Black Metal History
Black metal is full of forgotten bands, Parabellum are among the earliest and most important.
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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...
Black metal is full of forgotten bands, Parabellum are among the earliest and most important.
Panzerfaust was a huge step forward for Darkthrone. It's a testament not just to the band, but the early history of black metal.
Social media has long been derided as the home of ridiculous cat pictures, videos and memes. This is true. Black metal is held dear...
Bathory have always been noted as one of the most important black metal bands of all time - Hammerheart just proved their dominance.
Extreme polemics have long held an unfortunate place in heavy metal in general, and black metal in particular.
The name alone here should say it all: Nocturnal Poisoning. Just saying it out loud makes me feel like I’ve got alcohol poisoning.
The grimmest playlist of them all!
To what extent criticism of Hunter Hunt-Hendrix is justified is of much less relevance than the fact that The Ark Work seems deliberately fashioned...
Dødheimsgard have never failed to deliver challenging listens that require the listener’s time to delve into and absorb, and things are no different on...
With such a massive and varied back catalog, it's hard to anticipate what new Dhampyr music is going to sound like. It could be...
Seeing as tomorrow is the last day of February, this post officially concludes our 2015 installment of Black Metal History Month. How time flies...
There are a lot of purist black metal bands that hide behind the shield of "keeping it trve" to defend rote, uninspired songwriting, but...
It's easy to see why Immortal were one of the first black metal bands to achieve tangible mainstream success. They didn't really sing about...
When it comes to black metal, most people think of Darkthrone’s classic trilogy (A Blaze in the Northern Sky, Under a Funeral Moon, and...
These bands embody all the best things about metal: catchy riffs and great songwriting, effective use of melody to create a narrative structure, vocals...
It’s safe to say that most citizens of the metal realm show love for Black Metal drummers. Let’s face it, these guys do some...
Black metal Batman to the rescue!
Necromatic Valentine's day cards to share with your loved one to warm their frostbitten hearts.
Their previous two albums, Under a Frozen Sun and Fallen Angel’s Dominion show a band with a well-honed focus on what they love. The...
In the world of metal nothing seems more contradictory than to have religion, more specifically Christianity, tied with it. And deeper in the world...
While I was writing my review of Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult, I thought it'd be a good idea to reach out to...
Black metal is a unique genre. Generally, the creators who make the music are doing it for themselves, which is fine, artist are encouraged...
