Wondering How To Begin Your Own Black Metal Band ?

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1. Decide if you are going for a full band or a single man project. Burzum, Nortt ,Xasthur are few one man prject black metal bands. But it requires high skills.
2. If you want a band, appropriate number of members is about 4. A vocalist, guitarist, drummer and a bassist. A vocalist can be bassist as well.
3. The vocalist will have to be able of snarling (also called shrieking) and maybe growling too. The vocals in black metal are mostly mid- to high pitched.
4. Your guitarists should tune their guitar in either classical tuning (E) or D. Remember, this is not meant to be played as deep as death metal. Heavy distortion is a must; get a distortion pedal or an amp with the ability to turn up the gain. They should know how to play in 16th notes (also called tremolo notes).
5. The drummer should most preferable know how to blastbeat at a fast pace. He should also have a double pedal or two singles with 2 base-drums. China cymbals give you a good sound as well as bells. Blastbeats are essential in black metal, because they create the "wall of sound" effect. 
6. Bassist just need to be able to play fast.
7. Some black metal bands use a keyboard to have different sounds integrated in their songs. Some use them only to create atmosphere, other almost rely on keyboards.
8. An important part of black metal is the lyrics. Black metal lyrics usually concentrate on topics like life, death, hate, nature and religion. Satanic lyrics are not essential. Just remember that black metal lyrics are very serious, and are some of the deepest and most contemplative lyrics.
9. Decide a good name for your band. If you choose a name in another language (e.g. Latin or Norwegian), be sure you know the meaning of it. Cities or districts with significance can be used (Whitechapel, for example, where the Jack The Ripper murders took place). You can also invent a new word to use as a name.
10. Create a log matching your band name.
11. Appearance is not everything. A lot of black metal bands dress up in corpsepaint, leather, spikes etc, but this is not necessary.
12. Write a song. There's really no advice here. Make up some good riffs and lyrics, and record it.
13. A lot of black metal recordings have a poor quality. This is the result of musicians not having enough money to record it properly, or someone who just wants to stay "true". Try to get a decent quality, but avoid the polished sound of fx Dimmu Borgir. You can record in your room, in a basement, in a forest, whatever.

FREE FULL DISCOGRAPHY DOWNLOADS Pt.1

Below here I've listed few torrents for complete discography of metal bands and few other bands. I've tried to possibly collect torrents with high number of seeds.




1. Arch Enemy
Contains:
Studio Albums:
Black Earth [1996]
Stigmata [1998]
Burning Bridges [1999]
Wages of Sin [2001]
Anthems of Rebellion [2003]
Doomsday Machine [2005]
Rise of the Tyrant [2007]


EPs:
Revolution Begins [2007]


Bonus Discs:
A Collection of Rare & Unreleased Songs from the Arch Enemy Vault (Wages of Sin) [2001]


2. Angtoria
This band has got only one album " God has A plan For Us All (2006)"


3. Agalloch
Contains:
From Which of this Oak (1997)
Pale Folklore (1999)
Of Stone, Wind and Pillor (2001)
The Mantle (2002)
Tomorrow will Never Come (2003)
The Grey (2004)
Split 10" Picture Disc (2004)
Ashes Against the Grain (2006)
The White (2008)


4. Anthrax
Contains:
1984 - Fistful of metal
1985 - Spreading the disease
1986 - Among the living
1987 - I am the man
1988 - State of euphoria
1989 - Penikufesin
1990 - Persistence of time
1991 - Attack of the killer bs
1992 - Armed and dangerous
1993 - Sound of white noise
1994 - Live
1998 - Volume 8
1999 - Return of the killer as


5. Black Sabbath
Conatains:
(1970) Black Sabbath
(1970) Paranoid
(1971) Master Of Reality
(1972) Black Sabbath, Vol. 4
(1973) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
(1975) Sabotage
(1976) Technical Ecstasy
(1978) Never Say Die
(1980) Heaven And Hell
(1981) Mob Rules
(1983) Born Again
(1986) Seventh Star
(1987) The Eternal Idol
(1989) Headless Cross
(1990) Tyr
(1992) Dehumanizer
(1994) Cross Purposes
(1995) Forbidden


6. Bon Jovi
Contains:
Bon Jovi (1984)
7800 Fahrenheit (1985)
Slippery When Wet (1986)
New Jersey (1988)
Blaze of Glory (1990)
Keep The Faith (1992)
These Days (1995)
1995,1996 Fields of Fire (1997)
Destination Anywhere (1997)
Crossroad (1998)
Undiscovered Soul (1998)
Crush (2000)
Gold (2001)
One Wild Night Live (2001)
Bounce (2002)
This Left Feels Right (2003)
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (2004)
Lost Highway (2007)
Other - Demos, B Sides, Accoustics, radio performances


7. Burzum
Contains:
1991 - Demo
1992 - Burzum
1993 - Aske (EP)
1993 - Burzum & Gorgoroth (From Split)
1993 - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
1993 - Svarte Dauen
1994 - Det Som Engang Var
1995 - Burzum Aske
1996 - Filosofem
1997 - Daudi Baldrs
1999 - Hlidskjalf


8. Bullet For My Valentine
Contains:
2004 - Bullet For My Valentine [EP]
2005 - 4 words [to choke upon] [Single]
2005 - Hand of blood [EP]
2005 - Suffocating under words of sorrow [Single]
2005 - The poison
2006 - All these things I hate [Single]
2006 - Live at Brixton
2006 - Tears don't fall [Single]
2007 - Scream, aim, fire [Single]
2008 - Scream, aim, fire
2008 - Hearts burst into fire [Single]


9. Bruce Dickinson
Contains:
Tattooed Millionaire (1990)
Balls To Piccasso (1994)
Skunkworks (1996)
Accident of Birth (1997)
The Chemical Wedding (1998)
Scream For Me Brazil (Live) (1999)
Tyranny of Souls (2005)