First-wave black metal

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The first wave of black metal was a musical movement of black metal which took place between roughly 1982 and 1991. Stylistically distinct from the genre's quintessential later sound, the earliest bands in this first wave played a primordial form of extreme metal that was still indebted to traditional heavy metal. The movement was an origin point for a variety of styles, including black metal, thrash metal, crust punk, death metal and war metal.

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Venom initiated the movement, with their second album Black Metal (1982) giving it its name. In the subsequent years, the style was expanded by Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. The thrash metal genre grew out of the style of these bands, with the early works of thrash bands Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Slayer being a part of the first wave of black metal, as was the early work of death metal pioneers Possessed and Death. By 1987, this wave had largely declined, however influential releases continued to be issued by Parabellum, Tormentor, Samael and Rotting Christ. At this time, the works of Sarcófago and Blasphemy helped to pioneer war metal, while in the early Norwegian black metal scene, Mayhem and Thorns developed the style which come to define the subsequent waves of black metal.

Characteristics

During the first wave of black metal, there were no distinct borders of the genre, instead, black metal bands existed in a broader extreme metal umbrella alongside the earliest groups in death metal, grindcore and thrash metal. It was not until around 1987 that these styles began to distinguish themselves from each other. and the borders of what now constitutes black metal were drawn. [1]

Music historian Joel McIver called Satanic lyrics and imagery the defining characteristic of the first wave of black metal. [3] However, most bands in the wave were not Satanists; rather, they used Satanic themes to provoke controversy or gain attention. One of the few exceptions was Mercyful Fate singer and Church of Satan member King Diamond, whom Lords of Chaos authors Michael J. Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind called "one of the only performers of the '80s Satanic metal who was more than just a poseur using a devilish image for shock value". [4]

Metal Injection writer J Andrew cited "the speed and attitude" of punk rock and hardcore punk as what separated the style of the first wave of black metal from earlier styles of heavy metal. [1] PopMatters writer Craig Hayes specifically credited the legacy of Discharge as "crucial in black metal's development", recalling their influence in Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer and Mayhem. [5]

History

Origins: 1982–1986

Venom's second album, Black Metal (1982), marked the start of the black metal movement. Venom live at hellfest.jpg
Venom's second album, Black Metal (1982), marked the start of the black metal movement.

The term "black metal" was coined by the English band Venom with their second album Black Metal (1982). [6] Playing a style bordering speed metal or thrash metal, the album initiated the first wave of black metal, forming an early prototype for the genre. [7] [8] The band introduced many tropes that became ubiquitous in the genre, such as blasphemous lyrics and imagery, stage names, costumes and face paint meant to strike fear. [9]

Hellhammer, from Switzerland, made "truly raw and brutal music" [10] with Satanic lyrics, and became an important influence on later black metal; [11] Daniel Ekeroth wrote that "Their simple yet effective riffs and fast guitar sound were groundbreaking, anticipating the later trademark sound of early Swedish death metal". [10] In 1984, members of Hellhammer formed Celtic Frost, [12] whose music "explored more orchestral and experimental territories." [10] Celtic Frost explored more personal lyrics, with topics such as inner feelings and "majestic stories." [10] For several years, Celtic Frost was considered one of the world's most extreme and original metal bands, significantly impacting the mid-1990s black metal scene. [10] Black metal and crust punk evolved alongside each other, with the members of early crust band Amebix and early black metal band Hellhammer tape trading with each other. [13] Thus, pioneering black metal bands such as Hellhammer, Bathory and Mayhem were inspired by crust punk, [14] and early crust punk bands such as Sacrilege, Amebix and Antisect were influenced by Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. [15]

Another influential early band was Bathory from Sweden. [16] Bathory's music was dark, fast, heavily distorted, lo-fi, portrayed anti-Christian themes, and included shrieked vocals that later became a common trait. [17] Their third album Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) was the first record in the genre to subvert most traditional rock tropes, in a way that led journalist Dayal Patterson that "undoubtedly... create[d] the black metal sound as we know it". [18]

The Danish band Mercyful Fate influenced the Norwegian scene with their imagery and lyrics. [19] [20] [21] Frontman King Diamond, who wore ghoulish black-and-white facepaint on stage, was one of the inspirators of what became known as 'corpse paint'. [22] Other artists that were a part of this wave included England's Onslaught, [1] Italy's Bulldozer and Death SS, [23] Japan's Sabbat [24] and Colombia's Parabellum. [25]

Spreading influence

Sodom, a pioneering thrash metal band who was a part of the first wave of black metal Sodom Rock unter den Eichen 2019 01.jpg
Sodom, a pioneering thrash metal band who was a part of the first wave of black metal

The influence of the first wave of black metal soon spread, influencing the development of the thrash metal genre, [1] with Scott Ian of thrash metal band Anthrax even crediting Venom as being a "thrash band before thrash existed". [26] German Teutonic thrash metal bands Kreator, Sodom and Destruction, and Slayer from the United States, put a greater emphasis on the influence of first wave black metal and influenced much of the subsequent acts in the style. According to writer Dayal Patterson in his book Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult , the early works of these four bands are still often considered a part of the movement. [27]

Possessed, from the San Francisco Bay Area grew out of the first wave black metal scene [27] and would go on to be described by AllMusic as "connecting the dots" between thrash metal and death metal with their 1985 debut album, Seven Churches . [28] The band had cited Venom and Motörhead, as well as early work by Exodus, as the main influences on their sound. Although the group had released only two studio albums and an EP in their formative years, they have been described by music journalists and musicians as either being "monumental" in developing the death metal style, [29] or as being the first death metal band. [30] [31] [32] In Orlando, Florida, Mantas, following a similar progression, played a Venom-inspired sound [33] before changing their name to Death and beginning to play death metal. The band made a major impact in the emerging Florida death metal scene, [29] and frontman Chuck Schuldiner has been credited by AllMusic's Eduardo Rivadavia for being widely recognised as the "Father of Death Metal". [34] and their debut album, Scream Bloody Gore (1987), has been described as "the first true death metal record" by the San Francisco Chronicle . [35]

Developments: 1987–1991

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Attila Csihar, vocalist for Tormentor and Mayhem

In 1987, in the fifth issue of his Slayer fanzine, Jon 'Metalion' Kristiansen wrote that "the latest fad of black/Satanic bands seems to be over", citing United States bands Incubus and Morbid Angel, as well as Sabbat from Great Britain as some of the few continuing the genre. [36] However, black metal continued in the underground, with scenes developing in Czechoslovakia with Root, Törr and Master's Hammer [37] and Brazil with Sepultura, Vulcano, [38] Holocausto [39] and Sarcófago, [40] Sarcófago's debut album I.N.R.I. (1987), was widely influential on subsequent acts in the genre, especially the second wave Norwegian scene [40] and groups in the war metal style. [2] [41] [42] BrooklynVegan writer Kim Kelly calling it "a gigantic influence on black metal's sound, aesthetics, and attitude." [43]

In Sweden, Mefisto, Obscurity and Merciless were some of the earliest bands to follow in Bathory's footsteps, combining their sound with influences from German groups like Sodom and Destruction. Although Mefisto and Obscurity only released two demos each, and rarely performed live, Merciless became prominent in the extreme metal underground. [44] Their live performances became notorious for bassist Fredrik Karlén's reckless behaviour, including climbing up buildings and jumping off of balconies. Furthermore, the band's 1988 demo Realm of the Dark, led to them becoming the first Swedish extreme metal band after Bathory to be signed to a record label, in this case of Euronymous's label Deathlike Silence Productions, who released Merciless's 1990 debut album The Awakening. [45] Other black metal bands in Sweden from this time included Grotesque, [46] [47] Tiamat [46] [48] and Morbid. [49]

During this time, other influential records in the genre were released by Von (from the United States), [50] Rotting Christ (from Greece), [51] Tormentor (from Hungary), [38] Mortuary Drape (from Italy), [52] Kat (from Poland), [38] Samael (from Switzerland) [53] and Blasphemy (from Canada). [2] Blasphemy's debut album Fallen Angel of Doom (1990) is considered one of the most influential records for the war metal style. [2] [41] [42] Fenriz of the Norwegian band Darkthrone called Master's Hammer's debut album Ritual "the first Norwegian black metal album, even though they are from Czechoslovakia". [54]

Mayhem's debut EP Deathcrush (1987) was one of the most influential releases from the first wave of black metal, largely founding the early Norwegian black metal scene. [55] Mayhem guitarist Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth and Snorre "Blackthorn" Ruch of Thorns developed a style of riffing where guitarists played full chords using all the strings of the guitar instead of relying on power chords, which typically use only two or three strings, which would become a key element of the subsequent waves of black metal. [56] [57] In the book Lords of Chaos, Mayhem were credited as the band who combined the influence of the desperate styles of black metal's first wave and created the style that is understood as black metal today. [58]

Legacy

The second wave of black metal began in 1991, with Rock Hard magazine crediting Samael's Worship Him (1 April 1991) as its beginnings, [59] while, Metal Hammer writer Enrico Ahlig cited it as beginning with the 8 April 1991 suicide of then-Mayhem and former Morbid vocalist Dead. [60]

The black-thrash genre is a revival of the sound of early first wave black metal bands such as Venom, Sodom and Sarcófago, with notable acts including Aura Noir [61] and Nifelheim. Decibel have conflated first wave black metal with black-thrash. [62] Black 'n' roll is another genre which revives the movement's sound. [63]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Crust punk and first-wave black metal were contemporary and influenced each other. [c] [d]
  2. ↑ First-wave black metal was an origin point for a variety of extreme metal styles including black metal, thrash metal and death metal, [1] as well as war metal. [2]
  3. Patterson 2013, p. 249.

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