GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Black Metal
- Genre family
- Metal
- Starting recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Black Metal
Black Metal is a branch of the Metal family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Black Metal is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with I’m in a Coffin, Schattenfall and Deathspell Omega.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreMetal
Current genreBlack Metal
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Chapter V2008 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 02Die Klagen von Grau2018 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 03I'm a Weapon Against Myself2008 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 04…Evocation (The Rebirth)Death Metal · death metalOpen in new tab 05Mongolian Death Punch2013 · Death Metal · death metalOpen in new tab 06Despair2018 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab 07DEAD BLAZE2012 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab 08BLEED TEARS2013 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab 09Samarithan1988 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab 10Part 12003 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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