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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Torment
Black Horizonz
Godkiller
Regarde les hommes tomber
doom metal, post-black metal
Horned Almighty
Mika Kawashima
avant-garde metal, experimental rock
Vampiria
gothic metal
Borgne
Totenlegion
Sintech
Enisum
Whoredom Rife
Stefan Hüskens
death metal, heavy metal
Blaze of Perdition
Elysian Blaze
Mileth
folk metal, pagan metal
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.