Black Metal

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Black Metal is a subgenre of Heavy Metal. It often displays sadistic and satanic themes. National Socialist Black Metal, often abbreviated NSBM, is musically the same as Black Metal but has nothing to do with Black Metal's lyrical themes. Indeed, it is devoted to National Socialism instead of Satanism. "Black Metal" was first coined by the band Venom.

Black Metal is widely accepted as coming in two waves. The first wave saw acts such as Britain's Venom, with their 1982 release Black Metal, and the Swedish band Bathory. Other early pioneers are Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, the Danish band Mercyful Fate and the Italian band Death SS.

The second wave came out in the early 1990s, with the help of Norwegian bands such as Mayhem, Burzum, Satyricon, Immortal, Darkthrone, Enslaved and Emperor.



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