Black Metal Music

[odods77]

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Black metal is a type of extreme heavy metal music that started in the early 1980s. The genre is characterized by an aggressive and abrasive sound, coupled with a dark atmosphere.

The first bands with black metal characteristics included Bathory, Sodom, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost and Venom. These bands were thrash metal bands that formed the prototype for the later second generation of black metal. The second wave of black metal started in the late 1980s and early 1990s, primarily in Norway. Black metal has been met with considerable hostility from mainstream culture, mainly because of the hateful and anti-religious attitude of many bands. Additionally, some black metal bands have been known to have associations with church burnings, murder, and National Socialism.

[necrotic freak]

Norwegian black metal is a big Joke!

[odods77]

One of the major influences of the first black metal bands were the English band Venom. Although Venom cannot be credited as a true black metal band or the sole founders of the genre, they were a major influence and one of the first bands to use Satanic and dark lyrical themes in their music. Even though Venom's musical style had more in common with thrash metal or NWOBHM, they did have a great influence on the first black metal bands of the late 80's/early 90's.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, one of the most prominent figures of the Norwegian scene was studio, where Mayhem and a number of other bands that were signed to Aarseth's independent label, Deathlike Silence Productions, began to record. Deathlike Silence's stated goal was to release records by bands "that incarnated evil in its most pure state."

In 1991 the attention increased when Mayhem's frontman Dead committed suicide by a shotgun blast to his head. His note simply read "Excuse all the blood". The ammunition was supplied by Varg Vikernes, who played bass guitar for Mayhem. Dead's suicide can be considered as the beginning of the Second wave as more Death Metal bands started to play Black Metal. These include for example Darkthrone, Emperor, Burzum and Immortal.

[Bawit]

OT: @odods77, bay dd2 ba kag "night of the apocalypse"? kng dd2 ka im sure nalingaw ka sa banda nga Cookie Monster nga taga dumaguete.. black metal man to sila.. Dimmu Borgir puro ila gi-cover ug usa ka kanta sa Iron Maiden ilang gi-black..payter!!

[tisoy69]

2kar sad cla ug arch enemy oi!!! ay kalimti "we will rise"

[odods77]

Hallowed Be Thy Name nga song gi 2kar man ni sya sa cradle of filth. mao ni nga kanta ilang gi 2kar? payter kaayo ni nga kanta.

[DEMONOCIETY]

lalabas na c varg this coming april 2008! watch out kakatay ulit yung kup*l na yun lol \m/

Norwegian BM has their own style ganahan sab ko pero mapili lang ang band. All time fave nako sa BM ky ang ROTTING CHRIST

[DamneD]

btaw..payter kau 2ng cover nila sa iron maiden...speaking of which..nindot sad unta tuka2n nila ang Number of the Beast

[necrotic freak]

GORGOROTH Frontman Calls For More Church Burnings; Police To Investigate - Jan. 27, 2007

According to the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende, the police in Bergen, Norway have launched an investigation into recent statements made by GORGOROTH frontman Gaahl regarding a spate of church burnings that took place in Norway in the early Nineties.

In an interview that some consider to be the highlight of "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", the acclaimed Canadian documentary which was broadcast on Norway's Lydverket NRK 1 this past Wednesday (Jan. 24), Gaahl stated about the string of arson attacks linked to the Norwegian black metal scene, "Church burnings and all these things are, of course, things that I support 100 percent and it should have been done much more and will be done much more in the future. We have to remove every trace from what Christianity and the Semitic roots have to offer this world. Satanism is freedom for the individual to grow and to become Superman. Every man who is born to be king becomes king. Every man who is born to be a slave doesn't know Satan." (Watch Gaahl's interview with the "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" documentary makers at YouTube.com.)

Speaking to Bergens Tidende after "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" aired on Norwegian TV, Gaahl reiterated his position on the church burnings, insisting that he was dead serious about what he said in the movie and that it wasn't something he stated simply for shock value.

GORGOROTH is one of the artists that have been nominated in the "Metal" category at the 35th annual Spellemann awards (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards). The largest and oldest Norwegian music awards show will be held tonight (Saturday, January 27) at the Thalia Theater, Chateau Neuf in Oslo, Norway and will be broadcast live on the Norwegian channel TV2.

Bishop Ole D. Hagesaether of Bjoergvin Diocese told Bergens Tidende, "If these proclamations regarding church burnings are serious, then it is a grave situation. We have experienced this before." Hagesaether also raised the question how those who are involved with the nominating committee for the Spellemann awards could avoid considering simple, basic moral issues when coming up with the final list of nominees for Norway's most prestigious music honor.

According to a posting on GORGOROTH's official web site, Gaahl was released from the Norwegian prison in December after being jailed since the spring of 2006.

Gaahl was sentenced to 14 months in prison in February 2005 for torture and committing ritual acts. It was alleged he beat his victim — a man who had turned up uninvited and inebriated to an after-hours party at his house — threatened to sacrifice him and gave him a cup into which to bleed. Acting as his own defense, Gaahl claimed in court that he had been attacked first and his assailant was only provided with a cup "so that he wouldn't make such a mess in my house."

In an interview with the U.K.'s The Observer which was published in February 2005, the singer refused to discuss his version of events in detail now for fear of prejudicing the outcome of the trial, but insisted he was attacked as part of a hit organized by a man with whom he had a prior dispute.

The use of violence, according to Gaahl, is only necessary when people cross his clearly defined borders. "Everything deals with respect," he told The Observer. "The way I think of it is that you have to punish ... or teach," he corrected himself, "anyone that crosses your borders so that they won't do it again."

Gaahl's ethical code derives from Odinism, the pagan religion of the Vikings that predates Christianity in Norway and is also the occult philosophy that underpins black metal. Many in the scene have adopted or adapted names from Norse mythology.

"Black metal was never meant to reach an audience," Gaahl told The Observer. "It was purely for our own satisfaction. Something entirely self-centered. The shared goal was to become the true Satan; the elite human, basically. The elite are above rules. So people did what they wanted to do. And they had a common enemy which was, of course, Christianity, socialism and everything that democracy stands for, especially this idea that every man is alike and equal to his neighbour. That, of course, is a fake."

Gaahl's extremist outlook is undoubtedly influenced by his surroundings. He lives on a farm three hours outside of Bergen, isolated from the mass of humanity. "My family owns three mountains," he said. 'There's not much else around there. Love of nature is a big part of black metal. It's easy to feel isolated in nature. And solitude and distance from everyone else is very important to us."

(Extra special thanks to Roy Kristensen of www.imhotep.no for his help with the translation)

[necrotic freak]

This guy is a real idiot. And His family owns three mountains?! lolz
Gaahl, can you just stick to your music. and more corpse paint! and look like a PANDA! wahahahaha