Why You’re Not Allowed To Like Black Metal
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black metal history, second wave black metal, norweigian black metal, mayhem, burzum, varg vikernes, euronymous, darkthrone, deafheaven, gatekeeping, elitism, true kvlt
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@IncessantDesparity
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
if you watch this video you're a poser…
@predragmedic6401
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
poser speaking about black metal ok….
@7zf0
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Why avoid them, if the music is good who cares
@7zf0
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Agalloch has 0 bad songs
@fatmanpez
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Black Metal can incorporate elements of whatever the musician wants as long it's genuine, look at Diapsiquir or Blut Aus Nord and at the same time the genre as a whole holds it's grounds with keeping the core elements alive and that's what I love about it.
@leonardofracasso703
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Legendary collab
@guilhermecevolani
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Impossible gatekeeping something today, you have a Lot of information in the internet
@bryantoland4205
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
This video is so ignorant! Deafheaven copied Alcest, who made superior blackgaze in most black metal fan's eyes. And there are many innovative black metal bands, and a whole genre called avant garde black metal with bands such as Ved Buens Ende and Deathspell Omega that are both loved by the scene.
@Xx1nf3ct3d_Sc4bzxX
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
all this gatkeeping and still cant keep the racists out. its all for nothing at this point. All i want is to listen to music, enjoy it and feel it and not have the sweaty chud fanbase call me a slur for simple listening to the music.
@CaptainMorgan-y7n
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Wyatt sent me
@kingnotail3838
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
All subcultures are garbage with bullshit rules. Like what you like and don't give a fuck what anyone else thinks.
@GrimDerek
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Deafheaven didn't push the style forward though. They were an an incredibly generic, in fact the MOST generic version of ideas that already existed when they came out. They are for people who need a safe space.
@bogojeb
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
KEEP ON GATEKEEPING
@WokebeastGuitar
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
KISS pre-seeded Black Metal
@JINCULT-rd3zj
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
SEMATARY
@GizzyDillespee
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
So what? I'm more into Lofi Tropical Metal anyway
@amrindersingh5952
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
I really don't like euronymous dick riding. Ignoring burzum, fearing from the cancel culture.
@lucyalicenox
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Gate keeping isn’t just about keeping people out, it’s about letting the right people in. I’ve had conversations with people where they didn’t really know about a genre but I could tell they would like it and shared a band or 2. I love doing it with dungeon synth especially, I’ve blown a few minds by showing people Warlock Corpse which can also be a black metal gateway if they like the songs with black metal vocals
@MatSjo
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Im taking a bit of an issue with your statement that ”if it sounds akin to the second wave… it is not being creative” or however you put it. It is fully possible to be wildly creative within a set of boundaries as well.
That a lot of fans of the genre doesn’t like modern acts like Deafheaven, isn’t really more weird than traditional Motörhead fans not liking Darkthrone.
@chrislewis8974
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
I like all metal except black metal. You are safe from most. That shit is for gay edge lords
@TonyMacaroni18
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Bro I just wanna listen to sick guitar riffs💔
@marshallodom1388
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
They just don't want you to know how bad it really is, not just basic, I mean a widespread lack of talent.
Arckanum, Impaled Northern Moonforest, those are basic with huge tremendous talent behind it. Others need to be flamboyant and controversial and want attention, badly. The rest just want to make music for themselves to enjoy. Nothing wrong with that.
@SorcererOfDarkness666
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Something similar also happens with the occult and the paganism thing, nowadays there are lots of people either trying to invade avoidable groups' space or posting rubbish that just makes it harder to find something actually interesting or… True?
@DonProvolone445
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
these fuckin zoomer adhd edits are triggering my epilepsy
@Evan-900
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Gatekeeping has largely lost its practical power because information is freely available. That is why I have not really seen it as a meaningful issue for the past two decades. The only subgenre where I still see active gatekeeping is war metal, largely because some subset of people are deliberately unhelpful to newcomers. I have encountered that attitude both online and in real life, even in this decade. Even then, you can just ignore them. If you want to discover the music it is one of the easier genres to just find the music on your own.
@arsonistoitx
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Was that Rat Utopia Experiment? Looking forward to seeing where they go.
Oi! from Texas!
@left4cash
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
You want a breath of fresh air? Try listening to Devil Master
@dookieshoe2905
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Cradle were awesome live in the 2000s. Haven't seen them recently but them and Dimmu sound better than 99% of the trve cvlt shit from the 90s. Behemoth were more extreme and sounded better in the late 90s/2000s than any of them.
@MetalMaineiac
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Gatekeep all you want, I do not like black metal.
The image is ridiculous.
Painting your face attempting to look scary has the opposite effect on me.
You're not scary, you look stupid.
@marcusblock8980
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
I use the official antifa sketchy band list as listening recommendations
@fibs9125
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
I saw Myrkur last year and I loved the BM elements in some of the songs! Most of the crowd didn't though. lol
@GothicGrimzz420
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
As a black metal fan I agree gate we shouldn't be so aggressive and let people enjoy the genre but we should still guide them to the better bands within the genre. Also you forgot to mention DSBM (Depressive Suicidal Black Metal) the genre hated on by even black metal elitists because it focuses on isolation and sometimes even self mutilation so it's "too emo" yet it's a genre that keeps an artist sane during dark times. We need to go after the actual posers who just use black metal as an "aesthetic" do better elitists!
@haksin1
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
like im even missing something good
@Rausku
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
If gatekeeping is bad, open the door. Take off the locks. They're racist anyway, because they hinder certain socio-economic developments. Huehue!
Also Varg is always around, because Varg is in you. Just waiting to surface… To start a large family!
@Variodyn
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
r/blackmetal are posers who try gatekeeping and are considered failures in this “black metal scene” since you are stimulating modernity.
Also they are directly making it not underground anymore because advertising bands and such on a popular platform is not considered true cult.
>I only listen to black metal im not a fanatic cultist or elitist but i do know some old folks who were into that stuff going as far as trying to leave society or not having any form of registered identity in general.
@Fantastic76667
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Been listening to blodsrit, belphegor, burzum, etc for decades
If you actually want to enjoy the music, enjoy it.
@tf_lecter
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
it's the age old 'the worst thing about the thing you like, is the other people that like it'
@granthelas4468
June 27, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Varg is awesome and if you don't think so, enjoy your thoughts because they are yours.