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Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, [13][14][15] heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms.
The lists of black metal bands that have articles available on Wikipedia can be found at: List of black metal bands, 0–K, for bands beginning with 0–9 through K. List of black metal bands, L–Z, for bands beginning with L through Z. Category: Lists of black metal bands.
Emperor (band) Emperor is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991, regarded as highly influential by critics and emerging black metal bands. [2][3][4] The group split up in 2001, but reunited from 2005 to 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours, and again reunited in 2013 to 2014. Emperor reformed for the third time in 2016.
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 ...
Immortal is a Norwegian black metal band from Bergen. The group was founded in 1991 by frontman and guitarist Abbath Doom Occulta (Olve Eikemo) and guitarist Demonaz Doom Occulta (Harald Nævdal). The pair worked with various drummers (including Grim, Armagedda and Hellhammer), [1] and were later joined by former drummer Horgh (Reidar Horghagen ...
This is a list of black metal bands (numbers 0–9 and letters A through K) including artists that have at some point in their careers played black metal. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Ancient is a Norwegian black metal band from Bergen, formed in 1992. The band released six full-length albums released by Metal Blade Records to date and a variety of mini-albums, EPs and special releases. Ancient used to have the classic raw black metal sound, similar to Darkthrone's works.
Leviathan (musical project) Leviathan is an American black metal solo project that started in 1998 by Jef Whitehead under the pseudonym Wrest. On all Leviathan albums, Wrest records all instruments and performs vocals on his own. Wrest is a tattoo artist and is also known for his other project Lurker of Chalice, which released two demos and one ...