depressive black metal

Definitions

A subgenre of black metal that focuses on slow, repetitive instrumentation and depressive or suicidal lyrics and imagery.

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Examples

“The first MCD was sometimes really depressive, and the new full-length CD (out March⟳/May 2001) will be definitively pure Depressive Black Metal, something in between Abyssic Hate⟳, old Katatonia, old Burzum, Dolorian.”

“Dunkel - Evighed (depressive black metal in the Burzum vein - rare tape!) $6”

“- FORGOTTEN TOMB "Songs to Leave⟳" CD (great depressive black metal) 15$”

“For in spite of the opposition of authentic inner “strength” to corrupt, worldly “weakness” that often characterises depressive black metal artists’ statements of intent, it is not inner resolve⟳ that protects the listener from despair but a failure of rational consisency.”

“Our recent discovery of a blog dedicated to “depressive black metal” We guess⟳ the music sounds neat.”

“Active since 1997, Sin Nanna currently resides in Hobart, Tasmania, where he records and releases LPs, CDs, and DVDs to an avid global fan base⟳ of devotees of “depressive black metal,” a style of extreme heavy metal centered upon lyrical themes of ennui, abjection, and mourning.”

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