#Melodic black metal

[thethroneislost]

Dissection Strömstad, Sweden Band photos (pre-dating Nödtveidt's imprisonment) and their second full-length LP, "Storm of the Light's Bane"

A crowning achievement in all of music and some of the greatest metal ever, Storm of the Light's Bane in a fragmented state would be your average metal band's all-time highlight.

There is nothing else needed to be said about this one.

[haveyouheardthisband]

[abysspersonified]

LAMP OF MURMUUR.

[theartofmetal]

323. Pro Xristou - Rotting Christ (Melodic Black/Gothic Metal, 2024)

Art by Thomas Cole: "Destruction" (1836) out of the 5-piece painting series "The Course of Empire".

"Starting in 1833 Thomas Cole spent 3 years creating The Course of Empire, describing the arc of human culture from ‘savage wilderness’ through high civilization and its inevitable destruction. It is notable in part for reflecting popular American sentiments of the times, when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of human civilization, fearing that empire would lead to gluttony and inevitable decay."

[burninleather]

black metal is funny cuz when I first started I was like "yeah all of its good it all sounds mostly the same anyways" but after a while, I've gotten so picky. when I started I would've been like "yeah this sounds pretty standard and fine" now I'm like "what the FUCK is this alien theme song ass keyboard notes in the background bruh this band fucking sucks" "these vocals sound like dogshit, too blackened death metal sounding for me" "the production quality is too good I can hear the instruments. they must be posers" "where's double bass drums" would've sounded like scrawled ramblings i'd find on the walls of a psychiatric inpatient ward to me a while ago

[albumarchives]

Morke | Forged in Steel and Love (2024)

[drondskaath]

Wormwitch | Wormwitch | 2024

Canadian Melodic Black Metal

Artwork by Abomination Hammer

[metalcultbrigade]

Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace. 19/08/1996

[oliverworldbuilds]

Guys this album has to be my new favorite thing in the whole world I’m so honest rn it’s called Pale Swordsman by Këkht Aräkh and it’s so gorgeous

Its melodic/atmospheric black metal but I’ve seen people also refer to it as romantic black metal which I think fits even better; it has that classic angry, nasty kind of black metal feel while also combining it with such gentleness that makes it stand out a lot against other BM projects. Many of the tracks on the album are also really chill, a lot are instrumental kind of interludes or intros. There’s a whole story to it too if you take the time to read through the lyrics. It conveys things like love, loss, guilt, loneliness, and apathy in such a beautiful and personal way.

I saw someone say that it isn’t black metal just to be black metal; it’s black metal because that’s the only genre of music that would’ve conveyed the story in the right way. Highly reccomend this album and Këkht Aräkh’s other music for anyone interested

[thethroneislost]

Forlorn - "The Crystal Palace" - 1997 Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Viking Metal

Some cool ideas for their respective genres...

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[superhardlikesteel]

Decameron - Sexual Immortality

This is one of those bands that is in between melodic black and melodic death metal. There is also a lot of prog metal stuff going on, especially if you listen to the album as a whole. Great stuff and yes I posted this one specifically for the song title.

[theartofmetal]

254. Reinkaos - Dissection (Melodic Black/Death Metal, 2006)

(LP Booklet & Cover) Art by Timo Ketola / Davthvs († 2020)

[burninleather]

bm (or death etc, idc) fans who own satanic or graphic shirts: do you wear them in public and have you gotten any kind of reactions?

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Saor | Amidst the Ruins (2025)

[princess-lvcifer]

It's so funny to me that non-metalheads think that every metal subgenre is the same but in reality there are A LOT and some of their fans hate each other (glam vs black, for example)