melodic black metal
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Melodic black metal is sometimes confused with gothic metal, doom metal, and symphonic black metal due to similarities in the styles.
Unlike traditional black metal, melodic black metal usually revolves around deep structure and accessibility. A song typically consists of harmonic minor scales, often modulating violently between minor chords by thirds (e.g., F♯m-Am-Cm, etc.) Many of the songs incorporate heavy guitar power chords, but unlike traditional black metal, the songs have at least some control on the volume, allowing the music to blend instead of sounding too “noisy”. The songs usually begin with a melodic introduction, be it clean guitar or keyboards and usually move on to a more aggressive and distorted sound as the piece advances. Unlike typical black metal songs, melodic black metal compositions have, on the most part, very clearly defined bridges. Songs generally go from introduction to verse to a prechorus to chorus to verse to prechorus to chorus and then to a bridge. In a bridge the music can turn quite mellow, unlike black metal.
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Dimmu Borgir – The Serpentine Offering
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Dimmu Borgir – Vredesbyrd
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Catamenia – Tuhat Vuotta
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Catamenia – Kuolon tanssi
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melodic black metal gigs around Los Angeles, United States • view all
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AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2008 at Nokia Theater
Lil' Wayne, Coldplay, Linkin Park, Kanye West, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé |
Nokia Theater Los Angeles, United States |
12 people attending |
| Saturday 29 November 2008 | ||
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Dreams of Damnation
Steel Prophet, Agent Steel, Bonded By Blood, Tyrant |
The Black Castle Los Angeles, United States |
1 person attending |
| December 2008 | ||
| Friday 12 December 2008 | ||
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Metallica
Lamb of God, The Sword |
Citizens Business Bank Arena Los Angeles, United States |
13 people attending |
| Sunday 14 December 2008 | ||
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... at Gibson Amphitheatre
[unknown] |
Gibson Amphitheatre Los Angeles, United States |
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| Wednesday 17 December 2008 | ||
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Metallica
Machine Head, The Sword |
Great Western Forum Los Angeles, United States |
18 people attending |
| Thursday 18 December 2008 | ||
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Metallica
Machine Head, The Sword |
Great Western Forum Los Angeles, United States |
21 people attending |
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psycho_XxX wrote:
best of best
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Colony666 wrote:
old dimmu is though
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Alasin wrote:
Dimmu and Cradle aren't even black metal :P
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Sk8boyda wrote:
for blackened death/ thrash check out Beresith
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SweetWinter wrote:
Enslavement Of Beauty!
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