Genre

Black Metal

Black Metal on LoudQuietLoud: more than 100 artists, including Dimmu Borgir, Deafheaven and Finntroll. It runs alongside symphonic black metal, avant-garde metal and viking metal.

Celeste

sludge · screamo · post-hardcore

Adore

ambient · electronic · norwegian

gnash

pop · rock · grunge

Dimmu Borgir

black metal · symphonic black metal · melodic black metal

Void

hardcore punk · hardcore · punk

Deafheaven

black metal · post-black metal · atmospheric black metal

Finntroll

folk metal · black metal · viking metal

Dissection

black metal · melodic black metal · melodic death metal

Celtic Frost

black metal · thrash metal · doom metal

Enslaved

black metal · viking metal · progressive black metal

Gorgoroth

black metal · norwegian black metal · norwegian

Carpathian Forest

black metal · norwegian black metal · norwegian

Anaal Nathrakh

black metal · grindcore · industrial black metal

Arcturus

avant-garde metal · black metal · progressive metal

Drudkh

black metal · atmospheric black metal · folk metal

Bane

hardcore · straight edge · hardcore punk

Liturgy

black metal · atmospheric black metal · brutal death metal

Anomalie

post-black metal · screamo · black metal

Deathspell Omega

black metal · progressive black metal · orthodox black metal

Leviathan

black metal · depressive black metal · usbm

Deadman

nagoya kei · visual kei · j-rock

Benighted

brutal death metal · death metal · grindcore

Ghastly

death metal · electronic · dubstep

Lemuria

pop punk · indie · folk metal

Hades

black metal · thrash metal · norwegian black metal

Beherit

black metal · dark ambient · finnish black metal

Agathodaimon

black metal · melodic black metal · symphonic black metal

Gehenna

black metal · norwegian black metal · norwegian

Forgotten Tomb

depressive black metal · black metal · doom metal

Anorexia Nervosa

symphonic black metal · black metal · melodic black metal

Ruins

noise rock · experimental · avant-garde

Deströyer 666

black metal · thrash metal · blackened thrash metal

Akhenaton

hip-hop · rap · french rap

Forgotten Woods

black metal · depressive black metal · norwegian

Abigor

black metal · atmospheric black metal · austrian

Calyx

drum and bass · neurofunk · techstep

Darkspace

black metal · atmospheric black metal · ambient black metal

Album art: Dopamine, ‘Dopamine Rush’

Dopamine

shoegaze · black metal · post-rock

Astronoid

post-black metal · shoegaze · post-metal

Crescent

blackened death metal · death metal · post-rock

Crescent

blackened death metal · death metal · post-rock

Dusk

death doom metal · black metal · doom metal

Bulldozer

thrash metal · black metal · speed metal

Album art: Krallice, Scour Order

Krallice

black metal · progressive black metal · atmospheric black metal

Cadaveria

gothic metal · black metal · female fronted metal

Pure

power electronics · black metal · noise

Battle

indie rock · british · korean

Eldritch

progressive metal · power metal · heavy metal

Marching Church

post-punk · noise rock · punk

Aborym

industrial black metal · black metal · industrial metal

Cloth

indie pop · dream pop · indie rock

Astarte

black metal · melodic black metal · symphonic black metal

Pyramids

post-rock · shoegaze · experimental

Bewitched

black metal · thrash metal · blackened thrash metal

Cover of Unveiling Zion: The Mother's Return by Bewitched

Bewitched

black metal · thrash metal · blackened thrash metal

Angst

black metal · hardcore · punk

Devil Master

black metal · blackened punk · hardcore punk

Quintessence

black metal · progressive rock · psychedelic rock

Black Funeral

black metal · dark ambient · raw black metal

Botanist

black metal · experimental black metal · experimental

Anxiety

hardcore · black metal · drum and bass

Ancient Rites

black metal · viking metal · folk metal

Abracadabra

folk metal · black metal · costa rica

Blackguard

folk metal · melodic death metal · melodic black metal

Avenger

heavy metal · nwobhm · speed metal

Couch Slut

noise rock · sludge · sludge metal

Bloodline

black metal · horrorcore · industrial black metal

Abyss

death metal · black metal · dark ambient

Tyrant

heavy metal · black metal · symphonic black metal

Author

dubstep · black metal · post-dubstep

Fauna

black metal · atmospheric black metal · dark ambient

Apparition

death metal · black metal · korean

Gravesend

grindcore · black metal · war metal

Dead

death metal · grindcore · goregrind

Azrael

black metal · power metal · gabber

Black Swan

drone · ambient · dark ambient

Aurora Borealis

blackened death metal · death metal · black metal

Coffinworm

sludge · black metal · doom metal

Disjecta

idm · experimental · electronic

Cerebral Rot

death metal · old school death metal · brutal death metal

Book of Black Earth

death metal · black metal · blackened death metal

Nag

punk · crust · hardcore

Eyelids

power pop · indie rock · psychedelic

Daeva

black metal · thrash metal · blackened thrash metal

Bloodthorn

black metal · death metal · blackened death metal

Damien Dubrovnik

noise · power electronics · drone

Enfold Darkness

blackened death metal · melodic death metal · death metal

Dawn of Relic

melodic death metal · black metal · dark metal

Gaunt

black metal · raw black metal · punk

Atriarch

doom metal · sludge · deathrock

Funeral Oration

black metal · punk · hardcore punk

Funeral Oration

black metal · punk · hardcore punk

Draco

black metal · finnish · hard rock brasil

Abaddon Incarnate

grindcore · death metal · brutal death metal

Blackwell

hardcore · soul · rap

Bliss Signal

blackgaze · black metal · dark ambient

Press

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Scour Order (opens in new tab)

Amid a career of ceaseless experimentation, the New York black metal band finally gives into nostalgia.

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New York’s Nina Dopamine makes an equal parts assured and confessional debut on dopamine rush, with the six-track collection marrying nostalgic pop punk and alternative rock with a polished alt pop…
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Labels

Labels in this genre

Season of Mist

Home to Finntroll, Enslaved & Gorgoroth

20 Buck Spin

Home to Liturgy, Forgotten Woods & Abyss

Nuclear Blast

Home to Dimmu Borgir, Dissection & Gorgoroth

The Flenser

Home to Deafheaven, Botanist & Coffinworm

Roadrunner Records

Home to Hades, Bulldozer & Tyrant

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