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Epitomising the musical ideals of sub-underground black metal - the kind of stuff that comes out in limited editions of 300 through vinyl-only labels based in a cave in Belarus. The exact requirements of kvltness vary depending on who you talk to, but usually involve icy, impenetrable production, black-and-white cover art, and concepts drawn from black magic, pagan myths or out-and-out nihilism.

Like anyone who takes art seriously these days, kvltists are the target of much mockery even from fellow extreme metal fans.
"This new Nattefrost album is kvlt as fuck!"

"stfu".
kvlt by Dave June 19, 2004
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Trve Kvlt 

Trve Kvlt is the combination of the words Trve and Kvlt.

The term is usually used to describe the status of an unheard album released in 66 cassetes only by a one-men black metal band that existed for less than a month in some small city of a Scandinavian country during the early 90s.
The "Onda skogen" demo released by Swedish black metal band Alalutu in 1994 is trve kvlt.
Trve Kvlt by Jesvs March 5, 2017
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Deriving from the word "cult", kvlt is spelled like it is in order to create a medieval vibe.
This is because it is used to speak positively of a metal band (particularly of the death/black metal variety) for their cult underground status. Is also applied the same way as tr00
"Edvard Grieg was kvlt"
kvlt by TimFS October 24, 2004
Expression used in the extreme metal music scene in reference to an obscure band or a rare recording.
This is a kvlt demo recording that went out of print ten years ago.
kvlt by noone April 16, 2003
A person who is KVLT. KVLTist has 2 meanings and uses basically.

1: Used to define either a metal head or a band thats either death or black metal (Ussually black metal though). Basically to put it short, Metalheads that are into the most extreme forms of metal (like yours truly), and bands that play extreme forms of metal (Immortal, Cannibal Corpse, Emperor, Morbid Angel, Mayhem, Entombed, etc.).

2: Used sarcastically against mallcore kiddies who think ACTING evil is cool. They ussually say racist, hateful and satanist things, but they probably dont even knjow or believe what they say, they just say it to look and act KVLT so real metalheads accept them.
1: (Band) Former Mayhem vocalist "Dead" is a true black metal kvltist!

(Metalhead)Look at that guy with spikes covering his forearms, a bullet belt and a shirt of Marduk, that guy's a black metal KVLTist, and that guy next to him with longhair, plain clothes and a shirt of Death is a death metal KVLTist

2: Look at that kid with the spikey hair, wallet chain, hot topic accesories, and slipknot shirt. He's a fucking mallcore kiddie wannabe-KVLT
KVLTist by shenmoo April 23, 2004

Tr00 Kvlt Metal 

Tr00 as in for real, blacker than black, eviler than evil,
Kvlt as above,
Metal, heavy metal music, chiefly Black Metal.

To sum it up, Black Metal that is not phony.
Emo Dork: "Wow, I love Immortal. That's some Tr00 Kvlt Metal right there."
Black Metal Dude: Go away, poser, and let me listen to some Gorgoroth"
Tr00 Kvlt Metal by mellowcheddar February 19, 2009
Pronounced as 'cult'. kvlt is a way in the blackmetal scene - amongst other scences in which the philosophy houses that if less people know the work of art you want/pretend to like because less people know it your penis is bigger, to say that a work of art is terrible obscure and to live under the believe that that automatically makes a work of art better.

This philosphy is a stunning piece of reasoning and has kept me under the believe since I was 14 that the x-zillion types of unknown genres and obscure music I listen to is in fact better because it doesn't even sound like music anymore and it still works perfect.

So get your kvltness today.
Me: "This new Vinterriket album is kvlt as fuck."

True blackmetaller: "stfu"

Me: "Roling on the picklecrown, laughing. Don't use internet abreviations."
kvlt by Amar van Leeuwaarde December 28, 2005