Give us your finest recs...looking for stuff in the vein of old Samael, Void Meditation Cult, Necros Christos, Goatlord etc. Bonus points for crude, primitive riffs.
"Slow/Mid pace black" first brought Serpent Noir to mind. I still listen to Erotomysticism in particular regularly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmQVWa1nhVQ
Not necessarily crude or primitive in the riffing though I'm afraid, more occult hypnotic in overall mood.
Try first two(maybe three)LPs by Christ Agony from Poland. Keep in mind, by no means these are perfect records. Lack of experience in composing long tracks shows here and there - unsurprisingly for the young band, We're talking about material from the mid nineties - but the moments of brilliance are aplenty.
https://youtu.be/mviCSmOnc14?si=NSFelRP-RTFXe-87
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_tT6Pq5TaQ&t=400s
When dead congregation go for the slow (for lack of a better term) grove riff there's nothing better
Quote from: nukeabuse on September 06, 2024, 10:42:02 PMWhen dead congregation go for the slow (for lack of a better term) grove riff there's nothing better
Yup. Masters.
Nocternity- harps of the ancient temples
Armagedda - ond spiritism
Two BM favourites of mine that immediately spring to mind.
Yer man McIntosh from Paradise Lost does much better stuff in his nixers than his day job
Vallenfyre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoxO_rqvBQE&list=PL6H7qrgwSYVGuPVVF1fnYlaZ4qE72Wwx8
And Strigoi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJJ-Kl-OtaY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz5OVVC4vw8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FAwZKQbJnE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l16cVjDrjR8
Nice one lads. Would never have thought of/had never heard of half of these bands. Keep em coming!
Pohakka
https://youtu.be/jpaXQxIcDuM?si=rsYP_h5xr6wTZ0bS
Svartsyn
https://youtu.be/M3ZBmEkO6K0?si=5EzN64FI-TmUhkb2
Gjendød (They aren't always mid-paced but when they are it is sublime)
https://youtu.be/9zNLb-Ij3K4?si=AIncHH3GiorU_IRc
I have still yet to properly crack (!) into Gjendød, going to throw that track on now and see where I end up.
I made a mix last week in the thread that's definitely got some of what you're after on it.
Some older stuff : Delirium "Zzzouhh", the Black Crucifixion demo, Necroschizma,Pandemonium's "Devilri",Xantotol
Possibly the recent Glutted Swarm demo also..though that's straight up "Cause of Death" worship
Krypts. The album Remnants of Expansion springs to mind.
Desecresy fit the bill. One-man Finnish band that sounds like Bolt Thrower on downers.
That's round about the best ever description I've read of Desecresy! Really good band. Their last pair of albums are very good indeed. But sure, anything I've heard from them is all of a high standard. Lovely.
One of the best death metal bands of the last decade. Tommi Grönqvist is a riff machine. :abbath:
They haven't evolved much but the production has improved since their earlier releases. The last 3 albums have been excellent, especially Unveil in the Abyss.