What is black metal ?
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Definitions of Black metal on the Web:\n\nBlack metal is a musical genre related to styles of heavy metal such as death metal. Some black metal fans, musicians and critics use a strict definition of the genre, though others view this as limiting and view black metal more as an artistic movement than a sub-category of popular music. \nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_metal\n\nThe Venom album that birthed the term "black metal". The album was produced in 1982. It is considered one of the most important albums to the extreme metal movement, most notably (besides the black metal scene) the emerging thrash and death metal scenes of the 1980s and 1990s. \nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Metal_(album)
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Nymphetamine is the sixth studio album by UK black metal band Cradle of Filth, released on September 28, 2004. The title combines "nymphette" and "amphetamine", and is said to refer to an addiction to classical beauty. The song "Gilded ****" from this album went to the Metal Top Ten's #1 on its release. The album also features the debut of guitarist James McIlroy, who goes by the name "Germs Warfare" on the album.
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Metal hates Numetal.\n\n\nNumetal is the act of using sythesizers and other forms of sampling to create fake sounds for a beat. There is no set sound for vocals.\n\nMetal core is harder than even meatal, emplying screaming, ALL instermental, and screaming implements.\n\nthey are very VERY diffrent.
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Heavy/Traditional: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Manowar, Cage, Motörhead, Twisted Tower Dire, The Lord Weird Slough Feg, Bruce Dickinson, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Running Wild\n\nPower: Helloween, Blind Guardian, Kamelot, Persuader, Hibria, Black Majesty, Dark Moor, Stratovarius, Rawhead Rexx, Scanner, Nightwish\n\nThrash: Megadeth, Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, Testament, Exodus, Flotsam & Jetsam, ADX, Overkill, Onslaught, Heathen, Metal Church\n\nProgressive: Fate's Warning, Pagan's Mind, Dream Theater\n\nBlack: Immortal, Emperor, Bathory, Venom, Windir, Melechesh, Summoning, Drudkh\n\nDeath: Vader, Behemoth, Nile, Kataklysm, Vital Remains, Morbid Angel
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Finnish Black Metal Bands: \nDimmu Borgir, Children of Bodom, Sinergy, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarious, Paradise Lost, Anathema, Barathrum, Ensiferum, Impaled Nazarene, Finntroll, Requiem, Moonsorrow, Verenpisara, Divercia/Lost in Twilight, Throne of Chaos, Kalmah, Catamenia.
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Black Sabbath, Slayer, Mudvayne, Iron Maiden, Deftones
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Nine Inch Nails, its from the song "Closer"...\n\n\npeace
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This question is nearly impossible to answer with SOOOOO many great songs but I like Black Veil & Say Goodbye.  Just listen to the words to Say Goodbye and it speaks itself.  Black Veil is a good story.
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heavy/traditional:\n- Iron Maiden\n- Motörhead\n- King Diamond\n- Bathory (it can be anything though, black, death, thrash, viking)\n- Mercyful Fate\n\npower (not into power at all, though):\n- Helloween\n- Hammerfall\n- Edguy\n- Iced Earth\n\nthrash / speed:\n- Sodom\n- Kreator\n- Prong\n- Slayer\n- Overkill\n\ndeath:\n- Death\n- Carcass\n- Behemoth\n- Bolt Thrower\n- Suffocation\n- Bloodbath\n\nblack:\n- Darkthrone\n- Immortal\n- Mayhem\n- Gorgoroth\n- Emperor\n- Enslaved (can be labeled as Viking / Prog as well)\n\nprogressive:\n- Opeth\n- Atheist\n- Threshold\n- Cynic\n- Ayreon
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METAL=LIFE\n\nI love metal and I can't live without it. thanks distortion and heavy percussion.
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Opeth-they are more progressive death metal, but they are my all time favorite metal band. \n\nCradle Of Filth- they are kinda satanic, but they rock out alot. \n\nKataklysm- they are really good. \n\nA Dozen Furies- they rock out. \n\nNorma Jean- not exactly black metal, more screamo, but still good. \n\nThe Agony Scene- they are awesome. A good death/black metal band.
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There are so many different genres of metal... whether or not your boyfriend actually listens to "black metal" is the real question...  Here's a hint.  If what your boyfriend listens to can also be heard on a radio station, then it's not black metal.\n\nBlack metal evolved from thrash metal, so it's fast-paced.  Lyrically, you can usually find pessimistic or paganistic themes in black metal songs.  Black metal usually isn't very rhythmic.\n\nIf you have any idea who the band Slayer is, and like them, you have a good shot of liking black metal - Slayer is thrash metal, and black metal is a direct descendant of thrash.\n\nHope this helps.  See the Wikipedia link below for some example black metal bands.
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'goth people' is a very broad statement - can be anything from;\n1. people who like to dress up with all black, red, or white (but usually black)\n2. people who like industrial/'goth' music\n3. people who are fascinated with death, the contrast between Light and Darkness, evil, blood, self-destructional drama, vampires, cain, mythology or any combination therof. - and sometimes demonology, though this is more directly related with the occult rather than gothic anything - more of a direct working interest, rather than a passing fascination.\n4. people who like goth beauty & art\n5. people who are fascinated with evil\n6. creativity and self-expression that seeks to reach out and ensnare its audience using our current society's covert but deeply rooted fascination with all things dark and frightening\n7. There really is no true unifying stereotype or dress code as it were. Not all Goths are depressed, nor do they all wear black, listen to the same music, or employ the same modes of self-expression\n8. Goth in its simplest form, is a subculture. A group of people who feel comfortable within each others company. There is no specific thing that defines what you need to do or be to fit into the goth scene (except of course the implied black clothing (THOUGH NOT NECESSARY!!!)). People in the goth scene all have different musical tastes, follow different religions, have different occupations, hobbies, and fashion sense.\n9. a style of music\n10. anyone pale/usually with darker features (eyes/hair)\n11. Christians can be goths, in some senses of the word - and there are more than you'd believe. \n12. 'goth' is a state of mind, or almost a self sterotype - which as all words.... has whatever meaning you attach to it.
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hell yea!\nThat guy Kellen has a good answer since he supplied u with a good list of bands for examples.\nMetal Reigns!  Without it, I am nothing! It is my life.  \nI especially also enjoy black metal. some good black metal bands are :Carpathian Forest, Dimmu Bogir, Mardul, Dark Funeral, Ancient, Satyricon, Old Mans Child...etc..\n But anyway..If you like those kind of metal, then you will love my friends site!\nIt has all kind of "extreme" metal music, from all over the U.S. as well as all over the world.  Lots of underground stuff too!!  You can tune into the radio to listen to the songs being played; but you can also request a song to hear as well.  Browse through our list and click on the song from the album you want.\nAll the bands everybody mentioned on here, the site has...\nwww.darksoul7.com
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I like some metal music, I listen to Metallica and Danzig
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Nine Inch Nails and Rammstein.
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Hair metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music, that arose in the late 1970s in the United States. It was a dominant genre in popular rock music throughout the 1980s.\n\nThe genre is referred to as hair metal, due to the bands styling their long hair in a teased fashion. During its heyday the genre was often referred to as heavy metal or simply metal.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Eab2.jpg