While their newer stuff is a far cry from the raw, unfiltered death metal they started with, and isn’t as experimental and folk-influenced as Aealo, their polished and refined blackened death metal sound has aged well.īut Aealo is an amazing take on their Greek heritage, incorporating traditional singing and chanting with some of their heaviest and most memorable riffs and melodies. If you want to hear some really early, ripping, old-school death and black metal that isn’t afraid to mirror Bolt Thrower and At The Gates alike, check out albums that are older than this one.Īnd if you want to see what they’re up to now-spoiler alert, it’s great-check out newer records. Everything by Rotting Christ is great, but Aealo is a standout record in their discography that isn't quite like anything before or after it. This is a record I just can’t stop revisiting. Rotting Christ- Aealo (Season of Mist, 2010) From the classic-style cover art picturing a forlorn young woman looking haunting and mysterious, to the way the riffs are layered with the grooves and heavy drumming, the album stands out as one of the catchiest and most memorable melodic black metal albums I’ve heard in a while. The gorgeous, classic cover art and amazing song titles like “Disciple of the Serpent Star” and “Alone Before the Doors of the Silent House,” create a spooky, witchy, satanic vibe throughout. This is the perfect record to scream along with in the car or see live, and there’s something perfect about the vibe of the album. Heaven That Dwells Within is, in my opinion, the best summation of their sound, as it gets gritty and raw in parts, musical and uplifting in others. Every record is entirely solid, varying from more thrashy, melodic black metal to crustier, raw black metal, and they attack all aspects of their sound equally well. You really can’t go wrong with anything from Wormwitch’s catalogue. Wormwitch- Heaven That Dwells Within (Prosthetic Records, 2019) Not everything here conventionally falls under the banner of 'melodic black metal,' but they demonstrate absolute mastery in the general sense of the term. It's something that is hard to do right, but when it is, the result is unforgettable.įor those who are melodically curious or a long-time fan looking for new bands to check out, here are the melodic black metal albums I consider essential listening. There is such a thing as black metal that is not by definition melodic but still uses melody in fact, melody is one of the things that sets black metal apart from death metal, but when the focus is on the melody, that enters melodic or post-black metal territory. Although melodic black metal is a defined genre, black metal with melody is a wider space that goes beyond that label's narrow borders.
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