Celtic Frost

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1985
• Country:
  Switzerland

Midnight (USA)

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  2022
• Country:
  United States

Bathory

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1987
• Country:
  Sweden

Sarcófago

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1987
• Country:
  Brazil

Slaughter (CAN)

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1987
• Country:
  Canada

“Slaughter was one of the most underrated acts related to the first wave / 80s Black Metal scene. Most people remember this band as Chuck Schuldiner's first band (he did contribute in the early days of ...”

Exorcist (USA)

• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1986
• Country:
  United States

“You may have heard some stuff about an 80s phenomenon called simply “fake bands”. Essentially Some labels made some bands up that did not actually exist! the members were usually assembled ...”

NME

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1986
• Country:
  United States

“NME's sloppy musicianship in the early days was an intentional result of being too fucking BM rather than being shitty musicians! Their later career showed us that they can be quite professional, but ...”

Onslaught

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1985
• Country:
  United Kingdom

“Onslaught begun as a Discharge-worshiping Hardcore Punk band with some decent demos in the early 80s, but it was in 1985 that the band moved towards another, more interesting direction. On "Power ...”

Bathory

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1984
• Country:
  Sweden

Venom

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1982
• Country:
  United Kingdom

Markgraf

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  2020
• Country:
  Germany

“Arghhhhh! It's albums like this that give us hope! You can't kill the underground when bands like this exist! If you take the mad dramatic vocals of King Diamond, and mix it with the gritty, ...”

Darkthrone

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  2016
• Country:
  Norway

Darkthrone

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  2013
• Country:
  Norway

Slaughter Lord

• Type:
  Compilation
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1998
• Country:
  Australia

“The current Australian Black Metal scene is one of the strongest scenes ever, but back in the 80s, there were virtually no bands going for more obscure metal sounds (or indeed anything other than ...”

Hellhammer

• Type:
  Compilation
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1990
• Country:
  Switzerland

King Diamond

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1987
• Country:
  Denmark

Kreator

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1987
• Country:
  Germany

Destruction

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1986
• Country:
  Germany

Kat (POL)

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1986
• Country:
  Poland

“When people think of the first wave of Black M, they mostly remember the obvious names, and some raw Thrash Metal albums from Germany, Brazil or the United States (well, not for that many U.S. Bands, ...”

Mefisto (SWE)

• Type:
  Demo
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1986
• Country:
  Sweden

“If you look at the band logo and the overall imagery of the covers on these two hugely influential demos, you may think: "Oh Yeah! Another Stockholm band going for the Bathory sound!". But actually, ...”

Celtic Frost

• Type:
  EP
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1984
• Country:
  Switzerland

Mercyful Fate

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1983
• Country:
  Denmark

Hellripper

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  2017
• Country:
  United Kingdom

“What is it with one man armies in the past few years? Seriously, how can one guy make something that will blow everything that legends like Destruction or Venom put out? This band is arguably one of ...”

Obscurity (SWE)

• Type:
  Compilation
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1998
• Country:
  Sweden

“Obscurity was one of the earliest examples of Swedish Extreme Metal bands which followed in the footsteps of Bathory, Possessed and Hellhammer. Alongside other small bands like Morbid and Mefisto, ...”

Mercyful Fate

• Type:
  Full-length
• Style:
  Old School Black Metal
• Year:
  1993
• Country:
  Denmark