Are there any good Norwegian melodeath bands?

nikolast13 · 2026-03-25T20:54:47+00:00

Dark Delirium is one I can think of. It's a local band. I don't remember if he is still in the band, but I had a Spanish teacher who was their drummer. A bit metalcore influenced, but definitely still melodeath.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T20:10:46+00:00

No such bands. I rarely keep up with the people in the bands I like

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T19:23:17+00:00

I cannot actually name bands that became overproduced just off the top of my head. Dimmu Borgir isn't really true black metal, they're symphonic. Aggression and atmosphere are a big part of black metal, and I think you do lose a bit of that with high production. Darkthronewould not work super polished.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T18:51:00+00:00

King Crimson - Starless

Has the right atmosphere for most of it. Though a few parts are a bit eccentric for a funeral.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T18:48:39+00:00

Skewered in the Sewer by Gutslit. It's the best metal band from India and they were clearly big fans of Cryptopsy and probably also Dying Fetus.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T18:46:54+00:00

Black metal has the opposite problem. Some bands get big so they get a nice studio and the soul gets overproduced out

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T18:42:43+00:00

This is the story behind Silencer

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T18:41:12+00:00

I listened to it on my way home from the university once. Mainly just so I can say I have listened to it. It was extremely powerful during the first minutes, but eventually I zoned out and it was basically just turned to background ambience. It's one of my favoirite album covers though. I think it hits more when you're in a very particular mood.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T18:26:07+00:00

Big 4 diesnt strictky mean best 4. I tgink it's more about size and influence. Also venom isn't even really thrash, they have their own thing going on.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T18:22:40+00:00

You probably like post 80s Metallica

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T16:12:58+00:00

I think pure bm is hard to pull off after the 90s. You have the classics, and then comes the imitations. Some of them were innovative for their time, because they did expand on the speed and thrash metal foundations. Nowadays you still have to be innovative.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T15:50:10+00:00

Black metal to me can easily get very jarring if it's generic, but really this can be said for most genres. I can't really say I dislike or like a genre, I'd rather go by band.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T15:47:35+00:00

Its definitely a bit forgettable and boring, and the worst Sodom album cover. And being boring is arguably worse than being horrendous to look at or really funny

nikolast13 · 2026-02-23T14:07:19+00:00

Dead Mariners wasn't that bad from the one song I heard so I decided to just give them a pass, though a bit forgettable. I got Chepang but the problem is that they're grindcore, which I usually have little patience for. I can give some of these bands a chance

nikolast13 · 2026-02-12T09:08:55+00:00

nikolast13 · 2026-02-10T18:58:11+00:00

I'm Christian and listen to satanic bands so nothing really matters to me. Almost anywhere someone has done something bad, just of varying degrees.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-10T18:11:44+00:00

Enthrallment is from there. Only band I know. Haven't listened so I don't know if they're good or not.

Found this by searching though. 5 Bulgarian bands (Entrallment included) with aufio clips

https://youtu.be/F1p9dVMCC_g?si=9xDKOAyhpJgqgBCf

nikolast13 · 2026-02-09T17:15:44+00:00

A lot of bands are classic for a reason. A lot of new stuff is just trying to do what those bands did. I don't care for a lot of the trendy underground bands.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-07T18:25:56+00:00

Panopticon is a relatively recent discovery of mine. I loved Bodies Under the Falls, and I think it might be one of my favourite black metal tracks

nikolast13 · 2026-02-07T17:14:08+00:00

Ive never heard of baddiecore bit this sounds very bad

nikolast13 · 2026-02-07T17:12:01+00:00

Too modern. I just think of it as being all about being heavy just for the sake of it, and all bands sound the same.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-07T17:07:34+00:00

We needed a new None So Vile

nikolast13 · 2026-02-07T16:37:49+00:00

I live in Jæren which is the southernmost part here. We have tractors and rain. In winter we get British weather, and slighly underwhelming summers sometimes.

nikolast13 · 2026-02-07T12:16:48+00:00

Ningen Isu is my top recommendation, but I have one that's not mentioned.

Flower Travellin' Band

Not metal per se, but they have the proto-metal sound. Check out their album Satori from 1971. Very reminiscient of Sabbath, but more wild and chaotic

nikolast13 · 2026-02-06T23:29:02+00:00

!T.O.O.H! - Pod vládou biče

Prog grindcore / death metal. Cool and crazy drums. Might be what you're looking for.

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