Quote Originally Posted by Faulty View Post
My first black metal band was Emperor! Anthems, specifically. Not very fond of that album now, but everything before it is still pretty fantastic to me. It took me a while to *get* BM though. Like, all I listened to was Emperor and Naglfar
Exactly the same for me. I listened to Anthems and Naglfar's Pariah for the longest time before actually getting into BM. Also Impaled Nazarene, specifically Pro Patria Finlandia.

It wasn't until I listened to Transylvanian Hunger and Hvis Lyset Tar Oss that I really started understanding what Black Metal was, and it was all uphill from there.