Artist	Song
Kult ov Azazel	An Eternity With Satan
from The World, the Flesh & the Devil (2005)
Arckanum	Kamps Tekn
from Kampen (2008)
Nifelheim	Envoy of Lucifer
from Envoy of Lucifer (2008)
Dark Funeral	The Secrets of the Black Arts
from The Secrets of the Black Arts (2007)
Keep of Kalessin	Crown of the Kings
from Armada (2006)
Lord Belial	Black Wings of Death
from Revelation (2007)
Eikenskaden	I Hear Voices But They Aren't Saying a Thing
from There Is No Light At the End of the Tunnel (2007)
Tsjuder	Lord of Swords
from Desert Northern Hell (2005)
Akercocke	Summon the Antichrist
from Antichrist (2007)
Lurker of Chalice	Spectre As Valkerie Is
from Lurker of Chalice (2005)
Negura Bunget	Cunoasterea Tacuta
from Om (2006)
Einherjer	Fimbul Winter
from Dragons of the North (2010)
Judas Iscariot	The Black Clouds Roll Under the Parapet of the Sky
from Distant In Solitary Night (2004)
Swordmaster	Wraths of Time
from Wraths of Time - EP (2006)
Mork Gryning	Neverwhere
from Mörk Gryning (Bonus Track Version) (2005)
Melechesh	Genies, Sorcerers and Mesopotamian Nights
from Djinn (2009)
Anaal Nathrakh	How the Angels Fly In (We Can Never Be Forgiven)
from When Fire Rains Down from the Sky (2009)
Blut aus Nord	The Choir of the Dead
from The Work Which Transforms God (2008)
Týr	Regin Smidur
from Eric the Red (2010)
Summoning	Lugburz
from Minas Morgul (2010)
Ludicra	Veils
from Fex Urbis Lex Orbis (2006)
Hades	Crusade of the Underworld Hordes
from The Dawn of the Dying Sun (2006)
Aborym	U.V. Impaler
from With No Human Intervention (2003)
December Wolves	Friday the 13th
from Completely Dehumanized (2009)
Korvus	Religious Torment
from In the Name of Lucifer (2007)

Comment:

Much like the underground side of punk rock and hip-hop, black metal's always thrived on the demo-dubbing, tape-trading efforts of its most fanatical followers. That's why we treated the following tracks like a carefully crafted mixtape, weaving in unfiltered noise, runaway train riffs, and mile-a-minute tempos from Sweden (Dark Funeral, Nifelheim), Norway (Tsjuder, Einherjer), France (Blut aus Nord), England (Akercocke, Anaal Nathrakh), Israel (Melechesh), and, yes, even the U.S. (Judas Iscariot, the popular Wrest-led side project, Lurker of Chalice). Nothing like the universal language of human suffering to wake you up in the morning or lull you into a hypnotic haze at night.

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