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List Of Black Metal Bands, L–Z
This is a list of black metal bands (letters L through Z) including bands that have at some point in their careers played black metal. L * Lengsel * Leviathan (band), Leviathan * Lifelover * Limbonic Art * Lord Belial * The Lord Diabolus * Lord Kaos *Leviathan (band), Leviathan * Lover of Sin * Ludicra * Lux Occulta M * Månegarm * Manes (band), Manes * Marduk (band), Marduk * Master's Hammer * Mayhem (band), Mayhem * The Meads of Asphodel * Melechesh * Mercyful Fate * Mezzerschmitt (band), Mezzerschmitt * Mgła * Mithotyn * Moonsorrow * Moonspell * Morbid (band), Morbid * Morgul * Moribund Oblivion * Mutilator * Mütiilation * Myrkgrav * Myrkskog * Mystic Circle N * Nachtmystium * Naer Mataron * Nagelfar * Naglfar (band), Naglfar * Nahemah (band), Nahemah * Nargaroth (band), Nargaroth * Nattefrost * Nazxul * Necrodeath * Necromantia * Necrophobic * Nefastus Dies * Negură Bunget * Nifelheim * Nightfall (Greek band), Nightfall * Nocturnal Breed * Nokturnal Mortum * Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lengsel
Lengsel was a progressive black metal band that formed in 1994 in Norway. They released one album, called ''Solace'', on Endtime Productions in 2000, which was subsequently licensed to Solid State Records for an American release. The second album '' The Kiss, the Hope'' was released in 2007. Their name means "longing" in Norwegian; the idea of longing for home is a prominent theme on their debut release. History The group was formed in 1995. They released a self-titled demo in 1997. Shortly after releasing the critically acclaimed debut album ''Solace'' in 2000 on 3 labels, the band members took a break from Lengsel. With the same line-up, they formed the band Ganglion, and quickly departed from their black metal roots to a more rock oriented style, alienating many of their old fans and creating a new fan base. In 1999, guitarist Tor Magne Glidje joined the band Extol on bass. The following year, Glidje switched over to guitar for Extol at the departure of another member and Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayhem (band)
Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in Langhus in 1984. They were one of the founders of the Norwegian black metal scene and their music has strongly influenced the black metal genre. Mayhem's early career was highly controversial, primarily due to their notorious live performances, the 1991 suicide of vocalist Per Yngve Ohlin ("Dead") and the 1993 murder of guitarist Øystein Aarseth ("Euronymous") by former member Varg Vikernes ("Count Grishnackh") of Burzum. The group released a demo and an EP that were highly influential, and amassed a loyal following through sporadic and notorious live performances, attracting further attention through their ties to the string of Norwegian church burnings and the incidents of violence surrounding them. Mayhem disbanded after Aarseth's murder, shortly before the release of their debut album, ''De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas'', regarded as a classic of the black metal genre. Surviving former members Jan Axel Blomberg ("Hellhammer"), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutilator
Mutilator was a thrash / death metal band, formed in 1985 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They released two full-length records through Cogumelo Records in the 1980s. Biography Mutilator was formed in 1985 in Belo Horizonte by vocalist/guitarist Kleber, guitarist/lyricist Alexander "Magoo", bassist Ricardo Neves and his brother Rodrigo on drums, originally under the name of Desaster. The band changed their name to Mutilator following the addition of Sepultura roadie Silvio SDN on vocals. This line-up recorded the ''Bloodstorm'' and ''Grave Deseccration'' demos, and contributed two tracks (''Believers of Hell'' and ''Nuclear Holocaust'') to the Cogumelo Records' compilation ''Warfare Noise I'' in 1986. By 1987 Silvio SDN had left the band, and the band recorded their debut album for Cogumelo, ''Immortal Force'' with Kleber on vocals. The album was recorded on a tiny budget but has proved to have some long-lasting appeal; Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic describes it as "an excellent case s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moribund Oblivion
Moribund Oblivion is a Turkish black metal band from Istanbul, formed by vocalist Bahadır Uludağlar in 1999. The current line-up consists of Bahadir Uludaglar, Serdal Semen, and Fatih Kanık, who joined the band in August 2015. Career The ''Like a Falling Haze'' EP was released in 2002 to promote their first studio album, ''Khanjar'', released on 6 January 2004. That same day, Moribund Oblivion performed in support of the Portuguese metal band Moonspell. The band also conducted the first black metal tour of Turkey to promote the album, appearing in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Eskişehir and Bursa. At the end of the tour, the group performed at the Barisarock and Rock The Nations festivals, and played a gig with Greek black metal band Rotting Christ in Istanbul. The band released a music video for the song, "Ruins of Kara-Shehr", from the ''Khanjar'' album, which aired on Turkish channels TRT and Dream TV. Moribund Oblivion signed with Istanbul record label Atlantis Music for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgul
Morgul is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band formed in Råde in 1991. History In 1991 Morgul soon recorded two demo-tapes: Vargvinter and In Gowns Flowing Wide, which were spread through the underground. Eventually this managed to garner them a deal with Napalm Records. The band at this time consisted solely of Hex, on drums and main-man Jack D. Ripper on guitars, bass, keyboard and vocals. Together they released two albums: ''Lost In Shadows Grey'' and ''Parody Of The Mass''. ''Parody Of The Mass'' being recorded at Abyss Studios in Sweden by Mikael Hedlund from Hypocrisy, especially created interest for Morgul within the underground and soon the media mentioned them to be the hidden treasure within the black metal scene. In 1999 Morgul signed to Century Media Records and started working on new material and came up with a more varied and personal sound. This album also marked a change in producer and studio. Every album including and following ''The Horror Grandeur'' was pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morbid (band)
Morbid was a Swedish thrash metal band from Stockholm that formed in 1986.''Swedish Death Metal'', p. 71. Biography Morbid was formed in Stockholm at the end of 1986. With Per "Dead" Ohlin as the group's founder and leader, there was a number of members before the band settled on the line-up of John "John Lennart" Hagström, "TG" on guitars, Jens Näsström on bass and Lars-Göran Petrov on drums. When "TG" left the band, he was replaced by Ulf Cederlund. The band then recorded their debut demo, '' December Moon'', at Thunderload Studios in Stockholm on 5 and 6 December 1987. This was the only recording featuring this line-up, as Hagström quit and Ohlin left for Norway to join the black metal band Mayhem.''Swedish Death Metal'', p. 73. The remains of the band tried to carry on, and brought in photographer John Scarisbrick as a new vocalist. Scarisbrick lived near a recording studio named Sunlight, which would later gain some notoriety in death metal circles, recording bands like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band formed in 1992. The group released their first EP, ''Under the Moonspell'', in 1994 and followed up with their debut album, '' Wolfheart'', a year later. They quickly became the most recognizable metal band from Portugal and a key figure in gothic metal. Moonspell achieved success in Portugal with their 1998 album '' Sin/Pecado''. With '' Memorial'' (2006), the group also became the first Portuguese metal band to have a record certified Gold. They are also popular in Germany, where their albums consistently enter the Top 100 Chart. History Early days (1992–1994) Although they had been playing since 1989 under the name of "Morbid God", the band became Moonspell in 1992, shortly after they released the promo track "Serpent Angel". At the time of the name change, the band's line-up was Fernando Ribeiro (Langsuyar) on vocals, João Pedro "Ares" Escoval (Tetragrammaton) on bass, Duarte Picoto (Mantus) and Luís Lamelas (Malah) on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonsorrow
Moonsorrow is a Finnish pagan metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound. The band call their sound "epic heathen metal" and try to distance themselves from the term "Viking metal". They have distanced themselves from other folk metal bands, emphasising that their music is pagan and spiritual and is challenging for its listeners, rather than happy or danceable. The band members have varying levels of pagan belief but they draw on pagan spirituality for lyrics and inspiration. History The group's earliest formation consisted of cousins Ville Sorvali (vocals and bass) and Henri Sorvali (guitar and keyboards; also keyboards for Finntroll, Barathrum, and session member of Ensiferum) who released various demos that were much more characteristic of melodic black metal than future releases. Their debut album, ''Suden Uni'', recorded in early 2000, was released in early 2001, along with ''Tämä Ikuine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mithotyn
Falconer was a Swedish power metal band from Mjölby, formed in 1999 by the former guitarist of Mithotyn, Stefan Weinerhall. Falconer carried on many of the traditions set by Weinerhall's previous band and played a fusion style of power metal that utilizes folk instrumentation and melody to create a more medieval sound. Biography Origins In 1992, the blackened death metal act Cerberus was founded by Stefan Weinerhall, Christian "Christer" Schütz and Johan, who left shortly afterward. After one year, they renamed themselves Mithotyn. As Mithotyn, they did not release an album until 1997. Much of the material featured on the three albums of their career were previously composed or featured on one of their previous demos such as the song "The Guardian" from ''Promo '96''. The group released three albums: ''In the Sign of the Ravens'' (1997, Black Diamond Productions) followed by ''King of the Distant Forest'' (1998, Invasion Records), and finishing with ''Gathered Around the Oake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork Media
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working at a record store in suburban Minneapolis, and the website earned a reputation for its extensive coverage of indie rock music. It has since expanded and covers all kinds of music, including pop. Pitchfork was sold to Condé Nast in 2015, although Schreiber remained its editor-in-chief until he left the website in 2019. Initially based in Minneapolis, Pitchfork later moved to Chicago, and then Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its offices are currently located in One World Trade Center alongside other Condé Nast publications. The site is best known for its daily output of music reviews but also regularly reviews reissues and box sets. Since 2016, it has published retrospective reviews of classics, and other albums that it had not previously reviewed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mgła
Mgła (; en, "Fog") is a Polish black metal band from Kraków, formed in 2000. The duo consists of vocalist, guitarist and bassist M. (Mikołaj Żentara) and drummer Darkside (Maciej Kowalski). The band has released four albums and began performing live in 2012, featuring a touring guitarist and bassist. History Initially founded as a studio project in 2000 in Kraków by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mikołaj "M." Żentara with the collaboration of drummer Dariusz "Daren" Piper, both originally from the band Kriegsmaschine. Together, the duo recorded two unreleased demos, their first 2 EPs and a split album ''Crushing the Holy Trinity'' with the bands Deathspell Omega, Clandestine Blaze, Exordium and Musta Surma. Daren left the band in 2006 and was replaced by Maciej "Darkside" Kowalski. The band signed to Northern Heritage Records in 2008 and released their debut album ''Groza'' in that same year. Mgła has been signed to Northern Heritage ever since. In 2012, after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezzerschmitt (band)
Mezzerschmitt is a Norwegian black metal band, a spinoff of Mayhem. It was formed in 2000 by Mayhem members Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer) and Rune Eriksen (Blasphemer), collaborating with Lars Sørensen from Red Harvest. They intended to create an industrial metal band, but their sound soon shifted towards black metal while still incorporating industrial elements. Mezzerschmitt have released only one EP so far, ''Weltherrschaft''. The band was incorrectly associated with supporting Nazism due to the band's image resembling with Nazi Germany's uniforms, symbol use, etc., as well as having German language pseudonyms and song titles. Eriksen stated that ''Weltherrschaft'' is an imaginary place created in his mind. The purpose of the band would be to let out steam, while being non-political. Band members *Herr Schmitt (Rune Eriksen, Blasphemer) - Vocals, guitars, bass *Oberleutnant LS (Lars Sørensen) - Keyboards *Hauptman Hammer (Jan Axel Blomberg, Hellhammer) - Drums Discography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
