Black Metal is not one of my favourite genres. I like a few bands and some assorted songs, but I'm definitely not an expert.
So it was a real surprise for me that Norway is currently the Black Metal country. The amount of Norwegian bands in the group of most popular Black Metal bands is simply smashing. Therefore, not dedicating the first part of the Norway chronicle to this genre, was really not an option.
To write this chronicle I simply listened many of the main Norwegian Black Metal bands and choose the ones that I liked the most.
And from those, the main one is definitely Dimmu Borgir. Their Symphonic Black Metal makes them by far the most popular of the genre.
Another good and popular Black Metal band is Immortal. in spite having a more rough sound.
One of the first Black Metal bands that I listened to was Old Man's Child, and still like it.
Finally, a recent band, founded in 2004, the one from those that I didn't knew that I liked the most, called Cor Scorpii.
But besides these four bands, there are much more well known Black Metal acts from Norway, like Emperor, Burzum, Mayhem, Satyricon, Enslaved, Darkthrone, Gorgoroth, Ulver, Borknagar or Carpathian Forest, just to mention bands that are currently in the top 30 of popular Black Metal bands.
Next: Norway (part 2/3) - Gothic from the Fjords
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