Black Metal History
It's a little surreal for my businessman father to say that he thinks Immortal is 'kind of cool' or for my mom to talk...
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Pytten has had an enormous amount to do with how the Norwegian black metal sound was represented.
Today, we celebrate Mayhem’s Per Yngve “Pelle” Ohlin, or “Dead,” on what would have been his 53rd birthday. Pelle was only 22 when he...
Winter is coming: the sun is setting earlier in the day. The air is starting to freeze. The dead leaves of autumn are being...
It's a little surreal for my businessman father to say that he thinks Immortal is 'kind of cool' or for my mom to talk...
50 U.S. Black Metal Bands Profiled
With a pleasant amount of melodic elements, Blood Fire Death (1988) can be summed up as an excellent thrash act with black and Viking...
Unlike their Scandinavian compatriots, Greek black metal has never enjoyed much exposure. As a result, Greek black metal acts are predominately denizens of the...
It's always good to kick back and enjoy a traditional album that was created by the "most blasphemous band in the world".
Woods Of Ypres may very well have changed the history of black metal with this 2004 release.
Carpathian essentially founded black 'n' roll with the magic of Black Shining Leather - this is an album that you simply can't ignore.
In the second installment of a three-part series spotlighting pivotal bands in Black Metal's past and present; we recount the history of Immortal, one...
Most people don't think of the Indian subcontinent as somewhere with an exciting metal scene - as it happens not only is the scene...
See how it all started and where it goes from here…
Black metal is a lot of things—bombastic, Wagnerian, nihilistic. Black metal is also the intentional opposite, or rather the opposition to rock and roll’s...
Anaal Nathrakh have been around. Though you can pin down their sound by slapping a bunch of labels on them, the truth is that...
Including Anthrax, Sepultura, High on Fire, and more!
In the history of black metal few bands really define the genre as much as Immortal. Here's why At The Heart Of Winter is...
Aeons in Sodom tends to play more like Urgehal’s original output: very good black metal that doesn’t really do much to stand out. However,...
In the first installment of a three-part series spotlighting pivotal bands in Black Metal's past and present, we take a look at the history...
I was exploring some playlists on Spotify and when I looked on one of their grunge lists, I saw the artist name "Quorthon" there....
What I think that Helvete teaches us is that there is still a very real fanaticism behind this music, even if we probably won't...
Leviathan (a.k.a.: Wrest, a.k.a.: Jef Whitehead) is one of the few musicians that can conjure real ghosts. One that tear at your throat and...
Enough grim on grim homage to make your corpse paint leak!
Every style of heavy metal, or music in general, has its culminating album: recordings that capture and define a movement or era. For Norwegian...
Today, Diadem of 12 Stars makes for a very interesting listen. Not just due to the passage of time, but because of the difference...
Learn about some new black metal bands.
