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Dario Cecchini, The Butcher of Panzano

Dark Metal

History of the Term

Prior to 1994, journalists and writers were using the term "dark metal" to describe a style of metal or classify the somber or negatively-themed music of certain bands. . At this time, the term "dark metal" was almost always used in a negative or derogatory way. For instance, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath attracted the label due to their horror and occult-themed lyrics and imagery.^[1]

In 1990, Robert Palmer, rock critic for the New York Times, called metal with themes of horror and violence dark, using the bands Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer and Danzig as examples. In their books, Robert Walser and Richard D. Barnet wrote that dark metal is music oriented towards the occult.

Dark Metal as a Musical Genre

In 1994, Bethlehem released their first full length studio album Dark Metal. It had a melancholy and depressing sound, distinct from songs by other metal bands. This album has led Bethlehem to be credited with creating the metal sub-genre of dark metal. After 1994, many metal bands with a sound similar to that of Bethlehem were classified as dark metal. This includes such bands as Celtic Frost, My Dying Bride, and Cathedral (band)^[2]

Musical characteristics

Dark metal songs have a melancholy tone, describe by such writers as Ian Christe, music journalist Chuck Eddy, Sara Pendergast, Tom Pendergast, Natalie J Purcell, Brian Reesman, Jeff Wagner, and Steven Wilson. This tone has been variously described as "morose beauty",^[3] "broody",^[4] "beautiful and romantic",^[5] "sorrowful and haunting",^[6] "goth-tinged",^[7] and "gloomy".^[8]

^ Walser, Robert (1993). Running With the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music. Wesleyan University Press. p. 16. ISBN 9780819562609.
^ Purcell, Natalie J. (2003). Death Metal music: the passion and politics of a subculture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786415854. These bands added melody and instrumental sections to their dark metal music
^ Cite error: The named reference Eddy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Wagner, Jeff; Wilson, Steven (2010). Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal. Bazillion Points. ISBN 9780979616334. Tracks such as "Weeper on the Shore" and "Song of the Troubled One" unified an earthy '70s vibe with the broody dark metal so popular in Europe in the mid '90s.
^ Christe, Ian (September 1998). "Metal". CMJ New Music Monthly. the five lads in ORPHANED LAND weave beautiful, romantic dark metal on Sahara(Holy){{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Purcell, Natalie J. (2003). Death Metal music: the passion and politics of a subculture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786415854. Bands like Celtic Frost, My Dying Bride, Cathedral and Anathema offered slow, deep metal with a haunting and sorrowful tone. These British bands added melody and instrumental sections to their dark metal music.
^ Cite error: The named reference Reesman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Pendergast, Tom; Pendergast, Sara (2000). St. James encyclopedia of popular culture. St James Press. ISBN 9781558624023. ...gloomy "dark metal" bands, a subgenre of throwbacks to the early days...

[1] Walser, Robert (1993). Running With the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music. Wesleyan University Press. p. 16. ISBN 9780819562609.

[death-2] Purcell, Natalie J. (2003). Death Metal music: the passion and politics of a subculture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786415854. These bands added melody and instrumental sections to their dark metal music

[Eddy-3] Cite error: The named reference Eddy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Wagner, Jeff; Wilson, Steven (2010). Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal. Bazillion Points. ISBN 9780979616334. Tracks such as "Weeper on the Shore" and "Song of the Troubled One" unified an earthy '70s vibe with the broody dark metal so popular in Europe in the mid '90s.

[5] Christe, Ian (September 1998). "Metal". CMJ New Music Monthly. the five lads in ORPHANED LAND weave beautiful, romantic dark metal on Sahara(Holy){{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[6] Purcell, Natalie J. (2003). Death Metal music: the passion and politics of a subculture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786415854. Bands like Celtic Frost, My Dying Bride, Cathedral and Anathema offered slow, deep metal with a haunting and sorrowful tone. These British bands added melody and instrumental sections to their dark metal music.

[Reesman-7] Cite error: The named reference Reesman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[stjames-8] Pendergast, Tom; Pendergast, Sara (2000). St. James encyclopedia of popular culture. St James Press. ISBN 9781558624023. ...gloomy "dark metal" bands, a subgenre of throwbacks to the early days...

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