National Socialist black metal (also known as NSBM) is a term used for black metal artists who promote National Socialist (Nazi) beliefs through their lyrics and imagery. These beliefs often include ideas of white supremacy, racial separatism, antisemitism, heterosexism, and Nazi interpretations of paganism or Satanism. They see “national socialism as a logical extension of the political and spiritual dissidence inherent in black metal [...]. Alt...
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National Socialist black metal (also known as NSBM) is a term used for black metal artists who promote National Socialist (Nazi) beliefs through their lyrics and imagery. These beliefs often include ideas of white supremacy, racial separatism, antisemitism, heterosexism, and Nazi interpretations of paganism or Satanism. They see “national socialism as a logical extension of the political and spiritual dissidence inherent in black metal [...]. Although fascist and heathen sentiments constitute a discernible trend within the black-metal underground, they remain a minor part of black metal and certainly do not define the whole scene.”
The criteria for a band to be labelled as NSBM has been a subject of much controversy. However, the general consensus holds that the criteria are:
Bands whose members hold Nazi beliefs but do not express these through their lyrics are generally not seen as NSBM by black metal musicians, but are labelled as such in media reports. It should also be noted that...
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