Ampütator - Deathcult Barbaric Hell (2007)

Raw, raging US black/death metal. Pro-annihilation, anti-everything else. A quick glance at the track listing will hip you to the presence of some neanderthal-like misogyny -- if you prefer a less specific brand of hatred in your black metal, this ain't for you.

Track listing:
1. Rape Kill Annihilate
2. Gutterslut
3. Sarin Death Vengeance
4. Obliteration
5. Massacre Bloodhate
6. Slaughter of the Innocent [Repulsion cover]
7. With Hate
8. Extinction Deathmarch
9. Complete Butchery
10. Feasting on Vermin
11. Creed of Persecution

Buildings turn to ash
Life does not exist

You'll also like:

Adorior -
Author of Incest (2005)

Hoath -
Codex II: Kether (2007)

Michael Garrison - Eclipse (1982)

Excellent third LP from outer space-obsessed Oregonian Michael Garrison. Propulsive, synth-based compositions occasionally filled out by ethereal vocals and some surprisingly heavy guitars. 10/10 would listen to on headphones while exploring the outer limits of our universe.

Track listing:
1. Departure
2. Airborn
3. Celestial Nights
4. Visions
5. Take a Chance
6. Animation
7. For You and Me

To the other side of the sky

Also of interest:

Pascal Languirand -
De Harmonia Universalie (1980)

Barry Cleveland -
Mythos (1984)

Anal Vomit - Demoniac Flagellations (2004)

Raw, ripping Peruvian metal that's equal parts black, death, and thrash. Black magic, Satanic torture, sexual blasphemy, and riffs that will pretty much force you to bang your head.

Track listing:
1. Intro
2. Sendero Siniestro
3. Temptation and Pleasure
4. Total Sacrilegious
5. Seed of Evil
6. Signo de la Bestia
7. Kingdom of the Cruelty II
8. Bestial Massacre
9. Camara de Torturas
10. Tales of Sorcery
11. Antichrist [Sepultura cover]

Perpetual plague

More along these lines:

Abigail -
Intercourse & Lust (1996)

Körgull the Exterminator -
Dogs of War (2009)

Graham Central Station - Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It (1975)

Unrelenting, hard-hitting funk jams interspersed with smooth, old-school soul. Fuzzed-out bass, wailing guitar solos, and fiery organ give way to velvety falsettos, rich vocal harmonies, and Stax-stlye horn sections.

Track listing:
1. The Jam
2. Your Love
3. It's Alright
4. I Can't Stand the Rain
5. It Ain't Nothing But a Warner Bros. Party
6. Ole Smokey
7. Easy Rider
8. Water
9. Luckiest People

If the music makes you feel like laughin'
It's alright

More along these lines:

Maxayn -
Maxayn (1972)

Niteflyte -
Niteflyte (1979)

Oath - Light of the Black Dawn (2013) + Antichrist Reign (2014)

Related:
Grimirg - MMXV-I (2015)

Two EPs from this phenomenal, supremely underrated Finnish black metal duo. Oath specialize in foregrounding the sorrowful beauty that's at the heart of black metal, while keeping it 100% evil and steering far clear of conspicuously pretty, "post-" territory. Both EPS are free/name your price via bandcamp, and while you're there, do yourself a favor and pick up their new album, Mustan Liekin Veljeskunta, cause as far as I'm concerned it's a fucking masterpiece.

Track listing:
-Light of the Black Dawn-
1. Oath
2. Light of the Black Dawn
3. Call of the Five-Pointed Star
4. Naar Natten Endelig er Her
-Antichrist Reign-
1. Murder of the Innocent
2. Antichrist Reign

From the ashes of twilight...
... The serpent crawls to paradise

You should also listen to:

Vorkuta -
Into the Chasms of Lunacy (2007)

Hermóðr -
Vinter (2014)

Carnivorous Vagina - Istinto Omicida (2004)

Italian goregrind/death metal. Drum machine, extremely distorted guitars, gross growls, samples from Italo horror movies, and even some creepy synths for atmosphere. Brutal.

Track listing:
1. Intro
2. Buried/Undead
3. Abomination
4. League of Evil
5. Captured
6. Hell Massacre
7. Worms
8. Zombie Ritual
9. Hatchet Punishment
10. Tortured
11. Instinto Omicida
12. Bloodbath
13. Slip in Bloodshroud
14. Ravish
15. Deathhouse
16. Infanticidio
17. Circle of the Damned
18. Primitive Ravage

Bloodstained dark walls
Unsafe place where all life ends

More like this:

Mortician -
Domain of Death (2001)

Chainsaw Dissection -
Malodorous Decomposition (2005)

A Small Good Thing - Cool Cool Water (1996)

Way chilled-out UK downtempo electro. The music of A Small Good Thing is clearly meant to be enjoyed while getting stoned, so don't let 'em down.

Track listing:
1. Redeemer
2. Steigerville - North
3. Steigerville - South
4. Temperance
5. Burned Clean
6. The Art of Deception

A lake of fire

You'll also like:

Ingleton Falls -
Absconded (1994)

The Super Secret Symphony -
The Super Secret Symphony (1995)

Necroholocaust - Holocaustic Goat Metal (2014)

Canadian black/death metal annihilation. Heavy-ass production, killer riffs, and bestial vocals by a dude calling himself "Black Plague of War and Disease." And if you're worried about the word "intolerance" popping up in the track listing, don't be: Necroholocaust is all about slaughtering Christians, which, as we all know, is okay.

Track listing:
1. Rise of Antichrist (Victory Command)
2. Sadomasochrist
3. Altar of Plagues
4. Slaughter the Lamb
5. Defile the House of God
6. Deathraid of Intolerance
7. Inverted Christ
8. Infinite Death Prophecy
9. Bleed the Baphomet
10. F.G.P.

Termination pact in blood nightmare

You'll also like:

Prosanctus Inferi -
Pandemonic Ululations of
Vesperic Palpitations (2010)

Archgoat -
Heavenly Vulva
(Christ's Last Rites) (2011)

Paul Schütze - Deus Ex Machina (1989)

Masterful debut full-length from Australian composer Paul Schütze. Dark, drifting synths enveloping abstract jazz fusion and clattering percussion, with fragmented voices periodically flashing into earshot. The kind of stuff that sounds best when it's late and you're really, really... sleepy.

Track listing:
1. Deus Ex Machina - The Soundtrack (Panic Heat Vengeance)

Topology of a phantom city

You'll also wanna hear:

Piquet -
The Faulty Caress (1996)

Charles Bobuck -
Chuck's Ghost Music (2011)

Hromovlad - Vládca Lesov, Skalných Stien (2005)

Epic, folk-infused Slovakian black metal.

Track listing:
1. V Objatí Stromov
2. Vládca Lesov, Skalných Stien
3. Žiť Stromom
4. Triste Est Mori
5. Tiene Minulosti
6. Balada Skazy
7. Hrom Do Toho!
8. Hromovlad
9. Bytosti Lesné
10. Raw

Evil in its cruelest shape

Also listen to:

Obtest -
Tūkstantmetis (1997)

Orlog -
Reinigende Feuer (2006)

Project Pat - Street God 3: Louis Vuitton Don (2016)

Related:
The Kaze - Kamakazie Timez Up (1998)

Project Pat has been on a fucking mixtape tear the past few years, and because Project Pat can do no wrong, they're all fire. Just gonna go with Street God 3 cause it's the newest one. It's free to download on a bunch of sites, but I got mine from hotnewhiphop.com, so that's where the link below is gonna take you.

Track listing:
1. DJ Scream Intro
2. Rubberband Check (feat. Rick Ross & Rich the Kid)
3. That's My Dope Naa
4. I Ain't Lying
5. Bust on His Ass
6. Bizness
7. I Got Strong (feat. Young Dolph)
8. It's Over (feat. Big Trill & Coca Vango)
9. Gold Teethes
10. Fuck Niggas Jockin
11. I'm on My Way (feat. Juicy J, Tory Lanez & Kingray)
12. Internet Gangstas
13. Load 'Em Up
14. Bandz Up
15. I'll Never Change
16. Bigga Rankin Speaks
17. Blue Money (feat. Kingray)

Watch 'em drop

The Crevices Below - Below the Crevices (2011)

Australian progressive black metal. I'd like to tell you all about this band's lush, enveloping sound, dynamic songwriting, and hypnotic, melancholic beauty, but I can't hear anything over the sound of that band name.

"Crevices Below." Uhhhh-huhuh-huhuh-huhuh-huh.

Track listing:
1. Below the Crevices
2. The Tombs of Subterranea
3. A Grand Cavernous Awakening
4. Whispers of Sorrow
5. Trapped in Suicidal Depths
6. Carrying the Cries of the Lost

Rivers of hell

Listen to these, too:

Oranssi Pazuzu -
Kosmonument (2011)

Taurus -
No/Thing (2014)

Steven Halpern - Spectrum Suite (1976)

Soothing, minimal keyboard pieces by new age guru Steven Halpern. Halpern's the kind of guy whose LP sleeves read like a resume, so that you know that he's qualified to make chill-ass new age music. Like, it's not just some schlub off of the street that's plinking around on those keys -- this man's a professional!

Many, many different versions of this album have been released, all with slightly different track listings, so in case you're wondering, this is the 1988 CD version.

Track listing:
1. Keynote C - Red
2. Keynote D - Orange
3. Keynote E - Yellow
4. Keynote F - Green
5. Keynote G - Blue
6. Keynote A - Indigo
7. Keynote B - Violet
8. Leviathan Blue
9. Sakura
10. Rainbows of Life
11. Crystal Cathedral
12. Earthrise - Part 1
13. Earthrise - Part 2
14. Harmonic Convergence

Starborn

You should also give these a spin:

Peter Seiler -
Flying Frames (1986)

Hans Peter Neuber -
Mystic Castle (1989)

Nocturnes Mist - As Flames Burn (2009)

Australian black metal. Dramatic and raging, with subtle (and not-so-subtle) keyboards for added vastness.

Track listing:
1. Black Winds of Uncreation
2. Hidden from Time
3. As Flames Burn
4. Incendia Tempestas
5. Imperium Ashes
6. Nocturnes Mist
7. Nebulous Spirit
8. Waves of Torment

Land of fire

You'll also wanna check out:

Blood Stained Dusk -
Dirge of Death's Silence (2001)

Massemord -
Skogen Kaller (2003)

Oroku - Living Through the End Time (2006)

Very sad to learn that Oroku's lead vocalist, Jeff, has passed away. Another beautiful, troubled soul whose untimely passing into the great beyond feels all the more heartbreaking for its sad sense of inevitability. I'm not the one to write a worthy eulogy, as we weren't super-tight, but I can say this: he was a funny, kind, much-loved member of my extended band-family, as well as a gifted lyricist and vocalist, and he deserved better.

In Jeff's honor, let's listen to Oroku's only LP, Living Through the End Time. Heavy, sludgy crust with sorrowful undertones highlighted by a full-time cellist -- as you know, cello is the world's saddest-sounding instrument. For the full effect, as you listen, imagine that you're in a sweaty, smelly basement with crusties headbanging all around as you try to squeeze your way to the front, tall can in hand, so that you can actually see the band at the center of it all.

Track listing:
1. Vulture
2. Disgust for Mankind
3. Meaningless
4. Death to the Summer
5. Drow
6. The Falling
7. Spineless
8. Terror
9. The End Is Near
10. Sgt. James Marsh
11. Terror (Demo)
12. Fire
13. Imaginary Friend

Into the light

If you like this, you should listen to:

Damad -
Burning Cold (2000)

Inure -
Inure (Rough Mixes) (2003)