Official Thread Black Metal

Black metal, in regards to the early Norwegian scene/ milieu  in the early 1990s , shares a lot of 'intellectual' similarities with the ethos of progressive rock music- despite the fact that black metal might sound completely anathema to some progressive rock fans. Firstly Varg Vikernes of Burzum stated that when he and a few bands started in the early 1990s's - 'the music rebelled against the normal song structure'. Also there was this emphasis on sequencing an album as if it was a 'musical journey' for the listener- which is very similar to how progressive rock artists did and do sequence their albums. For example one side of vinyl for a progressive rock artist might contain one track/ or movement of music- while the other side of the record might have a different concept. This is also evident in Burzum's ethos Quote Varg Vikernes from wikipedia: Each album, he claims, was designed as a kind of "spell" in itself, with each beginning song intending to make the listener more susceptible to "magic", the following songs to inspire a "trance-like state of mind", and the last song to carry the listener into a "world of fantasy" (dreams, for the listener would fall asleep—Burzum was supposed to have been evening music).