Drowning the Light - Catacombs of Blood (2010)

Related:
Drowning the Light - A Pact with Madness (2009)
Drowning the Light - Oceans of Eternity (2011)
Wolfblood - A Victory to Echo Through Time (Demo I) (2012)
Harvest - Forgotten Vampyres of the Melancholic Night (2013)

More eerie atmospheric black metal courtesy of Australia's Drowning the Light. To me, Catacombs of Blood is the most complete representation of this project, and not because it does anything particularly different from his/their other albums -- it's the same ghostly guitars, distant drums, hissing vocals, and general atmosphere of evil ethereality -- but simply because it all comes together so immaculately, in a way that's hard to quantify. It certainly doesn't hurt that the piano intro sounds like it was lifted straight out of a 70s-era Fulci film; and need I mention the album art? Honestly, probably one of my all-time favorite BM records.

Track listing:
1. Fragmented and Unrealizable
2. As Plague upon the Sheep (Poison in Redemption)
3. Torn Away by the Shadows
4. Entrance to Illumination
5. Autumn Mourning
6. Such Cruelty Never Rests
7. Burial in the Rain
8. Pact of the Black Templars
9. Eyes of Onyx (Carrion for the Worms)
10. This Darkest Hour
11. Requiem of Honor and Glory

He lived in the same manner he died
Bitter, cold, and unrelenting

Also listen to:

Vampyric Blood -
Ordo Dracul (2012)

Blood Stronghold -
From Sepulchral Remains... (2014)

Drowning the Light - A Pact with Madness (2009)

Related:
Darkness Enshroud - Unveiled Ghostly Shadows (1996)
Drowning the Light - Oceans of Eternity (2011)
Wolfblood - A Victory to Echo Through Time (2012)
Harvest - Forgotten Vampyres of the Melancholic Night (2013)

Occult raw black metal from one of Australia's finest. Between its sickly-sounding, out-of-tune guitars, sloppy drumming, all-over-the-place vocals, periodic horror keyboards, and borderline jam-like compositions, A Pact with Madness stands out as a particularly unsettling, draining record in an impressive discography full of them.

Track listing:
1. Chapter I
2. Chapter II
3. Chapter III
4. Chapter IV
5. Chapter V
6. Chapter VI
7. Chapter VII (Closing)

To brown any and all sparks of light
Seems to be the only semi-comprehensive goal

You should also listen to:

Atra -
In Reverence of Decay (2011)

Blood Stronghold -
From Sepulchral Remains (2014)

Drowning the Light - Oceans of Eternity (2011)

Analogue, orthodox black metal mastery from this Australian solo entity. There was a time when he'd put out around three albums per year, but as of this writing, Oceans of Eternity remains his newest full-length. It's everything that true black metal should be - sorrowful, majestic, demonic, atmospheric, and lo-fi.

Track listing:
1. As the Shadows at Dusk Reach Our Enemies' Throats
2. Oceans of Eternity
3. The Cataclysmic Cycle of Renewal
4. Oppression and Tyranny
5. The Key Still Not Found
6. The Lunatic Tide
7. Drifting Away in a Sea of Sorrow (Part II)
8. The Poison Kiss
9. The Runes Are Thrown and the Bones Are Spread (A Hymn to the Apocalypse)

Mushroom clouds grace the sky
Heralding a new and sunless dawn