Puppies' Black Metal Album of the Week (Featuring Voidsphere)

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

So I have been on a major kick with black metal of all kinds the past couple months. I've been listening to the genre for over 15 years now, my first exposure being Enslaved, but I've really dug in to it a ton recently. In this thread I thought I would share a new album each week, whether a past favorite or something new I've discovered, with the rest of you. I know the majority of those who post here probably don't listen to any black metal and that's ok. However, I know a few who listen to a lot of black metal, like Cyril, and some who have started dabbling their toes into the black metal pool, Katt, TAC, and Ariich.

I will be covering the vast majority of sub genres in black metal (Atmospheric, Melodic, Progressive, DSBM, Symphonic, WarMetal, Folk, Blackgaze, Blackened Thrash, Post-Black, Viking, Gothic, and Ambient). I probably won't cover too much if any first wave and/or straight ahead black metal. I'm more into the mixtures of sounds.

How this will work is, I will post a new album each week (most likely on Saturday/Sunday), and then we can all listen to it (those that are interested) and discuss it. If you are so inclined, you can give it a rating out of 10. I plan to keep a record in this OP of each album and the cumulative ratings it gets (assuming people actually want to rate it. If any of you have any other ideas for the thread, please let me know.

Another point, I do have a list of albums I will be posting put together already, but if you have any albums you would like to suggest to be featured in the thread, just send me a PM and I will sprinkle in suggestions at random intervals.

Sound good so far? Good.

Week 1 | Omega Centauri - Universum Infinitum (Atmospheric Black Metal) (Spotify)
Week 2 | Tongues - Hreilia (Doomy Black Metal) (Spotify)
Week 3 | Lunar Aurora - Andacht (Atmospheric Black Metal) (Spotify)
Week 4 | Darkenhöld - A Passage to the Towers... (Melodic Black Metal) (Spotify)
Week 5 | Battle Dagorath - I-Dark Dragons of the Cosmos (Atmospheric Black Metal) Spotify
Week 6 | Arkona - Goi, Rode, Goi! (Folk Black Metal) Spotify
Week 7 | Tardigrada - Emotionale Ödnis (Atmospheric Black Metal/DSBM) Spotify
Week 8 | Empyrium - Songs of Moors and Misty Fields (Folky Doomy Symphonic Atmospheric Black Metal?) Spotify
Week 9 | Mare Cognitum - An Extraconscious Lucidity (Atmospheric Black Metal) Spotify
Week 10 | Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade (Atmospheric Black Metal) Spotify
Week 11 | Dordeduh - Dar De Duh (Atmospheric Black Metal with touches of Romanian Folk Music) Spotify
Week 12 | Cobalt - Gin (Progressive Black Metal w/ some Atmospheric Sludge influence) Spotify
Week 13 | Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry (Atmospheric Funeral Black Metal) Spotify
Week 14 | Aara - En Ergô Einai (Atmospheric Black Metal w/ Melodic tinges) Spotify
Week 15 | Fluisteraars - Bloem (Melodic Atmospheric Black Metal) Spotify
Week 16 | Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason Atmospheric Black Metal Spotify
Week 17 | Acathexis - Acathexis Atmospheric Black Metal Spotify
Week 18 | Voidsphere - To Overtake | To Overcome Atmospheric Black Metal

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Week 1

Omega Centauri - Universum Infinitum

(Atmospheric Black Metal)

Tracklist

1 Ad Infinitum
2 Elusive
3 The Oort Cloud
4 I Am
5 Fallen
6 Samsãra
7 May Whatever Cleanses Me Take Form
8 A Mirror of Life

This is a relatively new discovery for me. It's a great sounding Atmospheric black metal. The track Elusive is a favorite of mine.

[Crow]

i see

tbh of all the styles you listed like half of them i don't even like, but i might keep up with this 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

i see

tbh of all the styles you listed like half of them i don't even like, but i might keep up with this 

More than half of the albums will most likely be in the Atmospheric realm, but I do enjoy stuff in almost every other subgenre.

[The Walrus]

The ONLY kind of black metal I like is atmospheric. So I will check any and all Dolby Atmos BM. Cool thread idea Pup.

[ariich]

I'm definitely interested... but I'm also in the middle of my own roulette!

[TAC]

Will check it out tonight after dinner and I send in Ariich's roulette.

[ariich]

Will check it out tonight after dinner and I send in Ariich's roulette.

I approve of these priorities.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Will check it out tonight after dinner and I send in Ariich's roulette.

I approve of these priorities.

Of course. 

[ariich]

Pup, do you think you'll be sending anything from this thread in my roulette? If definitely not, then I'll try and follow along and check things out.

[twosuitsluke]

I'm up for some new black metal of some variety. I'll give this a go after blasting the new Hirsch Effekt.

[Elite]

Okay, cool

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Pup, do you think you'll be sending anything from this thread in my roulette? If definitely not, then I'll try and follow along and check things out.

So far nothing I have planned for this thread is planned for your roulette. I'll let you know if that changes.

I'm up for some new black metal of some variety. I'll give this a go after blasting the new Hirsch Effekt.

[TAC]

Pup, do you think you'll be sending anything from this thread in my roulette? If definitely not, then I'll try and follow along and check things out.

So far nothing I have planned for this thread is planned for your roulette. I'll let you know if that changes.

I'm gonna use them!




Funny, I thought I had them Saved on my Spotify, but I have Omega District and Omega Virus.

[TAC]

Oh man, there's no way I'm putting myself through an hour of THAT tonight.

Since we have a week, I'm going to break it off in chunks.

I hit the first two songs, and I ain't gonna lie. That was pretty tough to get through. The first song was awful.
At least the second one had some bits in the second half that were OK.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Oh man, there's no way I'm putting myself through an hour of THAT tonight.

Since we have a week, I'm going to break it off in chunks.

I hit the first two songs, and I ain't gonna lie. That was pretty tough to get through. The first song was awful.
At least the second one had some bits in the second half that were OK.

That's fine. I'm perfectly aware that these albums aren't all going to be for everyone. I'm sure you will find a few of them to like though. So don't give up on my thread if you don't like this first album. Check back next weekend.

[TAC]

Oh hell no, I'll be here all week. I'll get through the next few tracks tomorrow.

I'm totally not going anywhere!

[The Walrus]

I will say that I had a black metal phase in my late teens. I regret every minute of it. 

[TAC]

Aren't you still in your late teens?

[Heretic]

Huge black metal fan, so Interested to see what you have to share. Hopefully I'll find some new recommendations in lieu of this!

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Huge black metal fan, so Interested to see what you have to share. Hopefully I'll find some new recommendations in lieu of this!

I remember from some of your other posts that you were a Black Metal fan. Look forward to hearing your thoughts on some of these albums. 

[The Walrus]

Aren't you still in your late teens?

Aren't you up way past your bedtime, grandpa?

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Aren't you still in your late teens?

Aren't you up way past your bedtime, grandpa?

He can't remember when his bedtime is. 

[Evermind]

I'll try to follow this for the albums that are on Yandex.Music streaming service. This one is, so I'll give it a spin during my commute next week!

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I'll try to follow this for the albums that are on Yandex.Music streaming service. This one is, so I'll give it a spin during my commute next week!

Nice, the more the merrier! I'd be interested in your thoughts. I have an album by a band from Russia in the queue for this thread in probably a few weeks. You know, since all Russians know each other  

[TAC]

The Oort Cloud was fine for what it is. Some cool sounds.
I Am was ok but still pretty rough.

Fallen was definitely good though and easily the best song so far.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

That whole run between Elusive and Fallen is incredible.

I will admit the first track, Ad Infinitum isn't the greatest.

[TAC]

Not sure if I would call it incredible.

But Fallen was really good.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Not sure if I would call it incredible.

But Fallen was really good.

Hey, even if you only get 1 song out of the album that you like, that's good enough for me. 

[The Walrus]

About to put this on, finally.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

About to put this on, finally.

I hope you find something to like on this album, but I think the vocals might not be to your liking.

Just be brutally honest in your assessment. 

[The Walrus]

About to put this on, finally.

I hope you find something to like on this album, but I think the vocals might not be to your liking.

Just be brutally honest in your assessment. 

Brutally honest: I'm halfway into this and not having a good time. There is an angry toilet backing up and someone is hitting a very large tupperware a lot. I am waiting for the atmospheric part of the black metal to kick in but other than The Oort Cloud (which wasn't much of anything) it's not there. Of course there's still the back half to go.

I'll check back on whatever's posted next, of course. For my tastes, I'm more of a Summoning, Spectral Lore, Midnight Odyssey type atmosblack fan, as per the playlist you recently sent me. 

EDIT: Okay, so yeah, not really a fan of this one unfortunately. I really love the band and album name, but it's too much noisy black metal and not enough contrast to make the noisy black metal meaningful to me.

[TAC]

There is an angry toilet backing up and someone is hitting a very large tupperware a lot.

 

[ariich]

There is an angry toilet backing up and someone is hitting a very large tupperware a lot.

 

omg

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

There is an angry toilet backing up and someone is hitting a very large tupperware a lot.

 

omg

I genuinely LoL'd at this