These are all bands which have been an intimate part of my life since
long enough to make an impact as an "influence" of mine. I'm leaving out some bands I currently like because they have not been around long enough to consider them as influences. Take into consideration that I started making black metal riffs and lyrics in the year 2004, so it is natural that my main influences are not old (for example 60's-70's music), but rather semi-contemporary bands (90's & 00's). If your band is in this list: thank you for your art! It has left a lifetime mark in me.
A
Abigor
Aborym
Abruptum
Abyssmal Sorrow
Acceptus Noctifer
Acherontas
Acrimonious
Acylum
Aeternus
Ain Sof Aur
Alghazanth
Altar of Perversion
Amok Vedar
Anaal Nathrakh
Ancient Wisdom
Anima Damnata
Anorexia Nervosa
Antaeus
Aosoth
Aptorian Demon
Archgoat
Arckanum
Argentum
Arizmenda
Arkhon Infaustus
Arkona
Armagedda
Ars Diavoli
Ars Macabra
Ascension
Asesino
Ashdautas
Atakhama
Ataraxie
Autumn Verses
Averse Sefira
Avsky
Axis of Advance
Azaghal
Azarath
B
Balmog
Bal-Sagoth
Baptism
Barathrum
Bathory
Baxaxaxa
Beastcraft
Behemoth
Beherit
Behexen
Belial
Belphegor
Besatt
Bestia Arcana
Bestial Mockery
Bestial Warlust
Bethlehem
Beyond Mortal Dreams
Black Altar
Black Swan
Black Witchery
Blasphemy
Blaze of Perdition
Blood of Kingu
Bloody Sign
Bloodthorn
Blut aus Nord
Bosque
C
C.Y.T
Caïnan Dawn
Candlemass
Carpathian Forest
Carpe Tenebrum
Castrum Doloris
Celeste
Celestia
Celestial Bloodshed
Celtic Frost
Cenotaph
Ceremonial Castings
Chaos Echœs
Chaos Invocation
Chaos Omen
Christicide
Clandestine Blaze
Colosseum
Cor Scorpii
Cornigr
Corpus Christii
Craft
Crucifixion
Cry of Silence
Cryfemal
Crypt Sermon
Cythrawl
D
Dark Fortress
Dark Funeral
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult
Darkspace
Darkthrone
Dawn
Deathcode Society
Deathgate Arkanum
Deathspell Omega
Défaillance
Deiphago
Demigod
Demilich
Demoncy
Desecresy
Desolate Shrine
Devathorn
Devil Doll
Diabolic
Diabolical Masquerade
Dissection
Dödfödd
Dødheimsgard
Dødsengel
Dolorian
Dominus Ira
Draconian
Drastus
Drautran
Drudkh
E
Ea
Ecclesia Satani
EgoNoir
Eïs
Eismalsott
Elite
Elysian Blaze
Embraced
Emit
Empaligon
Emperor
Empty
Enthroned
Entombed
Epheles
Erebus Enthroned
Esoteric
Ewiges Reich
Excommunion
Exhumed
F
Finnr's Cane
Flagellant
Flagellum Dei
Fleshcrawl
Fleurety
Fluisterwoud
Forest of Fog
Forgotten Spell
Forgotten Tomb
Forteresse
Frost
Frozen Shadows
Funeral
Funeral Mist
Funeral Mourning
Funeral Winds
Funeris Nocturnum
G
Galgeras
Gehenna
Geïst
Genocide Kommando
Gestapo 666
Ghamorean
Gloria Diaboli
Glorior Belli
God Dethroned
Gontyna Kry
Gorgon
Gorgoroth
Grabnebelfürsten
Grafvitnir
Graupel
Grave Miasma
Gravecode Nebula
Grimfaug
H
Haimad
Hate Forest
Hecate Enthroned
Hell Militia
Hellhammer
Helrunar
Hetroertzen
Hexenwald
Hirilorn
Hjarnidaudi
Hlidolf
Hocico
Horn
Horna
I
Ibex Throne
Idolater
Ignis Gehenna
Ildjarn
Ill Omen
Images at Twilight
Immolation
Immortal
Impetuous Ritual
Incantation
Incursus
Infernal
Infernal War
Inferno
Inquisition
Insane Vesper
InThyFlesh
Irae
Isvind
Ithdabquth Qliphoth
J
Judas Iscariot
K
Kadotus
Kampfar
Kaosritual
Katatonia
Kataxu
Katharsis
Keep of Kalessin
Kerasphorus
Khonsu
Kladovest
Klage
Koldbrann
Kristallnacht
Kult Ov Azazel
Kvist
Kvltist
L
Leviathan
Life is Pain
Like Drone Razors Through Flesh Sphere
Limbonic Art
Locus Mortis
Lord Belial
Luciferion
Lucifugum
Lugubrum
Lunar Aurora
Lux Ferre
Lvcifyre
Lykathea Aflame
M
Malfeitor
Malign
Malleus
Manes
Manetheren
Maniac Butcher
Marblebog
Marduk
Mare
Martwa Aura
Master's Hammer
Mayhem
Medico Peste
Melancholic Art
Melencolia Estatica
Membaris
Mephorash
Merrimack
Meslamtaea
Mgła
Misanthropic Art
Monarque
Mons Veneris
Moonblood
Morbid
Morbid Angel
Morbosidad
Mord
Morgul
Mörk Gryning
Morte Incandescente
Mortician
Mortifera
Mortuary Drape
Mortuary Temple
Mortuus
Mortuus Infradaemoni
Musta Surma
Mütiilation
Myrkskog
Myrkwid
Mystic Circle
Mysticum
N
Nachtmahr
Nachtruf
Nae'blis
Naer Mataron
Nagelfar
Naglfar
Nahar
Nahash
Nahemoth
Necromantia
Necromass
Necrophobic
Necros Christos
Nefarious
Negative Plane
Nehëmah
Nightbringer
Nightrealm
Nihil Nocturne
Nocte Obducta
Nocternity
Nocturnus
Nokturnal Mortum
Nordwind
North
Nortt
Nox
Numinous
Nyktalgia
Nyseius
O
Obsidian Gate
Obtained Enslavement
Odem
Odium
Odor Mortis
Ofermod
Old Man's Child
Ondskapt
Onirik
Opera IX
Ophthalamia
Orcustus
Order of the Ebon Hand
Osculum Infame
P
Paragon Impure
Paria
Paysage d'Hiver
Penitência
Pest
Pestiferous
Phlebotomized
Pogrom
Portal
Proclamation
Profanatica
Profanum
Profundis Tenebrarum
Prosanctus Inferi
Psalm 666
Pseudogod
Psyclon Nine
Q
Qui Incenditur
R
Ragnarok
Rebirth of Nefast
Regnum
Remembrance
Rev 16:8
Reverence
Reverorum Ib Malacht
Robedoor
Ruins
S
S.V.E.S.T.
Sacramentum
Sadistic Intent
Saligia
Samael
Sammath Naur
Sapientia
Sargeist
Satyricon
Sauron
Schammasch
Schattenheer
Secrets of the Moon
Septicflesh
Setherial
Shaarimoth
Shape of Despair
Shining
Silva Nigra
Sirius
Slaktare
Slidhr
Sombres Forêts
Sorhin
Stalaggh
Strangulation
Striborg
Strid
Sun O)))
Sunwheel
Supplicium
Svartidauði
Svartsyn
Svarttjern
Swastyka
Szron
T
Taake
Teitanblood
Temple of Baal
Tenebrae in Perpetuum
Teratism
The Abyss
The Austrasian Goat
The Black
The Call of the Four Gates
The Chasm
The Dead Beginners
The One
The Ruins of Beverast
Thornium
Thorns
Thou Art Lord
Throes of Dawn
Throne of Ahaz
Throne of Katarsis
Thulcandra
Thunderbolt
Thy Darkened Shade
Thy Majesty
Thy Serpent
Thyrane
Torgeist
Tortorum
Totgeburt
Trees
Tribulation
Trist
Triumphator
Triumphus Mortis
Trollheim's Grott
True Black Dawn
Tulus
Typhus
U
Ulcerate
Ulver
Unanimated
Unheilvoll
Unholy Matrimony
Unleashed
Urfaust
Urgehal
Urna
V
Valkyrja
Vapulah
Varathron
Ved Buens Ende
Veles
Velvet Acid Christ
Vemod
Vesania
VI
Vinterland
Vinterriket
Vlad Tepes
Volahn
Vomitory
Von
W
Walknut
Warloghe
Watain
Weapon
Wehmut
Weird Fate
Wigrid
Wither
Woods of Infinity
Wormlust
Worship
Wyrd
X
Xasthur
Xeper
Xerión
Y
Ysengrin
Z
Zavorash
Zemial
Zorn
Zyklon
Zyklon-B
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This list is my way to say
thank you to all these bands. They've provided with hours of deep art to contemplate. There are many more bands I like, an example is Akhlys (from the mastermind behind Nightbringer/Bestia Arcana), Suspiral and Sheidim (great new Spanish bands), but I've not listened to them for enough years to consider them an influence. There are also many bands in the list which I don't listen to anymore, like Xasthur and Life is Pain, but when I was young they influenced me for years, so I had to include them to respect the objectiveness of this list.
I might update the list in the future to include those bands I'm into nowadays, when I spend enough years listening to them to consider them influential.
* As an interesting statistical trivia, based in the main nationality of these bands my top influential countries are:
#1 - Sweden (62)
#2 - Germany (60)
#2 - Norway (60)
#4 - United States (45)
#4 - France (45)
#6 - Finland (34)
#7 - Poland (23)
#8 - Portugal (17)
#9 - Italy (15)
#10 - Greece (14)
#11 - Australia (12)
#12 - Canada (10)
#12 - Netherlands (10)
#14 - Russia (9)
#15 - Spain (8)
#15 - Switzerland (8)
#17 - Czech Republic (7)
#17 - Ukraine (7)
#17 - United Kingdom (7)
#20 - Belgium (4)
#20 - Mexico (4)
#22 - Austria (3)
#22 - Brazil (3)
#22 - Hungary (3)
#25 - Iceland (2)
#25 - Ireland (2)
#27 - Chile (1)
#27 - Colombia (1)
#27 - Denmark (1)
#27 - Lithuania (1)
#27 - New Zeland (1)
#27 - Philippines (1)
** A few bands were listed as a single band even if there are more bands of the same name that have marked me. An example of this is the German raw black metal Mord, the Norwegian-based (with Polish musicians) brutal black metal Mord and the international Mord (in which I count USA because it is the nationality of the main musician/composer behind the project). The 3 bands have marked me, so even if I only wrote Mord one time, I'm counting the main countries of the 3 Mord bands.
