Sweden

• From: Strömstad, Bohuslän
• Style: Blackened Death Metal
• Active: 1989-1997, 2004-2006

Ukraine

• From: Kharkiv, Kharkivshchyna
• Style: Pagan / Atmospheric Black Metal
• Active: 2002-Present

Norway

• From: Notodden, Telemark
• Style: Symphonic Black Metal
• Active: 1991-2001, 2006-2007, 2013-Present

“Black Metal has been growing almost exponentially in popularity ever since 1994, a year that not only marked the end of an era with many loose ends and unresolved mysteries appearing to come to an end within the notorious and controversial circles of the early Norwegian Black Metal ...”

Norway

• From: Haugesund, Rogaland
• Style: Progressive Black Metal
• Active: 1991-Present

Belgium

• From: Brussels
• Style: Black Metal
• Active: 1993-Present

Norway

• From: Bergen, Hordaland
• Style: Black Metal
• Active: 1992-Present

Poland

• From: Wrocław, Lower Silesia
• Style: Pagan Black Metal
• Active: 1991-Present

Switzerland

• From: Nürensdorf, Zürich
• Style: Old School Black Metal
• Active: 1982-1984

Finland

• From: Tampere, Pirkanmaa
• Style: Black Metal
• Active: 1994-Present

Norway

• From: Bergen, Hordaland
• Style: Black Metal
• Active: 1990-2003, 2007-Present

“Within the Black Metal scene there are many legendary bands. The likes of Venom, Bathory, Mayhem, Darkthrone, Emperor, Burzum, and a dozen more are all established legends within Black Metal and the forefathers of pretty much everything that followed, with each of these bands gaining ...”