Initially a synonym for 'Satanic metal', black metal has often sparked controversy, due to the actions and ideologies associated with the genre. Some prominent Swedish bands spawned during this second wave, the second generation in Sweden being led by Dissection, Abruptum, Marduk, and Nifelheim. Norwegian-inspired black metal scenes emerged throughout Europe and North America, although some other scenes developed their own styles independently.

The early Norwegian black metal scene developed the style of their forebears into a distinct genre. A second wave arose in the early 1990s, spearheaded by Norwegian bands such as Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal, Emperor, Satyricon and Gorgoroth. This 'first wave' included bands such as Venom, Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms.ĭuring the 1980s, several thrash metal and death metal bands formed a prototype for black metal.

Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw ( lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. blackened death metal ( melodic black-deathīlack metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.blackened crust (red and anarchist black metal).black-doom (depressive suicidal black metal).For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.You should also add the template to the talk page.A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Finnish Wikipedia article at ] see its history for attribution.

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