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The early Norwegian black metal scene of the 1990s is credited with creating the modern black metal genre and produced some of the most acclaimed and influential artists in extreme metal. It attracted massive media attention when it was revealed that its members had been responsible for three murders, [citation needed] a suicide, and a wave of ...
Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in Langhus in 1984. They were one of the founders of the Norwegian black metal scene, and their music has strongly influenced the black metal genre. Mayhem's early career was highly controversial, primarily because of their notorious live performances, the 1991 suicide of vocalist Per Yngve Ohlin ...
This is a list of Norwegian artists that released black metal music during 1987–1993. The scene of which they were part is credited with creating the modern black metal genre and produced some of the most acclaimed and influential artists in extreme metal. It attracted massive media attention when it was revealed that its members had been ...
Burzum (/ ˈ b ɜːr z əm /; Norwegian: [ˈbʉ̀rtsʉm]) is a Norwegian music project founded by Varg Vikernes in 1991. Although Burzum never played live performances, it became a staple of the early Norwegian black metal scene and is considered one of the most influential acts in black metal's history.
Euronymous. Øystein Aarseth (22 March 1968 – 10 August 1993), [1] better known by his stage name Euronymous, was a Norwegian musician and a founder of and central figure in the early Norwegian black metal scene. He was a co-founder and guitarist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem and was the only constant member from the band's ...
Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground is a book by Michael J. Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind. It is an account of the early Norwegian black metal scene, with a focus on the string of church burnings and murders that occurred in the country around 1993. A film adaptation of the book was directed by Swedish director ...
The conventional history of black metal is that pioneers like Venom, Bathory, and Hellhammer were part of a "first wave", and that a "second wave" was begun by the early Norwegian scene, especially by Mayhem vocalist Dead; [51] Mayhem's leader, Euronymous, who founded the Norwegian scene after Dead's suicide; [52] and Darkthrone's album A Blaze ...
Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, [5][6] in 1991 Darkthrone embraced a black metal style influenced by Bathory [7] and Celtic Frost [7] and became one of the leading bands in the Norwegian black metal scene. Their first three black metal albums — A Blaze ...