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===Live Performances and Band Image===
*Unlike other musical genres, where live musical performances are an essential component of the genre, many black metal bands do not play live. Some bands, such as [[Clandestine Blaze]] and [[Xasthur]], are single-member bands that choose not to play live
*Many black metal musicians adopt a 'neo-[[medieval]]' costume style that may include leather, spikes, [[bondage (BDSM)|bondage]] gear, "archaic" [[armor]] and [[weaponry]].
*Album covers are usually atmospheric or iconic. Some feature natural or fantastical landscapes, like [[Burzum]]'s ''Filosofem'' or [[Emperor_(band)| Emperor]]'s ''In The Nightside Eclipse''. Other album covers may be violent, perverted, or iconoclastic, like [[Abyssic Hate]]'s ''Suicidal Emotions'' or [[Marduk_(band)| Marduk]]'s ''[[Opus Nocturne]]''.
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However, since the mid-1990s, an [[Eastern European]] black metal scene has been developing. Bands from the former [[Communist Bloc]] are recording material more in-keeping with the primitive nature of the early Norwegian artists. Many of these bands' lyrics glorify the [[Paganism|pagan]] roots of their home countries, occasionally injecting elements of indigenous folk music into their arrangements. The [[Latvia]]n band [[Skyforger]] is a prime example of this new aesthetic. The black metal scene in [[Russia]] and [[Ukraine]] has produced many bands more in keeping with the carefully arranged sounds coming from Scandinavia, but with more appreciation for the low fidelity aesthetic of early black metal. The [[Czech Republic|Czech]] band [[Trollech]] are a perfect example of the "old-school" Pagan black metal band. The [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] [[neo-Nazi]] [[Nokturnal Mortum]] has achieved very large recognition in the west; their earlier albums relied heavily on synthesizers, but their current work has a grimmer, more abrasive feel flavored with [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] folk instruments. [[Poland]]'s neo-Nazi band [[Graveland]] has, in recent albums, striven for a 'medieval' feel, resembling a more developed version of later 'Viking' [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] albums, but in the past made much rawer music which still held a certain intangible folk flavor. From [[Romania]], [[Negură Bunget]] is a prime example of traditional black metal, injecting their own indigenous mix of [[Dacian]] and Latin elements creating something original, along with a Scandinavian sound.
Bands such as [[Dark Funeral]] and extreme metal magazines such as [[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]] believe that a third wave of influential black metal bands is emerging{{Fact|date=February 2007}}, this time from [[France]] and [[Sweden]]. These include [[Draupnir (band)|Draupnir]], [[Deathspell Omega]], [[Watain]], [[Blut Aus Nord]], [[Arkhon Infaustus]], [[Anorexia Nervosa (band)|Anorexia Nervosa]], [[Antaeus (band)|Antaeus]] and [[Ofermod (band)|Ofermod]]. Many of these bands claim to be much more interested in Satanism and/or [[Occult]]ism than previous artists{{Fact|date=February 2007}} and generally play a very raw extreme style. However, just as with the earlier second wave Norwegian bands they have started to experiment, [[Deathspell Omega]] are influenced by [[Gregorian chant]] and [[Blut Aus Nord]] now incorporate elements of [[ambient industrial]]. There is much controversy surrounding these new aspects; many black metal fans feel that this industrial influence and the increased production mean such bands do not fit within the black metal genre.
==Ideology==
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