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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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