Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016

 Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016

Black metal is an extreme subgenre and subculture of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieking (sometimes growling or both) vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere, though many other characteristics and techniques may be employed. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms.

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During the 1980s, several thrash and death metal bands formed a prototype for black metal. This so-called first wave included bands such as Venom, Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. A second wave arose in the early 1990s, spearheaded by Norwegian bands such as Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, Gorgoroth, Immortal and Emperor. The early Norwegian black metal scene developed the style of their forebears into a distinct genre. Norwegian-inspired black metal scenes emerged throughout Europe and North America, although some other scenes developed their own styles independently. Some prominent Swedish bands spawned during this second wave. Bands such as Marduk, Nifelheim and Dark Funeral are notable examples.

Initially a synonym for "Satanic metal," black metal is often met with hostility from mainstream culture, due to the actions and ideologies associated with it. Many artists express extreme anti-Christian and misanthropic views, advocating various forms of Satanism or ethnic paganism. In the 1990s, members of the scene were responsible for a spate of church burnings and murders. There is also a small neo-Nazi movement within black metal, although it has been shunned by many prominent artists. Generally, black metal strives to be inaccessible to the mainstream and those who are not committed. This's Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016. Check it out.

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Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: A Perpetual Descent from Greytomb

- Type: Full Length Album. Released Independently on March 22nd, 2016. Artwork and Layout by James McIntosh.

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Akyr Zaman / Tajer Al Punqia from Darkestrah and AlNamrood

- Type: Split Album between Darkestrah and AlNamrood. Released on March 25th, 2016 via Shaytan Production

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Waldmark from Alastor

- Type: Full Length Album. Released on March 11th, 2016 via Wrath of the Tyrant Records

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Krater from Asgrauw

- Type: Full Length Album. Released on March 11th, 2016 via Hidden Marly Production. Artwork by J. Putman.

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Demo I: Tales from Summon the Serpent

- Type: Demo. Released Independently on March 2016

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Destiny Wore a Bondage Mask from Martyrium

- Type: Full Length Album. Released on March 28th, 2016 via Art Gates Records

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Internal Bleeding  from Interiorem

 - Type: Full Length Album. Released Independently on March 18th, 2016.

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Le havre du seigneur céleste from Sviatibor

 - Type: Full Length Album. Released on March 16th, 2016 via Soundage Productions.

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: L'Homme Absurde from L'Homme Absurde

 - Type: Full Length Album. Released Independently on March 27th, 2016.

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Malformations of God from Veldraveth

 - Type: Full Length Album. Released Independently on March 26th, 2016.

 Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Opening the Abyss from Ad Baculum

 - Type: Full Length Album. Released on March 15th, 2016 via Hammer of Damnation

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Panopticon Waldgeflüster from Panopticon and Waldgeflüster

 Type: Split Album between Panopticon and Waldgeflüster. Released on March 11th, 2016 via Nordvis Produktion

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Quiescence from Natanas

 - Type: Full Length Album. Released Independently on March 1st, 2016.

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Visions from the Throne of Eyes from Idolatry 

- Type: Full Length Album. Released on March 25th, 2016 via Humanity's Plague Productions.

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Vulturine from Draugnim

 - Type: Full Length Album. Released on March 11th, 2016 via Debemur Morti Productions. Artwork and Layout by Cold Poison.

Best Black Metal Cover in March 2016: Witchcraft of Domination from Mørknatt

  Type: EP. Released Independently on March 5th, 2016.

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