man, some of the best bm is national socialist, wigrid fucking rules and they record for fucking no colors; i don't really care about their beliefs, i limit myself to the music, besides, you can't make out what they are saying anyway. i don't buy bm records though.
the end is a medium sized indie metal label out of germany, i think, i'm not sure where are they based, but they have a u.s. branch. they distribute some and they have a mail order online store called omega which stocks mainly the heavy shit but also has some noise and indie stuff. bands that have released stuff thru them are the gathering, sigh, dissection, enslaved, darkthrone, ihsahn from emperor's opera band peccatum, voivod, ulver, winds, arcturus.
here's the website:
www.theendrecords.com
thanks porky, i've never heard nokturnal mortum; i basically stopped persuing black metal for little while, might go back to explore the deep end again.