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It’s easy to forget just how much of a shock to the system black metal was when it exploded in the early 1990s. Even beyond the controversy – namely murder and church burning – it pushed metal to ...

Here are 11 bands who started out as black metal but aren’t anymore! Although it would be amusing to strip certain groups of their black metal badges for compromising their integrity, today, we will ...

From Agriculture to Ancient Death, Paradise Lost to Pissgrave, Corpus Offal to Coroner, here are the best metal albums of ...

If your black metal shelf already holds the classics and you’re itching for something beyond the familiar beats, this list is for you. These 10 bands bring their own sound, mood, and raw intensity ...

Heavy metal is more than a genre of music. It’s a vast, vast world full of its own countless subgenres, thriving regions all around the world, and more bands than any individual person can keep track ...

In the early 2000s, the band issued a trio of albums featuring the singles "Nightmare" and "Rot" that featured a blend of ...

Cradle Of Filth frontman and extreme metal icon Dani Filth names the five black metal bands he considers the very best ...

After early instability, Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral’s lineup has been steady for the past six years. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Dark Funeral When you’re a black metal dude, you’re probably ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

Blood Incantation is arguably the biggest band in extreme music right now. The Denver quartet of guitarist/vocalist Paul Riedl, guitarist Morris Kolontyrsky, drummer Isaac Faulk and bassist Jeff ...