97. Watain - "The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain"

The torchbearers for true Black Metal. There is no experimentation, variation, or amalgamation with these guys. If it isn’t authentically satanic then they don’t want to know. Having said that, “The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain” does see them play around with texture, style, and rhythmic pattern, but still remaining safely within Black Metal’s clear parameters. The overall feeling is of something big, spacious, and distinctly epic but still a hundred percent evil.