Blackend Death Metal

Here is the official Blackend Death Metal thread. 

So, who are your favorites in this sub-genre?  A long time ago I liked some Black Metal (Limbonic Art, Abigor, Marduk, Watain, early Ulver...) but i lost my taste for the genre after a while, except for the bands that fuse Black Metal with more technical Death Metal elements.

Behemoth and Belphegor are two favorites who have remained in nearly constant rotation for me over the past 6 years or so.

Behemoth: Demigod and Apostasy own. They lean more towards death than black perhaps, and maybe that's why i like them? I haven't been able to get into their new album too much, it seems like more-of-the-same, but slightly less powerful because it feels like i've heard it all before. Still, it's good and grows better with each listen.

Belphegor: woefully under-rated band i think. Slightly less complex than Behemoth, but just as aggressive and menacing. Their songwriting is excellent and their albums really stay with you and seep into your soul after a while. Pestapocalypse VI and Goatreich are excellent... close to masterpiece level albums in my opinion. Their past two albums are good as well, but not quite at the same level.

so, tell me... what are your favorite BDM bands? There must be some other bands i need to check out... maybe there are are some similar bands that i have missed?

You can't go too far wrong with Naglfar. 
Sheol in particular is an awesome album though, with the exception of  Pariah, they've barely put a foot wrong.

Drottnar is a great band if you like technical black/ death metal. Sort of like fusing Atheist with D�dheimsgard or something like that.

^^ hey man, Mephistopheles rocks!!! what a great music, i have heard Songs Of The Desolate Ones, and that is damn good black metal. Absu are ok, Behemoth rocks as well 

Aeon and Bloodthorn might be interesting too. Naumachia and the polish Elenium.

Edited by UMUR - 11 Apr 2010 at 1:58am

Akercocke is a great blackened death metal band!

I wanna recommend this important black/death metal band from my country, Italy. It's called Blasphemophagher and plays one of the best old school death metal i've ever heard. I've got their first on vynil and the last release on cd, their best work to me. They also did a long US tour this year if i'm no wrong. Highly recommended if you like classic black/death in the vein of Blasphemy, Sarcofago, Archgoat and so on.