Top 20 Black Metal Songs (You've Likely Never Heard)

Originally posted March 17/18

Everybody has heard the classics from the black metal elite (Venom, Celtic Frost, Darkthrone, Emperor, Mayhem, Immortal, Bathory, Marduk and the like), but many haven't traversed past the top tier. To assist in broadening those peoples' horizons, here are my top 20 songs from bands in the lower echelons of blackness.

1. 'Meuterei' from NAGELFAR - Virus West

2. 'Journey From Life' from RAGNAROK - Blackdoor Miracle

3. 'Once On Fortunes Throne' from THY PRIMORDIAL - At The World Of Untrodden Wonder

4. 'For The Glory Of Satan' from THY INFERNAL - Satan's Wrath

5. 'I Am Elite' from WAR - Total War

6. 'Rutonkantaja' from AZAGHAL - Perkeleen Luoma

7. 'Total Abuse' from N.C.O. - Pure Black Desease

8. 'Awaiting The Inevitable' from WOODS OF YPRES - Against The Seasons:Cold Winter Songs From The Dead Summer Heat

9. 'Sluts Of Hell' from Nattefrost - Blood & Vomit

10. 'Winter Nights' from NADIWRATH - Nihilistic Stench

11. 'White Death's Power' by WHITE DEATH - White Death

12. 'Storming The Gates Of Heaven' from WINTER OF APOKALYPSE - Solitary Winter Night

13. 'Fire & Brimstone' from PRINCIPALITY OF HELL - Fire & Brimstone

14. 'The Conquest' from THY PRIMORDIAL - Where Only The Seasons Mark The Paths Of Time

15. 'Hammers Of Hatred' from NOCTURNES MIST - Diabolical Baptism

16. 'Gates Of Saturn' from FUNERAL WINDS - Sinister Creed

17. 'Nibiru Assassins' from BLOODSTORM - Pestilence From The Dragonstar

18. 'Nachtjagd' from NACHTJAGD - ... any last words?

19. 'Secret Eye' from NECROMANTE - The Magickal Presence Of Occult Forces

20. 'Crolla l'Empirio'' from NOVA - Soli Contro il Mondo