Black Metal

Black Metal is an extreme, and explicitly Satanic, anti-Christian, racist, and violent subgenre of Heavy metal music. Black Metal was first developed by many different bands from across Europe, but was first popularized by the media attention surrounding several Norweigen bands and the various murders and arsons they members were involved in in the early 90's. Since then black metal has gained an underground following with fans and bands appearing all over the world. While less common now, the violence and mayhem that marked the early black metal scene persists to this day, with violence, killings, and vandalism inspired by black metal bands occuring sporadically but not infrequently across the globe.

National Socialist Black Metal

National Socialist Black Metal (commonly abbreviated as NSBM), is a style of Black Metal that replaces the normal Satanic themes with lyrics glorifying nazism, anti-semitism, Aryan heritage, White nationalism and the occult nature of the Third Reich. NSBM bands, while often criticising Satanic Black Metal bands for not focussing on racial issues, retain the anti-Christian sentiments of normal Black Metal bands.

Christian Black Metal

Christian Black Metal (often known as Unblack Metal or White Metal) is a highly controversial style of Black Metal that contains lyrics glorifying Christianity and opposition to Sin, and Satanism. Musically similar to normal Satanic bands, Christian Black Metal has not been fully accepted by either the Black Metal scene at large or mainstream Christianity as legitimate, often being seen as an oxymoronic joke.

List of Black Metal Bands

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