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Singer of the band Martyrdom live onstage
“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

By Matt Mills Published

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

Concerts & Shows
Ihsahn
"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

By Matt Mills Published

30 years since he helped revolutionise black metal with Emperor, Ihsahn is still pushing boundaries with his eighth solo album

Albums
Black metal
The 10 best black metal albums of 2023

By Rich Hobson Published

From Blackbraid to Wayfarer, Immortal and beyond - these are the best black metal albums of 2023

Albums
Laang
“I just wanted to scream”: Taiwanese duo Laang 冷 are channelling a near-death experience into ferocious black metal

By Matt Mills Published

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.

Interviews
Demonaz of Immortal
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"

By Jonathan Selzer Published

Demonaz talks black metal history, Abbath and whether Immortal will ever tour again

Albums
Ivar Bjornson
“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

By Jerry Ewing Published

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

Interviews
Photos of Blackbraid, Gaerea and Calligram
10 up-and-coming black metal bands every self-respecting metalhead should listen to

By Matt Mills Published

From Blackbraid to Laang 冷, these new bands are pushing black metal to even braver places

Bands & Artists
Photos of a man singing live and a very annoyed Amanda Holden
“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?

By Matt Mills Published

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

Tracks & Singles
Immortal: War Against All album cover
Immortal’s War Against All: thrilling riff-powered noise from Norway‘s black metal crusaders

By Joe Daly Published

Album review: one-man army Demonaz delivers the black metal goods on Immortal’s new album War Against All

Albums
Marduk
Black metal band Marduk kick out bassist after onstage Nazi salute

By Metal Hammer Published

Bassist Joel Lindholm ‘vacates’ Marduk after he was filmed performing a Nazi salute onstage at a show in London

Bands & Artists
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