At 2/7/08 10:47 PM, D3NTATUS wrote: To get a feel for what black sounds like, i'd recommend:
Burzum (except for the latest two albums, as they are both ambient)
Ulver, first and third albums only, the second is acoustic and the rest is experimental electronic music (it's all incredible).
Satyricon's first album "Dark Medieval Times"
Mayhem's "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Agatus
Gorgoroth
Also:
Dissection: Either of the first two full-lengths are amazing. Avoid Reinkaos
Emperor - One of the best BM bands ever. All good here.
Immortal - Same as above. Pure black early, then thrash inspired later. Hell of a live act.
Blut Aus Nord - either early or their latest release. Middle releases are iffy.
1349 - fast as hell and full of hate - not for beginning but a good band to get into eventually.
Marduk- Early stuff is good, later stuff depends on taste, but I don't mind it
Borknagar* - Consistently good IMO, but you can debate them
Windir* - fucking amazing band also, maybe more folk than black. They are great
Rotting Christ* - another amazing band, they are also fantastic. Both this band and Windir have great album catalogs. I would recommend Arntor for Windir, and Thy Mighty Contract for Rotting Christ to start off.
*folk influenced bands that are almost completely black metal, but have other influences. Still great though.
Welcome aboard, other newbie. It was fun writing this.