Also known as: ブラックメタル, ブラック・メタル, DSBM, NSBM, RABM
An extreme subgenre of Heavy Metal. Its musical characteristics are shrieked vocal style, heavy use of distorted guitar riffs with tremolo picking in order to emphasize atmosphere, and lo-fi recording. Lyrical themes typically revolve around hatred, Satanism, heresy, blasphemy, Darkness, Paganism, depression, Suicide or such.
Darkthrone and Mayhem (Band) are notable black metal bands.
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