How to Listen to the Music of the Devil?

Many people first get into black metal and death metal wondering: how can I learn to enjoy the most extreme types of music imaginable, in other words, how can I enjoy the music of the Devil? First, let’s get one thing out of the way… the most extreme music imaginable? Is it the black metal

What is the “War Metal” Genre?

History will not remember war metal well, since it took aspects of black metal and dumbed them down to three-note chromatic fills, completely missing the point of black metal atmosphere and the foreboding sense of a world changing in parallax, the essence of darkness that all good black metal captures. Wikipedia informs us that: “War

“Fallen Angel” – Blackened Death Metal

Broadly speaking, the origins of American blackened death metal lie in Incantation’s Onward to Golgotha, whilst the origins of Scandinavian blackened death metal lie in a blend of Burzum, Bathory and Vermin. While it certainly pleases me that this comparison fits so well, there can be a danger in placing too much emphasis on the