Well,actually the birth of black metal was in 1980 with Venom's In League With Satan demo,and 1981 with the debut album 'Welcome To Hell". I got heavily into Venom in 1983 when I first heard the "Black Metal" album(1982). Bands like Slayer with Show No Mercy,Haunting The Chapel,Hellhammer and even the melodic Mercyful Fate were considered "black metal" back in the early 80's because it was pure "satanic" metal. I happened to notice the Norwegian scene in about the end of 1994 or so and have been a fan ever since. But today,its just plain ridiculous to create any new black metal bands because the scene just wasn't supposed to have this many bands.

But yeah,almost every person today 99% of them that calls the old Norwegian black metal scene a joke never even had a clue there was such a thing back in 94' and it cracks me up. Its so commercialized today,and has been for the last 12 years or so.1998 really was the ending of this scene and by 2000 it was compleately ruined. But those of us that were there back in 93' or 94' when this music was fresh remembers what it was like...yes it was silly even back then but at the same time those members of the bands were dead serious lol!!  It was just a different time,era and scene altogether,these people that laugh at black metal for the wrong reasons can never capture what I am talking about because they simply were listening to anything but black metal in 1993/94!!! lol!!!

		hellrider 31038 wrote:
		wow COOOOMMMMMMMMAAAAANNNNNNDDDDDEEEERRRRR THATS A LONG FUC?EN TIME MAN.since like the birth is,nt it      J.D. DIAMOND wrote:   What cracks me up is indeed the "black metal scene today" but whats funnier is that 100% of the poeple that say black metal is funny didn't even know there was a black metal scene back in 1993 or so,I did because I've been following black metal since 1983 but these losers nowadays point out the trend bands and say thats the way its always been yet in 93' if you told them about Mayhem,Darkthrone,Immortal or Emperor they would all say "who"?? LOFL!!!