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“We are incredibly sorry to anyone we offended”: A pig’s head was thrown around in a black metal mosh pit, and people are so furious that the band have apologised
Texas black metal band Martyrdom have apologised to “anyone who was harmed by our act” after footage of a pig’s head tossed about at a gig went viral
"A friend said this sounds like the Emperor album that was never recorded": Ihsahn is returning to his symphonic black metal roots on his new self-titled album
30 years since he helped revolutionise black metal with Emperor, Ihsahn is still pushing boundaries with his eighth solo album
The 10 best black metal albums of 2023
From Blackbraid to Wayfarer, Immortal and beyond - these are the best black metal albums of 2023
“I just wanted to scream”: Taiwanese duo Laang 冷 are channelling a near-death experience into ferocious black metal
Haitao Yang was shot in the head in 2017. 18 months later, the musician started unloading his trauma into the intense black metal of Laang 冷.
Frostbitten fantasy kingdoms, Spinal Tap mishaps and kidnapped cats - forget Lords Of Chaos, we want to see the Immortal movie: "I’ve even been offered to do it, but Blashyrkh belongs to Immortal"
Demonaz talks black metal history, Abbath and whether Immortal will ever tour again
“We’re at the festival and everybody else is a Viking and playing accordions… And then we watched what we were doing, like, ‘I hope this isn’t our fault!’” Ivar Bjørnson on how Enslaved avoided black metal to become prog
The trend in Norway was to explore the depths of darkness - but he decided to immerse himself in history instead, and accepts some people will never like his band’s music
10 up-and-coming black metal bands every self-respecting metalhead should listen to
From Blackbraid to Laang 冷, these new bands are pushing black metal to even braver places
“I found that offensive. I hope you lose your voice.” Remember that time someone screamed Let It Go like a black metal song on Britain’s Got Talent and really annoyed Amanda Holden?
Contestant Aaron Marshall applied black metal vocals to a Frozen song and won over the Britain’s Got Talent crowd – but not every single judge
