SImple Question: Scandanavian Metal

Snoogans

Right, amtter of opinion here folks, but hopefully I'll get some good reccomendations thrown at me. What is the greatest scandanavian metal band of all time?
Personally, I vote for Opeth.

Agent Steel

Agony, Hexenhaus, Artillery.

Doctor J

Spiral Architect

It wasn't me!

That little chunk of the world has produced far too much amazing metal to ever have just one band top of the list. There are simply too many It's a metal goldmine.

Karl Hungus

Snoogans wrote:

What is the greatest scandanavian metal band of all time?

No such thing.

But there are plenty of absolutely fantastic Scandinavian Metal bands, here's a few:

Emperor
At The Gates
In Flames
Sonata Arctica
Children Of Bodom
Arcturus
Dissection
Enslaved
The Haunted
Immortal
Mayhem

Though my personal favourite would probably have to be Opeth.

biko

Dismember

John

Despite the IMMENSE knobbery of Varg Vikunt, I was listening to Burzum earlier and forgot just how ****ing good they were.

Snoogans

John2 wrote:

Despite the IMMENSE knobbery of Varg Vikunt, I was listening to Burzum earlier and forgot just how ****ing good they were.

You reckon? I think they had one or two really classy bits here and there, but other than that, mediocre. Maybe I'm just predjudiced against metal's unsung knobhead though.

smackbunnybaby

burzum is very underrated i feel as a musicician.
i remember listening to him for the first time, knowing his background and ideals.
i was expecting very poor music, but instead i was treated to excellent riffs which he used in repetition.everything i have of burzum i was impressed by (i dont have daudi baldrs, which is considered rubbish i heard).

if you you were forced to pick one band thou, i think emperor are the best.

Locust Reign

Meshuggah for me...

Per Liefsonson

I'd say Emperor. Such amazingly well constructed music. And the keyboards... As an experience, listening to an Emperor album is so good it beggars belief. But I like Burzum's music a lot too. The whole dark, trancey thing is really cool.

psilocybe

Opeth and Emperor are tied with me with Enslaved not far behind.

John

Snoogans wrote:

You reckon? I think they had one or two really classy bits here and there, but other than that, mediocre. Maybe I'm just predjudiced against metal's unsung knobhead though.

Personally I think Filosofem is one of the best albums ever. The first two albums and the Aske EP are excellent too but there's something about Filosofem that is just ****ing bleak.

Treebeard

I've only got into the Scandanavian thing recently but so far my favourites are Opeth and Darkthrone

0utshined

I agree with John2 on Burzum, Filosofem is an incredible album. I like the releases prior to that as well but there is just something about Filosofem that still grabs me. Maybe it's because of when I got it, who knows.

For me the number one Scandanavian metal band is At The Gates. There's no doubt in my mind that they are the greatest. After them, I quite like Emperor, Mayhem and Burzum but they all pale in comparison to At The Gates. For some reason I just can't get in to Opeth. They're a band I should like but just...don't. Oh well.



Edit: Forgot about Darkthrone and In Flames somehow.

Oral Slang

Apart from Opeth, Katatonia, Bodom, I really love Green Carnation. Really excellent band & playing here again in September. Can't wait!

Dathai

Burzum, purely for Filosofem, Dunkelheit písses all over everyone else. Although, Darkthrone, even though they suck ass now, would be a close second as Panzerfaust was just....Fecking amazing.

But I'd say Burzum, Watain, Dissection, Bathory, Meshuggah, Emperor, Einherjer, Ulver (The lack of Ulver in this thread makes me sick), Hellhammer(the band)
Isengard , Nifelheim and Svartsyn.

Karl Hungus

Oral Slang wrote:

Apart from Opeth, Katatonia, Bodom, I really love Green Carnation. Really excellent band & playing here again in September. Can't wait!

Again? They must really love Ireland!

Oral Slang

Karl Hungus wrote:

Again? They must really love Ireland!

Yeah they seem to. Kjetil announced it on Wednesday on Metal Ireland..

Date was to be the 2nd of September in the Music Centre, but its clashing with another metal thing thats in the planning stages, so its gonna be moved to another Saturday around that time.. Can't friggin wait - the last two gigs here were amazing!

Arucard

1. Opeth
2. Emperor

Mystic Fibrosis

On a purely personal level, it's a tie between Anata and Zyklon for me. Both amazing bands.

rainbow kirby

My inner power metaller has to say Sonata Arctica.

Degsy

Are Thereion Scandanavian?They're pretty good..

Dathai

Ulver, Ive mentioned them before, and I'll say it again.Ulver!!!!

John

Ulver you say?

byte

rainbow kirby wrote:

My inner power metaller has to say Sonata Arctica.

Yay for Sonata Arctica! They are a great band indeed.

A mention goes to Ensiferum also.

gline

borknagar
..and oceans
bloodthorn

(where are my dying bride from?)

to name but a tiny few i love

Pugsley

Finntroll

If anyone is a fan of Finntroll (which should be all of you!), you should check out 'Little Dead Bertha', their a Russian band who were heavily influenced by Finntroll.

Malafus

byte wrote:

A mention goes to Ensiferum also.

Damn straight. Wintersun, too.

Also, Opeth, Sonata Arctica, Finntroll, Bodom, Korpiklanni and dozens more.

A few bands here I still have to sample...

Dathai

John2 wrote:

Ulver you say?

ULVER!!!!!!!!!!

John

Oh Ulver! Of course.

Actually, I do need to buy some Ulver. Karl Hungus recommended them before to me but I've never gotten around to buying any. Suggestions?

gline

byte wrote:

A mention goes to Ensiferum also.

gave enisferum a listen to last week, wasnt majorly impressed. there new cd - dragonhead (i think thats the name ??) is ok though

Dathai

John2 wrote:

Oh Ulver! Of course.

Actually, I do need to buy some Ulver. Karl Hungus recommended them before to me but I've never gotten around to buying any. Suggestions?

Twilight Songs - Kveldssanger
Svidd Neger
Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler (good BM in this)

John

Cheers Dathai, I'll look into them when the oul grant comes in.

Bazzo

I'm gonna have to go with Vintersorg and Nightwish.

Both have power metal qualities with Vintersorg leaning toward the more death metaly side(although admittedly normally I'm into the 'lighter' types of metal).

If anyone hasn't heard of either of these bands check them out, Vintersorg's best album is probably Till Fjalls(although this is all in Swedish, he has later albums such as Cosmic Genesis almost entirely in English) and Nightwish's Highest Hopes(greatest hits) offers a nice variety of their best songs.

ThaMasta

gline wrote:

gave enisferum a listen to last week, wasnt majorly impressed. there new cd - dragonhead (i think thats the name ??) is ok though

The first two Ensiferum albums are absolute quality...brilliant band. Havent heard Dragonheads..its meant to be good tho

gline

Bazzo wrote:

If anyone hasn't heard of either of these bands check them out, Vintersorg's best album is probably Till Fjalls(although this is all in Swedish, he has later albums such as Cosmic Genesis almost entirely in English)

managed to get all their albums on the weekend, yeh till fjalls seems to be really good.

Dathai

Amon Amarth

/me holds up Once Sent From The Golden Hall

Worship!, Ye Bástards!!!!!

Pugsley

Dathai wrote:

Amon Amarth

/me holds up Once Sent From The Golden Hall

Worship!, Ye Bástards!!!!!

YES!

Amon Amarth are an amasing band, one of the few bands to still be brilliant now 12 years after their first album, their latest addition (Fate of Norns) is still excellent, they have a DVD coming out soon too, called “Wrath of the Norsemen”.

Patricide

ARCH ENEMY, how have they been forgotten, wait there scandinavian right?

gline

Patricide wrote:

ARCH ENEMY, how have they been forgotten, wait there scandinavian right?

who cares they are s**ite anyway
LOL

Aard

Arcturus.

And if Lativian is included, then Skyforger too.

John

Dathai wrote:

*Snip* -Karl

Sorry man, I don't swing that way. Legal and disc shaped for me all the way. Speaking of disc shaped and Scandinavian, look what arrived in the post for me today.

Ooh a Mayhem box set!


All the studio recordings (including two tracks with Dead) on vinyl. Nice!


And only €25. Bargain.

It wasn't me!

Arcturus! How could I ever, under any circumstances, have forgotten those gods among men?!

Matthewthebig

a box set?!!!!one

that is neither grim, true or necro!

It wasn't me!

John2 wrote:

Sorry man, I don't swing that way. Legal and disc shaped for me all the way. Speaking of disc shaped and Scandinavian, look what arrived in the post for me today.

Ooh a Mayhem box set!


All the studio recordings (including two tracks with Dead) on vinyl. Nice!


And only €25. Bargain.

€25?! :eek:

Matthewthebig

John2 wrote:

Sorry man, I don't swing that way. Legal and disc shaped for me all the way. Speaking of disc shaped and Scandinavian, look what arrived in the post for me today.

Ooh a Mayhem box set!


All the studio recordings (including two tracks with Dead) on vinyl. Nice!


And only €25. Bargain.

what site btw?

It wasn't me!

By the way John2, you realise getting a box set for €25 is only technically legal, it's in no way fair.

Pugsley

It wasn't me! wrote:

By the way John2, you realise getting a box set for €25 is only technically legal, it's in no way fair.

Its only legal because lawyers have no taste in music

John

Matthewthebig wrote:

a box set?!!!!one

that is neither grim, true or necro!

It's kvlt.

I got it from a French metal mail order site. They seem to have more of them. I've only listened to the 7" so far, it's the two studio tracks that Dead did before he lived up to his name. Very good. The one thing I will say is that the vinyl is quite thin, in fact very thin. Still for €25 it was worth the money (I saw it for 50-100 on ebay). I only had a legit copy of De Mysteriis... on CD so I decided I'd fill up the collection the quick and easy way. Maybe once I finish college and begin working I'll start working on collecting first pressings (my number one BM goal is to get Burzum's Aske with the free zippo with the burned church on it \m/ )

Dathai

De Mysteriis ftw. Ive hardly any vinyl tbh, Ive handled quite a bit of good merch, vinyls which are worth a small fortune now I'd say.
I want the zippo lighter though