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Every genre in the corpus, hanging off the two it all descends from. A bigger name carries more below it.

152 genres and subgenres, on 2 roots.

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Atmospheric black metal

Heavy metal › Black metal › Atmospheric black metal

Emerged
1994
Origin
Global
Subgenres
None

Long songs, hypnotic repetition and synth textures. The landscape matters more than the riff.

Heaviness
8
Speed
7
Melody
6

Key acts

  • Wolves in the Throne Room
  • Paysage d'Hiver
  • Drudkh
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