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• Leviathan
  Leviathan (band)
  Leviathan is an American black metal band formed in 1998 by Wrest . In Leviathan, Wrest records and plays all instruments including vocals entirely on his own. Additionally, Wrest has collaborated with the band Sunn O))), and is an active member of the U.S. black metal supergroup Twilight...
  
  
• Lengsel
  Lengsel
  Lengsel is a progressive black metal band that formed in 1995 in Norway. They released one album, called Solace, on Endtime Productions in 2000, which was subsequently licensed to Solid State Records for an American release. The second album The Kiss, The Hope was released on 2007...
  
  
• Lifelover
  Lifelover
  Lifelover was a Swedish black metal band, formed in 2005 by B and . The band split up in September 2011 due to the death of lead composer, B.-Biography:...
  
  
• Limbonic Art
• Loits
  Loits
  Loits is a black metal band from Estonia. They started out with rather straightforward pagan black metal, but have changed into national romantic black metal and militant extreme metal in latter albums. They call their brand of music "flak 'n' roll" because of its war-themed lyrics and rock 'n'...
  
  
• Lord Belial
  Lord Belial
  Lord Belial is a Swedish black metal band. The band formed in 1992 and released their debut album in 1995; placing them among the pioneers of Swedish black metal. Their sound has been compared with bands such as Dissection....
  
  
• The Lord Diabolus
• Lord Kaos
  Lord Kaos
  Lord Kaos was an Australian black metal band that formed in Sydney in 1994. For several years the group was the most prominent act of its style in the country with one founding member going on to record and perform with several Norwegian black metal bands including Dimmu Borgir...
  
  
• Lover of Sin
  Lover of Sin
  Lover of Sin is an American Black metal/Deathrock band containing members from Christian Death , Diet of Worms member Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez, Tony Norman from Monstrosity & Morbid Angel, Howard Davis from Genitorturers, and guest vocals by Damond Jiniya of Savatage. The band released their...
  
  
• Ludicra
  Ludicra
  Ludicra was a metal band from San Francisco. They originally formed in 1998 as a quartet and later expanded to five members. Ludicra's sound has been described as black metal or as avant-garde metal. Influences include bands such as Darkthrone, Gorgoroth, Dødheimsgard, and Bethlehem, and genres...
  
  
• Lux Occulta
  Lux Occulta
  Lux Occulta was a Polish avant-garde metal band, founded in late 1994. Their work, also strongly influenced by progressive metal and black metal, commonly incorporates elaborate arrangements often featuring multiple sections and unpredictable time changes.- Biography :The band was started when...
  
  

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• Magnum Carnage
  Magnum Carnage
  Magnum Carnage is an American black metal band from Honolulu, Hawaii. Originally formed in 1996, the band has gone through many lineup changes all of which were led and assembled by band leader Kai Laigo.-Recorded material:...
  
  
• Månegarm
  Månegarm
  Månegarm is a Swedish Viking/black metal band from Norrtälje. The band's name comes from Mánagarmr, a wolf in Norse mythology.-History:The band started from the ideas of Svenne Rosendal, Jonas Almquist, and Pierre Wilhelmsson in 1995. After securing another guitarist in Mårten Matsson and a drummer...
  
  
• Manes
  Manes (band)
  Manes was a band from Trondheim, Norway, formed in 1993. They started out as a two-piece band composed of Sargatanas and Cernunnus . They have been signed to Candlelight Records, Hammerheart Records and the Italian experimental label Code666...
  
  
• Mantak
  Mantak
  Mantak is a blackened thrash metal band from the eastern part of Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. This band is considered as the most successful and controversial Metal band in the Island of Borneo...
  
  
• Marduk
  Marduk (band)
  Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1990 and released their first record in 1991. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.-Musical style:...
  
  
• Master's Hammer
  Master's Hammer
  Master's Hammer are a black metal band from the Czech Republic. They were founded in 1987 and produced several demos, before releasing their debut album Ritual in 1990...
  
  
• Mayhem
  Mayhem (band)
  Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway and regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...
  
  
• The Meads of Asphodel
  The Meads of Asphodel
  The Meads of Asphodel are an experimental black metal band with pronounced medieval and Eastern influences from Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.-Biography:...
  
  
• Melechesh
  Melechesh
  Melechesh is a Assyrian-Armenian black metal band that originated in Jerusalem. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993. In the following year, guitarist Moloch and drummer Lord Curse were added to the line-up...
  
  
• Mercyful Fate
  Mercyful Fate
  Mercyful Fate was a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen. Initially active from 1981 to 1985, they reunited in 1992. The band went on hiatus again in 2000, when frontman King Diamond decided to continue his solo career...
  
  
• Mezzerschmitt
  Mezzerschmitt (band)
  Mezzerschmitt is a Norwegian black metal band, a spinoff of the band Mayhem. It was formed in 2000 by Mayhem members Jan Axel Blomberg and Rune Eriksen collaborating with Lars Sørensen from Red Harvest. They intended to create an industrial metal band, but their sound soon shifted towards black...
  
  
• Mithotyn
  Mithotyn
  Mithotyn was a folk metal/black metal band from Mjölby, Sweden.-History:Formed in 1992 as a blackened death metal act under the name Cerberus by founding members; Christian "Christer" Schütz, Stefan Weinerhall who stayed with the band to the end, and Johan who left shortly afterward. After one...
  
  
• Moonblood
  Moonblood
  Moonblood is a black metal band from Schneeberg, , Germany.- History :Demoniac was formed in May 1990 by Occulta Mors, Necromanic and L.O.N.S. In September 1990, Gaamalzagoth joined the band. Their style was melodic black metal. Under this name, they released two untitled demos.In January 1994,...
  
  
• Moonlyght
  Moonlyght
  Moonlyght is a metal band from Quebec, Canada.-Background:In 1995, guitarist/vocalist Sébastien "Roby" Robitaille, drummer Luc Gaulin, guitarist Vincent Gauvin, bassist Christian Jacques, and backup guitarist Simon Rheaume-Goulet formed Moonlyght, and recorded a demo tape in cassette format by...
  
  
• Moonsorrow
  Moonsorrow
  Moonsorrow is a pagan metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound...
  
  
• Moonspell
  Moonspell
  Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
  
  
• Morbid
  Morbid (band)
  - Biography :Morbid was formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1986. With Per Yngve "Dead" Ohlin as the group's founder and mastermind, they had a revolving door of members before settling on the line-up of John "John Lennart" Hagström and "TG" on guitars, Jens Näsström on bass and Lars-Göran Petrov on...
  
  
• Morgul
  Morgul
  Morgul is a Norwegian black metal band formed in Råde, Norway in the year 1991.- Biography :In 1991 Morgul soon recorded two demo-tapes: Vargvinter & In Gowns Flowing Wide, which were spread through the underground. Eventually this managed to garner them a deal with Napalm Records.The band at this...
  
  
• Moribund Oblivion
  Moribund Oblivion
  Moribund Oblivion is a Turkish black metal band from Istanbul. The band was formed by vocalist Bahadır Uludağlar in 1999. There have been several line-up changes prior to the current line-up, which now consists of Bahadir Uludaglar, Can Agriboz, Savas Sungur, Onur Burgaz and Emre Kutucularoglu who...
  
  
• Mortuus Caelum
  Mortuus Caelum
  Mortuus Caelum is a Hellenic black metal band hailing from Athens, Attiki, Greece.-History:The band was formed 2004 in Athens, Hellas as a project of members from the bands Unholy Ritual, Diabolical Principles and Grumium. The band has released 2 albums first one entitled "Macto Interitum Mundi" on...
  
  
• Mütiilation
  Mütiilation
  Mütiilation is a French one-man black metal band that was affiliated with the Black Legions. Since parting from the The Black Legions in 1996, Meyhna'ch has continued to create music under the band's name.-The Beginning and The Black Legions:...
  
  
• Myrkgrav
  Myrkgrav
  Myrkgrav is a Norwegian blackened folk metal band. It is a one-man band, with the single member being Lars Jensen. Jensen founded the band in 2003 and released a demo in 2004 entitled Fra Fjellheimen Kaller... . His debut album, Trollskau, Skrømt og Kølabrenning , was released 27 October 2006...
  
  
• Myrkskog
  Myrkskog
  Myrkskog is a death metal band formed in 1993 from Drammen, Norway.-Band history:Usually their music consisted of thunderous high speed double-bass with rapid blastbeats and fills. Guitars were made up of harmonic tremolo picking and sometimes powerchords with fast solos composed by Destructhor...
  
  
• Mystic Circle
  Mystic Circle
  - History:Mystic Circle was formed in 1992 in Ludwigshafen. They released several EPs before their debut LP was issued in 1997. Following their 1998 release they toured with Marduk and Old Man's Child and played several large rock festivals...
  
  
• Mythology
  Mythology (Black Metal Band)
  Mythology is a North American black metal band from Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.A., formed in 2004 by drummer Narroth. The band uses the name Mythology because of their lyrical writing style which features their fascination with various mythology, history, ancient cultures and religion...
  
  

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• Nachtfalke
  Nachtfalke
  Nachtfalke is both a black metal and Viking metal band from Germany, formed in 1996 by Tino Mothes , formerly a member of several bands including Moonblood, Nargaroth, Ravenclaw, Andras and Demoniac...
  
  
• Nachtmystium
  Nachtmystium
  Nachtmystium is an American psychedelic black metal band formed by Blake Judd, formerly known as Azentrius, and Pat McCormick. The band's name is derived from the German word Nacht meaning "night", and the made-up term mystium which resembles the Latin adjective mysticum...
  
  
• Naer Mataron
  Naer Mataron
  Naer Mataron is a black metal band from Greece which draws on imagery from Greek mythology. The band was formed in 1994 after splitting from Nar Mataron, and was soon signed to Black Lotus Records, with whom they released four studio albums...
  
  
• Nagelfar
  Nagelfar
  Nagelfar were a German black metal band founded in 1993 by Zorn and Rhyktius V. Grhabakk von Meilenwald . After a long search for a lead vocalist, Smaug was selected; Sveinn von Hackelnberg became acquainted with Smaug and Rhyktius at a party and entered the band's lineup as bassist in 1995...
  
  
• Naglfar
  Naglfar (band)
  Naglfar is a Swedish melodic black metal band formed in 1992. The group was formed by Jens Rydén and Kristoffer Olivius, originally under the name Uninterred.-Biography:...
  
  
• Nahemah
  Nahemah (band)
  NahemaH is an extreme metal band from Alicante, Spain that was formed in 1997. Since then, they have released three full-length albums. Nahemah are currently signed to Lifeforce Records.-History:...
  
  
• Nargaroth
  Nargaroth (band)
  Nargaroth is a German black metal band led by René "Ash" Wagner, formerly known as “Kanwulf”.- History :Wagner had earlier claimed that Nargaroth was formed in 1989, the seven track instrumental demo Orke was released in 1991, and the demo Herbstleyd in 1993...
  
  
• Nattefrost
• Nazxul
  Nazxul
  Nazxul is a black metal band from Sydney, Australia. At one time featuring members of other prominent local metal bands including Mortal Sin and Sadistik Exekution, Nazxul has released two albums, an EP and several split releases with other bands....
  
  
• Necrodeath
  Necrodeath
  Necrodeath is an Italian extreme metal band from Liguria. It is one of the first extreme metal bands originating in Italy. They take inspiration from Slayer, Possessed, Kreator, Celtic Frost and Bathory...
  
  
• Necromantia
  Necromantia
  Necromantia is a Greek black metal band that was founded in 1989 in Athens, Greece.- History :A dominant characteristic is the lack of rhythm guitar in their music, which is substituted by an eight-string bass guitar...
  
  
• Necrophobic
  Necrophobic
  Necrophobic is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and guitarist David Parland. It is believed that the band named themselves after a Slayer song from the 1986 seminal album Reign in Blood. The pair played with a 'revolving door' line-up of musicians until the...
  
  
• Neetzach
  Neetzach
  Neetzach is a Norwegian black metal group.- History :The band was formed in 1993 by Gidim Xul , Noctifier and Sanrabb under the name Sworn...
  
  
• Nefastus Dies
  Nefastus Dies
  Nefastus Dies is a black/death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:The band formed in summer 2005 and two months later, released their promo cd 'Prelude'. They then embarked on a promotional tour to support the recording in January 2006. In march 2006 they entered Yannick St-Amand's...
  
  
• Negură Bunget
  Negura Bunget
  -Biography:Negură Bunget formed at the end of 1994, as a duo, with Hupogrammos Disciple on guitars, vocals, and keyboards, and Negru on drums. In 1997, Sol'Faur Spurcatu joined the group on guitar...
  
  
• Nifelheim
  Nifelheim
  Nifelheim is a Swedish black metal band. The band was formed in 1990 by the twin brothers Erik and Per Gustavsson, under the stage names Tyrant and Hellbutcher...
  
  
• Nightfall
• NIL
  N.I.L.
  N.I.L. is an American ambient black/doom metal band formed in 2004 by N. Imperial . Initially, N. Imperial conceived of N.I.L. as a one-off solo project after his departure from black metal outfit Krieg. When the band consolidated into a duo, with the arrival of J...
  
  
• Noctuary
  Noctuary (Band)
  Noctuary was an American black metal band formed in 1995 out of the ashes of small time death-metal band Summoned. They are noted for being one of the premier new wave of American black metal bands in the mid to late 1990s.- History :...
  
  
• Nocturnal Breed
  Nocturnal Breed
  Nocturnal Breed is a Norwegian thrash metal band, formed in Oslo in 1996 by singer/bassist Kenneth Svartalv and guitarist Sven Atle Kopperud .-Members:*S.A. Destroyer : vocals/bass...
  
  
• Nokturnal Mortum
  Nokturnal Mortum
  Nokturnal Mortum is a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv.-History:Nokturnal Mortum started as death metal band Suppuration in 1991, then turned to black metal and changed name to Crystalline Darkness but "had to change the name back in 1993/94 to Nocturnal Mortum because there already existed...
  
  
• Nortt
  Nortt
  Nortt is a Danish one-man black funeral doom metal band formed in 1995. The band's sole member, who similarly goes by the name 'Nortt' , describes his music as "Pure Depressive Black Funeral Doom Metal"...
  
  
• Nordafrost
  Nordafrost
  - History :In 2003 they released their sold out demo called Dominus Frigoris which was a success for the band. After being part of several compilations they signed a deal with the small German label Heavy Horses Records, which released their first full length album called North Arise.Nordafrost hit...
  
  
• Notre Dame
  Notre Dame (band)
  Notre Dame was a Swedish metal band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2004. Members included Snowy Shaw and Vampirella and Jean-Pierre de Sade and Mannequin de Sade two brothers who claimed to be descendants of legendary revolutionary writer Marquis de Sade.The band mixed black metal with elements...
  
  

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• Oathean
  Oathean
  Oathean is a Korean black metal band that formed in 1993 originally under the name Odin, for the Norse/Scandinavian god. They went on a short hiatus and then changed their name three years later. Unlike most black metal bands, Oathean's lyrics deal with sadness and depression rather than satanic...
  
  
• Obscene Eulogy
  Obscene Eulogy
  Obscene Eulogy is a death/black metal band from Saint John, New Brunswick, who are most notable for having recorded with Impaled Nazarene's Mika Luttinen on vocals. Their current singer is Tapio Wilska of Finntroll.-Current members:...
  
  
• Obscurity
  Obscurity (band)
  Obscurity is a German melodic death/black metal band with strong viking metal influences hailing from Velbert, a city in the Bergisches Land in North Rhine-Westphalia. They are one of the early German death/black/viking and pagan metal bands.-History:...
  
  
• Obtained Enslavement
  Obtained Enslavement
  Obtained Enslavement was a black metal band from Stord, Norway. They formed in 1989 and decided to split up in 2000 because Pest moved to the United States, and they did not succeed in finding a new singer...
  
  
• Obtest
  Obtest
  Obtest is a pagan black metal band from Vilnius, Lithuania. They started playing in 1992 as brutal death metal act, but soon changed the style to black metal. Their lyrics are concerned with Lithuanian mythology and are sung in Lithuanian, though a few of the songs on their demos were in English...
  
  
• Old Funeral
  Old Funeral
  Old Funeral was a black/death metal band from Bergen, Norway.Old Funeral was one of the first bands to form in the Norwegian extreme metal scene, getting its start in 1988...
  
  
• Old Man's Child
  Old Man's Child
  Old Man's Child is a black metal band from Norway. The band is the brainchild of Galder who is the only permanent member of the band now.-Formation:...
  
  
• Ondskapt
  Ondskapt
  Ondskapt is a Swedish black metal band formed in Stockholm in 2000. Their lyrical themes deal mostly with Theistic Satanism and Death Worship. They are currently signed to Osmose Productions...
  
  
• Opera IX
  Opera IX
  Opera IX is an Italian pagan symphonic black metal band, founded in the city of Biella by the guitarist Ossian, in 1988.- Early years: 1990-1995 :...
  
  
• Ophthalamia
  Ophthalamia
  Ophthalamia was a Swedish heavy metal band that formed in 1989.-Biography:Ophthalamia was started in 1989 by singer All and guitarist It, both also active in the musical groups Abruptum and Vondur. The band named themselves Ophthalamia after a fantasy-world created by It. He created and named the...
  
  
• Orcustus
  Orcustus
  -History:Orcustus is a black metal band formed in Bergen, Norway, in early 2002 by Taipan, Dirge Rep, Infernus and Tormentor. Their moniker, meaning "the inner circle of Hell where Lucifer resides on his throne", was suggested by Dirge Rep and the band got approval to use it from the name's...
  
  
• Order from Chaos
  Order from Chaos
  Order from Chaos was an extreme metal band formed in 1987 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA by Pete Helmkamp, Chuck Keller and Mike Miller. They are recognised as being an extremely influential group in the early US black metal scene, and served as a launching pad for its band members that went on to...
  
  
• Ov Hell
  Ov Hell
  Ov Hell is a Norwegian black metal supergroup started by Shagrath and King ov Hell in 2009. The band's debut album, The Underworld Regime, was released in February 2010 by Indie Recordings.-Background:...
  
  

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• Pantheon I
  Pantheon I
  Pantheon I is a extreme metal band from Oslo, Norway, and sharing some current and past members with 1349. They have the particularity to include a Cello artist in their line-up, and are often praised for being unafraid to experiment with their sound, while still keeping the musical ethos of black...
  
  
• Paysage D'Hiver
  Paysage D'Hiver
  Paysage d'Hiver is an ambient black metal band from Berne, Switzerland, formed in 1997. Sole member is Tobias Möckl a.k.a. "Wintherr", also of Darkspace. Paysage d'Hiver is french and translates to "Landscape of Winter", winter being the lyrical theme for most of Paysage d'Hiver's songs...
  
  
• Peccatum
  Peccatum
  Peccatum was an avant-garde metal band from Norway. Their influences range from black metal, progressive metal, industrial music, symphonic metal and gothic metal to European classical music and contemporary music.-Biography:...
  
  
• Peste Noire
  Peste Noire
  Peste Noire is a Black metal band from Avignon, France. It was founded by La sale Famine de Valfunde in 2000. La sale Famine has been the main member and creative force behind Peste Noire since its inception, and, to date, all songs were written by La sale Famine Peste Noire is a Black metal band...
  
  
• Primordial
  Primordial (band)
  Primordial is an extreme metal band from Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland. It was formed in 1987 by Pól MacAmlaigh and Ciarán MacUiliam . Their sound melds black metal with Irish folk music.-Biography:...
  
  
• Profanatica
  Profanatica
  Profanatica is a black metal band from New York. They are among the American black metal bands to have emerged early during the Second Wave of black metal, and under the direction of Paul Ledney they have placed profound emphasis on blasphemous themes....
  
  

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• Ram-Zet
  Ram-Zet
  Ram-Zet is an extreme metal/avant-garde metal band formed in Norway in 1998. It began as a one-man project by singer and guitarist Zet, which later evolved into a full-grown band with the arrival of Küth and Solem , leading to the release of Ram-Zet's debut album Pure Therapy in September...
  
  
• Revenge
  Revenge (Canadian band)
  Revenge is a Canadian black metal band formed in 2000 by James Read following the collapse of his previous outfit Conqueror. Revenge's chaotic black metal sound represents a direct continuation of Read's previous band's direction...
  
  
• Riul Doamnei
  Riul Doamnei
  Riul Doamnei is a symphonic black metal band from Italy founded in 1999. They currently have three releases. They play a very melodic/symphonic style and commonly combine keyboards with melodic guitar riffs....
  
  
• Rotting Christ
  Rotting Christ
  Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene.- Line-up :...
  
  
• Rudra
  Rudra (band)
  Rudra is a Singaporean band which was formed in 1992, and plays a style of black metal-influenced death metal with interpolations and extended passages of traditional Carnatic music. Additionally, the lyrical content is derived from Sanskrit Vedic literature and philosophy with some songs...
  
  
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• Sabbat
  Sabbat (Japanese band)
  is a Japanese black metal band, formed in the early 1980s. On some releases, they showcase a more thrash influenced sound.-History:Sabbat started in 1983 when a band called Evil consisting of bassist Gezol, guitarists Ozny and Elizaveat, drummer Valvin and vocalist Toshiya was formed...
  
  
• Sabbat
  Sabbat (band)
  Sabbat are a thrash metal band from Nottingham, England, currently consisting of Martin Walkyier , Andy Sneap , Simon Jones , Gizz Butt and Simon Negus . Over the years Sabbat have released three studio albums, four demos, two split singles/compilation albums, two singles and a live VHS...
  
  
• Sacramentum
  Sacramentum (band)
  Sacramentum were a black metal band from Falköping, Sweden, formed by Nisse Karlén in the summer of 1990 under the name of Tumulus...
  
  
• Salem
• Samael
  Samael (band)
  Samael is a industrial black metal band formed in 1987 in Sion, Switzerland.-Biography:Although much of their music from the mid-1990s onwards has incorporated electronic sounds which would best define their genre as industrial metal, they are an early 2nd Wave black metal band and an innovator for...
  
  
• Sammath
  Sammath
  Sammath is a Dutch black metal band founded in 1994 by guitarist Jan Kruitwagen- Biography :Jan kruitwagen former of the Dutch black metal Sammath write all the music and lyrics for his band...
  
  
• Sanctifica
  Sanctifica
  Sanctifica was a Swedish unblack metal band, formed in 1996, disbanded in 2003. After releasing their EP, In the Bleak Midwinter, in 1997, they were considered to be one of the leading modern Christian black metal bands in the early 2000s with their album Spirit of Purity...
  
  
• Sarcófago
  Sarcófago
  Sarcófago was an influential Brazilian extreme metal band. They were fronted by Sepultura's original singer, Wagner Lamounier, and Geraldo Minelli. They have been described as Brazil's most controversial metal band....
  
  
• Sargeist
  Sargeist
  Sargeist is a Finnish black metal band formed in 1999. Originally created as a solo project by Shatraug of the Finnish black metal act Horna, he was joined by other members since 2000, who were subsequently released from the band...
  
  
• Satanic Slaughter
  Satanic Slaughter
  -History:Having previously performed under the name Evil Cunt, the group first adopted the name Satanic Slaughter in 1985. The group went through several guitarists and other lineup changes in its early years before releasing its first demo, One Night in Hell, in 1988. The group split late in 1989...
  
  
• Satanic Warmaster
  Satanic Warmaster
  Satanic Warmaster is a black metal band from Lappeenranta in southern Finland. Musician "Satanic Tyrant Werwolf" began recording under this name in 1999...
  
  
• Satyricon
  Satyricon (band)
  Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band, and the first one in the genre to join a multi-national record label .-Biography:Satyricon was formed in 1990 by Czral and Wargod. Ulver and Satyr soon joined them...
  
  
• Sear Bliss
  Sear Bliss
  Sear Bliss is a black metal band from Szombathely, Hungary, formed in 1993 by bassist, vocalist and now also keyboardist András Nagy. Apart from the usual heavy metal instruments they adopted synthesizer and wind instruments in their songs...
  
  
• Secrets of the Moon
  Secrets of the Moon
  Secrets of the Moon is a black metal band from Osnabrück, Germany, founded in 1995. They played at the Summer Breeze Open Air in August 2007 and at the Hellfest Summer Open Air in June 2007.-Current members:* sG - Vocals, guitars, synth...
  
  
• Selfmindead
  Selfmindead
  -History:Selfmindead formed in the winter of 1994-1995 in Eskilstuna, Sweden as a four piece. Marko Hautakoski on drums, Timo Sillankorva on guitar, vocalist Ilkka Viitasalo and bassist Tapani Hoikkaniemi. Mostly influenced by the Swedish Hardcore scene, bands such as Refused, Abhinanda, and...
  
  
• Sepultura
  Sepultura
  Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
  
  
• Setherial
  Setherial
  Setherial is a Swedish black metal band founded in 1993 by guitarists Alastor Mysteriis and Devothan. They play a faster style of black metal like certain popular bands Marduk and Dark Funeral...
  
  
• Shade Empire
  Shade Empire
  Shade Empire is a Finnish symphonic black metal band, formed in 1999 in the city of Kuopio.Shade Empire's prevalent lyrical subjects are Satanism, anti-religion, death, destruction, hatred and pain...
  
  
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• Siebenbürgen
  Siebenbürgen (band)
  In the year of 1994. the band Siebenbürgen was formed by Marcus Ehlin and Anders Rosdahl. A couple of months later Fredrik Brockert joined the band. In February 1996 they recorded their first and selftitled Demo-tape. After the release of the Demo a new member joined the band, Linus Ekström...
  
  
• Sigh
  Sigh (band)
  is a Japanese extreme metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1990. They are credited as being one of the first Japanese black metal bands, when the majority of black metal in early 1990s came from Scandinavia. They gradually shifted from a more traditional black/thrash metal sound, to a more...
  
  
• Sindecade
  Sindecade
  Sindecade is a German black metal band from Landshut, Germany and were formed in 2005 by former Dark Fortress musicians; former vocalist Azathoth and former guitarist Crom.-Biography:...
  
  
• Skeletonwitch
  Skeletonwitch
  Skeletonwitch is an American heavy metal band from Athens, Ohio formed in 2003. The band currently consists of drummer Dustin Boltjes, vocalist Chance Garnette, bassist Evan Linger, and guitarists Nate Garnette and Scott Hedrick...
  
  
• Skitliv
  Skitliv
  Skitliv is a Norwegian black-/doom metal band founded in 2005 by former Mayhem vocalist Maniac.Maniac describes the project as "firmly rooted in black metal" but much darker and more brooding than anything he has done before....
  
  
• Skyforger
  Skyforger
  Skyforger is a heavy metal band from Latvia which was formed in 1995 out of the remains of doom metal band Grindmaster Dead. Most of their songs are about pagan gods and warfare; they also play traditional Latvian folk songs and metal covers. Although Skyforger is known for their folk metal, their...
  
  
• Slavia
  Slavia (band)
  -History:Slavia is a black metal band from Norway which was formed by Jonas Raskolnikov Christiansen from Kongsberg in 1994 under the name of Dreygjarnir. Changed name to Slavia in 1997. The band is now currently based in Bergen, and also features members from the bands like Taake, Deathcult,...
  
  
• Slechtvalk
  Slechtvalk
  Slechtvalk is an extreme metal band from The Netherlands, formed in 1999. Previously signed to Fear Dark Record and currently to Whirlwind Records, the group has released four albums, a split-CD with Kekal, a single and a DVD...
  
  
• Sodom
  Sodom (band)
  Sodom is a German Thrash metal trio from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1981.Along with the bands Kreator and Destruction, Sodom is considered one of the "big three" of Teutonic thrash metal...
  
  
• Solefald
  Solefald
  Solefald is a Norwegian avant-garde metal/black metal band that was formed by members Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Lars singing and playing keyboard/synthesizer/piano and drums, and Cornelius singing and playing guitar and bass. The meaning of the band's...
  
  
• Sólstafir
  Sólstafir
  Sólstafir is an Icelandic metal band, formed in 1995. The band's name is the Icelandic word for crepuscular rays.-History:The band was formed by 3 friends, Aðalbjörn Tryggvason, Halldór Einarsson and Guðmundur Óli Pálmason in January 1995...
  
  
• Sonic Reign
  Sonic Reign
  Sonic Reign is a German black metal band consisting of two members: Ben and Sebastian . The band hails a very cold and modern variant of Black Metal influenced by bands such as Satyricon, Emperor and Thorns....
  
  
• Spektr
  Spektr (band)
  Spektr is an experimental black metal duo formed in 2000, in Paris, France. They are currently signed to Candlelight Records and have released two full-length albums to date...
  
  
• The Stone
  The Stone (band)
  The Stone are a Serbian black metal band. They were originally known as Stone to Flesh and changed their name to The Stone in 1997.-History:...
  
  
• Stormcast
  Stormcast
  Stormcast is an Atmospheric Black Metal band formed in Nicosia, Cyprus in 2007. They have released one demo album entitled "Scorched Earth", it was released on April 17, 2009 recorded by City Studios.-History:...
  
  
• Stormlord
  Stormlord (band)
  Stormlord is an epic black metal band from Rome, Italy. They have released four full-length albums, which are: Supreme Art Of War , At The Gates Of Utopia , The Gorgon Cult , and Mare Nostrum...
  
  
• Striborg
  Striborg
  Striborg is a black metal artist from Tasmania. The musician 'Sin Nanna' began Striborg in 1994, and he has also recorded under the names Kathaaria and Veil of Darkness. Sin Nanna recorded and released demos on a yearly basis until 2004, when his first studio album was released. His lyrics reveal a...
  
  
• Sturmgeist
  Sturmgeist
  Sturmgeist is an experimental black/thrash metal formed by Cornelius Jakhelln in 2002.-Beginnings:In 2002, Cornelius Jakhelln began working on a new band. The name chosen was Sturmgeist . The music was an experimental mix of black/thrash metal with lyrics sung in English, Norwegian, and German...
  
  
• Summoning
  Summoning (band)
  Summoning is an Austrian black metal band. They are known in part due to their extensive use of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology as lyrical subject.-Biography:...
  
  
• Sunn O)))
  Sunn O)))
  Sunn O))) is an American doom metal band known for its synthesis of diverse genres including drone, ambient, noise, and black metal. Supported by a varying cast of collaborators, the band has two core members: Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson .-History:Sunn O))) is named after the Sunn...
  
  
• Susperia
  Susperia
  Susperia is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band formed in October 1998 by Tjodalv and Cyrus.The band was originally named Seven Sins, but since there was another band with that name they changed it to the title of the horror film Suspiria, but changed the spelling to avoid copyright issues...
  
  
• Svartsyn
  Svartsyn
  Svartsyn is a black metal band from Sweden. The band formed in 1991 as Chalice, but changed their name to Svartsyn in 1993. They recorded their first demo in 1994 and their first album in 1998. Draugen, ex-drummer of Dark Funeral, teamed up with original founding member Ornias in 1996 and since...
  
  
• Sympathy
  Sympathy (band)
  Sympathy is a technical death metal band from Canada, formed in 1991. Sympathy got some notable attention in the Benelux, Germany and Switzerland as those are the countries where their previous label Fear Dark is usually marketing its bands. The band is known for its professional musicianship...
  
  

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• Taake
  Taake
  Taake, pronounced [toke], is a Norwegian black metal band whose name is the old spelling form of the Norwegian word "tåke" .-History:In 1993, Ørjan Stedjeberg, now known as Ulvhedin Høst , formed the first version of the band Taake under the name Thule, together with Svartulv, who was only twelve...
  
  
• Theatres des Vampires
  Theatres des Vampires
  Theatres des Vampires is an Italian gothic metal band with strong black metal influences, mostly noted for the predominant theme of vampirism within their lyrics.-History and background:In 1994, Alessandro Nunziati form Theatres des Vampires....
  
  
• Thesyre
  Thesyre
  Thesyre is a band from the province of Québec in Canada. Formed in 1995, Thesyre incorporate elements of black metal, thrash metal, punk rock and industrial music. Eric Syre, as a solo artist under the name Thesyre, contributed to various tribute albums before releasing its own material to a larger...
  
  
• Thorns
  Thorns (band)
  Thorns is a Norwegian black metal band that formed in 1989 and was part of the early Norwegian black metal scene. They made two highly influential demos in the early 1990s, Grymyrk and Trøndertun, but have only released one full-length album....
  
  
• Thou Art Lord
  Thou Art Lord
  Thou Art Lord are an Athens-based black metal band, formed in 1993.The line-up consists of former or current members of Greek extreme metal bands Rotting Christ, Necromantia, and now-former musicians from Septic Flesh....
  
  
• Thronar
  Thronar
  Thronar was a viking metal/black metal band from the Netherlands. The band released a discography consisting of three demos, one split album, and two full-length albums.-History:...
  
  
• Thy Serpent
  Thy Serpent
  Thy Serpent is a blackened doom metal/symphonic black metal band from Espoo, Finland. It started out as a solo project by Sami Tenetz.- History :...
  
  
• Thyrane
  Thyrane
  Thyrane was a black metal band from Finland. They were signed to Spikefarm Records for the majority of their releases and disbanded in 2006.-Biography:...
  
  
• Thyrfing
  Thyrfing
  Thyrfing is a viking metal band from Sweden. The band is named after the royal sword Tyrfing from Norse mythology.-History:Thyrfing was formed in 1995 by Patrik Lindgren , Jocke Kristensson , Peter Löf and Kimmy Sjölund...
  
  
• Tiamat
  Tiamat (band)
  -Biography:Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka. After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat...
  
  
• Tormentor
  Tormentor
  Tormentor is a black metal band formed in 1986 in Budapest, Hungary. Tormentor was one of the first black metal bands using synthesisers to create a more atmospheric sound. They recorded their first album, Anno Domini, in 1988, but were unable to release it until the end of communism. The album...
  
  
• Toxic Holocaust
  Toxic Holocaust
  Toxic Holocaust are a thrash metal band from Portland, Oregon, signed to Relapse Records. Influenced by punk rock and heavy metal bands of the 1980s such as Slayer, Exodus, Black Flag, Discharge, Motörhead, Kreator, Celtic Frost, Venom, Possessed, Rigor Mortis and Death. Joel Grind founded Toxic...
  
  
• Trail of Tears
  Trail of Tears (band)
  Trail of Tears is a Norwegian gothic/symphonic black metal band originally formed in 1994 by vocalist Ronny Thorsen, under the name of Natt...
  
  
• Trelldom
• Tribes of Caïn
  Tribes of Caïn
  Tribes of Caïn is a heavy metal band from Switzerland, formed in 1999, with three albums released. They site their music as a mixture of black, death and thrash metal.- Current members:*Sven Gryspeerdt - vocals*Reto Hofstetter - guitar...
  
  
• Tristwood
  Tristwood (band)
  Tristwood are an Industrial black metal band from Innsbruck, Tyrol in Austria. The band was originally founded in 1996 by Deimon and Neru who were the first two for forming under the name December...
  
  
• Troll
  Troll (band)
  -Biography:It was founded in 1992, when 14-year-old Stian Arnesen aka "Nagash" started writing music with Glaurung and Fafnir. When Glaurung and Fafnir left the project, Nagash continued Troll as a solo project and released Trollstorm over Nidingjuv in 1995 and Drep de kristne in 1996.Following the...
  
  
• Tsatthoggua
  Tsatthoggua
  Tsatthoggua is a German hyperspeed black metal band from Germany formed in 1989. The band used to be called Dissection...
  
  
• Tsjuder
  Tsjuder
  Tsjuder is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 1993.- Name :The name Tsjuder was picked from the Norwegian movie Pathfinder...
  
  
• Tvangeste
  Tvangeste
  Tvangeste is a symphonic black metal band from Russia .- Biography :* 1995 — Michael Chirva starts seeking members through advertisiments in local newspaper* 1997 — The band is officially born...
  
  
• Twilight
  Twilight (band)
  Twilight is an American black metal band formed in 2005 and originally commissioned by the Swedish underground label Total Holocaust Records. Members of the band all go by pseudonyms: "Azentrius" , "Hildolf" , "Imperial" , "Malefic" and "Wrest" .Although Twilight has so...
  
  
• Twilight Ophera
  Twilight Ophera
  Twilight Ophera is a symphonic black metal band from Finland. The band formed in 1996, and signed with British label Cacophonous the following year...
  
  
• Twin Obscenity
  Twin Obscenity (band)
  Twin Obscenity is a Norwegian death/black metal band. They borrowed their name from Zhar and Lloigor, collectively known as the Twin Obscenities, in the Cthulhu Mythos.-Biography:...
  
  
• Tyrant
  Tyrant (Japanese band)
  -1994-1996:Tyrant was found in December 1994 by Keisuke. They originally played a rawer, more straightforward style of black metal. Although Keisuke loved black metal, he believed that a lot of bands, such as Dark Funeral and Satyricon played it much better than them. Afterwards, he decided on...
  
  

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• Ulver
  Ulver
  Ulver is a musical group from Norway. Since their first, folklore-influenced black metal release entitled Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler , Ulver’s musical style has been fluid and increasingly eclectic, blending genres such as rock, electronica, symphonic and chamber traditions, noise and...
  
  
• Unanimated
  Unanimated
  Unanimated are a Swedish extreme metal band. They were founded in 1989 in Stockholm and dissolved in 1996. Largely inspired by Dismember, they made two melodic death metal albums. In 1993, In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead was released on Pavement Music, a label which has since merged with Crash...
  
  
• Underoath
  Underoath
  Underoath is an American Christian metalcore band from Tampa, Florida. Founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton on November 30, 1997 in Ocala, Florida, subsequently its additional members were from Tampa, Florida...
  
  
• Unexpect
  Unexpect
  Unexpect is an avant-garde extreme metal band from Montreal, Canada featuring a unique amalgamation of different styles of music, including black metal, death metal, thrash metal, progressive metal, melodic heavy metal, classical music, dark cabaret, opera, medieval music, jazz, funk, electro,...
  
  
• Unholy
  Unholy (band)
  Unholy is a Finnish avant-garde doom metal band. Formed in 1988, they were one of the first doom metal groups in their home country.Unholy originally started as a black metal/doom metal hybrid under the name Holy Hell. After recording its first demo, "Kill Jesus", they changed their name to Unholy...
  
  
• Urgehal
  Urgehal
  Urgehal is a black metal band from Norway. It was formed in Hønefoss, 1992 by Nefas and Enzifer. Their musical style and sound resemble that of the Norwegian black metal bands that arose in the early 1990s....
  
  

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• V28
  V28
  V:28 was an industrial death metal band from Norway.- Biography :V:28 was founded by Kristoffer Oustad and Eddie Risdal the spring of 2002, and raised from the ashes of their previous band V:O:I:D. V:28 is a half-human half-machine band, with an apocalyptic and cold atmosphere to it...
  
  
• Vaakevandring
  Vaakevandring
  Vaakevandring is a Norwegian unblack metal band that was active from 1996 to 2001. The name in Norwegian is a reference to the resurrection of Jesus. Vaakevandring played atmospheric, epic unblack metal with keyboards and folk melodies. Their self-titled EP was produced by Stian Aarstad of Dimmu...
  
  
• Valhall
  Valhall (band)
  Valhall is a Norwegian doom metal band.It is somewhat noted for having briefly had Fenriz as a member and ex-Ulver drummer, Erik Lancelot as a member at one point as well.-Studio albums:*1995 – Moonstoned...
  
  
• Ved Buens Ende
  Ved Buens Ende
  Ved Buens Ende is a Norwegian heavy metal band. Their sound is diverse with quiet instrumental jazz influenced sections and aggressive black metal blast beats and vocals...
  
  
• Velvet Cacoon
  Velvet Cacoon
  Velvet Cacoon was a black metal band from Portland, Oregon, USA. According to members, the band was formed in 1996, although no material was released publicly until 2002. Due to the lack of information being provided by its members, it has proved very difficult to discern what is truth and what is...
  
  
• Venom
  Venom (band)
  Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general...
  
  
• Vesania
  Vesania
  Vesania, , is a Polish symphonic black metal/blackened death metal band. They were formed in 1997 by Orion, Daray, and Heinrich. Later members were Annahvahr and Hatrah, who left the band in 1999 and was replaced by Siegmar....
  
  
• Vesperian Sorrow
  Vesperian Sorrow
  Vesperian Sorrow is a symphonic black metal band from Austin, Texas founded in 1994. They were known as Unholy Descent until they changed their name to Vesperian Sorrow in early of 1999. Their lyrics tend to be less extreme than most black metal bands that cover themes of Satanism and...
  
  
• Viking Crown
  Viking Crown
  Viking Crown was a side project started by Phil Anselmo in the mid 90's. The first Viking Crown release was an EP recorded in 1994 titled Unorthodox Steps of Ritual which featured Phil, credited as Anton Crowley, on guitar, bass, drums and vocals. The two later Viking Crown releases would feature...
  
  
• Vintersorg
  Vintersorg
  Vintersorg is a Swedish band from Skellefteå, formed in 1994 under the name Vargatron . Musically, Vintersorg has covered a wide number of heavy metal genres; while the band is mostly rooted in extreme metal styles, particularly black metal and Viking/folk metal, it has also expanded into...
  
  
• Vital Remains
  Vital Remains
  Vital Remains is an American death metal band from Providence, Rhode Island formed in 1988.- History :Created in 1988 by guitarist Paul Flynn, Vital Remains' first line-up consisted of guitarist Butch Machado, vocalist Mike Flynn, bassist Tom Supkow, and drummer Chris Dupont. Searching for better...
  
  
• Vlad Tepes
  Vlad Tepes (band)
  Vlad Tepes was a French black metal band which was formed in Brest in 1992. The name originated from the 15th century Wallachian ruler, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's fictional vampire Dracula. The group belongs to The Black Legions. Worlok Drakksteim also has a side project named Black Murder....
  
  
• Von
  Von (band)
  Von was a First Wave black metal band from San Francisco, California, USA. They are thought to be the first American black metal band, and have strongly influenced the second wave of black metal.-Biography:...
  
  
• Vondur
  Vondur
  Vondur was a black metal band from Sweden. It was made up of members of the bands Ophthalamia and Abruptum, "It" and "All" . The sound could be described as primitive black metal, though rumors have claimed that this was conceived as a joke band...
  
  
• Vorkreist
  Vorkreist
  Vorkreist is a French death/black metal band, based in Paris, who share members with the black metal bands Antaeus and Hell Militia. "Vorkreist" is a barbarism created by the band that supposedly means Antichrist.-Biography:...
  
  
• Vreid
  Vreid
  Vreid is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2004 after the break up of Windir following the death of lead singer and founder Valfar. The remaining members along with new guitarist Ese formed Vreid...
  
  

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• War
  War (Swedish band)
  War was a Swedish black metal supergroup, formed by Tony "IT" Särkkä of Abruptum, David "Blackmoon" Parland of Dark Funeral and Peter Tägtgren of Hypocrisy....
  
  
• Watain
  Watain
  Watain is a Swedish black metal band from Uppsala, formed in 1998. The band's name is taken from a recording by the American black metal group Von.- History :...
  
  
• Weakling
  Weakling
  Weakling was a progressive/black metal band from San Francisco. The band never toured and released only one album, Dead As Dreams, recorded in 1998 and released on Tumult Records in 2000.-History:...
  
  
• Weltmacht
  Weltmacht
  Weltmacht was an American black metal band formed in DeKalb, Illinois in 1998. Members of the band all went by pseudonyms: "Lord Imperial" , "Akhenaten" and "Cryptic Winter" . During this period, they also performed and/or recorded with Krieg...
  
  
• Windir
  Windir
  Windir was a black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band combined black metal with folk music and mythology. The band was formed in 1994 and released its debut album in 1997...
  
  
• Wintersun
  Wintersun
  Wintersun is an extreme metal band from Helsinki, Finland.Wintersun was originally created by guitarist Jari Mäenpää as a side project to folk metal band Ensiferum, for whom he was lead singer and guitarist. In 2003, Mäenpää began culling together songs that he'd been working on since 1995. These...
  
  
• Witchery
  Witchery
  Witchery is a Swedish thrash/speed metal band, formed by former members of Satanic Slaughter in 1997. The current lineup consists of vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula , ex-Devian), guitarists Patrik Jensen and Rickard "Richard Corpse" Rimfält, bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, and drummer Martin Axenrot...
  
  
• Witchfynde
  Witchfynde
  Witchfynde are a heavy metal band that was one of the forerunners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Witchfynde was formed in Derbyshire, England in 1974 by bass guitarist Richard Blower and vocalist Neil Harvey. Richard Blower discovered Montalo whilst in a band called Atiofel...
  
  
• Witchmaster
  Witchmaster
  Witchmaster is a metal band founded in 1996 in Zielona Góra, Poland.-Discography:* Thrash Ör Die * No Peace At All * Violence and Blasphemy * Masochistic Devil Worship...
  
  
• Wolfchant
  Wolfchant
  Wolfchant is a band formed in St. Oswald, Germany in August 2003 by Lokhi, Gaahnt, Skaahl and Norgahd. Wolfchant's lyrics deal with legends and folk tales from Nordic mythology. In August 2005 they signed a record contract with CCP Records...
  
  
• Wolves in the Throne Room
  Wolves in the Throne Room
  Wolves in the Throne Room is a black metal band based in Olympia, Washington.Their sound is influenced by Scandinavian black metal, doom metal, dark ambient, crust punk, and folk music...
  
  
• Woods of Ypres
  Woods of Ypres
  -Biography:Woods of Ypres was formed in 2002 by David Gold, Aaron Palmer and Brian McManus. The trio released the first Woods Of Ypres demo, Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat, the same year. In 2003, David Gold moved to Toronto to begin working on a full-length album...
  
  
• Wykked Wytch
  Wykked Wytch
  Wykked Wytch is a black metal band signed to Perish Music Group from Miami, Florida, USA.-Biography:Wykked Wytch was formed in Philadelphia, USA in 1994. Led by the vocalist frontwoman Ipek, Wykked Wytch is a female-fronted black metal band hailing from South Florida...
  
  
• Wyrd
  Wyrd (band)
  Wyrd is a Finnish Pagan black metal band which was formed in 1998. The band was originally formed under the name of Hellkult in 1997 by Narqath and drummer Kalma . The first Wyrd demo was released in early 2000, "Unchained Heathen Wrath" featured material recorded between 1998 and 2000...
  
  

See also

• List of black metal bands, 0–K
• List of heavy metal bands
• List of doom metal bands
• List of death metal bands
• List of folk metal bands
• List of thrash metal bands