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Occult rock is a proto-metal style of rock music. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Satan are an English heavy metal band originating from Newcastle upon Tyne in 1979, known as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement. [1] The band is considered influential for playing a form of proto- thrash / speed metal that was fairly advanced by the standards of the early 1980s.
The genre has been described as being influenced by hard rock, [6] proto-metal, [7] psychedelic rock, [1] progressive rock, [8] and blues, [9] as well as commonly incorporating lyrics referencing the occult, [3] but is not inherently or invariably gloomy or dark. [8] AXS noted that Tony Iommi's doom rock style of riffing defined the genre of ...
Papa IV, alias Tobias Forge, performs with Swedish heavy metal band Ghost in Milan, Italy. (Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images) Over the past decade, bombastic, theatric, operatic metal ...
Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. [4] Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with lyrics dealing with LaVeyan Satanism (often with ironic or sardonic use of Christian themes) and the occult, Mercyful Fate was part of the first wave of black metal in the early to mid-1980s, along with Venom ...
Tobias Forge, the masked Ghost leader known as Papa Emeritus, on the 'circularity' of evil, his empathy for metal purists and his love of '70s 'divorce rock.'
Watain is a Swedish black metal band, formed in 1998. [1] The band's name is taken from an early recording by the American black metal group Von. [2] [3] [4] The band have become famous for their theistic Satanist views and for their live shows which involve pyrotechnics, candles, Satanic rituals, animal carcasses, and blood.
Welcome to Hell is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Venom released in December 1981 through Neat Records.After various line-up changes and recording several demo tapes in Impulse Studios, Venom gained success and attention with the single "In League with Satan", their dark, satanic image and their fast, raw sound.