Black Metal!

Black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, that unlike death emtal isn't trying to be as brutal and aggressive as possible, but dark, epic and atmospheric.
A lot of the early bands are from Norway, good stuff like Gorgoroth, Burzum and Immortal.
Anyone else liek?

black metal is...ok. in my opinion its over-rated and overdone. so much of it sounds the same to me. be it the buzzsaw guitars, necro vocals, anti jesus themes, or way over the top 'im a tough metal guy' image. back in the day it was raw and awesome! especially 80s BM like Mercyful Fate, Celtic Frost, Bathory, and Venom to name a few. Origanal Norwegian BM was good, but then the artists allowed their image, Satan, to get in the way of their music. Now forever that genre in my eyes has dishonored itself, and given idiots like the PMRC more ammo against us. Of course my favorite BM band, Immortal, have evolved and moved on to become rather unique and very 'True Metal.' today i think that BM artists need to venture forth and attack more things than God. I just dont care anymore, its no longer rebellious or cool in any way. I love the brutality of it, but it needs to grow, mature, and evolve more. Not for sales or fans, but for the evolution and progress of the music, of metal itself. and not let our lives get too wraped up in our music where we can condone church burnings. yes i know that Christianity took over Scandinavia. Im norweigan and sweedish myself, i dont care though. that was a long time ago folks ive got better things to do with my time than spend it in jail cuz im just a wee widdle pissed of Nord with a zippo lighter. Fuck that! Satan is just an image, never a way of life. thats how we get blamed for fuck ups like Columbine. im interested in the future. lets hope other artists agree and that we push to take over the world and make it metal! lol