I just had garage sale and had to go through all my crap that I haven't seen in years.. I just dusted off the book Lords of Chaos. I dove head first into black metal, actually before I ever really learned about a ton of 80's bands.

One band that is still producing ablums that is good is old mans child.. But my personal fav not really so much Black Metal... ?not sure what to call them,.. Is Borknagar.. Everything that band has is awesome. 

 Have you heard of God Dethroned they are acutaly touring soon in my neck of the woods.. I will be there with bells.

		J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
		Yeah me too....I first got into black metal in 1983 when I heard Venom's At War With Satan album......the term "black metal" as a genre and scene was also back in the early days when Venom created "black metal" and the album title...but  in magazines and through word of mouth from Venom themselves...everything "satanic" in metal back then was considered "black metal"......Venom...Mercyful Fate....Slayer....Bathory...Hellhammer...Celtic Frost.... I didn't discover norwegian black metal untill 1994....late late 94' maybe...I know I heard Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas album in early 1995 and then Emperor,Darkthrone,Immortal,Gorgoroth..ect.. This was due to the death of  Oystein Aarseth AKA "Euronymous"......after he was murdered in the summer of 1993......Norwegian black metal hit metal magazines like Karrang,Metal Edge,ect..... .....then the rest of the world got a look at true underground black metal......whats bewtter than 18 year old kids slapping on war paint spikes and blood singing 'hail Satan" at the top of thier lungs???!!!!!! LOL! The scene has killed itself within the late 90's till now I think.......I don't think black metal was meant to have so many bands...and they just repeat themselves by copying Darkthrone's style ...ect..... I remember back in late 94' when almost everybody I knew had not heard of norwegian black metal......and now its pretty much a house hold name...... Not saying I won't give any new bands a chance at a listen...but nothing seems to grab my attention these days because either the bands are afraid to do  something different....or they do something SO DIFFERENT that its too far the other way...ect.... I think that the genre was not designed for an over crowded black metal scene.      (Quoting Message by Necroticist from Monday, July 20, 2009 4:21:42 PM)   Necroticist wrote:   Am crazy on Black Metal mate...have been for decades, since Emperor were in with the cassette trading scene...hehe.  Am expecting great things from 'All Shall Fall'....the last one set a kinda standard...if they can beat that....wow!      J.D. DIAMOND wrote:   Hey you like Immortal as well Necroticist....very cool......and,well...Immortal can look corny sometimes compared to the other bands in the scene in the early 90's.... Abbath is an excellent showman and an excellent black metal song writter with his riffs..ect....   I've liked Immortal since around 1994 or 95' somewhere around that era.... the band " I "  Betwwen Two Worlds is "ok"...I never thought is was brilliant or anything...but ok.... Hey...the new Immortal album will be out in October and is called " All Shall Fall".      Necroticist wrote:   Emperor - In The Wordless Chamber (nothing corny about Immortal mate...wait til the new CD is out....) Edited at: Monday, July 20, 2009 5:59:50 PM