black metal
subgenre of heavy metal music
1051 artists in the catalog.
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Into the Pandemonium
Celtic Frost · 1987
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Wolvennest
avant-garde metal, doom metal
Striborg
King ov Hell
Jeffrey Dunn
heavy metal, speed metal
Schammasch
ethnic music, post-metal
Abigail
thrash metal
Manes
avant-garde metal
Speedfreak
speed metal, thrash metal
Seth
Saccage
crust punk, death metal
Adam Darski
Vlad Tepes
Austere
Doris Yeh
Astriaal
Amalie Bruun
About black metal
What is black metal?
subgenre of heavy metal music
Where should I start with black metal?
Start with "Into the Pandemonium" by Celtic Frost. It captures what makes black metal worth exploring.
What are the best black metal albums?
The black metal albums worth hearing first: "Into the Pandemonium" by Celtic Frost, "Filosofem" by Burzum, "Isa" by Enslaved, "The Underground Resistance" by Darkthrone and "Assassins: Black Meddle, Part I" by Nachtmystium.
How many black metal artists are there?
northsound.fm covers 1051 black metal artists, each with a recommended starting album and listening path.