Heavy metal music has often been connected with Satanism,
in part to the lyrical content of several bands and their frequent use of imagery often tied to
left hand path beliefs (such as the upside-down
pentagram)
As a result, members of several bands, including
Slayer,
Venom,
Motley Crue,
Ozzy Osbourne,
Black Sabbath, and
Marilyn Manson have faced accusations of being Satanists. More often than not, such musicians say they do not believe in legitimate Satanic ideology and often profess to being
ATHIEST or AGNOSTIC, in some instances, followers of
right hand path religions, while using that which appears to be "Satanic" for entertainment purposes and
shock value...
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Black metal is an
extreme subgenre of
heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with
tremolo picking, double-kick drumming, and unconventional song structure.
Members and fans of the black metal scene claimed responsibility for over
50 arsons directed at Christian churches in Norway from 1992 to 1996.
Conflict between scenes
Many[
who?] recall a strong rivalry between Norwegian black metal and
Swedish death metal scenes.
Fenriz and
Tchort have noted that Norwegian black metal musicians were "fed up with the whole death metal scene"
[7] and that "death metal was very uncool in Oslo" at the time.
[19] On a number of occasions, Euronymous sent death threats to the more commercialized death metal groups in Europe.
[19] Allegedly, a group of Norwegian black metal fans plotted to kidnap and murder certain Swedish death metal musicians.
[19]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_metal#Church_burnings