Dark metal

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This article is about the musical genre. For the Bethlehem album, see Dark Metal.

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Dark metal
Stylistic origins
Typical instruments
Other topics
Dark rock

Dark metal is a subgenre of heavy metal[1][2][3][4][5] with stylistic origins coming from both gothic and extreme metal.

Dark themes

Although some authors argue that dark metal is a genre of heavy metal,[1][2][3] there is a wide variety of opinions as to what elements, styles, or themes make metal dark.[1][3][6][7][8][9][10]

Robert Palmer, rock critic for the New York Times, calls metal with themes of horror and violence dark, using the bands Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer and Danzig as examples. In their books, Robert Walser and Richard D. Barnet agree that dark metal is music oriented towards the occult. Micah L. Issitt, Jeffrey Kaplan, Bryan Reesman, Joel MacIver, and Chuck Eddy all write that dark metal has gothic themes.

Musical characteristics

Many writers, including Ian Christe, music journalist Chuck Eddy, Sara Pendergast, Tom Pendergast, Natalie J Purcell, Brian Reesman, Jeff Wagner, and Steven Wilson, find that there is a melancholy tone that distinguishes dark metal bands from their contemporaries. This tone has been variously described as "morose beauty",[3] "broody",[11] "beautiful and romantic",[12] "sorrowful and haunting",[13] "goth-tinged",[10] and "gloomy".[14]

Dark metal bands

A few of the bands which have been given the dark metal label include Bethlehem, Black Sabbath,[15] Slayer,[6] Megadeth,[6] Alice in Chains,[16] Anthrax,[6] Judas Priest,[2] Evergrey,[17] Tool,[18] Iron Maiden,[2] Paradox,[19] Kekal,[20] and Virgin Black.[21]

See also

References

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