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Pagan metal
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Pagan metal
Pagan metal
is an umbrella term for
heavy metal music
which fuses
extreme metal
with "
the pre-Christian traditions of a specific culture or region
" through thematic concept, rustic melodies, unusual instruments or archaic languages", usually referring to
folk metal
or
black metal
. The Norwegian band
In the Woods...
was one of the first bands commonly viewed as pagan metal.
Metal Hammer
author Marc Halupczok wrote that
Primordial
's song "To Enter Pagan" from the band's demo "
Dark Romanticism
" contributed to defining the genre.
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