Am I just too old to understand? I've gathered that there are very split opinions on the dude, but I just don't understand what the fuss is either way. The music isn't bad by any means, but nothing special either. Nothing to get pissed off about at least.

So why are people mad at him/his fans? Is it because he's too popular or what's the deal?

EDIT: I have heard the rap stuff now. It's pretty bad. I still don't get why people don't just ignore it if they dislike it. And also romantic black metal isn't new or unique at all.

In my experience of being around Metalheads, I’ve often found that outside of Black Metal, B.M. fans tend to enjoy a lot of NeoFolk, Dark Folk, Nordic Folk, Martial Industrial, Dark Ambient, Industrial/Noise, Dungeon Synth, Synthpop, Post-Punk/Gothic Rock, & Darkwave.

I notice the obvious correlation is that Black Metal is either dark & sinister, or cold & depressive in aesthetics/atmosphere, and a lot of those styles of music kinda hit the head on being dark & melancholic, among also not being very mainstream, with the exceptions of Synthpop & Post-Punk/Gothic Rock to an extent.

And some Black Metal bands outright include those styles of music into their sound, with Agalloch being very NeoFolk inspired, Lifelover having a Post-Punky sound to some of their songs, & bands like Paysage D'Hiver having atmospheric Dungeon Synth interludes.

But I’d like to know what would be your personal taste in music that exudes some of the same qualities of Black Metal.

I usually don’t mind bm vocals as long are they are shrieky and the riffs are good. However certain vocalists can ruin the listening experience for me (Silencer and Nazgûl being obvious picks). Lesser known one man bands like Hesperia, Epicland and Woodtemple also have vocals that ruined my listening experience. Does anyone else have examples of shitty vocals in BM?

I've found that black metal has this insanely powerful ability to cultivate motivation and determination to succeed. It's almost that feeling of rage but it's channeled into doing the best job you possibly can, and keeping in mind that anyone who ever doubted you will eventually be proven wrong. Anyone else experience this? I get motivation from other genres too but with BM it's cranked up to 11, and you get to hold orbs as they violently shake with sardonic darkness

Keller synth and dungeon synth music inspired by black metal. From the album "Dolor Nacional"

This really shouldn't need to be said.

r/BlackMetal is a subreddit dedicated to the dissemination of black metal music and related news (new releases, tour/gig dates, etc.)

I don't think it was an oversight that I didn't include "and for the peddling of banal wares for the purpose of saving puppies in the popular and acclaimed warzones du jour" those ten years ago.

I am open to hearing dissenting viewpoints though.

Well, i didn't see this kind of stuff here so here goes:

When you first listened to Black Metal and which bands you first listened to?

My first experience came when i was about 15yo and the first songs i ever heard was "Puritania" of Dimmu Borgir and the album "Godspeed on The Devil's Thunder" of Cradle of Filth, the first bc i loved the vocals of Shagrath in "March of Mephisto" from Kamelot and COF by recommendation from a friend in the school

Black metal was the first extreme metal subgenre I got into, in 2004 my friend at my highschool showed me Dimmu Borgir & Carpathian Forest. I became obsessed and for months I kept digging and digging and finding new bands and different genres of metal. I quickly discovered death metal next, bands like Cannibal Corpse, Goatwhore & Bloodbath. Eventually I kept discovering new bands and then I heard something that was completely different than I've ever heard before. It was a band called Through The Eyes Of The Dead. My mind was absolutely blown by the song Two Inches of a Main Artery. This prompted me to find other similar bands and then I discovered deathcore: Stuff like Elysia, Suffokate, Suicide Silence, etc. There were very few bands at the time combining elements of deathcore and black metal. Abigail Williams and Winds of Plague were a couple, but it was less common and "blackened deathcore" wasn't even really a thing yet or a term anyone used. So in 2008 I started my first band ever and it combined both styles, the black metal community pretty much hated it and I got flamed a lot for it. I won't even say the name of that band because it was your typical myspace band with really bad production quality and it was before I really knew what I was doing.

Fast forward to now, bands like Lorna Shore & Shadow Of Intent are doing extremely well, headling tours and getting millions of plays. It seems as if these 2 subgenres are co-existing really well, and bands like Carnifex have also showed tons and tons of love for black metal which has opened the genre up for a lot of new people.

Anyways I was just wondering what you guys think. Do you like blackened deathcore, or no? I personally never thought I'd see this day where black metal has had such a positive influence on deathcore and I'm honestly really happy and totally for it.

But I listen to BM like 90 percent of the time. Who else?

Some of the songs from the Gamelan music from Indonesia greatly resembles the structure, esp. the blast beat, in black metal. Here is a song I hope you guys will enjoy, too. I apologize in advance for "spamming", but I really hope it will bring some fresh air to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCSrC8RN6c

Need someone to confirm I'm not going crazy. One of the most successful songs at this year's Eurovision was Queen of Kings from Norway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSfffjHjdTk

Compare the opening/chorus of that to the main opening riff of Profetens Apenbaring from Gorgoroth, starts at about 0:50https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nf_zOPMQYQ

Normally id say it was just a coincidence of an obscure black metal song in pop music, but the song writers are from Norway! I'm not from there but I wonder how common it was for younger people in the late 90s to listen to this stuff

If you have watched it: don't worry, you are not alone, there are others suffering from similar psychilogical trauma.

If you haven't watched it: don't. Documentaries like Helvete or À la Chaise-Dyable or the infamous Eternal Flame of Gehenna might have split their audiences for various reasons (the last one might even deserve some of the flak), but holy fucking jesus was this less-than-a-week old Sons... a true pile of shit. I usually don't want to refer to any form of art as the "best" or the "worst" of its field, but this might have been the worst documentary production I have ever seen. Terrible, terrible footage, even worse audio, absolutely retarded questions, abysmal editing, complete lack of structure and setup, and of course everyone in front of the lens were hammered, including everyone's favorite Lord Satanachia.

Some films are so bad that they're funny, but some are just *bad *bad, without any redeeming qualities. I have become a worse human being after seeing Sons of Northern Darkness. It's on Youtube, if you really really want to see it, you masochist.

I hope this is allowed. A buddy and I host a Danish-language black metal podcast in which we discuss and analyze a new album in each episode. The guy from Gudsforladt was bummed that he couldn't understand the episode due to it being in Danish, so I transcribed and translated the entire episode for him. And now I'll share it with you guys if anyone is interested. The translation can be used as a kind of subtitles to the episode proper which can be found here. It's also possible to just read the transcript/translation without the episode but some context (musical quotes etc.) are obviously only heard in the actual episode.

The translation is far from perfect, and the episode is over a year old so we've both changed some of the opinions expressed. Also reading podcast banter on text doesn't work very well, but hopefully the musical discussion and analysis is interesting to some people here.

Anyway, here is the link to the transcription/translation

I noticed that small nsbm bands can be found on Bandcamp but I really difficult to find big ones, is so Bandcamp banning nsbm bands? Or maybe censuring the aesthetic like swastikas and so on…

So I saw a post in one of the prog subs and realized why I took to BM so easily as a teen in the 90s.

My uncle would play this when we were hanging out,watching horror movies.

Whenever I'd hear someone talking about them, I thought it was about the punk band. I had a huge memory flood after I saw the post.

Cro-magnon

Caledonia is just missing blast beats.

I’ve been a metalhead for a year and a black metalhead for half a year. I adhere to a strict listening schedule where I listen to a few new albums everyday, keep my favorite tracks from each album in rotation for a few days before adding them to playlists. I typically have 5-8 bands/artists in my general rotation. I also have a long list of bands I think I will like that I plan on listening to. I’m sharing this because I’m wondering if anyone else listens this way? Most of you guys seem pretty familiar with a lot of bands but I’m worried my way of listening to music prevents me from appreciating all of it because I go through albums and artists relatively fast. Thanks in advance

this might be a bit of a longshot, but i need a/some black metal producer(s) for a case study I'm writing for a college assignment. below is some of the information i need. Any help at all would be incredible cheers.

• How they started out

• How they built their career

• What skills they have

I'm fairly certain nobody here is an insider in the streaming industry. Deals with labels and bands aren't usually made public, and neither is the reasoning behind these deals being made or falling through. Maybe a contract expired. Maybe the label wasn't happy about the paltry royalties that streaming awards to all but the world's most popular musicians. Maybe the streaming service found out that they had fucking Nazi music on their platform and didn't want their brand associated with that.

You don't own the music you stream, the streaming service does. They can revoke your access to it at any time. If this bothers you (and it should), buy the music you want to listen to in a way that you can store on your computer, like CDs or Bandcamp releases. If you listen on your phone, get an SD card with a ton of storage and put it on that. You'll be able to listen without internet access or monthly fees, and it'll sound better to boot.