• Far from complete, and definitely in no particular order, here are some of our favorite albums from artists of many genres and time periods. Some may be very known to you, maybe you also listened to a lot of these same bands while growing up, as we did. The crazy excitement of youth and the aching boredom, some of these were a soundtrack to our teenage years. Through the reckless parties, sex, violence, and all the tainted fruits of life. Others carried us into our work with Mourning the Ancient, some of these bands we've even come to know personally or have had the opportunity to interview. Others we might not have liked as much, except for maybe they played during certain times in our lives, they 'grew' on us as they say. I'm sure you have more than a few favorites like this too.

    As you may estimate, this is a huge undertaking, so we'll be adding more and more material every update. Hopefully, there will be some gem here that had slipped by you, and through these pages, you discover musical treasure as we have.


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  • Dark Throne

    Title: Blaze in the Northern Sky

    Label: Peaceville Records

    Date: 1991/2001

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Kathaarian Life Code
    [2] In the Shadow of the Horns
    [3] Paragon Belial
    [4] Where Cold Winds Blow
    [5] A Blaze in the Northern Sky*
    [6] The Pagan Winter

    [A far cry from the band today, this release was a great one.]

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  • Dark Throne

    Title: Under a Funeral Moon

    Label: Peaceville Records

    Date: 1993

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Natassja in Eternal Sleep*
    [2] Summer of the Diabolical Holocaust
    [3] The Dance of Eternal Shadows
    [4] Unholy Black Metal
    [5] To Walk the Infernal Fields
    [6] Under a Funeral Moon
    [7] Inn I de Dype Skogers Favn
    [8] Crossing the Triangle of Flames

    [Another worthy release. 'Natassja in Eternal Sleep' was a great track.]

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  • Fleurety

    Title: Min Tid Skal Komme

    Label: Aesthetic Death Records/Misanthropy Records

    Date: 1995

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Fragmenter av en Fortid
    [2] En Skikkelse i horisonten
    [3] Hvilelos?
    [4] Englers piler har ingen brodd
    [5] Fragmenter av en Fremtid

    [Superb and unlike anything heard before or since.]

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  • Theatres des Vampires

    Title: The Vampire Chronicles

    Label: Alkaid Records

    Date: 1999

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Preludium
    [2] Enthrone the Dark Angel
    [3] Thule
    [4] Throne of Dark Immortals
    [5] Woods of Valacchia part 2 - The Revelation
    [6] When the Wolves Cry
    [7] Exorcism
    [8] Carpathian Spells
    [9] Cursed
    [10] The Coven

    [This had some cool songs on it, but the demo of these songs was much better. Sometimes studios and polish can take the magic away from music. Still a good work though.]

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  • Exhorder

    Title: Slaughter in the Vatican

    Label: Roadrunner Records

    Date: 1990

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Death in Vain
    [2] Homicide
    [3] Desecrator*
    [4] Exhorder
    [5] The Tragic Period
    [6] Legions of Death
    [7] Anal Lust
    [8] Slaughter in the Vatican

    [The song 'Desecrator' is one cool song. Definitely one of my all time faves. A legendary 'FUCK YOU' to society.]

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  • Countess

    Title: The Gospel of the Horned One

    Label: Thurisaz Productions

    Date: 1992/1993

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Overture
    [2] Highland Victory*
    [3] Doomed to Die
    [4] Full Moon Baptism
    [5] Crossing the Fires of Darkness
    [6] Under the Sign of the Celtic Cross
    [7] Kneel Before the Master's Throne*
    [8] March of the Clans

    [Always of a fave of mine, this early Countess is very good. 'Kneel Before the Master's Throne' is one of my favorite black metal songs of all time.]

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  • Cancer

    Title: To the Gory End

    Label: Restless Records

    Date: 1990

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Blood Bath
    [2] C.F.C.
    [3] Witch Hunt
    [4] Into the Acid
    [5] Imminent Catastrophe
    [6] To the Gory End
    [7] Body Count
    [8] Sentenced
    [9] Die Die*

    [Without a doubt, 'Die Die' is one of the coolest songs in death metal. John Tardy of Obituary even does backing vocals. Besides this great track, the rest of this is pretty damn good too.]

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  • Obituary

    Title: Slowly We Rot

    Label: RC Records

    Date: 1989

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Internal Bleeding*
    [2] Godly Beings*
    [3] 'Til Death*
    [4] Slowly We Rot*
    [5] Immortal Visions
    [6] Gates to Hell*
    [7] Words of Evil
    [8] Suffocation*
    [9] Intoxicated
    [10] Deadly Intentions*
    [11] Bloodsoaked
    [12] Stinkupuss

    [John Tardy was famous in the underground for having the coolest sounding death metal vocals out there. Many bands clamored for him to do backing vocals on their albums. I remember hearing Slowly We Rot for the first time and thinking "&#^@%$^!"]

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  • Bathory

    Title: The Return

    Label: Black Mark

    Date: 1985/1990

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Revelation of Doom
    [2] Total Destruction*
    [3] Born for Burning*
    [4] The Wind of Mayhem
    [5] Bestial Lust
    [6] Possessed
    [7] The Rite of Darkness
    [8] Reap of Evil*
    [9] Son of the Damned
    [10] Sadist
    [11] The Return of the Darkness and Evil*

    [A masterpiece. Killer tracks through and through.]

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  • Bathory

    Title: Under the Sign of the Black Mark

    Label: Black Mark

    Date: 1986/1990

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Nocternal Obeisance
    [2] Massacre
    [3] Woman of Dark Desires*
    [4] Call from the Grave*
    [5] Equimanthorn*
    [6] Enter the Eternal Fire*
    [7] Chariots of Fire
    [8] 13 Candles
    [9] Of Doom

    [Another masterpiece. How could 'The Return' be topped? This did it in my opinion. This is one of the top black metal albums of all time, inspiring countless bands for decades to come.]

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