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Black Metal
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- Metal
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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.
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Its place in the genre family
Parent genreMetal
Current genreBlack Metal
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1980s · Europe · Black Metal
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