Scandinavian Black Metal
Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the origins and history of Black Metal in scandinavia.
Introduction:
A.Good morning everyone, I would like to start off by asking some questions. Does anyone here listen to Metal music regularly? Okay, and now, does anyone here listen to Black Metal music regularly? Alright, does anyone here have any idea of what Black Metal is? No?
B.That is perfectly fine because that is what I’m going to talk to you guys about today. By the end of this speech you will have a pretty good understanding of what black metal is, where and how it originated and how it has evolved throughout the years.
A.So what is Black Metal? Black Metal is a sub-genre of metal music that originated
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B.But their musical style is not exactly what we would call Black Metal today, and after a few years the new “Black Metal” fad had pretty much disappeared.
C.There was not a lot of action in the black metal scene again due to the lack of bands who played that genre.
A.Black Metal would reappear however in the early 1990’s, with many new bands emerging in scandinavia. The most popular ones being Darkthrone, Burzum and Mayhem.
B.This is the time period when Black Metal would get its distinctive sound and obscure atmosphere. Bands started utilizing lyrics dealing with the occult and supernatural, corpse paint on their faces and their members started using pseudonyms instead of their names.
C.In the documentary titled Until The Light Takes Us Varg Vikernes, from the band Burzum explained that when his band recorded their first album they asked their producer for the worst set of drums, the worst microphone and the worst guitar amplifier he could
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