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black metal

subgenre of heavy metal music
Intangible music_genre Q132438
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Summary

black metal is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,098 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Black Metal[3]
  • Subclass of: extreme metal[4]
  • Commons category: Black metal[5]
  • Country of origin: England[6], Norway[7], Sweden[8], Finland[9]
  • Inception: January 1, 1985[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Black metal[11]
  • Has list: list of black metal musicians[12]

Why It Matters

black metal has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0426359-black-metal
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0426359-black-metal, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Has list → list of black metal musicians
    Country of origin → England, Norway, Sweden +1
    Instance of → music genre
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 20679, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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