Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016

Best Black Metal Cover in July 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.

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.

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Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Atlas from Feign

- Released on July 29th, 2016 via Into the Night Records.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Black Flame from Volcanic

- Released on July 29th, 2016 via Evil Spell Records.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Bodemloos from Verwoed

- Released on July 8th, 2016 via Argento Records. Cover art by Joost Vervoort.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Calea from Ashaena

- Released on July 18th, 2016 via Loud Rage Music.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Echoes of the Tortured from Sinsaenum

- Released on July 29th, 2016 via earMUSIC. Cover art by Costin Chioreanu.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Forces of the Black Wing from Flesh Cult

- Released on July 11th, 2016. Albm art by Mokum.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Innsmouth from Obed Marsh

- Released on July 19th, 2016. Cover art by Mark Cooper.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Le Décomposition de l'humanité Hjem blant skyene from Crown of Asteria and Bogland

- Released on July 5th, 2016.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Let the Lords of Chaos Reign from Al'Tyr

- Released on July 23rd, 2016.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Nox Microcosmica (A Compendium of Rare and Introspective Songs) from Lux Divina

- Released on July 26h, 2016 via Darkwoods.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Project Atopia from Industry of Nightmares

- Released on July 7th, 2016.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Revisions of the Past from Panopticon

- Released on July 29th, 2016 via Bindrune Recordings.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Souls Dragged Into The Abyss Of Torment from Isfet

- Released on July 12th, 2016 via Corvo Records.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: The Well Of Stars from Onirism

- Released on July 5th, 2016. Cover art by Ferdinand D. Ladera.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: V The Devil's Fire from Baptism

- Released on July 22nd, 2016 Season of Mist.

Best Black Metal Cover in July 2016: Vanity Unfair from Nerodia

- Released on July 1st, 2016 via Revalve Records. Cover art by Roberto Toderico.

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