Melodic black metal

Melodic black metal is one of the many subgenres inside the Heavy Metal World. Melodic black metal is a style of music that is classified according to several key aspects. The style encompasses typical

Melodic black metal is one of the many subgenres inside the Heavy Metal World. Melodic black metal is a style of music that is classified according to several key aspects. The style encompasses typical black metal characteristics, such as growled vocals, blast beats and heavily distorted guitars. The music style however differs from traditional black metal in several ways. Fast tempos are generally uncommon as the music is normally slower. The songs, even though generally have no choruses, have a more defined structure than its original counterpart. Heavy guitar riffs are used throughout the songs even though clean guitar sections are generally incorporated. Aside from including the traditional bass, drums, vocals and guitar, many, if not all Melodic Black Metal bands also incorporate keyboards, thefore giving the music a more melodic atmosphere (hence the name Melodic Black Metal).

The genre reputable draws its roots from black metal and melodic death metal, even though symphonic metal is generally considered a big influence as well. Melodic black metal is sometimes confused with gothic metal, doom metal, and symphonic metal due to similarities in the styles (slow tempos, occasional death grunts, clean guitars, defined structures), which results in the erroneous genre classification for many bands and albums.