Reddit reviews Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult (Extreme Metal)

Black Metal at its core is about hatred. How that manifests itself is up to the band. Whether it's a hatred of the Abrahamic faiths, modern society that reveals itself through pagan or nature worship, or of humanity in general. Most of the shreddit recommended black metal albums list feature this in some way. Some points of note...

If you delve into the history of black metal do NOT start it in Norway. It's impossible to tell the story of black metal without mentioning the Norwegian scene but it did not start there. Bathory's "Under the Sign of the Black Mark" is probably the most important of the first-wave black metal albums for giving a sonic guide to how to proceed but this goes into my other point which is, despite the similarities black metal has with one another, black metal has NO sonic definition. Funeral Mist's "Salvation" sounds nothing like Mystifier's "The World is So Good That Who Made It Doesn't Live Here" which sounds nothing like Vattnet Viskar's "Sky Swallower" but it's all under the black metal umbrella. Some have differing opinions as to what constitutes a black metal band but it ultimately comes down to personal choice on the part of the band as to how they want to present themselves and that's what we are left to judge them on. This is the reason why I don't judge Deafheaven as a black metal band because they say that they are not one but do judge Liturgy as one because they say they are for example. This is not just my opinion. I interviewed Alan Averill, black metal vocalist of Primordial and Blood Revolt, who was around in the black metal tape trading days of the late 80s/early 90s who knows his shit about the history of black metal. Most of what I wrote here comes from him.

There is no one concrete philosophy about black metal other than what I mentioned above. Some good books so I've been told:

http://blackdogonline.com/music/black-metal.html <--- Black Metal: Beyond the Chaos

Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Metal-Evolution-Dayal-Patterson/dp/1936239752/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=11BWAB0R4N471SZ5AQ2J

Good luck. Feel free to write me if you want any clarification.

Books Books Books.

Lords of Chaos -- Alright, there is a lot of crticism of this book in terms of balanced journalism but aside from all of that, this is a entertaining book for someone who hasn't heard about the Norwegian black metal scene / murders. This may get her into bands like Burzum, Emperor, and Darkthrone. Godspeed.

Precious Metal -- interviews about 25 decent extreme metal milestones. It makes you want to listen to each record whilereading the book.

Two other books I havent read but heard good reviews on is Swedish Death Metal and Black Metal Evolution

the reason why I am suggesting books is that some of these metal genres beyond what Black Dahlia Murder do is somewhat complex and interesting not just in terms of music but history, philosophy, and aesthetics. I feel that diving into weird scenes with books is fascinating. If your girlfriend is not the type to like reading, buy her more books and force her to read.

Black Metal - Evolution of the Cult - Goes through from first wave to current metal and all the other niche scenes that the majority of people overlook.

Probably you meant Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult.

Probably everything you want to know has been written in this book https://www.amazon.com/Black-Metal-Evolution-Dayal-Patterson/dp/1936239752

This, if you're a fan of black metal.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Metal-Evolution-Cult-Extreme/dp/1936239752/ref=pd_aw_fbt_14_img_3/143-2120679-5672137?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1936239752&pd_rd_r=9f1a7e61-00ec-4671-9553-8dfd6c8f5913&pd_rd_w=L6KoF&pd_rd_wg=gkdtZ&pf_rd_p=f04fe339-64d3-4672-9dc4-fcec7ed7a68c&pf_rd_r=C5AM2W18338DYEZG0QQF&psc=1&refRID=C5AM2W18338DYEZG0QQF

Yes, I suggest reading the following books.

Black metal: Evolution of the Cult
Floating Tomb
Hideous Gnosis (Ignore the wanker from Liturgy)
Melancology