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Tara
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Black/thrash metal band from Dallas, Texas. Their lyrical themes often involve Celtic, Sumerian and Mesopotamian mythology.
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Absu
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We Will F***ing Kill You
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British band from Birmingham whose name means "snake's breath" in Irish. They mix grind, death and industrial metal into their sound.
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Anaal Nathrak
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Ashes Against The Grain
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Band from Portland, Oregon, named after a resinous wood. Their sound features acoustic guitars, neo-folk & post rock influences.
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Agalloch
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Grand Luciferian Theophany
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One of Finland's first black metal bands. They are openly satanic and their music has strong anti-Christian themes. Also goats.
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Archgoat
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Hammerheart
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Swedish band featuring late frontman Quorthon. They are considered a major influence on black & viking metal.
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Bathory
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The Satanist
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Black/death metal band from Gdansk, Poland. Frontman Nergal has faced numerous blasphemy charges in his home country.
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Behemoth
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Drawing Down The Moon
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Finnish band whose name is Syriac for Satan. They branched out into dark ambient for two of their 90s recordings.
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Beherit
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The Work Which Transforms God
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French avant-garde/atmospheric/industrial black metal band. Their name is German and literally translates as "blood from north".
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Blut Aus Nord
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Dunkelheit
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Band of notorious Norwegian musician Varg Vikernes, who burnt down several churches & murdered Mayhem guitarist Euronymous.
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Burzum
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Defending The Throne of Evil
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Norwegian black metallers featuring frontman Nattefrost. Other albums include "Morbid Fascination of Death" & "Black Shining Leather".
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Carpathian Forest
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To Mega Therion
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Swiss extreme/avante-garde metal band featuring Tom G. Warrior. They were a major influence on the later extreme music scene.
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Celtic Frost
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Dusk And Her Embrace
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Well known English band featuring vocalist Danni Filth. Their music is also described as symphonic or gothic metal.
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Cradle of Filth
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Unchain My Soul
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Swedish band founded by Blackmoon & Lord Ahriman in 1993. They are fond of Latin album titles & the usual satanic schtick.
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Dark Funeral
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A Blaze in the Northern Sky
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Influential Norwegian musical duo featuring drummer Fenriz & vocalist/guitarist Nocturno Culto.
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Darkthrone
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Sunbather
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San Francisco band who created a unique sound blending black metal, shoegaze, and post-rock, later dubbed "blackgaze" by reviewers.
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Deafheaven
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Paracletus
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Mysterious avant-garde black metal band from France who have never performed live.
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Deathspell Omega
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Puritania
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Norwegian symphonic black metal band whose name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland. They often get flack for being more melodic & commercially successful than their peers.
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Dimmu Borgir
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Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
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Influential Norwegian band, featuring Ihsahn & Samoth. Former member Faust was convicted for a 1992 murder.
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Emperor
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Vertebrae
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Norwegian band who incorporate progressive rock, jazz & other diverse influence into their sound. Most of their lyrics relate to Norse mythology & they are sometimes labelled as viking metal.
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Enslaved
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Under the Sign of Hell
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Satanic Norwegian band, once featuring notorious musician Gaahl. They are named after a wasteland region of Mordor from the LOTR.
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Gorgoroth
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Apocalyptic Raids
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Tom G.Warrior's first band. Their primitive sound was ridiculed by the music press during their active years, but they proved influential on the later extreme metal scene.
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Hellhammer
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Sons of Northern Darkness
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Norwegian band featuring Abbath & Demonaz. Their music videos for the album "Battles of the North" were very influential on the genre's imagery.
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Immortal
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Ugra Karma
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Controversial Finnish band featuring Mika Luttinen and named after the idea of Christ becoming a vampire.
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Impaled Nazarene
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The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide
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San Francisco one man band whose music is often charmingly described as "depressive suicidal black metal".
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Leviathan
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Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered
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Swedish band named after an ancient Babylonian deity. Other albums include "Dark Endless" and "Opus Nocturne".
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Marduk
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De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
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Notorious & highly influential band who started the Norwegian black metal scene. Vocalist Dead committed suicide in 1991, while guitarist Euronymous was murdered in 1993.
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Mayhem
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Melissa
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Danish heavy metal band featuring vocalist King Diamond, known for his distinctive falsetto voice. Their image & satanic themes were a big influence on black metal.
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Mercyful Fate
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Wolfheart
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The most well known of Portugal's metal bands. Their sound is also described as gothic metal. other albums include "Irreligious".
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Moonspell
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Kentucky
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Kentucky one man band who incorporates bluegrass and Appalachian folk music into its sound. Also notable for its environmentalist & political themes.
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Panopticon
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Triarchy of the Lost Lovers
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Greek band who have received a lot of negative publicity over the years due to their controversial name. Their sound is also described as gothic metal.
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Rotting Christ
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Ceremony of Opposites
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Swiss band who started in 1987 as old school black metal but who gradually evolved into an industrial/electronic metal outfit.
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Samael
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I.N.R.I.
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Cult Brazilian band whose name means "sarcophagus" in Portuguese. Their sound and image were a big influence on the later Norwegian scene.
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Sarcófago
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K.I.N.G
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Norwegian band featuring members Satyr and Frost. Their later sound is more accessible & has been described as "black 'n' roll".
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Satyricon
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V: Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas)
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Swedish band featuring Niklas Kvarforth, whose music is sometimes classified as "depressive, suicidal black metal."
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Shining
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Myr
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Band originally named Thule, whose lyrics are all sung in the Norwegian language. Hoest is their only constant member.
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Taake
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Grymyrk
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Band of guitarist Snorre "Blackthorn" Ruch who is credited, along with Euronymous, with pioneering the original tremolo-picking Norwegian black metal riffing style.
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Thorns
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Blood Inside
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Band whose name is Norwegian for "wolves". They started as black metal but evolved into an experimental electronica band.
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Ulver
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Welcome to Hell
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English NWOBHM band who are considered a major influence on the later thrash and extreme metal scenes. Black metal even took its name from this band's second album.
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Venom
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Rabid Death's Curse
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Swedish band known for their over the top stage shows involving pyrotechnics, candles, Satanic rituals, animal carcasses & blood.
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Watain
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Born from the Serpent's Eye
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Atmospheric black metal band from Olympia, Washington, who incorporate post-metal into their sound. Other albums include "Two Hunters".
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Wolves in the Throne Room
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