A-D---E-L
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
We Won With War/7"/2001 [Daimonion/Northern Sound] <split with Ad Inferos]
Mactätus (REMOVED)
Magane: Japan 1994-1999 as Mortes Saltantes, 1999- as Magane
# "Yomi (Hell) Metal" they say
Demo #1/demo/1995
Yomivito ga Mavi/demo/1996
Call from Yomi/demo/1998
# The above as Mortes Saltantes
Mortes Saltantes/1999 [LH]
Magister Dixit (REMOVED)
Maldoror: 1995-1997 as Funeral Fog, 1997- as Maldoror
# Not to be confused with the one-man French band
De Mysteriis Serpentis/demo/1996
Behind a Bloodstained Moon/demo/1997
# The above as Funeral Fog
Kerioth/demo/1998
Ars Magica/1999 [Alkaid]
In Saturn Mystique/2000 [Ndar]
Malefactor: Brazil ????-
Celebrate Thy War/1999 [Megahard]
The Darkest Throne/2001 [Demise]
Maleficentia: France ????-
Born of Fire and Steel/2001 [BlnD]
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/1995 [self/Hot]
# Along the lines of Bathory's "Blood Fire Death"
Far Beneath the Sun/1997 [Nap2]
20th Century Beast/MCD/1998 [Nap2]
# Other albums, but no more Black Metal
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 1993-
# "Suicidal Black Metal"
Suffering Victims/demo/1994
# This was Speed Metal
Cry for Satan/demo/1994
Profund Darkness/demo/1995
# These were Death Metal
Promo '98/demo/1998
Mortal Entrechment In Requiem/1999 [Frowz]
# Yep, the vocalist killed himself after the recording
Månegarm: Sweden 1995-
Vargeresa/demo/1996
Ur Nattvindar/demo/1997
Nordstjärnans Tidsålder/1998 [Dis]
Havets Vargar/2000 [Dis]
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 [DTM/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
La Grande Danse Macabre/2001 [BDa]
Here’s No Peace/2001 [BDa]
# Those Bathory covers as bonus once again
Blackcrowned/2002 [Blooddawn]
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 [Genocide]
Conquest/2000 [Genocide]
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
# This is not even Metal. You have been warned
Master’s Hammer/7"/1999 [bootleg]
# Unreleased tracks from ‘93
# Also 'Slágry' out in 1995 that isn't Black Metal
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 Zyklon-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
Sometimes they Come Back/7"/???? [bootleg]
# What is this?
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
Megiddo: England ????-
# Anathema members
Apocatastasis/demo/1993
The Blistering Glow of My Steel/7"/1997 [Cac]
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]
Apocalyptic Raids 2001 <split with Rampage>/2001 [Unsung Heroes]
Melechesh: Netherlands/Israel 1993-
# Israelis relocated to the Netherlands
As Jerusalem Burns/demo/1995
The Siege Of Lachish/7"/1996 [DMP]
As Jerusalem Burns... Al' Intisar/1997 [BON/Pul]
Djinn/2001 [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 (REMOVED)
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)
Mightiest: Germany ????-
<split with Depressive Silence>/demo/1999
????/10"/2001 []
Misanthropy: USA ????-
Misanthropy/demo/????
# Rehearsal
Human Hatred/demo/1999
The Cleansing/demo/2000
United In Mankind's Annihilation <split with Lugubre>/2002 [Satan
Millenium]
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]
Divine... Desecrate... Complete/2001 [No Fashion]
Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra: Ukraine ????-
# Mostly just ambient music, but some later stuff is black metal
# Nokturnal Mortum member
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 ????-
Schwertzeit, Windzeit, Wolfszeit/demo/????
The Hour of Lemegeton/demo/????
Midgard, Erwache!/demo/1997
<split with Antichrist>/demo/1997
Walpurgisfeuer/demo/1997
Hinweg über Die Tore Der Zeit/1999 [DTB/Hate]
# 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 (REMOVED)
Moonblood: Germany ????-1994 as Demoniac, 1994-2000 as Moonblood
# This band is infamous for releasing rehearsals every few months
# Raw and traditional
Rehearsal Demo 1991/demo/1991
# 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]
<split with Deathspell Omega>/12"/2001 [EAL]
('Mondblut' 7" and a split with Nargaroth still to be released)
Moonlore (REMOVED)
Moonshine: South Korea 1993-1996 as Deathrasher, 1996- as Moonshine
Malediction & Benediction/demo/1993
Donor With Rotten Guts/demo/1993
The Torture/demo/1994
# Under the name of Deathrasher, and not Black Metal
Moonshine/demo/1996
Shined By Darkness/demo/1997
Wake Up The Moon/2001 [PCK]
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]
# Other album, but no more Black Metal
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
My Dark Subconscious/6"/2000 [bootleg]
# Probably from the Russians who did the Mayhem 6"s
Death Execution/7"/2001 [Reaper]
# Picture disc even
Mordor: Switzerland ????-
# Not to be confused with the pre-Forgotten Woods band
# Atmospheric, doomy & gothic
Odes/demo/1990
Csejthe/demo/1992
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
Mordulv/demo/2000
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
Sketch of Supposed Murder/2001 [CM]
Moribund: Belgium 1996-
Eternity in the Dark/demo/1996
The Transcending Grace of the Lugubrious Path/demo/1997
Phantom Der Nacht/7"/1999 [self]
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)
Maelstrom Chaos/2001 [No Fashion]
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"
Alchoholive/demo/1994
# Live of course
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]
Weight of the Hammer/2000 [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"
Plague, Waste And Death/2001 [Barbarian Wrath]
Enter The Sea Of Flames/2002 [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 1993-
# Not to be confused with the Polish or Swedish bands
# Very much like "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" Darkthrone
Unsparing Monstrosity/demo/1994
Over the Unlight/demo/1995
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/Iron]
# Vinyl has bonus tracks
Mundanus Imperium (REMOVED)
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-
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/Nocta]
# Nocturnal version has a bonus track
<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 (Grimly Reborn)/2001 [Dra]
Destroy Your Life for Satan/demo/2001
# Re-recorded and new tracks
Vampires Of Black Imperial Blood/2001 [Drakkar Vinland]
# Re-edition of the 1996 cd
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 1996-
# 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/2001 [Mass]
Mystic Forest: France ????-
Medieval Art/demo/1997
Your Memories…/demo/1999
Third Requiem/demo/1999
Green Hell/2001 [Chant]
Mysticum: Norway 1992-1992 as Sabazios, 1992-2000 as Mysticum
# They utilize a drum machine + minor industrial influences
Wintermass/demo/1992
# As Sabazios
Medusa’s Tears/demo/1992
<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
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]
The Fourth Calling Evil/2001 [Eld]
Profanus/2001 [ ]
Nachtfalke: Germany 1998-
# "Viking Metal" with Occulta Mors of Moonblood
Nachtfalke/12"/1999 [Erz]
<split with Surturs Lohe>/7"/2001 [CH]
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
Skotos Aenaon/2001 [BL]
Nagelfar: Germany 1993-
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/2001 [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 (REMOVED)
Namtaru: US ????-????
The Plagues of Namtar/demo/1997
The Plagues of Namtar/1999 [Gothic]
Nargaroth: Germany 1991-
Orke/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
Black Metal ist Krieg (A Dedication Monument)/2001 [NC]
Rasluka Part I/200? [Sombre]
Rasluka Part II/10"/2002 [No Colours]
Semper Fidelis/200? [No Colours]
Nargathrond (REMOVED)
Nasav: Mexico ????-
Umr at Tawil/demo/1998
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
Nåstrond: Sweden 1993-1993 as Trident, 1993- as Nåstrond
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]
<split with Fafner>/2000 [bootleg]
# CD-R bootleg of the ‘From a Black Funeral Coffin’ demo
(new album "Celebration Of The Four"?)
Nazgul: Spain 1995-
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]
Live/Lp/2002 [Decius]
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"/1996 []
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]
Nebular Mystic: Norway 1998-
Taakeriket/1999 [self]
Frostlagt/demo/2000
Songs of Madness/demo/2000
Necrofeast: Netherlands ????-
????/demo/????
Necrofeast/1996 [CNMP]
# This was slow and primitive
Soulwinds/2000 [DSin]
# This is more like Summoning + Limbonic Art
Necrofrost: Germany ????-
Dark Fog Hovers over the Wooden Coffin/demo/1999
Bloodstorms voktes over Hytrunghas’ dunkle Necrotroner/2001 [Gkg]
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]
Covering Evil (12 Years Doing The Devil's Work)/2001 [Black Lotus]
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]
Necrovore: US 1986-
Mutilated Death/demo/1987
The Unholy Gods are in Black/demo/1991
<split with Sarcofago>/12"/???? [bootleg]
# Picture disc even, being the ’87 demo
(New line-up consists of Absu and Thornspawn members?)
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]
Nefarium: Italy 1997-
Nefarium/demo/1999
Avernus/7"/2000 [Maggot]
Nema: Germany ????-????
# Atmospheric, slow paced, and raw
Wintery Landscapes/demo/1994
<split with Moonblood>/7"/1995 [VOD]
<split with Mordulv>/7"/1997
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 from 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)
Nicodemus (REMOVED)
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 Australian 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]
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
# Other album, but no more Black Metal
Nocternity: Greece ????-
En Oria/2001 [ISO666]
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 Southern Tyrants/demo/2000
The Return of the Southern Tyrants/2001 [Demise]
Nokturnal Mortum: Ukraine 1991-1993 as Suppuration, 1993-1994 as Crystalline Darkness, 1994- as Nokturnal Mortum
# Modern with lots of (two actually!) keyboards
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
Goat Horns/1997 [END]
To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire/1998 [END]
Nechrist/2000 [END]
# And now they want to be known as "Aryan N.S. Black Metal"
(Split CD with Woods of the Fallen up next)
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
Entering the Dark Kingdom/demo/1993
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)
Wojna Trwa/demo/2000
Entering the Dark Kingdom/demo/2001
# Re-edition of the first demo
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
Numen: Spain ????-
# Basque country band
Haize Sorginduen Intziriak/MCD/1999 [WO]
Obsidian Gate: Germany 1994-
# Like Limbonic Art they say
????/demo/????
The Nightspectral Voyage/2000 [SKA]
Obtained Enslavement: Norway 1989-
Out of the Crypts/demo/1993
Centuries Of Sorrow/1995 [Effigy]
# Violent death/black
Witchcraft/1997 [WL]
# And now like Dimmu Borgir
Soulblight/1998 [Nap2]
The Shepherd And the Hounds of Hell/2000 [Nap2]
Obtest: Lithuania ????-
Oldness Coming/demo/1995
Live at Poltergeist/demo/1995
997/7"/1998 [self]
Tukstantemetis/2000 [WO]
# 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
The Darkness Begins/demo/1992
Studio Demo/demo/1993
Prepare To Meet Thy Doom/1994 [F2000]
Enemy Within/1996 [F2000]
# More Thrashy
# Other albums, but no more Black 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]
Fuckhole Armageddon/2001 [Baph]
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]
Oktober: US 1996-
Autumn Kingdom/demo/1996
Black Metal Demi-Gods/demo/1996
Heathen Pride/1998 [HG]
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]
(The ’98 demo on vinyl and a new CD soon)
Old Man's Child: Norway 1989-1993 as Requiem, 1993- as OMC
# With Dimmu Borgir and Minas Tirith members
Requiem/demo/1993
# Death Metal
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/1997
Menschenverachtung/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
# Other albums, but no more Black Metal
Ontos On: Canada 1997-
# Death gone Black
Sombre Chaotic Entrance in the Chasm of Existential Resignation/MCD/2000 [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 ????-
# 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?
Journey to Darkness/demo/????
<split with Apruptum>/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 1995-
# With ex-members of Necromass and Handful of Hate
Promo '96/demo/1996
Obscure Thoughts/MCD/1997 [Noctu]
Order From Chaos (REMOVED)
Order of the Ebon Hand: Greece ????-
????/demo/????
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 [Aph]
Ork: Bulgaria 1995-
Through the Fight I Ride/demo/1997
Slava Nam/demo/1998
Et a Novo Magico/demo/1998
<split with Frostmoon>/7"/1999 [Oskorei]
Through the Fight I Ride-Slava Nam/demo/1999
# That's correct: both demos on one tape
Gronderblud/demo/1999
Blessed by Evil/2000 [Folter]
(Up next: ‘Ring of the Serpent’s Throne’ CD)
Orkus: Germany ????-
Proberaumtape 6.97-9.98/demo/1998
The Gate/MCD/1999 [Under]
Thorns/2001 [Under]
Osculum Infame: France 1993-2000
Sadomastic Impure Artgoat/demo/1994
I'a Aem'nh S'ha-t'n/demo/1995
<split with Funeral>/demo/1996
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]
Pagan Rites: Sweden 1992-1994, 1999- ex-Autopsy Torment
# Slow Black with Viking themes
Demo 92/demo/1992
# Not called "Through The Gates Of Hell" is it?
Promo 93/demo/1993
Frost.../demo/1993
Hail Victory!/7"/1993 [ML]
# Intro/Hail Victory!/Heathenland
Sodomy in Heaven/EP/1993 [self?]
# No label info printed
Pagan Rites/1996 [War]
# Lots of old stuff collected - some previously unavailable
Bloodlust and Devastation/12"/2000 [PA]
Pagan Winter: Germany ????-
????/demo/????
Night of Chaos/demo/1997
In the Shadowland/demo/1997
Inferos/1999 [LE]
Paganus Doctrina: Costa Rica ????-
Natural Inbio Del Paganismo/demo/1995
<Split with Pseudostratiffied Epithelium>/1997 [AL]
Panikos (REMOVED)
Pandemonium: Poland ????-
# Not to be confused with the old US Cheese Metal band
Demo/Reh/demo/????
Devilri/demo/1992
The Ancient Catatonia/1994 [Baron]
????/???? [MN]
Pantheon: US 1995-
# Not to be confused with the German black metal band
Rehearsal demo '96/demo/1996
Vincere aut Mori Agnes Dei/demo/1997
Thangorodrim/demo/1998
<split with War88>/demo/1999
Galdur Vikodlaks/2000 [DTB/FW]
<split with Command>/demo/2000
Ginnungagap/demo/2000
InstrumentAryan/demo/2000
("Vargstrike" will be released on Ancestral Research soon)
Paragon Belial: Germany ????-
# With the ex-Bethlehem vocalist who is not dead at all
Hordes of The Darklands/1996 [Folter]
Parnassus: Sweden ????-
# Lots of keyboards they say. One-man band of Fredrik Söderlund who played
# with Algaion for a while. See also Octinomos.
Receive My Dying Spirit/demo/1995
Demo 2/demo/1995
Promo '95/demo/1995
In Doloriam Gloria/1995 [Sec]
Let The Stars Fall And Kingdom Come/1997 [Sec]
Perished: Norway ????-
In Hoc Signa Vinces/demo/1993
Though the Black Mist/demo/1994
# These were Death Metal
Perished/7"/1997 [Sol]
Kark/1998 [Sol]
Perverseraph: US 1992-
Savage Messiah/demo/1997
Savage Messiah/MCD/1999 [Gothic]
# The demo + bonus track
Namtaru/2001 [World War III]
Pervertum: Austria 1992-????
# Members of the Austrian Black Metal Syndicate whatever that is.
Creature of Ungod/demo/1994
Creature Of Ungod/1995 [Leth]
Pest: Finland 1996-2000
# From Norse style to oldschool Black/Death.
# Not to be confused with the ex-Nordlys band from Germany.
# Nazgul can be found in Horna + dozen other bands
Crushing the Thrones of Light/demo/1996
Hail the Black Imperial Hornsign/demo/1998
# Like Darkthrone here
Towards the Bestial Armaggedon/7"/1998 [FW]
# Along comes a style change...
Belial's Possessed Wolves/7"/1999 [NH]
Hail the Black Imperial Hornsign/demo/1999
# Re-released with a Blasphemy cover
(The 7" will be re-released with bonus tracks)
Pest: Germany ????-???? as Nordlys, ????- as Pest
# Not to be confused with the Finnish band
Foele Nordlyset/demo/1995
# As Nordlys
Reisen til den Høyes Hall/demo/1996
# As Nordlys
Pest/7"/1999 []
Poccolus: Lithunania 1993-
Kingdom Of Poccolus/demo/1993
Promo 94/demo/1994
# Is it this one that's a re-recorded version of the "Kingdom Of Poccolus"
# demo?
Poccolus/1996 [Ham1]
Poison: Germany 1982-1987
# Right, not *that* Poison, this is c(k)ult.
# Now known as R.U.Dead?
Sons of Evil/demo/1984
Black Angel/demo/1984
# A promo
Bestial Death/demo/1985
Awakening of the Dead/demo/1986
Live Terror/demo/1986
Into The Abyss/1986 [MC/?]
# Re-released on CD in 1993. This is not an EP although there are only
# four tracks
Posthumous: Brazil 1992-
# Sarcofago fans no doubt...
Posthumous/demo/1994
Lust upon the Altars of Blasphemy/demo/1997
My Eyes, They Bleed/1999 [EH]
Potentiam: Iceland 1997- ex-Hel
# With the Solstafir Drummer
Balsyn/demo/1997
Balsyn/1999 [WL]
# The demo re-recorded plus two new tracks
Primigenium: Spain 1992-
# Immortal style to Blasphemy style
As Eternal As The Night/demo/1994
Promo 95/demo/1995
As Eternal As The Night/MCD/1996 [WR]
# The 1994 demo + the 1995 promo
Art Of War/1997 [FMP]
All your Tears will be Ours/7"/2000 [EAL]
# Sounding like Blasphemy now…
All Your Tears will be Ours/MCD/2001 [FMP]
# Three tracks instead of two…
Primordial: Ireland 1992-, ex-Forsaken
Dark Romanticism...(Sorrow's Bitter Harvest...)/demo/1993
An Infernal Summer's Night/demo/1994
# A Promo actually
Imrama/1995 [Cac]
# Translation: A mythical sea voyage, usually into the otherworld
<split with Katatonia>/10"/1996 [Mis]
# Re-recorded track from the ’93 demo
A Journey's End/1998 [Mis]
# Very little black metal now. Mostly Doom.
The Burning Season/1999 [Ham2]
# A little more extreme here...
Spirit the Earth Aflame/2000 [Ham2]
# Digipak/LP claim to have a bonus track, but it's still on the jewel case
# Back to the harsher Black Metal roots here
# And another jewel case version has four bonus tracks
(The first two albums will be re-mastered and re-released by Hammerheart)
(And a new album by the end of the year)
Profanatica: US 1990-1992, then became Havohej
# Paul Ledney spews blasphemy
Putrescence of.../demo/1990
Official Rehearsal/demo/1990
Broken Throne Of Christ/demo/1990
Weeping In Heaven/7"/1991 [AW]
# "Weeping In Heaven"/"Heavenly Father"
Weeping In Heaven/demo/1992 [AW]
# The 7" + "Scourging And Crowning" and "Final Hour of Crist" live
Tormenting Holy Flesh/EP/1992 [Osmose] (on split LP/CD with Masacre)
As Tears Of Blood Stain The Altar Of Christ/7"/1993 [Osmose]
# The first demo
<split with Impiety>/7"/1999 [Samhain]
# 1991 rehearsal track + 2 unreleased demo tracks
Sombre Corpse Music/MC/???? [bootleg]
Live/2001 [Nsc]
# Released on Paul’s label, and thus official
Collection/2001 [Wmm]
# Demo/rare/etc. material
Profane Creation: Brazil ????-
Supremacy/demo/1994
Live/18/11/1995/demo/1995
# A live demo of course
In Name Of Supreme Black Arts (Nema)/demo/1996
Nema/1997 [Syl] (split with Inquisition)
# The 1996 demo
Supremacy/1998 [Mega]
# The demo
Profanum: Poland 1994-1998
# A member can be found in Witchmaster now
Under The Black Wings Of Emperor/demo/1995
Flowers Of Our Black Misanthropy/1996 [Ast]
Profanum Aeternum: Eminence of Satanic Imperial Art/1998 [Pagan]
# No guitars on this one
Musaeum Esotericum/2001 [Pagan]
Prophanity: Sweden 1991-
Demo #1/demo/1994
Messenger Of The Northern Warrior Host/demo/1994
I Vargans Tekken/7"/1995 [VOD/SM]
# Translation: "In the sign of the wolf"
The Battleroar/demo/1997
Stronger Than Steel/1998 [Bla]
Ragnarok UK: England 1988-
# Added the suffix to avoid confusion with the Norwegian band
Ragnarok/demo/1991
Völuspá/demo/1991
Beloved Of The Ravengod/demo/1995
To Mend The Oaken Heart/1997 [Neat]
Domgeorn/1999 [Neat]
Ragnarok: Norway 1994-
# Not to be confused with the English Ragnarok
# Ragnarok, 'Doom of the gods', means the end of the world
Vinterland I Nord/demo/1994
Pagan Land/demo/1995
Nattferd/1996 [HNF]
# Translation: "Night journey"
Arising Realm/1997 [HNF]
Diabolic Age/2000 [HNF]
(‘Under the Wings of Satan’ MCD + ‘In Nomine Satanas’ CD up next)
Rakoth: Russia 1997-
Dark Age Chronicle/demo/1997
Tales of the Worlds Unreal/demo/1997
Superstatic Equilibrium/demo/1998
Planetshift/1999 [Code666]
Jabberwocks/2001 [Code 666]
Raven: Norway ????-
# Members of Forgotten Woods/Joyless here - and playing RAW B.M.
# Not to be confused with the old thrash band of the same name!
Herskere/demo/1994
# As Ravn
F.M./1997 [NC]
# With half of the Herskere demo
("Selfdestruct" 7" may be released)
Ravenlord: Malaysia ????-
Martyr, Hail/2000 [Music Trax]
Raven's Empire: Germany ????-
Draconis Teutonica/7"/1999 [CH] (split with Aske)
Razor of Occam: Australia ????-
Diabologue/demo/1998
Diabologue/7"/1999 [Dam]
# Two songs from the demo
Reign of Erebus: England 1998-
# Cradle of Filth clones
Into the Darkness of Pandemonium/demo/1998
Opus Infernus/demo/1998
Of Blackest Magick.../MCD/2000 [Bla]
Requiem Aeternam: Uruguay 1995-
# Fast with some clean vocals and thrash breaks
Eternally Dying/1998 [self]
Resucitator: US ????-
Resucitator/demo/1992
Satan Falls to Earth/demo/1992
Initiation/demo/1993
Initiation/1995 [WR]
(Up next: ‘Re-Initiate’ and ‘Towards the Sunless Centuries’ CDs)
Riger: Germany 1996-
Die Belagrung auf/demo/1996
Der Wanderer/1998 [CCP]
Hamingja/2000 [CCP]
Rignevond: Norway ????-
Nattverd/1999 [Edge]
Rising Moon: Italy 1996-1998 as Bodygrinder, 1998- as Rising Moon
# Not to be confused with the German band
Morituro/demo/1997
# This was death metal with keyboards
Hate from Heaven/1998 [Elegy2]
Area 51/2000 [Elegy2]
Rites of thy Degringolade: Canada 1997-
# Ex-Sacramentary Abolishment drummer
Rites of thy Degringolade/demo/1999
The Caryatid/2000 [self]
Witchblade/demo/????
Ritual: US ????-
# No relation to the Canadian or Czech Ritual
Goat Prophecies/demo/1993
Blackest Of Evil And Mysticism/demo/1994
Promo 94/demo/1994
The Summoning/1995 [WR]
Demonic Winter Metal/1997 [WR]
# Old demo tracks
Soldier's Under Satan's Command/1998 [WR]
# Black/Thrash now...
Ritual: Czechia ????-
# Not to be confused with the American or Canadian Ritual
In Nomine/demo/1996
Ritus Orgy/1998 [Lev]
Ritual Orchestra: Indonesia ????-
Seeking Immortal/1998
Perjanjian Ilmu Hitam/1999 [] (split with Mistik)
<split with Blodsrit>/2000 [PSE]
Root: Czechia 1986-
# Those demos dates have been confirmed, thank you.
Deep in Hell/demo/1988
Reap of Hell/demo/1988
War of Rats/demo/1988
Messengers from Darkness/demo/1989
The Trial/demo/1989
666/7"/1990 [Zeras]
Zjenveni/1990 [Zeras]
Hell Symphony/1991 [Zeras]
The Temple in The Underworld/1992 [Mon]
# CD version has bonus tracks
Hell Symphony/1996 [Cac]
# Straight up re-release
Kärgeräs/1996 [MA/Bho]
# Less Black
The Book/1999 [RB]
Zjeveni - The Temple in the Underworld/1999 [RB]
# Straight up re-release on two CDs
Revelations/2001 [bootleg]
# Last Episode bootleg of the English version of ‘Zjenveni’
# Taken from a poor quality, multi-generation dub
(new album, "Black Seal" up next)
Rossomahaar: Russia 1995-
# Symphonic Black
Grotesque/demo/1997
Imperium Tenebrarum/2000 [CDM]
# This is Black/Death now
('Quarite Lux in Tenebris' in 2001)
Rotting Christ: Greece 1987-
# Black Metal the Greek way, i.e. quite some oldstyle Black/traditional
# Heavy Metal influences
Declines Return/demo/1987
The Other Side Of Life/7"/1987 (split with Sound Pollution)
# In these days they were a Grind band
De Vermiis Mysteris/demo/1988
# Really?
Satanas Tedeum/demo/1989
# But this is as Black Metal as it gets
Passage To Arcturo/EP/1991 [Dec]
# the 1993 CD re-release has two extra live tracks
# the Decapitated MC version has the "Dawn of the Iconoclast" EP.
<split with Monumentum>/7"/12"/1991 [OP]
# The picture 12" is a 1996 re-release
Dawn Of The Iconoclast/7"/1992 [Dec]
# More or less official
Ade's Wind/demo/1992
Thy Mighty Contract/1993 [Osmose/JLA/CM]
# Century Media reisssue has two bonus tracks
Apokathelosis/7"/1993 [Osmose]
# "Visions Of Dead Lovers"/"The Mystical Meeting"
Non Serviam/1994 [Uni]
Satanas Tedeum/MCD/1994 [Uni]
# right, the demo
Snowing Still/demo/1995
Triarchy Of Lost Lovers/1996 [CM]
# Somehow getting softer...
# Digipack version includes three Kreator covers
# Other albums, but no more Black Metal
Sabaoth: Paraguay 1993-
Dentro Del Culto/demo/1993
Southern Twilight/demo/1994?
Sabaoth/1996 [SS]
Windjourney/2000 [Icarus]
Sabbat: Japan 1984-
# Not to be confused by the now disfunct British band.
# Early on a mix of Hellhammer-ish Black Metal and traditional hard
# rock/Heavy Metal stuff; then turned more thrashy and later towards
# brutal Black/Death, and then into more epic Black/Thrash, and now
# back to the Roots
Sabbat/7"/1985 [Evil]
Born By Evil Blood/7"/1987 [Evil]
Desecration/7"/1988 [Evil]
Satan's Sperm Is Cold/7"/1989 [Evil]
The Seven Deadly Sins/7"/1990 [Evil]
Sabbatical Demon/demo/1990
Envenom/1991 [Evil/Ent]
# Enthropy version has one extra track. There also exists a "routh mix
# version" on tape
Evoke/1992 [Evil]
Disembody/1993 [Evil]
Bloody Countess/MC/1993 [Evil]
# recordings from 1985-1986
Fetishism/1994 [Evil]
Black Up Your Soul/1994 [Evil]
# 10th Anniversary compilation; old EPs and unrelease tracks
Sabbatical Devilucifier/MCD/1994 [HC]
Live In Blokula/1995 [Evil]
# live yes
For Satan And Sacrifice/1995 [Evil]
# Part II of 10th Anniversary compilation - new and old tracks
Envenom/1995 [Ent]
Bloody Countess/12"/1996 [HC]
# Not the same as the 1993 tape
The Dwelling - The Melody Of Death Mask/1996 [Evil]
Live 666 - Japanese HArmageddon/12"/1996 [Evil]
European Harmaggedon/picture 7"/1997 [Mer]
Scandanavian Harmaggedon/7"/1997 [PA]
East European Harmaggedon/7"/1998 [VB]
American Harmaggedon/7"/1998 [HC]
Asian Harmaggedon/7"/1998 [Evil]
African Harmaggedon/7"/1998 []
Envenom/12"/1999 [Iron]
# Re-release with a bonus from the 'Sabbat' 7"
Evoke/12"/1999 [Iron]
# Picture Disc Re-release
Live Curse/1999 []
The Sabbatical Rites 1985-1989/12"/1999 [Iron]
# The 7" recordings from that period
Karisma/1999 [Iron]
Oceanic Harmaggedon/7"/1999 []
South American Harmaggedon/7"/1999 []
Sabbatical Demonslaught/7"/1999 [VB]
Live Kindergarden/12"/1999 [HMS]
The Bulldozer Armaggedon V.I/7"/2000 [Wld] (split with Imperial)
Live Devil/demo/2000
Live Panica/10"/2000 [HMS]
Sabbatical Magicurse - Baltic Harmageddom/7"/2000 [Evil/SSo]
Sabbatical Magicrucifixion - Iberian Harmageddon/7"/2000 [Evil/Hib]
Satansword/2000 [Iron]
Live Revenge/12"/2000 [HMS]
Sabbatical Magicrypt: French Harmageddon/7"/2000 [EAL]
Live Meltdown/12"/2000 [Evil]
# A live show from the European tour
Split Tomb/7"/2001 [] (split with Unpure)
(Up next: ‘Disembody’ 12")
Sacradis: Italy 1996-
Sacradis Infernalis/MCD/1999 [BT]
<split with Frostmoon Elipse>/MC/1999
# The MCD
Sacramentary Abolishment: Canada 1993-1998
# Members broke into Axis of Advance and Rites of thy Degringolade
Misanthropy/demo/1994
Nebulous/demo/1995
River of Corticone/1996 [Cat]
# Almost grindcore musically, with BM vocals
The Distracting Stone/1997 [Cat]
Of Moonlight and Fire/demo/1998
Sacramentum: Sweden 1990-
# Typically Swedish
Sedes Impiorum/demo/1993
Finis Malorum/MCD/1994 [self/Adi]
Far Away From the Sun/1996 [Adi]
The Coming of Chaos/1997 [CM]
Thy Black Destiny/1999 [CM]
Sacrilegium: Poland 1994-
# Darkthrone clones
Sleeptime/demo/1995
Sleeptime/1995 [WR/Pagan]
# The demo, one suspects
Wicher/1996 [Pagan]
Jeseinne Szepty/MCD/1996 [BA] (split with North)
Recidivus/demo/1998
Embrace the Darkness/demo/1999
# More melodic now
Sadistik Exekution (REMOVED)
Salacious Gods: Netherlands ????-
# Like Dimmu Borgir they say
Askengris/1999 [CB]
Samael: Switzerland 1987-
# Slower than average Black Metal, and quite atmospheric
Macabre Operetta/demo/1987
Into The Infernal Storm Of Evil/demo/1988
Medieval Prophecy/7"/1988 [Necro]
From Dark To Black/demo/1989
Promo '89/demo/1989
Worship Him/1991 [Osmose/JLA]
Promo '91/demo/1991
After The Sepulture/7"/1991 [Necro]
# Picture disc - new version of the title track + a Venom cover
Blood Ritual/1992 [CM]
# Other albums, but no more Black Metal
Samain: Australia 1993-1998
An Leanabh Naomh (Briste)/demo/1994
# Translation: "The Blessed Child (Defeated)"
Indomitus/1996 [Blss]
The Revenge of the Natural/demo/1997
Sammath: Netherlands 1994-
Zwaardbroeders Bij de Bergengte/demo/1995
De Rüines Fluisteren/demo/1997
Strijd/1999 [Folter]
Verwoesting/Devastation/2001 [Folter]
Sanctimonious Order: Germany ????-
????/demo/????
For They Shall be Slained/7"/2000 [LE] (split with Isegrim)
Sanctimonious Order/7"/2000 [LE]
Sanctus: US ????-
Aeon Sky/1999 [MB]
Sarcófago: Brazil 1986-
# Early on a Black Metal band, then became fast Death Metal
Satanic Lust/demo/1986
The Black Vomit/demo/1986
Christ's Death/demo/1987
I.N.R.I./1987 [Cogu]
# Their "classic" release as far as Black Metal goes
Rotting/1989 [Cogu/UOF/Kraze]
# By now more like Deathrash
The Laws Of Scourge/1991 [Cogu/UOF?]
Hate/1995 [Cogu]
# Fast Death with hyperactive drum machine
Decade Of Decay/1996 [Cogu]
The Worst/1997 [Cogu]
<split with Necrovore>/12"/???? [bootleg]
# Picture disc even
Crust/MCD/2000 [Cogu]
# Black Metal again
Sarcophagus: US 1991-
# Has gone from a pure Death Metal to Death Metal with
# some Black Metal influences to Black Metal (claiming to be Death Metal)
Cursed Are The Dead/demo/1991
Sarcophagus/demo/1993
Deadnoise/demo/1994
Sarcophagus/7"/1994 [Tomb]
# Equals the demo; unofficial release
Der Ubermensch/demo/1995
Apathy/demo/1995
For We... Who Are Consumed By The Darkness/1996 [Pul]
#Black + Death
Thirteen Songs/1996 [Pul]
# Sarcophagus/Deadnoise/Der Ubermensch
A Requiem to the Death of Passion/1998
# Fast Black Metal now
Promo '00/demo/2000
(New CD on Baphomet sometime soon)
Sargoth: Sweden 1994-
Mörkrets Anlete/demo/1995
Lay Eden in Ashes/1999 [Bdia]
Satanachia: Brazil ????-
Gloria Patri/1999 [Mega] (split with Angel of Light)
Satanel: Italy ????
# With Evol Members
The Dark Triumphator/demo/1996
War Ceremonial Hail/7"/1997 [Maggot]
Under a Scarlet Night/1998/[Maggot] (split with Death Dies)
Satanic Slaughter: Sweden 1985-1989, 1992?-
# Thrashy Black
One Night In Hell/demo/1988
Satanic Slaughter/1996 [Nec]
Land Of The Unholy Souls/1997 [Nec]
# Many new recordings of old songs from their early existence?
Afterlife Kingdom/2000 [LnP]
Satan Sign Of War: Germany ????-
First Demo/demo/????
The Second War/demo/????
The Total War/demo/????
Ep/ep/???? [Torment]
Satarial: Russia 1993-
# Some Russians don't seem too fond of this band.
...I ogon' voz'myot khramy Khrista/demo/1996
# Translation: "And the Flames Will Take the Temple of christ"
Koroleva Alfiyskoy Zemli/demo/1998
# Translation: "The Queen of the Elves' Land"
The Queen of the Elves' Land/1999 [Bey]
Heidenlarm/2001 [Beyond]
Sathanas: US 1985-1989, 1992-
# Cult Black Metal? After they split in 1989 the members went to Acheron
# and Bathym. Bathym then reunited as Sathanas
Ripping Evil/demo/1988
Rehearsal 92/demo/1992
Ripping Evil/7"/1994 [Reaper]
# equals the old demo
# 'Black Earth' from ’97 was never released
Armies of Charon/1999 [Conq]
Cruentus Diabolis/MCD/2001 [Pul]
Black Earth/2001 [Blackmetal.com]
# The 1997 recording a bet ?
Thy Dark Heavens/2001 [Blackmetal.com]
Satyricon: Norway 1991-1992 as Omnipotence, 1992- as Satyricon
# Norwegian Black Metal... rather "styled"
Unreleased Demo '91/demo/1991
# As Omnipotence
Satyricon/demo/1992
The Forest Is My Throne/demo/1993
Dark Medieval Times/1994 [Moon]
# Several medieval sounding pieces on this one
The Shadowthrone/1994 [Moon]
# This one is quite "catchy", with folk influenes
<split with Enslaved>/1996 [Moon]
# The Satyricon tracks = the "The Forest Is My Throne" demo
Nemesis Divina/1996 [Moon]
# Here they turn slightly towards the Immortal sound
Mother North/Video/1996 [Moon]
Megiddo/EP/1997 [Moon]
# "Orgasmatron" (Motörhead cover)
Intermezzo II/MCD/1998 [Moon]
Rebel Extravaganza/1999 [NB]
Saxorior: Germany 1994-
The First Fight/demo/1994
Return from the Dark Side/1995 []
Beyond Conceptions/demo/1996
Beyond Conceptions/MCD/???? []
Portent of Eternity/1999 []
Scheitan: Sweden ????-
# Gates Of Ishtar and Everdawn members
Travelling In Ancient Times/1996 [Inv]
# This is brutal Black Metal
Deathrace 2000/MCD/1998 [Inv]
Nemesis/1999 [CM]
# And this is avantgarde heavy metal/electronica?
Screams over Northland: Sweden ????-
# Denata member
Screams over Northland/7"/1999 [Ghoul]
Sear Bliss: Hungary 1993-
The Pagan Winter/demo/1995
Phantoms/1996 [TM]
The Pagan Winter/MCD/1997 [TM]
# Time for that demo then.. + bonus track
The Hauting/1998 [TM]
Souldive/demo/2000
Second Moon, The: 1997-
Living Shadows from the Second Moon/demo/1997
The Second Moon/MCD/1999 [Oskorei]
Secratain: Australia 1997-
Bound in Blasphemy/2001 [Bat/Blss] (split with Dark Dominion)
Secrets of the Moon: Germany 1994-
# With ex-Martyrium members ?
Unearthed Arcana/demo/1995
Vanitas/demo/1997
Promo '98/demo/1998
Auf einer Wanderung durch goldene Sphären.../7"/2000 [DW] (split with Lunar Aurora)
Stronghold of the Invioables/12"/2001 [Sombre]
(signed to Skaldic Art now)
Seed of Hate: Italy ????-
# Not to be confused with Seeds of Hate from Germany
A Tragedy of Lustful Art/2000 [SNP]
Seigneur Voland: France 1996-
# Although Xaphan was in jail until 1999
Cérémonie Chaotique Pour un Monde Mourant/demo/1999 (split with Chemin de Haine)
Seigneur Voland/MCD/2001 [Aumy]
<split with Kristallnacht and Blessed In Sin>/2001 [Warspirit/Semen In Blood]
Semen Datura: Germany ????-
????/demo/????
Black Wings/MCD/2000 [MA]
Seth: France ????-
Apocalyptic Desires/demo/1996
# More of a Death Metal influence here
By Fire, In Power, Shall Be/1997 [AMSG]
Les Blessures de l'Ame/1998 [SOM]
War Volume III/2000 [SOM] (split with Cultus Sanguine)
The Excellence/2000 [Osmose]
Divine X/2002 [Osmose]
Setherial: Sweden: 1993-
# No, Lord Mysteriis is not a christian.
A Hail To The Faceless Angels/demo/1994
För Dem Mitt Blod/7"/1995 [ADO]
# Translation: 'For Them My Blood'
<split with Sorhin>/demo/1996
# One track from the 7"
Nord/1995 [Nap2]
# Like Emperor
Lords of the Nightrealm/1997 [Nap2]
# Like Dark Funeral now...
Hell Eternal/1999 [Nap2]
Sextrash: Brazil ????-????
# With D.D. Crazy from Sarcofago
Sadistic Screams/demo/1989
XXX/7"/1989 []
XXX/12"/???? [] (split with Pus)
Sexual Carnage/12"/1990 [Cogu]
Funeral Serenade/12"/???? [Cogu]
Sezarbil: Czechia ????-
The End of Sacred Faith/MCD/1998 []
Proti Vsem/1999 [PG] (split with Maniac Butcher and Inferno)
The Unknown Empire/2000 [Lev]
Shade: Canada 1998-2000
# Immortal clones
Isa/MCD/1999 [Frowz]
Shadowlord: Netherlands 1995-
Shadowlord Empire/MCD/2000 [SoA]
Shadows Towards my Sky: Germany ????-
Germanenland/demo/????
Forever Lost my Love/7"/1997 [Sombre]
Nightwaves/demo/????
Shamash: Mexico ????
# Modern Black Metal mixed with Melodic Death Metal
????/demo/????
Eternal As Time/1998 [Oz]
Shining: Sweden 1996-
Submit to Self-Destruction/7"/1999 [Selb]
Within Deep Dark Chambers/2001 [Selb/FMP]
Livets Ändhållplats/2001 [Selbstmord]
Shining of Kliffoth: Germany ????-
Suicide Kings/MCD/1997 [LE]
Twilight of Sehemeah/2000 [LE]
Shub-Niggurath (REMOVED)
Siebenbürgen: Sweden 1994-
# Translation: A German name of Transylvania
Siebenbürgen/demo/1996
Ungentum Pharelis/demo/1996
Loreia/1997 [Nap2]
Grimjar/1998 [Nap2]
Delictum/2000 [Nap2]
Sigh: Japan 1989-
# From more traditional Black Metal to very avantgarde
Desolation/demo/1990
Tragedies/demo/1990 [WR]
Requiem For Fools/7"/MC/1992 [WR]
# "The Knell"/"Desolation"/"Taste Defeat"
Scorn Defeat/1994 [DSP/VOW]
<split with Kawir>/7"/1994 [Cac]
# Sigh tracks are "Suicidogenic" and "Schizo" (Venom cover)
Sigh's Tribute To Venom - To Hell And Back/1995 [Voices]
# As you'd expect, a number of Venom covers (6 in fact)
Infidel Art/1995 [Cac]
The Eastern Force Of Evil: Live 92-96/1997 [OOD]
Ghastly Funeral Theatre/MCD/1997 [Cac]
# This should have been a split with first Abigail and then Vergelmer
Hail Horror Hail/1997 [Cac]
Scenerio IV: Dead Dreams/1999 [Cac]
('Scorn Defeat' will be released on vinyl by Vinyl Collectors)
Imaginary Sonicscape/2001 [Century Media]
Sileaxter: Germany ????-
Mad Sorcer/demo/1996
Bleeding Depth/7"/1997 [self/LE]
Siren: Germany ????-
The Calling/demo/1995
A Hail to the Gods of Metal/demo/1997
Your Dreams Come True/7"/1998 [Sid]
Sirius: Portugal 1994-
# In the Norwegian keyboard heavy school they say
Fiery Strife at the Cosmic Gates of Armageddon/demo/1998
The Eclipse (The Summons of the Warriors of Armaggedon)/demo/1998
Aeons of Magick/2000 [NA]
Spectral Transition - Dimension Sirius/2001 [NA]
Skyforger: Latvia 1995-
# Immortal worship + Latvian folk music
Semigalls' Warchant/demo/1997
Kauji Pie Saules/1998 [Mascot]
Latvian Riflemen/2000 [Mascot]
Sodom: Germany 1983-
# The early albums were Black Metal... The "mid age" ones are heavy
# powerful Speed Metal and the latest ones more punkish.
Witching Metal/demo/1983
Victims Of Death/demo/1984
Satan's Conjuration/demo/1984
In The Sign Of Evil/EP/1985 [DG/SH]
# Other albums, but no more Black Metal
Solefald: Norway ????-
# Easy listening like CoF, but more experimental.
Jernlov/Demo/1996
# Trasnslation: "Iron law"
Rehearsal/demo/1996?
The Linear Scaffold/1997 [AG]
# Other album, but no more Black Metal element
Sol Evil: US 1997-
Kindred of Kain/demo/1997
Fallen/demo/1997
# These were industrial Black/Death
The Doorway into Deprevity/demo/1998
# Brutal Black from here on
Dawn of Infinite Obscure/MCD/1999 [Plague]
Solhverv: Denmark ????- ex-Fallen Angel, ex-Helheim
Tagarnes Artusinde/1996 [Eup]
Solstafir: Iceland 1993-
I Nordri/demo/1995
Til Valhallar/MCD/1996 [VB]
Promo '97/demo/1997
(New album out soon on Ars Metalli)
Somnus: US 1996-
To Return the Crimson Skies/demo/1997
Awakening of the Crown/1999 [ROE]
Songe D'Enfer: Brazil 1993-????
# Not unlike Burzum's slower, keyboard driven parts
My Visions In The Forest/demo/1995
Visions of Nocturnal Tragedies/1998 [EH] (split with Miasthenia)
# The Demo
Sorath: Czechia 1993-
# Not to be confused with the U.S. band
666-The Awakening/demo/1994
Voices/demo/1995
Matache Chavale/demo/1995
<split with Unclean>/1996 [PG]
# The 'Matache Chavale' demo
Meditations in Dark Green/7"/1996 [Epi] (split with Isacarrum)
Gnosis/1998 [Lev]
Omnem Dii Gentium Daemonia/2000 [Lev]
Sorath: US 1991-1995
# With Baron von Abaddon of Black Funeral/Darkness Enshroud. Raw!
# Not to be confused with the Czech band
Forest Of Winter/demo/1991
Sodomizing Jesus Christ/demo/1992
Ancient Dead/demo/1993
The Horns Of The Goat/7"/1994 [self]
Rehearsal Demo 94/demo/1994
The Darkness Returns/demo/1995
# Collection of tracks
Sorcier des Glaces: Canada ????-
# Moonlyght member - one man band
Snowland/2000 [self]
Sorhin: Sweden 1993-
# With Shamaatae of Arckanum on the demos.
Svarta Själars Vandring/demo/1993
# Translation: "Black Souls' Wandering"
I Fullmånens Dystra Sken/demo/1994
# Translation: "In the gloomy light of the full moon"
Demo 95/demo/1995
Arte de Occulta/demo/1996
<split with Setherial>/demo/1996
Skogsgriftens Rike/MCD/1996 [ADO/XT]
# Translation: "In the realm of the forest tomb" (roughly)
Åt Fanders Med Ljusets Skapelser/picture 7"/1997 [ND]
# Translation: "To hell with the creations of light" (roughly)
I Det Glimrande Mörkrets Djup/1997 [ND]
# Translation: "In the depth of the glimmering darkness"
Doden MCMXCVIII/1998 [ND]
# Translation: 'Death 1008'
Apokalypsens Ängel/2000 [Shadow]
# Translation: 'Angel of the Apocalypse'
(New 7" coming up next)
Sort Vokter: Norway ????-
# Ildjarn and Nidhogg at it again
Folkloric Necro Metal/1996 [Nap2/NL]
Spear of Longinus: Australia ????-
# Raw and old-school!
Promo '94/demo/1994
Nazi Occult Metal/demo/1995
# Some versions have a "Nastrond" mix?
Domni Satnasi/12"/1997 [Burz]
Nada Brahma/MCD/1999 [Burz]
Sprawl (REMOVED)
Stone to Flesh: Serbia 1996-
Serbian Woods/demo/1997
Killed by the Sun/demo/1998
Unveiled Evil/demo/1999
Some Wounds Bleed Forever/2000 [CCP]
Stormfront: Norway ????-
Styggmyrs Triumf/demo/1997
Styggmyrs Triumf/MCD/1999 [NC] (split with Gaahlskagg)
Stormlord: Italy 1991-
# From Death Metal to Bombastic Black Metal
Demo '92/demo/1992
Black Knight/demo/1994
# These were death metal
Under The Sign Of The Sword/MCD/1997 [MH]
Where my Spirit Forever Shall Be/MCD/1998
Supreme Art of War/1999 [LE]
The Curse Of Medusa/2001 [Scarlet]
At The Gate Of Utopia/2001 [Scarlet]
Strid: Norway ????-???? as Battle, ????-???? as Strid
# Translation: "Fight" (or "Battle")
# Members have popped up in Old Man's Child and Gorgoroth
End Of Life/demo/1993
# Also released under the band name Battle?
Strid/7"/1995 [Mal]
Strid-End of Life/MC/1996 [Mal]
# The demo and 7" on one tape
Strid/12"/2000 [bootleg]
# The Demo and 7"
Strychnos: Denmark ????- ex- Solen's Skygge
# Koldborn member here
Demo Tracks '98/demo/1998
Terror Lies Within/7"/1999 [Horror]
(‘Strychnostick Madness’ 7" will be released soon)
Stuthoff: Greece 1996-2000 as Worship, 2000- as Stufhoff
Through the Dark Age we are Dreaming/MCD/2000 []
Sudarium: Belgium 1995-
<split with Luguburum>/1998 [TE/Lowf]
Suicidal Winds: Sweden ????-
# Black/Thrash again
????/demo/1994
Aggression/demo/1997
Definitely War/demo/1998
Winds of Death/1999 [NC]
<split with Bestial Wrath>/7"/2000 [self]
Victims In Blood/2002 [No Colours]
Suidakra: Germany ????-
# Pseudo Celtic-Black Metal
Dawn/demo/1995?
Lupine Essence/MCD/1997 [self]
Auld Lang Syne/1998 [LE]
Lays from Afar/1999 [LE]
# More like In Flames now?
The Arcanum/2000 [LE]
Suffering: Norway ????-
# ‘Forest Metal’, whatever that is
Sowing the Seeds of Suffering/1994 [AS]
Suffering Souls: Germany ????-
When Silence Cries Eternally/demo/????
Cries of Silence/MCD/1999 [MNi/NC]
Twilight Ripping Souls Apart/2000 [Cyber]
Summon: Michigan 1991-1991, 1995-
# Spawned, and then spawned from the now dead Masochist
Devourer of Souls/demo/1991
# This was pre-Masochist, and death metal
Fire Turns Everything... Black/demo/1995
Dark Descent Of Fallen Souls/1996 [GP]
Baptized by Fire/2000 [Baph]
(The demo on CD + new disc ‘No Thoughts from the Sky’ up next)
Summoning: Austria 1993-
# Two-man band including Silenius of Abigor. Lyrics, up till now, about
# Tolkien's world. The next theme will be Das Nibelungenlied.
A.M.D. 1959/demo/1993
Upon the Viking Stallion/demo/1994
# Worship me for finally figuring the demos out
The Urilia Text/demo/1994 (split with Pazuzu)
The Creation of a Dark Age/demo/1994
# Keyboard tracks
Lugburz/demo/1994
Lugburz/1995 [Nap2]
# Not the same as the demo
Minas Morgul/1995 [Nap2]
Dol Guldur/1997 [Nap2]
Nightshade Forests/MCD/1997 [Nap2]
# This is the last Tolkien theme album
Stronghold/1999 [Nap2]
Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame/2001 [Napalm]
Summum Mallum: Portugal ????-
Rehearsal Tape/demo/1997
Lusitanian Evilness/demo/1999
Summum Mallum/10"/2000 [EAL]
Sun of the Sleepless: Germany ????
# "Raw" black metal project of Markus from Empyrium
Poems to the Wretched Heart/MCD/1999 [Pro]
Tausend Kalte Winter/7"/2000 [Pro]
# "A tribute to Darkthrone"
Sunchariot: Russia ????
Betrayal Light of Fertile Ground/demo/????
Betrayal Light of Fertile Ground/1998 [Ssc]
# The Demo
Harvest/demo/1999
# A full-length, but nor officially released
Sunchariot/2001 [IronD]
Supreme Khaos Rising: Germany 1998-
Dawn of a Black Sun/2000 [GG]
Susperia (REMOVED)
Surrender of Divinity: Thailand 1995-
# Very Norse sounding
Promo ‘96/demo/1996
Rehearsal Demo ‘98/demo/1998
<split with Korihor>/demo/1999
# Same as the ’98 demo
Oriental Hell Rhythmics/2001 [self]
Surturs Lohe: Germany ????-
<split with Nachatfalke>/7"/2001 [CH]
Wo Einst Elfen Tanzten/2001 [CH]
Svarahrid: Nowray 1994-
# With members of Mactatus
Herskende i Blod/demo/1998
Forthcoming Storm/1999 [Nap2]
As the Sunrise Flickers/2001 [Nap2]
Svartkrist: Belgium 1998-
Total Blasphemy/demo/1998
Total Blasphemy/2001 [self] (split with Katassamalass)
Svartsyn: Norway 1994-1996 as Incitatus, 1996- as Svartsyn
# Not to be confused with the Swedish band
????/demo/????
Aadens Melankoli/1999 [Osiris]
Svartsyn: Sweden 1991-1993 as Chalice, 1993- as Svartsyn
# Not to be confused with the Norwegian band
<split with Illska>/demo/1993
# As Chalice
A Night Created By Shadows/demo/1995
The True Legend.../1996 [Folter]
Promo '98/demo/1998
Tormentor/7"/1999 [BMP]
# This is the planned '96 EP re-recorded
His Majesty/2001 [Srt]
# Originally to be called ‘The Tunnels of His Majesty’?
(The ’97 and ’00 unreleased albums will be put on vinyl by EAL soon)
S.V.E.S.T.: France: ????-
# "Satanas Vobiscum Et Spiritum Tuo" that is
Sacrification of Soul/demo/1999
Black Metal Endsieg/7"/2001 [Sombre] (split with Warloghe, Katharsis, and Black Witchery)
Death to Macrocosm <split-7 with Azaxul>/7"/2002 []
Swordmaster (REMOVED)
Sword of Darkness: US/Vietnam 1999-
# Vietnamese moved to the US
Masters of the Nebulah Forest/2000 [self]
(New cd will be out soon)
Sync: Italy ????-
Variations About Themes of Evil/MCD/???? []
Symawrath: Spain 1997-
# In the melodic, gothic, keyboard driven school
Dramatis Profile/1999 [DoR] (split with Ominous)
Sceana I: Incestuous Overture in the Crystal Auditorium/2000 [AE]
Taake: Norway 1993-1994 as Thule, 1995- as Taake
# Very Norwegian in the pure sense
Der Vinterstormene Raste/demo/1993
# As Thule
Trolldeom/demo/1994
# As Thule
Omfavnet av Svarte Vinger/demo/1994
# As Thule
Manndaudsvinter/demo/1995
Koldbrann i Jesu Marg/7"/1996 [self/WL]
Nattestid Sar Porten/1999 [AG]
(New album in early 2001)
Taranis: Poland ????-
# Is this Black Metal still (or ever)?
Obscurity/demo/1992
Moon Silver Mask/demo/1993
Silvermoon/demo/1995
Faust/1996 [Baron]
Tartaros (REMOVED)
Tartaros: Netherlands ????-
# Not to be confused with the Norwegian band
Darkened Destiny/demo/????
Darkened Destiny/12"/2001 []
Tears of Christ: Italy 1994-
# Side project features members of Calvary
<split with Buzrael>/demo/1994
Within My Forgotten Woods Of Mistery/7"/1996 [DOS]
Temple of Baal: France 1998-
Satanas Lux Solis/demo/1999
Black Unholy Presence/demo/2000
Face of the Void/12"/2001 [EAL] (split with Eternal Majesty)
Tenebrae: Canada 1994-1998
# Not to be confused with the Finnish band
Serenades of the Damned/demo/1994
# Raw Black Metal with some Death influence
The Mist Soften my Sorrow/1996 [self]
# Cradle of Filth clones now
Terra Tenebrae: Greece 1997-
# Necromantia, Thou Art Lord, and Obsecration members
Masks of Deadly Joy/demo/1998
Subconscious/1999 [BL]
Tha-Norr: Germany 1993-1997
Assault On Aerie/demo/1994
Wolfenzeitalter/1995 [NE]
Tharaphita (REMOVED)
Theatre of the Macabre: US 1995-1997, 1999-
Tales of Tragedy/demo/1996
Bathed in the Blood of Angels/demo/2000
A Paradise in Flesh and Blood/2000 [ROE]
Theatres Des Vampires: Italy 1994-
Nosferatu, Eine Symphone Des Gravens/demo/1995
Vamyrisme, Necrophilie, Necrosadisme, Necrophagie/1996 [GOG]
Demo 97/demo/1997
The Vampire Chronicles/1997 [Alkaid]
Themgoroth: Poland ????-
Promo '94/demo/1994
Gate to the Unknown/1996 [Sheer]
Thirdmoon: Austria 1994-
Grotesque Autumnal Weepings/1997 [CCP]
Aquis Submersus/1998 [Nap2]
Bloodforsaken/2000 [Nap2]
Thokk: US ????-????
# Black Metal and Pure Ambient Tracks.
A Trance for the Ever-Toilong Witch/demo/1995
Of Rape and Vampyrism/1997
# The demo
Thor’s Hammer: Poland 1995-
# Capricornus of Graveland
# With an old-school (re: Possessed) Death Metal influence
Nothing but Hate/demo/1997
Promo/demo/1998
Fidelity Shall Triumph/1999 [DTB/NC]
<split with Dark Fury>/demo/2000
May the Hammer Smash the Cross/2001 [ARR]
Thornium: Sweden 1994-1998
# "Traditional modern" Black
Northstorm of the Bestial Goatsign/demo/1994
Dominions of the Eclipse/1995 [NG]
(The band recorded a second album, which was never released)
Thorns: Norway 1989-1990 as Stigma Diabolicum, 1990- as Thorns
# An old band with little to no official releases
Luna da Nocturna/demo/1989
Rehearsal '90/demo/1990
# The avove as Stigma Diabolicum
Trøndertun/demo/????
Grymyrk/demo/????
Thorns vs. Emperor/1998 [Moon] (split with Emperor)
# Limited edition 2CD version with "Grymyrk" and some other
# old stuff as bonus CD
Thorns/2001 [Moon]
# Some NWONBM influences now
Thornspawn: US 1995-
The Dacian Empire/demo/1996
Consecration of Evil Flesh/demo/1997
Infernal Legions/7"/1999 [Prof]
Blood of the Holy, Taints thy Steel/2000 [Baph/DTM]
Empress from the Realms of Blasphemy/2001 [Baph]
# Three tracks from the LP session and the 7" track
(Split 7"s with Unholy Archangel, Cult of Daath, and Bloodstorm next)
Thou Art Lord: Greece 1992-
# With Rotting Christ and Necromantia members
The Cult Of The Horned One/demo/1993
# Sounds a lot like Rotting Christ
Diabolou Archaes Legeones/7"/1993 [ML]
# the tracks are taken from the demo
<split with Ancient Rites>/7"/1993 [ML]
# the TAL track "In Blood We Trust" is taken from the demo
Eosforos/1994 [Uni]
# This one is supposed to sound less like Rotting Christ
Apollyon/1996 [Uni]
# Thrashy. Includes "In Blood We Trust" from the demo/7"/split
(the next album will be the last from this band)
Throes Of Dawn: Finland 1994-
With The Northern Wind/demo/1994
Promo 96/demo/1996
Pakkasherra/1997 [WC]
The Blackened Rainbow/MCD/1998 [WC]
Dreams of the Black Earth/1999 [WC]
Binding of the Spirit/2000 [WL]
Thromdarr: Finland ????-
As a Wind Cries/demo/1992
Winds of a Fall/demo/1997
Northstorm Arrives/1999 [Sol]
Thron': Russia 1993-1994 as Morbus, 1994-1995 as Obstetrical Palsy, 1995- as Thron'
# The earlier bands were death metal
Cacophony Of Homicide/demo/1994
# As Morbus
Natural Selection/demo/1995
# As Obstetrial Palsy
Throne Will be Ours/demo/1995
# And now "Pagan Black Metal"
Here Lies Paganism/demo/1995
Seductions of the Unbaptized Darkness/demo/1997
Seductions of the Unbaptized Darkness/1998 [MA]
The Hermits Revive Omnivora Noise/demo/1998
# Grindcore?
...The Swamp Music.../demo/1999
# And now Dark Wave?
Throned: Italy ????-
# One man band, sounding like (a poor man's) Burzum
Watching the Lands of Purity/MCD/1997 [BT]
Throne Of Ahaz: Sweden 1991-1996
# From the woods in northern Sweden. Guess what they sound like
At The Mountains Of Northern Storms/demo/1992
Nifelheim/1994 [NF]
On Twilight Enthroned/1996 [NF]
Thunderbolt: Poland 1993-
# Member Uldor is in jail for church burning and murder
Beyond christianity/demo/1996 (split with Kataxu)
Black Clouds Over Dark Majesty/demo/1997
Black Clouds Over Dark Majesty/2001 [Ances] (split with Kataxu)
The Sons of Darkness/2001 [Apo]
Thus Defiled: Britain ????-
# A rather hefty death metal influence here...
Blasphemous Coven/demo/1993
Enchanted By The Dark One/demo/1993
Through The Impure Veil Of Dawn/1995 [DT]
Wings of the Nightstorm/1998 [DT]
A Darker Beauty/MCD/2000 [Nphag]
Thyrane: Finland 1994-1995 as Thornmoon, 1995- as Thyrane
# Not unlike new Dimmu Borgir they say
Black Harmony/demo/1997
Black Harmony/1998 [WC]
# The demo
Symphonies of Infernality/1999 [WC]
The Spirit of Rebellion/2000 [SF]
Black Harmony/200? [Spikefarm] <split with The Dead Beginners>
# The demo again ?
Thyrfing: Sweden 1995-
# Melodic, with lots of keyboards. Viking related lyrics.
Solen Svartnar/demo/1995
Hednaland/demo/1996
Thyrfing/1998 [Ham2]
Valdr Galga/1999 [Ham2]
Solen Svartnar/7"/1999 [Grim Rune]
# The First Demo
Hednaland/1999 [Ham2]
# Demo Stuff
Urkraft/2000 [Ham2]
Thy Grief: Norway 1995-
A Frozen Realm/demo/1995
The Frozen Tomb Of Mankind/1997 [Sol]
Thy Infernal: US ????-
Satan’s Wrath/demo/????
Satan’s Wrath/MCD/1999 [Mori]
Warlords Of Hell/2001 [Moribund]
Thy Majesty: Germany 1994-
# Frozen Illusion/Mjölnir members
# Pretty typical fast BM with synths they say
Metaphen Des Inner/demo/1998
German Black Metal Art/2000 [Under]
Thy Primordial: 1994-1995 as Primordial, 1995- as Thy Primordial, ex- Lucifer and Carcharoth
De Mörka Makters Alla/demo/1995
# As Primordial. Title OK?
Svart Gryning/demo/1995
# Translation: "Black dawn"
Promo 96/demo/1996
Thy Primordial/7"/1996 [Para]
Under Iskall Trollmåne/1996 [Gothic]
# Not released until 1998
Where Only The Seasons Mark The Paths Of Time/1997 [Pul]
At the World of Untrodden Wonder/1999 [Pul]
The Heresy of an Age of Reason/2000 [Pul]
The Crowning Carnage/2002 [Blackend]
Thy Repentance: Russia ????-
Forseen/demo/1995
Ural Twilight Autumnalias/1996 [UWP]
Through The Twilight Eyes Of Frost/1997 [UWP]
Control Shot or Halls of Reed/1999 [] (split with ????)
Thy Serpent: Finland 1993-
# Slow melodic keyboard-laden Black, like a slower Emperor or Gehenna.
Frozen Memory/demo/1994
Into Everlasting Fire/demo/1995
Forest Of Witchery/1996 [SF]
Lords Of Twilight/MCD/1997 [SF]
# Re-recordings of old demo stuff + some new synth pieces
Christcrusher/1998 [SF]
Death/MCD/2000 [SF]
Thy Worshipper: Poland ????-????
# Capricornus of Graveland's first band
Winterdream/demo/1993
Tym z Krainy Tieni/demo/1995
# Translation: "For those from the Land of Shadows"
# Is the title correct?
Popiol (Introibo ad altare Dei...)/1996 [MN]
# Translation: "Popiol" means "ash"
Tiamat (REMOVED)
Tidfall: Norway 1994-
# Sounding like the rest of the NAP bands...
????/demo/????
Black Psychotic Darkness/demo/????
Circular Supremacy/2000 [NA]
Instinct Gate/2001 [Nuclear Blast]
Tinieblas: Puerto Rico ????-
# Means 'darkness'
????/demo/????
Dark Infernal Light/1997 [TC]
Torgeist: France ????-????
Devoted To Satan/demo/1994
Time of Sabbath/demo/1995
Black Legions Metal/1996 [Dra] (split with Vlad Tepes)
Tormentor: Hungary 1987-1992, 1998-
# Their vocalist Attila sang on Mayhem's "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
# Not to be confused with the pre-Kreator band, or the Czech band
Demo '91/demo/1991
# Left unreleased outside of tape-trading
7th Day Of Doom/demo/1988
Anno Domini/demo/1989
Anno Domini/1996 [NA]
# At last the demo rereleased
Seventh Day Of Doom/1996 [bootleg]
# The demo...
The Sick Years/???? [Osiris]
Live in Budapest/MC/????
# Bootleg?
# Other albums, but no more Black Metal
Törr: Czechia 1986-
# Oldest Czech Black Metal horde
# Prototypical Eastern European sound
666: Nekrofilie/demo/1986
Witchammer/demo/1987
Torr Gang Live/demo/1989
Kladivo na Carodejnice-Kult Ohne/7"/1989 [Supra]
Armageddon/12"/1990 [Mult]
Institut Klinicke Smrti/1991 [Direkt]
Chcipni o kus dal/1992 [Mon]
1986-1989 Kladivo na Carodejnice/1993 [Mon]
Armageddon/1994 [Mon]
Moritury te Salutant/1996 [Mon]
Live/1997 [Snake]
Traumatic Voyage: Germany ????-
# "Insane, fast Black Metal". Was this always black metal though?
Godless/demo/????
Traumatic.../1992 [West Virginia]
Traumautized/1996 [Mind]
# Or it's in 1993 ?
Trauma.../1997 [Mindflare]
Cogito Ergo Sum/1999 [Mindart]
Uberlebenskunst/2001 [ ]
Treblinka: Sweden 1987-1990, then as Tiamat
# Weird rockish Black/Death
# No known Nazi tendencies, despite the name
Crawl In Vomit/demo/1988
Sign of the Pentagram/demo/1989
Severe Abominations/7"/1989 [MIH]
# b/w "Earwigs In Your Veins"
Trelldom: Norway 1992-
# Very Norwegian sounding
Disappearing Of The Burning Moon.../demo/1994
Til Evighet.../1995 [HNF]
Til et Annet/1999 [Ham2]
Trifixion: Austria 1994-1997
# Solo project of member of Pervertum and ex-Summoning
# Part of the Austrian Black Metal Syndicate whatever that is
Trifixion/demo/1994
First And Last Commandment/1995 [Leth]
III/demo/1997
# Recordings for a never released 3rd album?
Triumphator: Sweden 1995-
# With members of Marduk and Funeral Mist
# Not to be confused with the Italian Black Metal band
The Triumph of Satan/demo/1996
The Ultimate Sacrifice/7"/MCD/1998 [Motd/Holycaust]
Wings of the Antichrist/1999 [Nec]
(split with Svartsyn and Krieg up next)
Troll: Norway 1993-
# Project of Nagash of Covenant. No relation to the other Norwegian Troll.
# Do these guys know that there once was a Swedish kiddie pop band made up
# of 14-year-old (if that) girls called Troll?
# Not to be confused with the other Norwegian (rip) B.M. band
Trollstorm Øver Nidingjuv/demo/1995
Trollstorm Øver Nidingjuv/MCD/1996 [HNF]
# The demo
Drep De Kristne/1996 [Dam/HNF]
# The Damnation version is a digipak
The Last Predators/2000 [HNF]
# Death Metal now
Universal/2001 [HNF]
# And Black Metal again?
Trollech: Czechia ????-
# 'Pagan Black Metal'
Dech Pohanskych Vetre/demo/1999
Ve Hvozdech/2000 [Ecl]
Tronus Abyss: 1994-1995 as Madre Tenebrae, 1995- as Tronus Abyss
# Modern Black Metal with some medieval influences
The King of Angels in The Abyss/1997 [PM]
Rotten Dark/1999 [PM]
# Apparently this is mostly ambient music
Tsatthoggua: Germany ????-1993 as Dissection, 1993- as Tsatthoggua
# Impaled Nazarene black/grind with S&M themes.
Maniac Depression/demo/1989
# As Dissection
Unrecognizable Human Form/demo/1991
# As Dissection
Hyperboreer/demo/1993
Siegeswille/demo/1995
Hosanna Bizarre/1996 [Osmose]
Trans Cunt Whip/1998 [Osmose]
German Black Metal/7"/1999 [Osmose]
Tsjuder: Norway 1993-
# "Chainsaw Black Metal"
Ved Ferdens Ende/demo/1995
Possessed/demo/1996
Throne of Goat/7"/1997
Atum Nocterum/demo/1999
Kill for Satan/2000 [Dra]
(New album will be recorded in July)
Tulus: Norway 1991-
Demo/demo/1991
Samlerens Kammer/demo/1994
Midvintermane/demo/1995
Pure Black Energy/1997 [self/Hot]
Mysterion/1998 [Hot]
Evil 1999/1999 [Ham2]
Tunrida: Finland 1996-
Eternal Twilight/demo/1996
Astral Majesty/demo/1997
Hierarchy/1998 [Sol]
Tvangeste: Russia 1996-
Thinking/demo/1998
Blood Dreams/demo/1998
Damnation of Regiomonum/2000 [self]
Twilight: Greece ????-
Valleys of the Burning Vision/demo/1993
Darkest Odes/demo/1994
Promo ‘94/demo/1994
Flames of Madness/demo/????
...And With the Twilight, They Return/2000 [IV]
Twin Obscenity: Norway 1991-
# Black/Death (or neither, as they say themselves).
Ruins/demo/1993
Behind The Castle Walls/demo/1993
Revelations Of Glaaki/demo/1995
Where Light Touches None/1997 [HNF]
For Blood, Honour, and Soil/1998 [CM]
Bloodstone/2001 [Century Media]
Typhon: Columbia ????-
# Can someone please figure out the dates behind this band/their releases?
????/demo/????
Unholy Trilogy/1996 [War]
Tyrant: Japan ????-
# Not to be confused with the NWOBHM Tyrant, or the Swedes
Under The Dark Mystic Sky/1997 [Pul]
Legend/2002 [Displeased]
Ulver: Norway 1992-
# They call this "Trollsk Metal" themselves.
Vargnatt/demo/1993
<split with Mysticum>/7"/1994 [NG]
# the Ulver song "Ulverytternes Kamp" is taken from the demo
Bergtatt/MCD/1995 [HNF]
Kveldsanger/1996 [HNF]
# Not Metal! This is an all acoustic album. And it's not called
# "Kveldfanger"; people need to learn how to read gothic scripture.
Nattens Madrigal/1997 [HNF/CM]
# Ulver can also be Darkthrone.
Ulver/Box set/1997 [CM]
# The three albums on picture disc LP in a box!
<split with Immortal>/2000 [bootleg]
# Other albums, but no more Black Metal
Unanimated (REMOVED)
Unclean: Czechia 1993-
# Like old Master's Hammer/Rotting Christ
????/demo/1993
Tam Kdesi V Hlubinach/demo/1995
# Translation: "There in the depth"
Tam Kdesi V Hlubinach/1996 [PG] (split with Sorath)
Ten, který se vyhýbá svetlu/1997 [PG]
Ungod: Germany 1991-1998, ex- Baxaxaxa
# Northern style, kind of
Magicus Tallis Damnatio/demo/1992
Circle of the Seven Infernal Pacts/12"/1993 [HSB]
Circle Of The Seven Infernal Pacts/1994 [Mer]
<split with Cabal>/7"/1995 [Mer]
<split with Desaster>/7"/1995 [Mer]
Conquering What Once Was Ours/MCD/1996 [Shiver/WN]
<split with Impending Doom>/7"/1997 [Mer]
<split with Sadistic Intent>/7"/1998 [Mer]
Unhola: Finland 1994-
Beetlehemin saasta/demo/1996
Mustan syvyyden tuulet/demo/1997
# Translation: "Winds of the black abyss"
Minä olen tie/demo/1998
# Translation: "I am the way"
Inferno/2000 [Plas]
Unholy Flames: Brazil ????
# Like old Mystifier sometimes
Christian Denial/MCD/1998 [Demise]
Unlord: Netherlands ????-
# Nembrionic members playing black metal apparently
# The (probably false) bio says 1989-
????/demo/????
????/demo/????
????/demo/????
# I personally don't believe any of these exist
Schwarzwald/1997 [Dis]
Gladiator/1999 [Dis]
Unpure: Sweden 1991-
# Slowish basic Black Metal
XCII: Demo I/demo/1992
Demo II/demo/1993
Demo III/demo/1994
# These are all cold and evil
Unpure/1995 [Nap2]
Coldland/1996 [Nap2]
# A little bit of a new (oldschool actually) direction here
Promo '98/demo/1998
Split Tomb /7"/2001 []
Trinity in Black /2001 [Dra]
Unquintessence: Québec 2000-
Solaris/demo/2000
# Unreleased
Ruined/mcd/2002 [Galy]
Unveiled: Finland ????-
Suicide Inc./7"/2001 []
Uranus: Greece ????-
The Clang of Lances/demo/1997
Advance Tape/demo/1999
Heathendome 1999/1999 [self]
Urgehal: Norway 1993-
# ex-Kvist member there
Ferd/demo/1994
Rise of the Monument/demo/1995
Arma Christi/1997 [NC]
# Darkthrone worship up until here...
Massive Terrestrial Strike/1998 [NC]
# Old-school syndrome strikes their image
Atomkinder/2002 [Flesh For Beast]
Urgrund: Australia 1998-
In Apocalyptic Ruins: The Rebirth/demo/1998
Warlore/7"/2000 [Bleed]
Drenched in Blood/MCD/2000 [Spike]
The Graven Sign/2002 [Baphomet]
Urn: Finland ????-
I am your Nightmare/demo/????
I am your Nightmare/10"/1999 [Dam]
# The demo
User Ne: Spain ????-
Nibelum das Uhört/2000 [WiI]
Usurper: US 1992-
# Not to be confused with the Dutch Usurper
# Very much like old Celtic Frost, with modern Black Metal touches
Visions From The Gods/demo/1994
Diabolosis/1995 [HNF]
Threshold Of The Usurper/MCD/1997 [Nec]
Usurper II: Skeletal Season/1999 [Nec]
Visions From The Gods/2000 [Nec]
# The demo + bonus
Necronemesis/2000 [Nec]
Valefar: Lithuania ????-
Frigus Ex Tenebris Venit/demo/1995
????/7"/1996 [self]
Valhalla: Russia 1996-
# Not to be confused with the band from the Ukraine
Loss of Benediction/demo/1998
V Gimnakh I Proklyatiyakh/demo/1999
Winterbastard/2000 [NS]
Valhalla: Ukraine ????-
# Not to be confused with the band from Russia
# This band has Viking themes
The Wolfish Nocturne/demo/1998
Zimovyrodok/MCD/1999 [self]
On the Way to the Gods/demo/1999
In Hymns and Curses/demo/1999
Vampiria: Argentina 1997-
Legacy in Blood/demo/1999
Among Mortals/2000 [Icarus]
Varathron: Greece 1989-
# Black Metal the Greek way, but often quite slow... when they're not
# *fast*, that is.
Procreation Of Unaltered Evil/demo/1989
Genesis Of Apocryphal Desire/demo/1991
One Step Beyond Dreams/7"/1992 [BV]
Black Arts Lead To Everlasting Sins/EP/1992 [BP/Uni] (split w/ Necromantia)
# The Unisound re-release has the 7" as a bonus.
# Right, the CD version isn't an EP.
His Majesty At The Swamp/1993 [Cyber/BP]
# Cyber released the CD, while Black Power the LP.
Walpurgisnacht/1995 [Uni]
Procreation Of Unaltered Evil/7"/1996 [Uni]
# The demo...
Sarmutius Pegoris/demo/1997
Genesis Of Apocalyptic Desire/1997 [Cursed]
# Both demos on CD
The Lament of Gods/MCD/1999 [Pagan]
('Crow's Reign' may or may not be released?)
Vargavinter: Sweden ????-
# Did the band Break Up?
Adonai Dead/demo/1993
Frostfödd/1996 [Inv]
(new album "Minnen Från Fornstora Dagar" coming some day?)
Vassago: Sweden ????-
# Vassago from Lord Belial that is.
# Black/Grind they say
Promo '94/demo/1994
Nattflykt/demo/1995
Hail War/12"/1997 [TW] (split with Antichrist)
Knights from Hell/1999 [NF]
Ved Buens Ende: Norway ????-
# Jazz/Black Metal? The demo is Blacker they say.
# Means "At the end of the bow"
Those Who Caress The Pale/demo/1995
Written In Waters/1995 [Mis]
Those Who Caress The Pale/1997 [ALC]
(new album slowly coming - or did they break up?)
Veles: Poland ????-
The Triumph Of Pagan Beliefs/demo/1995
Night on The Bare Mountain/1996 [NC]
# With Rob Darken on keyboards
Black Hateful Metal/1998 [NC]
Veneficium: Canada ????-2001
<split with Esker>/???? []
Venom: Britain 1978-1980 as Oberon, 1980- as Venom
# The single first Black Metal band, the early albums defining oldstyle
# Black Metal
In League with Satan/7"/1981 [Neat]
# b/w "Live Like An Angel"
Welcome To Hell/1981 [Neat/Combat]
Black Metal/1982 [Neat/Combat/RR]
Blood Lust/7"/1982 [Neat]
# b/w "In Nomine Sathanas"
Die Hard/7"/1983 [Neat/MF]
# b/w "Acid Queen"
Die Hard/12"/1983 [Neat/MF/RR]
# b/w "Acid Queen"/"Bursting Out"
Warhead/7"/1984 [Neat]
# b/w "Lady Lust"
Warhead/12"/1984 [Neat]
# b/w "Lady Lust"/"7 Gates Of Hell"
At War With Satan/1983 [Neat/Combat/RR]
Manitou/MCS/1984 [Neat]
# b/w "Woman"/"Dead Of Night"/interview
Manitou/7"/1985 [Neat]
# b/w "Woman"
Manitou/12"/1985 [Neat]
# b/w "Woman"/"Dead Of Night"
Possessed/1985 [Neat/RR]
# Last album with the classic lineup and sound
Nightmare/7"/1985 [Neat]
# b/w "Satanachist"
Nightmare/12"/1985 [Neat]
# b/w "Satanachist"/"FOAD"/"Warhead" (live)
Nightmare/MCS/1985 [Neat]
# b/w "Satanachist"/"FOAD"/radio intr to "Warhead"/"Warhead"
From Hell To The Unknown/1985 [RP]
American Assault/EP/1985 [Combat]
# Live
Canadian Assault/EP/1985 [Banzai]
# Live
French Assault/EP/1986 [NEW] (Live)
The Singles 1980-1986/1986 [RP]
# compilation
Hell At Hammersmith Live EP/12"/1986 [Neat]
# Live; "Witching Hour"/"Teacher's Pet"/"Poison"
Live 1984-1985/1986 [MW]
# Live
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik/1986 [Neat/RR]
# Live
Live In Concert/1986 [K-Tel]
# Live, the same concert as EKN
Scandinavian Assault/EP/1986 [Sonx]
# Live
Japanese Assault/EP/1986 []
# Live
Official Bootleg/1986 [MMG]
# Live
Here Lies Venom/Box/1986 [MF]
# "Welcome To Hell" + "Black Metal" + "At War With Satan" +
# "American Assault"
German Assault/1987 [RR]
# Live.
Calm Before The Storm/1987 [FT/AJK]
# No longer any real Black Metal
Prime Evil/1989 [UOF]
Tear Your Soul Apart/EP/1990 [UOF]
Temples Of Ice/1991 [UOF]
The Best Of Venom - In Memorium/1991 [MC]
# compilation
The Best Of Venom - The Book Of Armageddon/1992 [Rel]
# compilation
The Waste Lands/1992 [UOF]
Kissing The Beast/1993 [UOF]
# re-recordings of older songs
Skeletons In The Closet/1993 [Cas]
# compilation CD
Old, New, Borrowed And Blue/1994 [BH]
# Re-recorded old classics and covers
Leave Me In Hell/1994 [Success]
# guess what... a compilation!
Dynamo '96/box set/1996 []
# The original line-up reunion concert. CD + video.
Black Reign/1996 [Receiver]
# ????
Venom '96/1996 []
# Re-recordings of old songs
The Second Coming/box set/1997 [NB]
# The same as the "Dynamo '96" box
From Heaven To The Unknown/2CD/1997 [Snapper]
# Thats right, it's yet another best of collection!
Cast In Stone/2CD/1997 [CBH/SH]
# New album + a bonus CD with old tracks re-recorded
Vergelmer: Sweden 1993-
# With Mattias Kamijo of Algaion + Sorhin members
Rehersal '93/demo/1993
In The Dead Of Winter/demo/1993
# Not quite official
# Primitive cold Black Metal
Rehearsal 94/demo/1994
Darkness Forever/demo/1994
The Third Winter/demo/1995
Light the Black Flame/1997 [Cac]
(‘Orgio Malitae’ that was to have been a split with Sigh will be released)
Vesperian Sorrow: USA ????-
Beyond The Cursed Eclipse/1999 [Dis]
Viking Crown: US 1994-
# Phil Anselmo of Pantera Playing Black Metal. Seriously.
Unorthodox Steps of Ritual/demo/1994
Unorthodox Steps of Ritual/1999 [Baph/Ham2]
Innocence from Hell/2000 [Baph/Nec]
Vilkates: Germany ????-
Satanic War/demo/????
Angeldust and Blasphemy/1999 [LE]
The Heritage of the Old Wolf/7"/2000 [LE]
# Picture disc even
Apocalyptic Millenium/2000 [LE]
Vindsval: Luxemburg 1996-
Of Heathen Blood and Soil/demo/1997
Imperium Grotesque/1998 [self/SKA]
# Skaldic Art re-release has new packaging
Vinterland: Sweden ????-????
# Members are in Porphyria now
A Castle so Crystal Clear/demo/1994
Welcome My Last Chapter/1996 [NF]
Wings Of Sorrow/1997 [NF]
Vintersemestre: Finland 1991-
# Translation: "Winter Holiday" (but not in Finnish)
# Jussi. H of Soulgrind, Tenebrae, etc. fame, trying to remain
# anonymous
Demo #1/demo/1993
Demo #2/demo/1994
Demo #3/demo/1994
Jääverisaatana/MCD/1995 [MMI]
# Translation: "Icebloodsatan"
Kirkkokyrpä/1996 [Ana]
# Translation: "Church cock"
(New line-up, so new stuff soon)
Vintersorg: Sweden 1994-1996 as Vargatron, 1996- as Vintersorg
# With Vintersorg of Otyg. Folk Music and Black Metal with a greater emphasis
# on the first (especially clean vocals)
Hedniskhjärtad/MCD/1997 [Nap2]
Till Fjälls/1998 [Nap2]
Odemarkens Son/1999 [Nap2]
Cosmic Genesis/2000 [Nap2]
Vitam Eternam: US ????-
Blackened Dreams of Noctrum/1997 [WR]
Vlad Tepes: France 1992-
# Raw and simple.
Rehearsal '93/demo/1993
War Funeral March/demo/1994 [FMP]
Celtic Poetry/demo/1994
Rehearsal Winter ‘94/demo/1994
Into Frosty Madness/demo/1995
March To The Black Holocaust/1995 [Emb] (split with Belketre)
Black Legions Metal/1996 [Dra] (split with Torgeist)
War Funeral March/MCD/1997 [Emb]
# The demo
La Morte Lune/demo/1997
# Faster and tighter actually
Vladimir: Italy 1994-
# Is This Black Metal or Doom?
Lost In My Tears/demo/1995
Mother/MCD/1996 []
Vobiscum: Austria ????-
Vobiscum/demo/1998
Traum ewiger Finsternis/1999 [CCP]
(Up next: split 7" with Grimthorn’s Forest)
Von: US ????-????
# Semi-legendary band, impersonating musical simplicity.
# The bandname does not mean "Victory - Orgasm - Nazis"
# Rumour time: some claim this was an Autopsy tongue-in-cheek side-project
Satanic Blood/demo/1992
Satanic Blood/MCD/1997 [HS]
# Of course such a demo could not go un-re-released...
Vondur: Sweden 1993-1997
# It and All of Abruptum (etc) fame. Darth Vader Metal? Definitely non-
# romantic, non-melodic, and tongue-in-cheek
# Apparently All may make another album...someday
Demo/demo/1995
Stridsyfirlysing/1996 [Nec]
The Galactic Rock'N'Roll Metal Empire/MCD/1998 [Nec]
# An Elvis cover even
Voracious God: France 1995-
The Whore Bible/demo/1996
In the Neverending Kingdom of War/MCD/1999 [self]
Vorak (REMOVED)
Vordven: Finland 1996-
# Like old Dimmu Borgir
When the Wind Blew for the First Time/demo/1997
Towards the Frozen Stream/1998 [NC]
Woodland Passage/MCD/2000 [NC]
Vorphalack: Greece 1992-
# Church of Satan sympathizers
Under The Sight Of The Dragon/7"/1994 [ML]
# More like atmospheric Doom/Death.
Black Sorrow For A Dead Brother/demo/1995
<split with Zephyrous>/12"/1997 [MP]
Promo Demo/demo/1998
In Memory.../12"/1998 [MP]
Vukodlak: US 1998-1998 as Maskim Xul, 1998- as Vukodlak
Via Diabolis/demo/1998
Eternal Damnation/demo/1999
Blackest Autumn/MCD/2001 [Rss]
Vulcano: Brazil 1982-????
# Some credit the Brazillian scene to this band
Om Pushne Namah/7"/1982 [self]
# This was NWOBHM
Live!/1985 [Cogu]
# Black Metal now
Bloody Vengeance/12"/1986 [Cogu]
# This LP is considered a classic
Anthropophagy/12"/1987 [Cogu]
Who is the True?/12"/1988 []
Ratrace/1990 []
Bloody Vengeance/2000 [Cogu]
# The 12" + bonus tracks
Vulpecula: US 1994-
# Atmospheric Black/Death. Ex-Order From Chaos/Nepenthe members
The Pheonix Of Creation/demo/1994
The Pheonix Of Creation/7"/1995 [Eter]
Rehearsal 96/demo/1996
Fon Immortalis/MCD/1997 [Mer]
Walhalla: Fin 1996-
# Members of Thy Serpent/Gloomy Grim
War over Nordland/demo/1997
War over Nordland/7"/1999 [ROE]
Firereich/2000 [ROE]
Wallachia: Norway 1992-1994, 1995-
Demo 96/demo/1996
Wallachia/1997 [VM]
# The demo
From Behind the Light/1999 [VM]
Wampyrinacht: Greece ????-
# Vorphalack side-project, and old-school at that
Darkest Sunset/demo/????
The Cloven Hoof/12"/1998 [MP]
War: Sweden ????- (project)
# With people from Hypocrisy, ex-Dark Funeral and Abruptum
Total War/1997 [Nec]
We Are War/1999 [Nec]
War88: Poland/Germany 1991-1995 as Lord Of Evil, 1995-1997 as War, 1997-1999 as War88
# Ex-Rotting people
In Nomine Rex Infernus/demo/1992
Kill For Satan/demo/1993
Satanic War Master (Der Fuhrer)/demo/1993
Satan's Soldier's/demo/1994
# As Lord Of Evil
Total War/demo/1995
White Aryan Resistance/demo/1997
# Redition of the "Satan's Soldier's" demo + rehearsal
Soldiers of Satan/1998 [Berz]
# Under the Lord of Evil name, with demo tracks
<split with Pantheon>/demo/1999
Warhammer: Germany 1994-???? as Triumph of Death, ????- as Warhammer
# Hellhammer clones
# Not to be confused with the 80s British death metal band
# Or the NS rock'n'roll band
Towards the Chapter of Chaos/demo/1997
The Winter of our Discontent/1998 [Dam]
Deathchrist/1999 [NB]
The Doom Messiah/2001 [Nuclear Blast]
Warloghe: Finland 1995-
# Like a slightly more brutal Darkthrone
The Black Tower/demo/1996
Unlighted/7"/1997 [Dae]
The First Possession/1999 [Dra/EAL]
# LP version has a bonus track
Black Metal Endsieg/7"/2001 [Sombre] (split with S.V.E.S.T, Black Witchery, and Katharsis)
(New album on Drakkar this year)
Warlust: Netherlands 1998-
# Members of Denethor playing brutal Black Metal
The Final War/MCD/1999 [HHo]
Watain: Sweden 1998-
The Essence of Black Purity/7"/1999 [Grim Rune]
Rabid Death's Curse/2000 [Dra/EAL]
# Vinyl version has a Sabbat (Jap) cover as bonus
The Misanthropic Ceremonies/7"/2001 [Spike] (split with Diabolicum)
Waylander: Northern Ireland 1994-
# Sounding identical to old Cruachan
Once Upon an Era/demo/1995
Dawning of a New Era/demo/1996
Reawakening Pride Once Lost/1998 [CM]
# Less black
(Signed to Merciless now)
Weakling: US 1996-2000
# Black/Doom
Rehearsal/demo/1998
Dead as Dreams/demo/1999
Dead as Dreams/2000 [Tumult]
Wehrhammer: Germany 1993-
Blud und Ehre/demo/1995
Des Sturmes Wuth/demo/1997
Schrei Der Wölfe/1998 [self]
Wir Ziehen in der Krieg/1999 [self]
Deutch Sturmeruppen/1999 [self]
Eroberung Durch Finternis/2000 [self]
Im Sinne Der Grausamkeit/2001 [self]
<split with Armatus>/Lp/2001 [Torment]
Demo 2002/demo/2002
Welter: Netherlands 1996-1997 as Ysorpel, 1997-1999 as Welter
# A sad attempt at viking/black metal
# Sole member Krieger can now be found in Necrofeast
Als het Licht Vervalt/demo/1997
The Elder Land/MCD/1998 [Berz/DTB]
Werwolf: Austria ????-????
Zeitenwende - Only The Strong Survive... War/Inferno/1995 [Leth]
# Yes, there's a / in the title
Wind Of The Black Mountains: US 1992-
Demo '92/demo/1992
Hill of the Horned Goat/demo/1993
Force Fed Into Blasphemy/7"/1996 [Mori]
# Recorded in '92 though
Sing Thou Unholy Servants/1998 [Mori]
Windir: Norway 1994-
Sogneriket/demo/1995
Det Gamle Riket/demo/1995
Soknardalr/1997 [HNF]
Arntor/1999 [HNF]
Winged: Italy 1991-
Demo ‘92/demo/1992
Oath of Blood/demo/1993
When the Evil Emerges/demo/1995
From the Arcane Burning Legions/???? [Stb]
Winged Serpent Master: US ????-
Enemy of god/2001 [self]
Winter Funeral: France ????-
Filled with Despaire…Sathanas/demo/1998
Winter Funeral/MCD/2001 []
Winter Night Overture: Estonia 1994-
Among the Graves/demo/1995
Revelation of Blasphemy/demo/1996
Incarnated in the Flames/demo/1996
Weapon Against the God/1998 [self]
(signed to Guano now)
Winterblut: Germany ????-
Asche gottes/demo/1995
Im Lande des Mitternachtsberges /demo/1997
Promo '98/demo/1998
Der 6. Danach/1999 [DTB]
Witchmaster: Poland 1997-
# Black/Thrash
Thrash or Die/demo/1997
No Peace at All/demo/1997
Violence and Blasphemy/2000 [Pagan]
Witchtrap: Turkey 1988-
The Witch/demo/1992
Incubo & Succubo/demo/1993
Witching Black/1997 [Hamz]
Withered Garden: Finland 1995-
Watcher in the Nightsky/demo/1997
Exausted Eden/MCD/1998 [DM]
Promo 99/demo/1999
Wolfsburg: Germany ????-
Ein verlorener, vergessener, trauiger Geist/demo/1996
Trollkraft/demo/1997
We Are Legion/7"/2000 [Sid] (split with Barbatos)
Wolfswinter: Germany ????-
????/???? [self]
Gestrandet In Nastrand/2000 [self]
Xharathorn: Spain 1992-
Rehearsal 1994/demo/1994
Ibernian Wrath/demo/1995
# Live.
Immemorial Atlantic Veneration/1996 [Rep]
Xibalba: Mexico ????-
Demo # 1/demo/1993
Demo # 2/demo/1994
Demo 95/demo/1995
Ah Dzem Poop Ek/1995 [Gtl]
Ancient Blasphemies/demo/1996 [VD] (split with Avzhia)
Yyrkoon: France 1996-
Oath, Obscure, Occult.../demo/1997
Oniric Transition/1999 [VMI]
Zarathrustra: Germany ????-
# Not to be confused with the non-'h' Bulgarian band
Black Perverted Aggression/demo/1997
Heroic Zarathustrian Heresy/demo/1998
Heroic Zarathustrian Heresy/MCD/1999 [Under]
# The MCD, I assume
Dogma Antichrist/2000 [Under]
Zaratustra: Bulgaria ????-
# Not to be confused with the German band with the 'h'
In Bleakness/demo/1996
It Was a Night/1998 [CA]
Zemial: Greece/New Zealand 1991-
# The band is Greek but relocated to Australia, and now N.Z?
# Mainstream Greek sound.
Sleeping Under Tartarus/7"/1992 [Tor/Gothic]
<split with Mayhem and Thou Shalt Suffer>/1995 [bootleg]
# the Zemial tracks equal the 7"
For The Glory Of Ur/MCD/1999 [Hyp/Iron]
# The Iron Pegasus LP and Picture Disc have bonus tracks
Necrolatry/12"/2000 [Iron]
(‘Breath of the Pestilence’ will be released in 2001)
Zephyrous: Greece 1994-
Entrance and Wandering Through the Seven Zones/demo/1994
Entrance and Wandering Through the Seven Zones/1995 [IP]
# Yes the demo.
<split with Vorphalack>/12"/1997 [MP]
A Caress of War and Wisdom/1998 []
# The material from the Vorphalack split on CD
Zyklon-B: Norway ????-???? (project)
# Samoth & Ihsahn from Emperor, Frost from Satyricon and Aldrahn from
# Dødheimsgard playing something they call Mass Murder Metal or so but
# you know what it sounds like...
Blood Must Be Shed/MCD/1995 [Mal]
<split with Mayhem>/7"/1999 [VC]
# Remix called 'Total Warfare'. The Mayhem side is 'Necrolust'
Blood Must be Shed/12"/2000 [VC]
# The album on picture disc