I totally need more 1349. I don't have a full-length, just some demos and EP's. They are indeed grim as fook, 'Riders of the Apocalypse' would probably make it onto a CD of my favourite BM tracks.
But seriously, why lock this down! There's not enough people of ye olde blackened perspective here. We should just talk about all black metal here, tbh.
So, what other black metal bands do ye like? My top ten would probably be, opening it up a bit:
1: Immortal
2: Carpathian Forest
3: Bathory
4: Burzum
5: Aborym
6: Deathspell Omega (thanks Gino!)
7: Isengard
8: Sigh
9: Ulver
10: Xasthur
Honourable mentions: Wyrd, The Count Nosferatu Kommando, 1349, Aurora Borealis, Horna, Behexen, Venom, Nattefrost, Abigail, Emperor.
Including some more borderline stuff there, and industrial BM, but not straight-out progressive/post/symphonic/folk stuff (apart from Sigh, and I love Scorn Defeat as much as Imaginary Sonicscapes, and of course late Bathory). Of course, I'm also quite keen on a lot of folk and some symphonic stuff in the BM camp, including Finntroll, Gloomy Grim, Korpiklaani, Hecate Enthroned, Anorexia Nervosa, Cruachan, Forefather, Waylander, Nokturnal Mortum, Illnath, early Cradle of Filth and even Theatres Des Vampires. Finally, of course, a shout to post and prog stuff, particularly the genre spanning Ancient Rites (one of my favourite bands) but also Vintersorg, Borknagar, ...And Oceans, Blut Aus Nord and all that lot. Plus of course all the other 1st and 2nd wave, depressive, epic, industrial, forest and w/e the fuck else BM bands I listen to.
Black Metal: tough to get into, but oh-so rewarding.