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===Blackened death metal=== {{Main|Blackened death metal}} [[File:Goatwhore Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 11.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Blackened death metal band [[Goatwhore]].]] Blackened death metal is commonly death metal that incorporates musical, lyrical or ideological elements of [[black metal]], such as an increased use of [[alternate picking|tremolo picking]], anti-[[Christianity|Christian]] or [[Satanism|Satanic]] lyrical themes and chord progressions similar to those used in black metal.<ref name="Sound, Symbol, Sociality">{{cite book |last1=Unger |first1=Matthew |title=Sound, Symbol, Sociality: The Aesthetic Experience of Extreme Metal Music |page=27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ninewinged-serpent-mw0000780983 |title=Ninewinged Serpent - Devian |last=Henderson |first=Alex |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=November 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107031600/http://www.allmusic.com/album/ninewinged-serpent-mw0000780983 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/reviews/gr/hacavitz.htm |title=Hacavitz - Venganza Review |last=Bowar |first=Chad |work=[[About.com]] |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=June 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617104950/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/reviews/gr/hacavitz.htm |url-status=unfit }}</ref> Blackened death metal bands are also more likely to wear [[corpse paint]] and suits of armour, than bands from other styles of death metal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gardner |first1=Robert Owen |title=Studies in Symbolic Interaction |page=119}}</ref> Lower range guitar tunings, [[death growl]]s and abrupt [[tempo]] changes are common in the genre.<ref>{{Cite youtube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_rpgS73sPI |title=Blackened Death Metal band debate with Jason Deaville of Bravewords {{!}} LOCK HORNS (archive) |date=2016-10-05 |last=Dunn |first=Sam |author-link=Sam Dunn |last2=Deaville |first2=Jason |type=Podcast}}</ref> Examples of blackened death metal bands are [[Belphegor (band)|Belphegor]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.terrorizer.com/blog1.php/2011/10/21/belphegor-suspend-all-activities |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714222121/http://www.terrorizer.com/blog1.php/2011/10/21/belphegor-suspend-all-activities |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |title=Belphegor Suspends All Activities |date=October 21, 2011 |work=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|terrorizer.com]] |access-date=September 3, 2012 }}</ref> [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/behemoth-mn0000789429 |title=Behemoth |last=Prato |first=Greg |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020142519/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/behemoth-mn0000789429 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Akercocke]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/akercocke/words-that-go-unspoken-deeds-that-go-undone.htm |title=Akercocke – Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone – Review – Stylus Magazine |last=Lee |first=Cosmo |date=February 21, 2006 |work=[[Stylus Magazine]] |access-date=October 22, 2012 |quote=Death metal and black metal are notoriously insular, but Akercocke has distinguished itself by freely drawing from both. Death metal tends to emphasize the low end, while black metal mainly resides in the midrange and treble, so Akercocke's 'blackened death' hybrid is rich and full-bodied. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509181014/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/akercocke/words-that-go-unspoken-deeds-that-go-undone.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2012 }}</ref> and [[Sacramentum (band)|Sacramentum]].<ref>Pretorious, Neil (July 30, 2009). "Review - Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun"]. ''The Metal Observer''. "If you think that Blackened Death Metal begins and ends with DISSECTION, then think again. SACRAMENTUM seriously dropped the (snow) ball with 'The Coming of Chaos' and 'Thy Black Destiny', but on 'Far Away from the Sun' they really delivered the goods on all fronts."</ref> ====Melodic black-death==== Melodic black-death<ref name="Dissection Clones" /> (also known as blackened melodic death metal or melodic blackened death metal)<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /> is a genre of [[extreme metal]] that describes the style created when [[melodic death metal]] bands began being inspired by black metal and European [[romanticism]]. However, unlike most other black metal, this take on the genre would incorporate an increased sense of melody and narrative.<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson">{{cite web |last1=ANDREW |first1=J |title=Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/lists/blackened-melodic-death-metal-a-history-lesson |website=Metal Injection |access-date=July 25, 2018 |date=February 19, 2015 |archive-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322025733/https://metalinjection.net/lists/blackened-melodic-death-metal-a-history-lesson |url-status=live }}</ref> Some bands who have played this style include [[Dissection (band)|Dissection]],<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /><ref name="Dissection Clones" /><ref name="Swedish Death Metal">{{cite book |last1=Ekeroth |first1=Daniel |title=Swedish Death Metal |page=267}}</ref> [[Sacramentum (band)|Sacramentum]],<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /><ref name="Dissection Clones" /> [[Naglfar (band)|Naglfar]],<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /> [[God Dethroned]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Divita |first1=Joe |title=GOD DETHRONED RETURN WITH 'THE WORLD ABLAZE,' UNLEASH DEATHLY MELODIC NEW SINGLE 'ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE WIRE' |url=http://loudwire.com/god-dethroned-the-world-ablaze-new-single-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-wire/ |website=Loudwire |date=5 April 2017 |access-date=25 July 2018 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709184743/https://loudwire.com/god-dethroned-the-world-ablaze-new-single-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-wire/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Dawn (Swedish band)|Dawn]],<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /> [[Unanimated]],<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /> [[Thulcandra (band)|Thulcandra]],<ref name="Dissection Clones" /><ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /> [[Skeletonwitch]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=WIEDERHORN |first1=JON |title=SKELETONWITCH: HOW AN ANTON LAVEY–LOVING EX–CHOIR MEMBER PUSHED THRASHERS TO NEW LEVEL |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/skeletonwitch-how-anton-lavey%E2%80%93loving-ex%E2%80%93choir-member-pushed-thrashers-new-level |website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |access-date=25 July 2018 |date=18 June 2018 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404062843/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/skeletonwitch-how-anton-lavey%E2%80%93loving-ex%E2%80%93choir-member-pushed-thrashers-new-level |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Cardinal Sin (band)|Cardinal Sin]].<ref name="Dissection Clones">{{cite magazine |last1=D |first1=Chris |title=Top 5 Dissection Clones |url=http://decibelmagazine.com/featured/36966/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325001026/http://decibelmagazine.com/featured/36966/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 March 2016 |magazine=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] |access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref><!---The Metal Injection source references to this list as a list of bands playing this style. Also don't add unreliable sources for listings. ---> ====War metal==== War metal<ref name=mh112011>Robert Müller: ''Wollt Ihr den ewigen Krieg?''. ''Der tote Winkel''. In: ''[[Metal Hammer]]'', November 2011.</ref><ref name=wbm/><ref name=rh304>Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: ''SARCOFAGO''. ''I.N.R.I.'' In: ''Rock Hard'', Nr. 304, September 2012, p. 73.</ref> (also known as war black metal<ref name=wbm>Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: ''War Black Metal: Die Extremsten der Extremen''. ''Was bleibt, ist Schutt und Asche''. In: ''Rock Hard'', no. 279, pp. 71-73.</ref> or bestial black metal)<ref name=rh304/> is an aggressive,<ref name=wbm/> cacophonous<ref name=mh112011/> and chaotic<ref name=mh112011/><ref name=wbm/> subgenre of blackened death metal,<ref>{{cite news |last1=KATEL |first1=JACOB |title=Florida's Top Ten Black Metal Bands |newspaper=[[Miami New Times]] |date=2013}}</ref> described by ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' journalist Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann as "rabid"<ref name=wbm/> and "hammering".<ref name=wbm/> Important influences include [[first-wave black metal]] band [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]],<ref name=mh112011/><ref name=wbm/> first-wave black metal/death metal band [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]]<ref name=wbm/> as well as old [[grindcore]], black and death metal bands like [[Repulsion (band)|Repulsion]],<ref name=mh112011/><ref name=wbm/> [[Autopsy (band)|Autopsy]],<ref name=wbm/> [[Sarcófago]]<ref name=mh112011/><ref name=wbm/><ref name=rh304/><ref name=rh307/> and the first two [[Sepultura]] releases.<ref name=wbm/><ref name=rh307/> War metal bands include [[Blasphemy (band)|Blasphemy]],<ref name=mh112011/><ref name=wbm/><ref name=rh307>Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: ''Impaled Nazarene''. ''Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz''. In: ''Rock Hard'', no. 307, December 2012, p. 77.</ref> [[Archgoat]],<ref name=wbm/> [[Impiety (band)|Impiety]],<ref name=wbm/> [[In Battle]],{{sfn|Ekeroth|2008|p=359}} [[Beherit]], [[Crimson Thorn]],<ref>{{cite web |title=A HILL TO DIE UPON - OMENS CD |url=https://boonesoverstock.com/products/a-hill-to-die-upon-omens |access-date=August 8, 2018 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709172508/https://boonesoverstock.com/products/a-hill-to-die-upon-omens |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bestial Warlust]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=DISTEFANOl |first1=ALEX |title=The 13 Most Satanic Metal Bands |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/13-most-satanic-metal-bands-8798306 |website=[[LA Weekly]] |access-date=August 8, 2018 |date=October 30, 2017 |archive-date=August 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801232853/http://www.laweekly.com/music/13-most-satanic-metal-bands-8798306 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Zyklon-B (band)|Zyklon-B]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Christe|first=Ian|title=Sound of the beast: the complete headbanging history of heavy metal|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-380-81127-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWRv3E59V0YC|author-link=Ian Christe|access-date=March 13, 2012|page=281|date=February 17, 2004}}</ref>
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