Noun
Iron, or similar metals worked by a blacksmith
(music) A subgenre of heavy metal employing fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars, double-kick drumming, raw recording and unconventional song structure, often emphasizing antireligious and misanthropic themes.
(music, dated, 1980s and early 1990s) Any form of extreme metal having a Satanic or anti-Christian theme.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgI have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time. Ryan Adams
Black metal also has a fascination with the distant past. Source: Internet
Black metal pioneers has spent half a decade exploring the contrast between euphoric washes of ethereal noise and relentless tidal waves of barbed metal glory. Source: Internet
Black metal, death metal and some "mainstream metal" bands ". Source: Internet
Patterson, Dayal: Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult; 2013, Feral House, Port Townsend, Washington; p. 197. Black metal songs often stray from conventional song structure and often lack clear verse-chorus sections. Source: Internet
Vocalist Gaahl said that during its early years, "Black metal was never meant to reach an audience, it was purely for our own satisfaction". Source: Internet