Music which started off with Venom, but then a bunch of Norweigans heard it and totally failed to get the joke... Cue much church burning, murder and hilarity!
by Stefanael March 8, 2005
Get the Black Metalmug. A musical genre inspired by death metal and heavy metal, and pioneered by sucky-ass bands like Venom.
Generally split up into several subgenres like Depressive black metal, Raw black metal, Blackened death metal, Drone metal and Pure black metal.
Depressive black metal tends to derive influence from ambience and suicide, with bands like Xasthur, Burzum, Hate Forest and Be Persecuted, who tend to structure their songs around misanthropy and depression.
Raw black metal was formed as a bulwark against recent black metal trends, which threaten to make it a mainstream genre. Vlad Tepes, Grand Belial's Key and Peste Noire are two of the major bands of this subgenre, which emphasizes purposely low production quality to keep the music from ever being able to be mainstream.
Blackened death metal is a fusion subgenre of death and black metal, with bands like Behemoth which mix traditional death metal style with lyrics and titles from black metal, typically.
Drone metal, with bands such as Sunno ))) and Boris tends to be more ambient than black, wich a mix of antireligious lyrics/titles and purely instrumental, paganistic form.
Pure black metal, (which is becoming rarer as the genre approaches mainstream quality,) with bands like Nargaroth and Marduk, tends to have stereotypically antichristian/ antireligious titles and lyrics, as well as a structure exceeding death metal in intensity. Most early black metal falls into this category, but most early black metal could also pass as raw black metal as well.
Generally split up into several subgenres like Depressive black metal, Raw black metal, Blackened death metal, Drone metal and Pure black metal.
Depressive black metal tends to derive influence from ambience and suicide, with bands like Xasthur, Burzum, Hate Forest and Be Persecuted, who tend to structure their songs around misanthropy and depression.
Raw black metal was formed as a bulwark against recent black metal trends, which threaten to make it a mainstream genre. Vlad Tepes, Grand Belial's Key and Peste Noire are two of the major bands of this subgenre, which emphasizes purposely low production quality to keep the music from ever being able to be mainstream.
Blackened death metal is a fusion subgenre of death and black metal, with bands like Behemoth which mix traditional death metal style with lyrics and titles from black metal, typically.
Drone metal, with bands such as Sunno ))) and Boris tends to be more ambient than black, wich a mix of antireligious lyrics/titles and purely instrumental, paganistic form.
Pure black metal, (which is becoming rarer as the genre approaches mainstream quality,) with bands like Nargaroth and Marduk, tends to have stereotypically antichristian/ antireligious titles and lyrics, as well as a structure exceeding death metal in intensity. Most early black metal falls into this category, but most early black metal could also pass as raw black metal as well.
by Styxhexenhammer August 29, 2009
Get the Black Metalmug. Für manche ist black metal spaß, für manche eine epoche ihrem leben, für manche aber auch nur zeitvertreib!
Für mich ist es Haß, ist es Kraft!
Für mich is black metal Blut!
Black Metal ist Krieg!!!!!
Für mich ist es Haß, ist es Kraft!
Für mich is black metal Blut!
Black Metal ist Krieg!!!!!
by emily September 16, 2004
Get the black metalmug. Noise. A good definition of it.
Loud noise. A better definition.
This type of music is based entirely upon distortion and double bass drumming. Take this out and you only have weird inhuman throaty noises for vocals which try to convey political and social rebellion for the pseudo rebels who are actually unpopular loners and who want to "be different".
Also practices related to killing animals and burning religious books, which if seen objectively, have nothing to do with music whatsoever. Most of them also have something to do with satanic cults which is again a cover up for loners who cant get laid and blame god for it. And yeah, the people performing this noise have to put on make up. Nobody knows why.
Loud noise. A better definition.
This type of music is based entirely upon distortion and double bass drumming. Take this out and you only have weird inhuman throaty noises for vocals which try to convey political and social rebellion for the pseudo rebels who are actually unpopular loners and who want to "be different".
Also practices related to killing animals and burning religious books, which if seen objectively, have nothing to do with music whatsoever. Most of them also have something to do with satanic cults which is again a cover up for loners who cant get laid and blame god for it. And yeah, the people performing this noise have to put on make up. Nobody knows why.
Vocalist : Aaaaarrrrghh...laaarr...faaaaaaaaa....(incoherent throaty growling noises)
Black metal fan : What deep lyrics! What a melody!
Black metal fan : What deep lyrics! What a melody!
by Ranajeet July 18, 2011
Get the black metalmug. The worst genre of metal and probably all of music out there besides rap and country. All black metal is is just a gimmick. It's a genre of metal where talentless people with a guitar and drumset can get a record deal and produce awful noise. It usually consists of losers who dress up like goths. The band must use the following: very shitty recording and mixing, absolutely no form of bass, a very distorted incorehent treble guitar, shitty drum beat, and a vocalist who sounds like he's a vulture or vomiting(must always be incoherent at all costs). Black metal gives metal a bad name and should be abolished. I have no clue why people actually like it. Look you fucktards just because a band gains some popularity doesn't mean they sold out. It just means more people appreciate them and their fanbase is growing. Bands like Burzum are underground for a reason, because he is so fucking bad.
My friend told me to download Burzum, so I did. At first I thought it was a joke band, just a spoof on metal. The guy sings so bad he actually coughs in his songs because he sucks. I looked him up and found out he is a real band. What the fuck is wrong with you people?
My friend told me to download Burzum, so I did. At first I thought it was a joke band, just a spoof on metal. The guy sings so bad he actually coughs in his songs because he sucks. I looked him up and found out he is a real band. What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Out of all the awful bands that is black metal, Venom, is the one I can really enjoy. As a fan of metal, this is a disgrace. They should just rename Black Metal to crap metal, because it's just that, crap.
by *insert middle finger here* June 22, 2006
Get the black metalmug. Shitty, piss poor production, metal. Listened to by goths or people that are far too "evil" to be caught listening to death metal. Most hate any bands that are "untr00" (ex:dimmu borgir).
Cradle of Filth it an prime of example of true black metal
haha, just kidding, but seriously, black metal blows asshole.
you will catch black metal bands wearing queer ass corpse paint, lots of leather with spikes/nails everywhere, and leather guard to hold in their enourmous unholy gut, a pentagram,inverted cross necklace, and a huge belt/knee pads with inverted crosses on them. satan doesn't even like these queers.
A typical blackmetal bandsname will be something like "abolished" or "dark garden" or "satan's children" or some gay shit always with a logo you can't read for shit with needless distorted letters with an upside down cross hanging from the bottom or one of the letters put over a pentagram.
again you must remeber black metal is extremely homo-riffic.
Cradle of Filth it an prime of example of true black metal
haha, just kidding, but seriously, black metal blows asshole.
you will catch black metal bands wearing queer ass corpse paint, lots of leather with spikes/nails everywhere, and leather guard to hold in their enourmous unholy gut, a pentagram,inverted cross necklace, and a huge belt/knee pads with inverted crosses on them. satan doesn't even like these queers.
A typical blackmetal bandsname will be something like "abolished" or "dark garden" or "satan's children" or some gay shit always with a logo you can't read for shit with needless distorted letters with an upside down cross hanging from the bottom or one of the letters put over a pentagram.
again you must remeber black metal is extremely homo-riffic.
Black Metal Fan: My name is Nakrogakor ,i am going to burn down a church!
My Lord Lucifer will give me strength to murder the priest after i drink a goat's blood.
My Lord Lucifer will give me strength to murder the priest after i drink a goat's blood.
by Liberate te ex Inferis February 21, 2005
Get the black metalmug. A sub-category of hip-hop or R&B, who's listeners mainly consists of Tanzanian midgets, and American hipsters. There are many genre's of Black Metal (Blackened Blue Grass, Blackened Country Western Metal, Blackened Electronica, Blackened Pop, and Blackened Gospel). There are many famous people who listen to Black Metal and it's sub-categories. Lee Harvey Oswald, Charles Manson, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Shania Twain, Miranda Lambert, Johnny Cash, Neo, 50 Cent, and Tipper Gore consist of these famous people.
by regualrjololl November 22, 2013
Get the Black Metalmug.