Kerioth/demo/1998
Ars Magica/1999 [Alkaid]
In Saturn Mystique/2000 [Ndar]
Malificarium: Colombia ????-
# Not to be confused with the Italian band.
The Dust of The Real Path/demo/1996
Unholy Falldown of Christianism/1996 []
Malign: Sweden ????-
Demo '95/demo/1995
Fireborn/7"/1998 [Shadow]
Malignant Eternal: Norway 1991-
In the Realm of Flames/demo/1993
Tårnet /1996 [self/Hot]
# Along the lines of Bathory's "Blood Fire Death"
Far Beneath the Sun/1997 [Nap2]
20th Century Beast/MCD/1998 [Nap2]
Alarm/1999 [Nap2]
# Industrial/avantgarde like every other Norwegian band now...
Malkuth: Brazil 1993-
Orgies In The Temple Of Christ (Bastard Son)/demo/1995
Glory and Victory/demo/1996
Under Delight Of The Black Candle/7"/1997 [Demise]
Promo 97/demo/1997
The Dance of the Satan's Bitch/1998 [Demise]
Malleus Maleficarum: France 1997-
Promo '99/demo/1999
Heic Noenum Pax/MCD/1999 [self]
Zarach'Baal'Tharagh/demo/2000
Malvery: Canada ????-
# "Suicidal Black Metal"
Suffering Victims/demo/1994
Cry for Satan/demo/1994
Profund Darkness/demo/1995
Promo '98/demo/1998
Mortal Entrechment In Requiem/1999 [Frowz]
# Yep, the vocalist killed himself after the recording
Manes: Norway ????-
Maanens Natt/demo/1993
# Translation: "The night of the moon"
Ned I Stillheten/demo/1994
Til Kongens Grav De Døde Vandrer/demo/1995
# Translation: "To the king's grave the dead wander"
Ned I Stillheten/MCD/1998 [Ham2]
Maanens Natt/MCD/1998 [Ham2]
# Both demos released on separate CDs
Under Ein Blodraud Maane/1998 [Ham2]
Maniac Butcher: Czechia 1992-2000
# The demos were 'Satanic' death metal
Immortal Death/demo/1993
The Incapable Carrion/demo/1995
Black Hordes Of Saaz/7"/1996 [VB/PG] (split with Dark Storm)
Barbarians/1996 [PG]
Lucan-Antikrist/1996 [PG]
Live in Annaberg/demo/1997
Krvestreb/1997 [PG/Sombre]
Cerna Krev/1998 [PG]
Proti Vsem/1999 [PG] (split with Sezarbil and Inferno)
Invaze/1999 [PG]
Live in Open Hell/demo/1999
Sangue Negro/2000 [Mega]
# Brazillian version of 'Cerna Krev' with Portuguese booklet
Epitaph/2000 [PG]
Mantarak: Estonia 1996-
# Draconis of Tharaphita
Roosteitk/demo/1996
Roosteitk/demo/1998
# Not the same as the '96 demo
Viimanegi Veri/2000 [Guano]
Mareridt: Denmark 1995-
En Vinters Mareridt/demo/1996
Lad Hornene Gjalde/demo/1996
Det Evige Mareridt/demo/1998
Lad Hornene Gjalde.../demo/1998
# Re-recorded title track/new layout
Med Vold Skal Verden Bygges/demo/1999
Med Vold Skal Verden Bygges/7"/1999
Mors Angelorum/demo/2000
(Split with Ad Noctem up next)
Marduk: Sweden 1990 as God, 1990- as Marduk
# Fast modern Black Metal. The demo and the two first albums are more
# Deathish, the later material is *very* fast.
# Marduk is a Babylonian god
Fuck Me Jesus/demo/1991
Dark Endless/1992 [NF/Nec]
Those Of The Unlight/1993 [Osmose]
Opus Nocturne/1994 [Osmose]
Fuck Me Jesus/MCD/7"/1995 [Osmose]
# Right, the demo, with new cover painting. Banned in many countries.
Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered/1996 [Osmose]
Glorification/EP/1996 [Osmose]
# Remix of title track (originally from "Heaven Shall Burn..." +
covers:
# "Total Desaster" (Destruction), "Sodomize The Dead" & "Sex With
Satan"
# (Piledriver) and "The Return Of Darkness And Evil" (Bathory)
# The vinyl version has bonus Venom cover.
Live In Germania/1997 [Osmose]
# Right, a live album
Nightwing/1998 [Osmose]
Here's no Peace/1998 [Shadow]
Curse of the Undead/12"/1998 [bootleg]
# Live bootleg
Panzer Division Marduk/1999 [Osmose]
Fuck Me Jesus/1999 [Osmose]
# Re-released with two Bathory covers and a re-recorded track.
Obedience/MCD/2000 [BDa]
Infernal Eternal/2000 [BDa]
# Live
Marhoth: Poland ????-
# Burzum atmosphere/vocals + folk music
Promo '96/demo/1996
Sovereigns of Northernlands/1998 [Ast] (split with Grom and North)
Martyrium: Germany ????-1995
# Raw Black Metal with good intros/fillers...
# Some of the members are now in Secrets Of The Moon
Invocation Of The Maat/demo/1992
Through The Aeon/demo/1993
Arcanum De Via Occulta/demo/1993
L.V.X Occulta/1994 [Mer]
Maskim: US 1996-
# With Blakk from Angelkill
Maskim/demo/1996
Impaled/demo/1998
Battlestorm/MCD/1999 [self]
('Conquest' will be released some day)
Masochist: US 1992-1996
# Quite Death-ish. After the split the members went to Summon and
# Winds Of The Black Mountain.
Feast Of The Goat/demo/1992
Fuck Your God/demo/1993
Frost Of The Diabolical Forest/demo/1994
????/demo/????
Fuck Your God/7"/1994 [PS]
# That demo?
Sucking The Tongue Of The Ancient One/demo/1994
Nocturnal Practices/demo/1995
The Satanic Baptism/demo/1995
("Frost Of The Diabolical Forest" might be released on CD by Moribund)
Master's Hammer: Czechia 1983-
# Early on basic Black Metal - in their hayday orchestral Black Metal
# with keyboards and tympans!
# Is that start year correct?
Finished/demo/1988
The Mass/demo/1989
The Fall Of Idol/demo/1990
Ritual/1991 [Mon/Osmose]
# The Czech CD version has 2 extra tracks "Zapalili Jsme" and
"Vykoupeni"
Klavierstück/7"/1992 [PS]
# "Cards Do Not Lie"/"Satrapold"
Jilemnicky Okultista/demo/1992
The Jilemnice Occultist/1993 [Osmose/JLA]
# No, it's not called "..Filemnice...", that's a misprint
Slágry/1995 [Kron-H]
# This is not even Metal. You have been warned.
Mastiphal: Poland ????-
Nocturnz Landscape/demo/1993
Sowing Profane Seed/demo/1994
For The Glory Of All Evil/demo/1995
# A demo for the album?
For A Glory Of All Evil Spirits, Rise For Victory/1996 [Noct/Fai]
Sowing Profane Seeds/1997 [Fai]
# The demo?
("Seed Of Victory" out ever on FMP?)
(and new album on Faithless?)
Mater Tenebre: Italy ????-
Demo '97/demo/1997
Necrocturna Demoniaca/2000 [Ndar]
Mayhem: Norway 1984-1993, 1994-
# Legendary band that kickstarted the second wave of black metal.
# The "True" was placed above the logo to prevent confusion with the
# numerous other same name bands of the time, for example the
Germans.
# Going from primitive classic Death/Black to the modern high speed
style.
# The "new" version consists of Hellhammer, Necro Butcher,
# Maniac and Blasphemer (new guitarist, also in Aura Noir).
# Some of the bootleg dates are probably off, obviously
Pure Fucking Armageddon/demo/1986
# Re-released in 1991 with "Voice Of A Tortured Skull" included
# Original version being limited to 100 copies, re-release being
noted
# as that: a re-release for promotional purposes
Voice Of A Tortured Skull/demo/1986
Deathcrush/demo/EP/1987 [PC/DSP]
# re-released 1993 on DSP
Live In Leipzig/1992 [OP/AG]
# recorded 1990. Original 12" had 2 studio tracks.
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas/1994 [DSP/VOW/CM]
A Tribute To The Black Emperors/1994 [LOTRS] (split with Morbid)
# Mayhem songs are "Necrolust"/"Carnage"/"The Freezing Moon"/"Funeral
Fog"
# "Carnage"/"The Freezing Moon" are the same recordings that appeared
on
# the "Projections Of A Stained Mind" compilation & as bonus tracks
on the
# LP version of the live album.
In Memoriam/7"/1994 [bootleg]
# 2 live songs from "Live In Leipzig" + rehearsal version of "Funeral
Fog"
Dawn Of The Black Hearts/1995 [War]
# Kind of a bootleg. Live recordings from 1990 and 1986.
# Has the picture of Dead found dead on the cover.
????/12"/???? [bootleg]
The Dawn Of The Black Hearts/1996 [bootleg]
# As above, but only the 1990 recording. Better looking packaging.
<split with Thou Shalt Suffer and Zemial>/1995 [bootleg]
Pure Fucking Armageddon/1996 [DH?]
# Probably a bootleg not put out by Die Hard, content like the 1991
demo
# re-release. The CD version has better packaging.
The True Black/MC/1996 [bootleg] (split with Zemial)
# Actually the same as the split with Thou Shalt Suffer and Zemial,
but
# without the Thou Shalt Suffer tracks.
Born Into Evil/MC/???? [bootleg]
# "Live In Leipzig" + "Carnage" 1990 version + "Pure Fucking
Armageddon"
# demo + parts of "Voice Of A Tortured Skull" demo?
Out From The Dark/picture 12"/1996 [bootleg/Bme]
# Rehearsal with Dead
In Memoriam/1996 [bootleg]
# The 7" + many more rehearsal tracks
Freezing Moon/Carnage/picture 12"/1997 [Bme]
# Those 1990 recordings strike again
Ancient Skin/MCD/1997 [Mis]
# "Ancient Skin"/"Necrolust"
# Limited to 500 copies!
Wolf's Lair Abyss/MCD/1997 [Mis]
The Return/12"/???? [bootleg]
# First live performance with the new line-up.
Ancient Skin/Necrolust/7"/1998 [bootleg]
# The MCD bootleged apparently
A Tribute to the Black Emperors/12"/1998 [bootleg]
# On picture disc now
War and Sodomy/12"/1999 [bootleg]
Carnage/7"/1999 [bootleg]
Mediolanum Capta Est/1999 [AV]
# Live in Italy
I love Transyilvania/7"/1999 [bootleg]
Ha-Elm Zalag/12"/1999 [bootleg]
# A live recording
<split with Zykon-B>/picture disc 7"/1999 [Ham2]
# The Mayhem side is "Necrolust"
Grand Declaration of War/2000 [SOM]
Pure Fucking Armageddon/6"/2000 [bootleg]
Pure Fucking Armageddon/Carnage/6"/2000 [bootleg]
Life Eternal/6"/2000 [bootleg]
Pagan Fears/6"/2000 [bootleg]
From the Darkest Past/6"/2000 [bootleg]
Cursed in Eternity/6"/2000 [bootleg]
Carnage/6"/2000 [bootleg]
Chainsaw Gutsfuck/6"/2000 [bootleg]
Deathcrush/6"/2000 [bootleg]
# A series of Russian 6" flexi vinyls, all multi-colored and
one-sided
Medieval Demon: Greece 1993-
# The jail/sexual assault rumour is a lie
Night Of The Infernal Lords/demo/1994
<split with Invocation>/7"/1995 [DS]
# One track taken from the first demo
Promo 95/demo/1995
Blood Is The Life... The Only Path To Immortality/demo/1997
# Or is this called 'Cursed Eyes'?
Demonolatria/1998 [Uni]
# Recorded in 1996
Mefisto: Sweden 1984-1987
# A cult band to many. One of the first to emerge after Bathory
Megolomania/demo/1986
The Puzzle.../demo/1987
Mefisto/1999 [BDa]
# The old tracks
Meggido: 1995-1998 as ChorazaiM, 1998- as Megiddo
# "Traditional Black Metal"
Hymns to the Apocalypse/demo/1999
The Heretic/demo/1999
The Final War/demo/1999
# Both demos
The Devil and the Whore/2000 [BW]
Melechesh: Netherlands/Israel 1993-
# Israelis relocated to the Netherlands
# NW, if you care
As Jerusalem Burns/demo/1995
The Siege Of Lachish/7"/1996 [DMP]
As Jerusalem Burns... Al' Intisar/1997 [BON/Pul]
('Djinn' out soon on Osmose)
Melek Taus: Sweden ????-
# Swedish style + Heavy Metal.
We Unite/demo/1995
Expulsion From The Realms Of Light (Encircled By Fire)/MCD/1997 [ND]
Memorial: Netherlands ????-
# Like old Immortal they say
????/demo/????
Enter my Megaron/2000 [Baph]
Mephistopheles: Germany ????-
Invoking the Eternal/demo/1994
Landscape Symphonies/1997 [Api]
Songs of the Desolate One/1999 [LE]
Messe Noir: US 1995-
# "War Metal"
The Throne of Ninninhagal/demo/1996
Mandal - Gate of the Calling/1998 [self]
Metraton: Italy ????-
# Black/Industrial, but borderline Metal even?
Armies of Darkness Unite/MCD/1999 [Holo]
Miasthenia: Brazil ????-
Para o Encante de Sabbat/demo/1995
Faun/demo/1996
Visions of Nocturnal Tragedies/1998 [EH] (split with Songe D'enfer)
# the 'Faun' demo
Midgard: Italy ????-
A New Aeon in Black/demo/1997
Mystic Journey Through the Ages/1999 [Hem]
Midvinter: Sweden 1993-????
Midvinternatt/demo/1994
At The Sight Of The Apocalypse Dragon/1997 [Bdia/Inv]
('Daughter of the Serpent' was never recorded)
Misery: Switzerland ????-1994?
# Slow, like Samael, leaning to the Doom side of things
# Contained the original Samael drummer Pat.
Burning Alive/demo/1990
Tormented Soul/demo/1991
Mystic/1993 [Bla]
Misteltein: Sweden ????-
# Ala modern Dimmu Borgir
Spawn of the Phantom Moon/demo/1998
Rape in Rapture/2000 [NF]
Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra: Ukraine ????-
# Mostly just ambient music, but some later stuff is black metal
# Nokturnal Mortum members
Midnight Fullmoon/demo/1997
Paganism/demo/1997
When/demo/1997
# These are ambient
The Key to the Gates of Apocalypse/1999 [END]
# This has Black Metal
Mistik: Malaysia ????-
Airmata Sesalan/demo/1998
Satan in my Embrace/1999 [] (split with Ritual Orchestra)
# The demo
Mithotyn: Sweden 1993-1998
# Melodic and heavy metal based
Behold The Shields Of Gold/demo/1993
Promo 94/demo/1994
Nidhogg/demo/1995
Promo '96/demo/1996
In The Sign Of The Ravens/1997 [Inv]
King of the Distant Forest/1998 [Inv]
Gathered around the Oaken Table/1999 [Inv]
Mjölnir: Germany ????-
Midgard, Erwache!/demo/1997
<split with Antichrist>/demo/1997
Walpurgisfeuer/demo/1997
Hinweg über Die Tore Der Zeit/1999 [DTB]
# To be re-released by Undercover Records soon
Mock: Norway ????-1994
# Dolk went on to form Kampfar afterwards
Cold Winter/demo/1993
Cold Winter/1995 [Ham2] (split with Tumulus)
# The Mock tracks equal the demo
Vinterlandet/MCD/1996 [Ham2]
# Translation: "The winterland".
Monumentum: Italy 1987-
# In the beginning on the Black side; later on the music changed
Museaum Hermeticum/demo/1989
# Sounds quite Celtic Frost-ish
<split with Rotting Christ>/7"/12"/1991 [OP]
# No longer Black. The picture disc 12" is a 1996 re-release
In Absentia Christi/1995 [Mis]
# Not Metal! This is something Gothic/Avant Garde
(Signed to Moonfog now)
(Demos will be re-released?)
Moonblood: Germany ????-1994 as Demoniac, 1994-2000 as Moonblood
# This band is infamous for releasing rehearsals every few months
# Raw and traditional
????/demo/????
# As Demoniac
????/demo/????
# As Demoniac
Moonblood/demo/1994
Nosferatu/demo/1995
The Winter Falls Over the Land/demo/1995
Siegfried/demo/1995
<split with Nema>/7"/1995 [VOD]
Hordes of Hate/7"/1996 [Sombre] (split with Asakku)
Blut & Krieg/12"/MC/1997 [Sombre]
# Translation: "Blood & War"
# MC has two bonus tracks
Kingdom Under Dark Skies/7"/1999 [Sombre] (split with Inferno)
Fuck Peace! We're at War!/demo/1999 (split with Evil)
Taste our German Steel!/12"/2000 [EAL]
('Mondblut' 7" and split with Deathspell Omega still to be released)
Moonlore: Norway ????-
# Black/Gothic/Electronic
Rehearsal '94/demo/1994
The Spheres Beneath the Heaven/1997 [Mal]
Moonspell: Portugal 1988-1992 as Morbid God, 1993- as Moonspell
# Early on more traditional Black Metal, then more doomy and gothic
# They do no longer want to be known as a Black Metal band
Serpent Angel/demo/1992
# Also known as "Promo 92". As Morbid God.
Anno Satanae/demo/1993
Goat On Fire/7"/1994 [ML]
# two songs from the "Anno Satanae" demo
Under The Moonspell/MCD/1994 [Adi]
Wolfheart/1995 [CM]
# Now it's more Gothic - almost no Black at all
# Digipack version contains extra track "Ataegina"
Irreligious/1996 [CM]
# An there went the last Black elements out
Opium/MCD/1996 [CM]
# "Opium" (album + radio versions)/"Raven Claws"/"Ruin & Misery"
The 2econd Skin/2MCD/1997 [CM]
# CD 1 contains "Second Skin" normal & video edits, one Depeche Mode
# cover and an old demo track. CD 2 contains 7 live tracks
Goat on Fire/7"/1998 [BH]
# Re-release
The Butterfly Effec/1999 [CM]
Moonthrone: US 1993-1996 as Dethroned, 1996- as Moonthrone
# Like Dissection they say
Among the Black of Night/demo/1996
Dust thou Art, and to Dust thou Have Returned/demo/1997
Emptiness/1998 [Abyss]
Zodiac/1998 [Frozen]
Fleshold/1999 [Frozen]
The Forest's Edge/2000 [Frozen]
# A 'best of' compilation
Morbid: Sweden 1987-1988
# Legendary because they had Dead on vocals on the
# first demo.
December Moon/demo/1987
Last Supper/demo/1988
A Tribute To The Black Emperors/1994 [LOTRS] (split with Mayhem)
# The Morbid tracks are the "December Moon" demo
December Moon/12"/1995 [Reaper]
# This is exactly what you think it is
Death Execution/12"/1996 [HC]
Live from the Past/???? [bootleg]
# Bootleged by Impious from In Aeternum even
December Moon/???? [bootleg]
# Finally on CD
Mordor: Switzerland ????-
# Not to be confused with the pre-Forgotten Woods band
# Atmospheric, doomy & gothic
Odes/demo/1990
Csejthe/demo/1992
Les Armees De Sauron/7"/1994? [Shs]
Dark Is The Future/7"/1994 [Shs]
# Picture disc even.
Odes/MCD/1995 [WR]
# the demo
Csejthe/MCD/1995 [WR]
# the demo re-recorded or just re-released?
(new album coming some day)
Mordulv: Denmark ????
# Exmortem/Nidhug members
Unholy Danish Black Metal/demo/1996
<split with Nema>/7"/1998 []
Blasphemy in Germany/demo/1998
Maximum Firepower in the Temple of god/demo/1999
Morgul: Norway ????-
Vargvinter/demo/1994
In Gowns Flowing Wide/demo/1995
Promo '96/demo/1996
Lost In Shadows Grey/1997 [Nap2]
Parody of the Masses/1998 [Nap2]
The Horror Grandeur/2000 [CM]
# With techno/industrial elements like many Norwegian bands today
Moribund: Belgium 1996-
Eternity in the Dark/demo/1996
The Transcending Grace of the Lugubrious Path/demo/1997
Phantom Der Nacht/7"/1999 [self]
Mornaland: Sweden ????-
Origin Land/demo/1996
The Journey/demo/1996
<split with Abominator>/1997 [PTE]
Morningstar: Finland 1989-???? as Testator, ????-1991 as Thor's Hammer,
1991- as Morningstar
# Old school
Obscure Aurora Above Us/demo/1992
Inside The Circle Of The Pentagram/demo/1993
Promotape 1994/demo/1994
# 3 songs that ended up on "Rivendell"
As The Wolves Howl/MCD/1995 [WR]
# Incl. two remixed tracks from "Inside The Circle Of The Pentagram"
demo
Rivendell/1995 [WR]
# Translation: A place in Tolkien's world
Before The Dawn/7"/1995 [Mlt]
Heretic Metal/1996 [Mlt]
Promo '97/demo/1997
# Three advanced tracks for "Hell"
Hell/1999 [RIP]
Morrigan: Germany 1992-1997 as Mayhemic Truth, 2000- as Morrigan
# A combination of Bathory's "The Return" and "Hammerheart"
Rehearsal '92/demo/1992
# Unofficial?
Son of Dawn/demo/1993
Promotape '94/demo/1994
Unreleased Tracks '94/demo/1994
# Unofficial?
Cythraw/7"/1995 [Folter]
Demo '96/demo/1996
Live Demo/demo/1996
# Live
In Memorium/1999 [Iron]
# Finally all the previous stuff is properly released
# Picture Disc and vinyl have a bonus track
R.I.P./12"/1999 [Sombre]
# "50 minutes of previously unreleased stuff of this German legend"
(The band have reformed, changed their name, and signed to Barbarian
Wrath)
Mortem: Peru 1986-
# Old-school Black/Death
# No relation to the old Norwegian band
Evil Dead/demo/1989
Superstition/demo/????
Vomit Of The Earth/demo/1992
Unearth the Buried Evil/demo/1994
Demon Tales/1996 [Mer]
The Devil Speaks in Tongues/1998 [Mer]
Mortifier: Poland ????-
# Not to be confused with the Italian or Swedish Bands.
Breath Of The Night/1997 [Fai]
Mortifier: Italy ????-
# Not to be confused with the Polish or Swedish bands
# Very much like "A Blaze in the Northern Sky".Darkthrone.
Promo '96/demo/1996
Darkness my Eternal Bride/1998 [Bat]
Mortuary Drape: Italy 1984-
# True Cult. Slow and atmospheric - and evil.
Doom Return/demo/1986
Necromancy/demo/1989
Into The Drape/EP/1992 [Dec]
All The Witches Dance/1994 [Uni]
Mourn Path/MCD/1996 [Shs]
Secret Sudaria/1997 [NE]
Trolling 13 Knell/2000 [AG]
Mundanus Imperium: Norway ????-???? as Nattefall, ????-as Mudanus
Imperium
# Started out as Black Metal, now pure heavy metal
Ode to the Night Sky/demo/1996
# This Was released under the name Nattefall
Ode To The Nightsky/MCD/1997 [VMI]
# The Demo
The Spectral Spheres Coronation/1998 [NB]
# Like Gamma Ray now, and obviously not black metal
Mundzuk: France 1997-
Opus 666/demo/1998
Blasphemy on god/demo/1998
Eternal Hate/demo/1998
Until the Death of Christ/demo/1998
# Live
Unholy Forces/MCD/1999 [self/A.M.I.]
Murder Rape: Brazil 1992-
# Nazi band, if you care.
In Liason with Satan/demo/1993
Celebration of Supreme Evil/1994 [Cogu]
...And Evil Returns/1996 [EH]
('Evil Shall Burn Inside me Forever' up next)
Mustan Kuun Lapset: Finland 1993-
...Kunnes loppuu yö/demo/1996
Varjomaa/demo/1997
Prologi/MCD/1998 [self]
<split with Azaghal>/2000 [Nocta]
Musta Surma: Finland ????-???? as Crimson Evenfall, ????- as Musta Surma
# Ex-Crimson Evenfall. Raw Northern sounding.
Nocturnal Storms of Infinity/demo/1996
Winterheart/demo/1997
Ad inferos ante christum natum/demo/1997
# Everything up to here is as Crimson Evenfall
Demo '97/demo/1997
# And as Musta Surma from here on
Riena/MCD/1998 [Surma]
# Translation: "Blasphemy"
<split with Horna>/7"/2000 [EAL]
Mutiilation: France 1992-
# Apparently the vocalist is not dead - just addicted to drugs.
Rites Through the Twilight of Hell/demo/1992
Ceremony of Black Cult/demo/1993
Hail Satanas We Are The Black Legions/7"/1993 [self]
Satanist Stryken/demo/1993
Black Imperial Blood (Travel)/demo/1994
Vampires Of Black Imperial Blood/1996 [Dra]
Remains of a Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul/1999 [Dra]
Vampires of Black Imperial Blood/12"/1999 [EAL]
# On a dbl Gatefold with bonus tracks + Bathory cover
New False Prophet/7"/2000 [EAL]
# Faster direction here
('Black Millenium' will be released in early 2001)
Mutilator: Brazil ????-????
# From old-school Brazillian to more Venom styled
Grave Desecration/demo/1985
Mutilator/demo/1987
Immortal Force/12"/1987 [Cogu]
Into the Strange/12"/1988 [Cogu]
My Infinite Kingdom: Poland 1993-
# Keyboard driven Black Metal with shrieky vocals
# Hefeystos/Grom/North circle of bands related
Ecstacies Over Dreaming Lady/demo/1994
Ecstacies Over Dreaming Lady/1995 [NC]
# is this = the demo?
Myring: Finland ????-
Mighty Northern Kingdom/demo/1998
Engage the Enemy/MCD/1999 [NS]
Myrkskog: Norway 1993-1994, 1995-
De dødes rike/demo/1994
Ode til Norge/demo/1995
Apocalyptic Psychotica -The Murder Tape/demo/1998
Death Machine/1999 [CL]
Mysteriis: Brazil 1998-
# Not to be confused with the French band
Dreaming with the Darkness Cold/demo/1999
Nocturnal Celebration/demo/1999
About the Christian Despair/1999 [Demise]
Fucking in the Name of god/2000 [Demise]
Mysterious Eclipse: Slovakia 1996-
Darkness in the Light of Knowing/demo/1998
Deathwings/1999 [Erebos]
Mystical Fullmoon: Italy ????-
# Not to be confused with the Brazillian band
Through Sombre Passages/demo/1998
Through Sombre Passages/1999 [Alkaid]
# The Demo?
Mystic Circle: Germany 1992-
# Clichéd modern Black Metal
Dark Passion/demo/1994
# See them without corpsepaint, and playing ("poor") melodic Death
Metal
Die Götter der Urväter/demo/1995
Von Kriegern und Helden/demo/1996
Kriegsgötter: Der Weg Nach Walhalla/7"/1996 []
Schwarze Magie/7"/1997 [] (split with Blood)
Der Schrei Nach Finsternis - Morgenröte/1997 [LE]
Drachenblut/1998 [LE]
Infernal Satanic Verses/1999 [LE]
Kriegsgötter II/MCD/2000 [LE]
# Cover songs + two M.C. tracks
Infernal Gods of War/12"/2000 [LE]
# Live
('The Grand Beast Opeth - Blackwater Park' in 2001)
Mysticum: Norway ????-1994 as Sabazios, 1994- as Mysticum
# They utilize a drum machine + minor industrial influences
Demo 1/demo/1993
# Is this called 'Medusa's Tears'?
Wintermass/demo/1993
# The above as Sabazios
<split with Ulver>/7"/1994 [NG]
In The Streams Of Inferno/1996 [FMP]
#originally was to be called "Where the Raven Flies"
(new album "Planet Satan" may never be released)
Mystifier: Brazil 1989-
# *Raw* fast traditional Black Metal.. in the beginning at least
# They like Black Magick themes
# NW, if you care
Tormenting The Holy Trinity/demo/1989
The Evil Ascension Returns/7"/1990 [Maniac]
Aleister Crowley/demo/1991
????/demo/1993
Wicca/1992 [Hel/Osmose]
Goetia/1993 [Osmose]
The World Is So Good That Who Made It Doesn't Live Here/1996 [Osmose]
# Enter a tenor vocalist (here and there) and more 80's stuff
Demystifying the Mystified Ones/1999 [Demise]
Månegarm: Sweden 1995-
Vargeresa/demo/1996
Ur Nattvindar/demo/1997
Nordstjärnans Tidsålder/1998 [Dis]
Havets Vargar/2000 [Dis]
Mörk Gryning: Sweden ????-
# Fast, melodic... "Swedish"
# Translation: "Dark dawn"
Demo -94/demo/1994
# What was the actual title of this demo?
Tusen År Har Gått.../1995 [NF]
# Translation: "A thousand years have passed"
Return Fire/1997 [NF]
(Very slowly working on a new album)
N.M.E.: US 1984-1986, 1995-
# Venom clones. Yes, one of their members did kill his mother.
Machines Of War/demo/1985
Unholy Death/1985 [LSR/Mori]
# Moribund re-release #1 includes demo/unreleased studio recordings.
# I doubt Moribund will release it in the "normal version" they
promised
Machines Of War '95/demo/1995
# Style change, no longer Black Metal
Machines Of War '95/1997 [self?]
Nachtmahr: Germany 1996-
Demo '97/demo/1997
Demo '98/demo/1998
Schattenfurst/MCD/2000 [self]
# The tape version has two bonus tracks
Naer Mataron: Greece 1994- ex-Nar Mataron
# Two of the members of Nar Mataron recorded the LP and added an 'e'
# Nar Mataron still continues despite this - so don't confuse the two
Tales of the 12 Gods/demo/1995
Awakening of the Ancient Greece/demo/????
# The above as Nar Mataron
Up from the Ashes/1998 [BL]
# As Naer Mataron
Nagelfar: Germany ????-
Als Sich Die Tore Offnen.../demo/1995
Jagd/demo/1996
Hunengrab im Herbst/1997 [Ket]
<split with Dark Embrace>/7"/1998 [Sombre]
Srontgorrth/1999 [Ket]
<split with Bluttaufe>/7"/2000 [CH]
('Virus West' out soon on Ars Metalli)
Nahash: Lithuania 1993-
Nocticula Hecate/demo/1994
# Two versions exists: the newer is remastered and repackaged.
# Translation: Hecate is a Greek goddess, Nocticula one of her
bynames
Wellon Aeternitas/1997 [Dra]
Naked Whipper: Germany 1992-1996?
# Black/Grind, like Blasphemy, Impaled Nazarene etc.
Naked Whipper/7"/1993 [UF]
Promo-Tape/demo/1995
Painstreaks/1995 [MMI]
# Half Studio, Half Live
Namtaru: US ????-????
The Plagues of Namtar/demo/1997
The Plagues of Namtar/1999 [Gothic]
Nargaroth: Germany 1991-
# Nazi Band, if you care
Nargaroth/demo/1991
Herbstleyd/demo/1993
Herbstleyd/1998 [NC]
# Some re-recorded material
Amarok/2000 [NC]
# More re-recorded material
Fuck off Nowadays Black Metal/demo/2000
Nargathrond: Russia ????-
# Ambient + Black Metal, right?
Carnal Lust and Wolfen Hunger/demo/2000
Carnal Lust and Wolften Hunger/2000 [Mha] (split with Der Gerwelt)
Nasav: Mexico ????-
Umr at Tawil/demo/1999
Umr at Tawil/2000 [Sal] (split with Hirilorn)
# The demo
Nashehrhum: Italy ????-
Black Ritual Of Hearts Asportation/demo/1994
Remember The Shining Moons Of The Black Autumns/MCD/1995 [Maggot]
# Only two of the five tracks are Metal, the rest synth only
Nazgul: Spain ????-
From the Throne of Winter/demo/1997
As the Wolves Return from the Forest/MCD/1999 [Batf]
Nazxul: Australia 1991-
Nazxul/demo/1994
Hymn Of A Dying Moon/demo/1994
Totem/1996 [Vam]
Black Seed Sown/1998 [Shock]
Nebiras: Malaysia ????-
# The vocalist is named, with Necromantia, in the linear notes of
# "A Blaze in the Northern Sky".
As The Sky Turns Black/demo/1993
# Fenriz did lyrics for this demo
Intrusion of Dark Journey/demo/1993
Our Blood For His Glory/demo/1994
Into the Medieval Cults/7"/96 []
The Great Rites/1998 [SC]
# The 7" + a compilation track
Nebron: Hungary ????-
The Message/demo/1997
The Message/1999 [Dho]
(Split CD with Krieg and Allfather in 2001)
Nebular Moon: Germany 1996-
Mourning/demo/1997
Mourning/1998 [LE]
# The demo + 3 bonus tracks
...Of Dreams and Magic/1999 [LE]
Necrofeast: Netherlands ????-
????/demo/????
Necrofeast/1996 [CNMP]
# This was slow and primitive
Soulwinds/2000 [DSin]
# This is more like Summoning + Limbonic Art
Necromancy: Bolivia ????-
# Used to be old-school extreme Black Metal but has now turned more
# Moonspell-like? Not to be confused with every other band that has
this name.
Into Apocalipsis/demo/1995
Apocalipsis/???? []
Necromantia: Greece 1989-
# Oldstyle Black Metal, but with some Samael influences? Note that
they
# have no rhythm guitar - instead they use an 8-string bass guitar
# Church Of Satan associates.
<promo demo>/demo/1990
Vampiric Rituals/demo/1992
# This was released by their Polish fanclub
Black Arts Lead To Everlasting Sins/EP/1992 [Uni] (split with
Varathron)
Demo 93/demo/1993
# two songs, also included on "Crossing The Fiery Path"
Crossing The Fiery Path/1993 [Osmose]
From The Past We Summon Thee/7"/MCD/1994 [DS/WR]
# live from 1989
Scarlet Evil Witching Black/1995 [Osmose]
Ancient Pride/EP/1997 [Osmose]
# Includes a Manowar cover "Each Dawn I Die".
# The vinyl version has a bonus track "Spiritforms Of The
Psychomancer"
Malice: IV/2000 [BL]
Necromass: Italy 1991-1992 as Dark Lust, 1992-1998 as Necromass
# The guitarist can be found in Handful of Hate now
Shadow of the Dark Entity/demo/1992
# As Dark Lust
Connected Body Pentagram/demo/7"/1992 [Cfn]
His Eyes/7"/1993 [Cnf]
Bhoma/7"/1993 [Mce]
Mysteria Mystica Zofiriana/1994 [Uni]
# Raw Black Metal
Abyss Calls Life/1996 [Dracma]
# Technical, melodic, black/death now. Brilliant stuff!
Chrysalis' Gold/MCD/1998 [self]
# A More Gothic Approach
Necromicon: Sweden 1993-
# Black Metal the Swedish way
When The Sun Turns Black/demo/1994
Through The Gates Of Grief/demo/1994
Promo/demo/1995
# Songs from the later released album?
Realm Of Silence/1996 [IP]
Sightveiler/1997 [Ham2]
# In a digibook even
Peccata Mundi/1999 [Ham2]
# Much more Death Metal now
Necrophile: Japan 1987-????
# A marginal inclusion, like Abhorer
The Terminal Derangement/demo/1988
Beyond the Truth/demo/1989
Disassociated Modernity/7"/???? []
<split with Abhorer>/1991 [Wipe]
Nefarius: Germany 1994-
# The band calls it Dark/Black Metal
The Deterrence and Renounce of Faith/demo/1998
The Deterrence and Renounce of Faith/1999 [self]
# Same as the CD
Negura-Bunget: Romania ????-???? as Wiccan Rede, ????- as Negura-Bunget
From Transilyvanian Forests/demo/1995
# As Wiccan Rede
Zîrnindu-Sã/MCD/1995 [Bestial/BON]
# BON re-released it in 1997 on CD
Promo '98/demo/1998 [bootleg]
# Same as the Sala Molska CD. Bootleged by Sombre Recs
Sala Molska/1999 [Bestial]
Majastru Sfetnic/demo/2000
Nefandus: Sweden ????-
Behold the Hordes/demo/1995
The Nightwinds Carried Our Names/1997 [Sec]
Nema: Germany ????-????
# Atmospheric, slow paced, and raw
Wintery Landscapes/demo/1994
<split with Moonblood/7"/1995 [VOD]
<split with Mordulv>/7"/1998 []
Nemesis Inferi: Italy ????-
Sins of Eden/2000 []
Nepenthe: US ????-???? as Nepenthe, ????-???? as Ligiea
# Old school, but with screaming vocals.
# Some members can be found in Vulpecula now
The Conqueror Worm/demo/1993
Ligeia/7"/1995? [Eter]
# 'In the Shrines of the Kingly Dead' by Treblinka is covered
Nephenzy: Sweden 1995-
# From more melodic typical Swedish to brutal Black Metal
Stolen Blessings/demo/1996
Worshipped by the Mass/demo/1997
Where Death Becomes Art/1998 [Bdia]
In Anguish and Furious Pain/7"/2000 [LnP]
Nergal: Greece 1989-
# Early on like Necromantia (i.e. without guitar, but with a
distorted
# bass instead). Now they do have guitars, and more of a Burzum
influence
# Not to be confused with the Swiss band
Demo/demo/1991
Promo 92/demo/1992
The Talisman Of Kioutha/7"/???? [self]
The Middle Ages Return/7"/1993 [self]
De Vermis Mysteriis/7"/1993 [self]
Ijus Morker/demo/1994
# Is that title correct?
<split with Funeral Urn>/7"/1994 [self]
The Wizard Of Nerath/1995 [Uni]
Nergal: Switzerland 1989-1991 as P.S.F 1992- as Nergal
# P.S.F was Death Metal indeed
# Not to be confused with the Greek band
Grotesque Ecstasy/demo/1991
# As P.S.F
Symbol Of Zadkiel/demo/1992
<split with P.S.F.>/7"/1992 [WR]
# One Nergal track, and one P.S.F
Necrospell/12"/1993 [War] (split with Bundeswehra)
Promo '94/demo/1994
Nhaavah: Czechia 1997-
# Studio Project of the Maniac Butcher line-up
Kings of Czech Black Metal/demo/1998
Determination-Detestation-Devastation/7"/1999 [Sombre] (split with
Katharsis)
Niden Div. 187: Sweden 1995- (project)
# Members of Dawn, A Canorous Quintet & Thy Primordial
# War & hate
Towards Judgement/demo/1995
Towards Judgement/MCD/1996 [Nec]
# Exactly what you're thinking...
Impergium/1997 [Nec]
Nifelheim: Sweden 1990-
# Back to the 80's (Destruction/Sodom/Bathory)
# Not to be confused with the Austrlian band
Unholy Death/demo/1993
Nifelheim/1995 [Nec]
Devil's Force/1998 [Nec]
Servants of Darkness/2000 [BS]
Unholy Death/7"/2000 [BS]
# Two tracks from the demo
Night Conquers Day: US ????-
# Mikael of Buried Beneath/Shadowcaster/etc.
The First Snowfall/1997 [Ham2]
Rebellion Is The Art Of Survival/1999 [Ham2]
Nightside: Finland: 1996-
Nightside/demo/1997
Ad Noctum/7"/1998 [NH]
(Split LP with Annihilatus up next)
Nihasa: US 1996-
# Ezurate members
Possessed by the Demon/MCD/1999 [BHY]
Nihili Locus: Italy 1990-
# Experimental, almost "dreamy" black/doom metal
Sub Hyerosolyma/7"/1992 [OP]
Advesperascit/demo/1994
...Ad Nihilum Recidunt Omnia/MCD/1996 [Bou]
Noctes: Sweden 1992-1996 as ConcealeD, 1996-2000 as Noctes
# Typically Swedish, with a slightly Blacker edge
# Two members will continue with a new band in the same style
Dance Of Dying Dreams/demo/1995
# as ConcealeD
Winterdawn/demo/1996
# as ConcealeD
Pandemonic Requiem/1998 [No Fashion]
Vexilla Regis Prodeunt INFERNI/1999 [No Fashion]
Noctis Invocat: Guatemala ????-
# In the Greek style
Eternal Dreams of Fire/demo/1994
Abyssus Abyssum Invocat/1998 [SH]
Nocti Vagus: Germany 1995-1998 as Nordwind, 1998- as Nocti Vagus
Walk to the Woods/demo/1996
# As Nordwind
Nordwind/demo/1998
# As Nordwind
Venture in Sombre Passion/1999 [Sol]
Noctuary: USA 1994-1996 as Summoned, 1996- as Noctuary
# Raw Black Metal + Iron Maiden Style Melody
Where All Agony Prevails/demo/1996
For Salvation.../1998 [LD]
Where All Agony Prevails/MCD/2000 [Larg]
# The demo
When Fire Breeds Blood/2000 [LD]
Nocturnal Breed: Norway 1996-
# Members of Covenant etc. Black Thrash old style bla bla again,
Raping the Angels/demo/1996
Black Cult/demo/1997
Aggressor/1997 [Ham2]
Triumph of The Blasphemer/MCD/1998 [Ham2]
No Retreat...No Surrender/1998 [Ham2]
Tools of the Trade/2000 [HC]
Nocturnal Worshipper: Brazil 1993-
The Lords Of Occultism/demo/1994
Ceremonial Circle/7"/1995 [HMR]
The Return of the Souther Tyrants/demo/2000
Nokturnal Mortum: Ukraine 1991-1993 as Suppuration, 1993-1994 as
Crystalline Darkness,
1994- as Nokturnal Mortum
# Modern with lots of (two actually!) keyboards
# Nazi band, if you care
Ecclesiastical Blasphemy/demo/1992
# As Suppuration, and death metal
Unspeakable Journey Into Subconscious World/demo/1993
# As Suppuration, and death metal
Cosmic Flight Around Astralspher/demo/1993
# Again, as Suppuration and death metal
Mi Agama Khaz Mifisto/demo/1993
# As Crytalline Darkness
Twilightfall/demo/1994
# As NoCturnal Mortum
Lunar Poetry/demo/1995
# As NoKturnal Mortum
Lunar Poetry/1997 [MN]
# The demo
Marble Moon/demo/1997
Return of the Vampire Lord/demo/1997 <split with Lucifugum>
Goat Horns/1997 [END]
To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire/1998 [END]
Nechrist/demo/1999
# And know they want to be known as "Aryan N.S Black Metal"
Nechrist/2000 [END]
# Yep, the demo again...
Non Serviam: Sweden ????-
Witches Sabbath/demo/1997
Witches Sabbath - The Second Vision/demo/1997
Between Light And Darkness/1997 [Inv]
Necrotical/1998 [Inv]
Play God/7"/2000 []
North: Poland 1992-
# In the raw Polish tradition
As My Kingdom Rises/demo/1993
Thorns On The Black Rose/demo/1994
Promo 94/demo/1994
Reh' 94/demo/1994
Thorns On The Black Rose/1995 [Ast]
Jeseinne Szepty/MCD/1996 [BA] (split with Sacriligium)
From the Dark Past/1998 [Ast]
# Mostly re-recorded demo tracks
Sovereigns of Northernlands/1998 [Ast] (split with Grom and Marhoth)
Northland: Poland ????-
# Quite possibly the worst attempt to imitate Burzum
The Battle Into The Deep Dark Forest/demo/1994
Smiere To Nienwisc/demo/1995
Nadchodzace Zlo /7"/1995 [self]
# Translation: 'Imminent Evil'
Czernoboh/1996 [Ast]
# Translation: 'Blackgod'
Nox Intempesta: Germany 1994-
A Grim Red Kiss of Transylvania/demo/????
Majestic Scarlet Nova/demo/1996
Die Lieder von Tod und Ewigkeit/MCD/1997 [Folter]
De Vermis Mysteriis/MCD/1998 [Folter]
# Much Faster Direction
Damnanus Dominum/1999 [Folter]
Nox Mortis: Germany ????-
# Is this really Black Metal?
Epitaph/demo/1994
# not quite official demo
Im Wald Der Angst/demo/1994
# Translation: "In the forest of fear"
Im Schatten Des Hasses/1996 [Pro]
# Translation: "In the shadow of hate"
(new album soon on Prophecy)
Nuclear Winter: Russia ????-
Ode to War/1999 [] (split with ????)
Beyond the Naught/demo/2000
Nåstrond: Sweden 1993-
# Has a history as a nazi band, if you care...
The Black Winter/demo/1993
From A Black Funeral Coffin/demo/1994
Promo '94/demo/1994
Promo '95/demo/1995
# One of (?) the demos remixed
Toteslaut/1995 [Nap2]
Digerdöden/7"/1995 [FMP]
Age Of Fire/1997 [Nap2]
(new album "Celebration Of The Four"?)
(Did the Band Break Up?)
Obsidian Gate: Germany 1994-
# Like Limbonic Art they say
????/demo/????
The Nightspectral Voyage/2000 [SKA]
Obtest: Lithuania ????-
Oldness Coming/demo/1995
Live at Poltergeist/demo/1995
997/7"/1998 [self]
Tukstantemetis/2000 []
# Contains the 7"
Occult: Netherlands 1990-
# With ex-Bestial Summoning vocalist Sephiroth. Bordering on
Death/Thrash
# Metal. They now have a female second vocalist (grunter)
# Beware of another Occult out there
Studio/demo/1993
Prepare To Meet Thy Doom/1994 [F2000]
Enemy Within/1996 [F2000]
# More Thrashy
Of Flesh and Blood/1998 [Mass/SF]
# Death Metal
Occultan: Brazil 1995-
Eternus Malus/demo/1996
Regnus and Exus/demo/1997
Bellicus Profanus/1999 [EH]
Occultus: Columbia ????-
# In the straight forward Norwegian style, but usually sung in
Spanish
Cain & Abel/demo/1995
Dark Passion/1997 [Syl] (split with Esgaroth)
Cosmos/1998 [Decade]
Octinomos: Sweden ????-
# One-man band of Fredrik Söderlund who played with Algaion for a
while.
# See also Parnassus.
As Long As Evil Stars.../demo/1994
On The Demiurge/demo/1995
On The Demiurge/1995 [FMP]
# = the demo?
Welcome to my Planet/1999 [Baph]
('Fistfucking god's Planet' up next)
Odhinn: Sweden 1995-
# After recording the demo, the line-up became In Battle
From a Splenderous Battle/demo/1995
# This was actually the In Battle line-up
From a Splenderous Battle/MCD/1997 [Nap2]
The North Brigade/1998 [Nap2]
# A Real band now
(Signed to Ancestral Research now)
Odium: Norway ????-????
# Emperor influence, like the other NAP bands
# Member or two can be found in Myrkskog now
1995 Promo/demo/1995
The Sad Realm of the Stars/1998 [NA]
Old Forest: England ????-
# "Raw, traditional Black Metal"
Of Mists and Graves/demo/1998
Into the Old Forest/demo/1999
Into the Old Forest/1999 [Mord]
Old Man's Child: Norway ????-
# With Dimmu Borgir and Minas Tirith members
Promo 95/demo/1995
Born Of The Flickering/1996 [Hot]
# Two versions with different covers exist
In The Shades Of Life/MCD/1996 [Hot]
# old demo recordings that were going to be released on a split
# with Ved Buens Ende but became this MCD instead
The Pagan Prosperity/1997 [CM]
Sons of Satan Gathers For Attack/1999 [Ham2] (split with Dimmu Borgir)
# Actually the "In The Shades of Life" MCD
Revelation 666/2000 [CM]
Old Pagan: Germany ????-
# Pagan Winter member project
Auf Der Suche Nach Dem Too/7"/1994 [Varg]
Machosias/demo/1998
<split with Grausamkeit>/demo/2000
Onslaught: Britain ????-1991
# The real early stuff was Venom-ish Black Metal. The rest is not.
Power From Hell/1985 [COTA/UOF/MFN/Pus/Pow]
# Black
The Force/1986 [MFN]
# Speed
Let There Be Rock/EP/1988 [MFN]
In Search Of Sanity/1989 [London/FFTR]
# Cheesier?
Shellshock/EP/1989 [London/FFTR]
Welcome To Dying/EP/1989 [London/FFTR]
Ontos On: Canada 1997-
# Death gone Black
Sombre Chaotic Entrance in the Chasm of Existential
Resignation/MCD/200 [Frowz]
Opera IX: Italy 1988-
# Some compare them to Master's Hammer, with a female vocalist
# Early on they were more thrash
Gothik/demo/1990
Demo 92/demo/1992
The Triumph Of The Death/7"/1993 [Wimp]
The Call of the Wood/1995 [Mce]
Sacroculto/1998 [Shiver]
Symphoniae Mysteriorum in Laudem Tenebrarum/2000 [AG]
Ophthalamia: Sweden ????-1997?
# More Doom than Black. Often not very Metal at all.
# All stars band with members involved in e.g. Abruptum, Marduk,
# Dissection & Swordmaster. Mainman was It from Abruptum but since
# he has left the scene the band ought to be dead?
<split with Abruptum>/7"/???? []
# bootleg?
A Journey In Darkness/1994 [AG]
Via Dolorosa/1995 [AG]
To Elisha/1996 [Nec]
A Long Journey/1998 [Nec]
# Re-Recording of "A Journey in Darkness"
Dominion/1999 [NF]
Opus Forgotten: Norway 1996- ex- Abhorrence and Isthar
Demon of Destruction/7"/2000 [Afm]
Opus Malefici: Italy ????-
# With ex-members of Necromass and Handful of Hate
Promo '96/demo/1996
Obscure Thoughts/MCD/1997 [Noctu]
Order From Chaos: US 1987-1995
# Strictly speaking not Black Metal (and they never said they were)
but
# more like old style Death Metal. I keep getting told to include
them
# though.
Demo I/demo/1988
Inhumanities/demo/1988
Crushed Infamy/demo/1989 [WR]
Will To Power/7"/1990 [Put/WR]
Alienus Sum/demo/1992
Stillbirth Machine/1993 [Dec/Uni/WR]
Jericho Trumpet/7"/1994 [Ges]
Live: Into Distant Fears/7"/1994 [Eter]
# Yes, live
Pain Lengthens Time/7"/1994 []
# Live
Plateau Of Invincibility/1994 [Shs]
# Has two Venom covers on it. The vinyl version is a 10".
# The/One Cd version includes the "Live: Into Distant Fears" 7"
Dawn Bringer/1994 [Shs]
# CD version includes the "Pain Lengthens Time" 7"
And I Saw Eternity/MCD/1996 [GZ/Shs]
An Ending in Fire/1998 [Osmose]
Stillbirth Machine/1998 [Osmose]
# Has the 'Crushed Infamy' demo as bonus
(and someday a limited vinyl box set of albums and eps will be
released?)
Order of the Ebon Hand: Greece ????-
????/demo/????
<split with Chained and Desperate>/1995 []
The Mystic Path to the Netherworld/1999 [Hyp]
Ordo Draconis: Netherlands ????-
When the Cycle Ends/demo/1997
In Speculis Noctis/MCD/1999 [self]
Ordog: Scotland ????
# Ordog = 'Satan' as spoken in 'Dracula' (No, not Irish ordóg =
'thumb'!)
# Sounds like Skredriver combined with raw Black Metal
Denn Die Todten Reiten Schnell/demo/1994
Position One/12"/???? [self]
Two/2000 [self]
Ork: Bulgaria ????-
Through the Fight I Ride/demo/1997
Slava Nam/demo/1998
Et a Novo Magico/demo/1998
<split with Frostmoon Eclipse>/7"/1999 [Oskorei]
Through the Fight I Ride-Slava Nam/demo/1999
# That's correct: both demos on one tape
Blessed by Evil/2000 [Folter]
Orkus: Germany ????-
Proberaumtape 6.97-9.98/demo/1998
The Gate/MCD/1999 [Under]
Osculum Infame: France 1993-2000
# Has a history as a nazi band, if you care.
Sadomastic Impure Artgoat/demo/1994
I'a Aem'nh S'ha-t'n/demo/1995
<split with Funeral>/demo/1996 [AMSG?]
Dor-Nu-Fauglith/1997 [Mord/BMP]
# Translation: A place in Tolkien's world
# Vynil has bonus tracks from the split with Funeral
The Black Theology/MCD/2000 [Mord]
(Final album '100% Satan' will be released in 2001)
Ouija: Spain 1995- ex-Levial
Promo '97/demo/1997
Riding the Funeral Paths/1998 [Rep]
Brad Symic
May be
late inclusion, but I feel Lust, Ouroboros, Rights Of Thy Degringolade, and
Axis of Advance more than deserve to be included.
SEX DRINKS METAL