Melodic Black Metal

[sonofhendrix13]

I've listened to a pretty good amount of black metal but what bands would you consider to be melodic black metal? I'm a big fan of Dissection and I've heard them being called melodic black metal. I also listen to alot of melo-death. Recommend me some bands.

 

[genocide roach]

perhaps enslaved? melodic in the viking sense.

seth would also be a good choice

also, id reccomend emperor to anyone interested in bm. but they do have a big melodic style going, especially in the later albums
~gR~

 

[Barking Pumpkin]

Naglfar - Sheol
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina

 

[no country for old wainds]

Abigor – Nachthymnen
Aeternus - …And So The Night Became
Aeternus – Beyond the Wandering Moon
Astrofaes – Ancestor’s Shadows
Belenos – Errances Oniriques
Countess - Heilig Vuur
Deathspell Omega – Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Drudkh – Autumn Aurora
Falkenbach – En Their Medh Riki Fara
Forefather - Ours is the Kingdom
Gontyna Kry - Welowie
Graveland – The Fire of Awakening
Megiddo – The Devil and the Whore
Moonblood – Blut und Krieg
Nachtfalke – Land of Frost
Nokturnal Mortum - Goat Horns
Sacramentum - Far Away From The Sun
Summoning - Dol Guldur
Summoning – Lugburz
The Shadow Order - Raise the Banners
Varathron - His Majesty at the Swamp
Weakling - Dead As Dreams

All BM is melodic to an extent, but this is some of the more accessible stuff out there.

 

[R.I.P.2]

Yeh, Moonblood is soooo accessible.

I second the recommendations for Summoning and Drudkh. Necrophobic too, if you're a fan of Dissection.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Satyricon
some Immortal

 

[J.]

You will like Dawn if you like Dissection.

 

[plaguewilder]

How about.....
Dawn-Slaughtersun
Watain-Casus Luciferi
Nargaroth
Burzum-Filosofem

 

[Ben_t]

Nagelfar...way better then the previously mentionned naglfar.

 

[Arrakis]

Eclipse Eternal
Windir

 

[WNxScythe]

Is Drudkh very minimalistic (like Burzum minimalistic)? I prefer to have more variety riffswise in my BM... For example, Satyricon's DMT dissapointed me cause it was sooo repetitive.

 

[Slayed Necros]

It's doubtful you'd like Drudkh, then.

I recommend Weltmacht - And To Every Beast it's Prey.

 

[Nico]

Astriaal - Renascent Misanthropy

This is exactly what you are looking for.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Astriaal
Sacramentum
Oathean
Sad Legend
Moonshine

 

[WNxScythe]

I second Aeternus and Astriaal, ESPECIALLY Aeternus... you have to get their first 2 full lengths (the rest is DMish)

 

[The Grimace]

Weakling - Dead As Dreams

Just finally found Weakling for d/l, will have it in a hour or so. Is pretty good, yes?

 

[Crimson Velvet]

The title-track is so great it makes my heart skip a beat every time I put it on...

 

[The Grimace]

Listening to first Weakling track...

 

[Arrakis]

Weakling - Dead As Dreams

excellent track

 

[genocide roach]

a note about dawn. they can be repetative. i had slaughtersun, and while i loved the riffs, the fact that they repeated the same 3 or 4 riffs for 7 minutes wore on me a bit. ive been told that other albums by them dont have this issue.

just my opinion. good band, but i wouldnt recomend that specific album
~gR~