Mentally Murdered: A History of Political Extremism in Black Metal Pt. 2
Extreme polemics have long held an unfortunate place in heavy metal in general, and black metal in particular.
View ArticleYour New Favorite Twitter Account: Black Metal Cats
Social media has long been derided as the home of ridiculous cat pictures, videos and memes. This is true. Black metal is held dear by its fans as an art form worth taking seriously. This is also true....
View ArticlePARABELLUM – An Ode To Black Metal's Forgotten Fathers
Black metal is full of forgotten bands, Parabellum are among the earliest and most important.
View ArticleFenriz Offers All Black Metal Edition of His Awesome Podcast, RADIO FENRIZ
Learn about some new black metal bands.
View Article10 Black Metal On Black Metal Covers
Enough grim on grim homage to make your corpse paint leak!
View ArticleWhat I Learned Visiting Helvete – The Store At The Heart Of Black Metal
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 be burning down any churches in its name in the near future.
View ArticleQuorthon From BATHORY Had a Grunge Solo Project!?
I was exploring some playlists on Spotify and when I looked on one of their grunge lists, I saw the artist name "Quorthon" there. I said to myself, "wait...THAT Quorthon?"
View ArticleBATHORY: The Blackened Chronicles
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 of one of the genre's founders, Bathory.
View ArticleAlbum Review: URGEHAL Aeons in Sodom
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, as a tribute album made by a group of black metal brethren,...
View Article10 Examples Of How Everyone Loves CELTIC FROST
Including Anthrax, Sepultura, High on Fire, and more!
View ArticleSatan, the Self, and the City: The Melodrama and Melancholy of Black Metal
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 traditional pursuit of wealth, women, and...
View ArticleThe East Can Roar: Exploring Black Metal On The Indian Subcontinent
Most people don't think of the Indian subcontinent as somewhere with an exciting metal scene - as it happens not only is the scene there - it's huge.
View ArticleIMMORTAL: The Blackened Chronicles
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 of the biggest bands in the genre's second wave.
View ArticleEssential Listening: WOOD OF YPRES Pursuit Of The Sun And Allure Of The Earth
Woods Of Ypres may very well have changed the history of black metal with this 2004 release.
View ArticleEssential Black Metal Listening: MARDUK Opus Nocturne
It's always good to kick back and enjoy a traditional album that was created by the "most blasphemous band in the world".
View ArticleUp From the Chthonic Depths: A Brief History of Greek Black Metal
Unlike their Scandinavian compatriots, Greek black metal has never enjoyed much exposure. As a result, Greek black metal acts are predominately denizens of the true underground.
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The United States of Black Metal – Best Black Metal Band In Each State!
50 U.S. Black Metal Bands Profiled
View ArticleMy Mom Likes Deafheaven and the Future of Black Metal
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 about the therapeutic power of Deafheaven.
View ArticleKRALLICE: The Blackened Chronicles
In the final installment of a three-part series spotlighting pivotal bands in black metal's past and present; we delve into one of today's most prominent and important bands, Krallice.
View Article7 Black Metal Bands You NEED To Listen To
There's a lot going on in the world of black metal right now - here are some of the highlights.
View ArticleIn The Left Field of Satan – A Look At The Weirder Black Metal Bands
Black metal may have been birthed within the frozen winter landscapes of Scandinavia, but it was only an eye blink of time before it traveled, both physically and stylistically, light years from the...
View ArticleThose of the Unlight: A Black Metal History Primer (1990 – 1993)
The gulf between Mayhem's seminal Deathcrush EP in 1987 and their first proper full length in 1994 was an industrious but often low key period in the genre's ascendance.
View Article…And That Concludes BLACK METAL HISTORY MONTH 2016. Here's What You Missed
Our biggest edition yet!
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EIRIK "PYTTEN" HUNDVIN Is Immortal: Celebrating Black Metal's Greatest Producer
Pytten has had an enormous amount to do with how the Norwegian black metal sound was represented.
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