How did you find out about these bands? Sure, I'll investigate deeper into Black Metal. There's just a crazy amount of degenerate symbolism in the Black Metal genre, that I think my brain might explode trying to analyze it all lol.
Back a looooong long time ago i used to listen to this kind of stuff. I'm talking jr high and high school to early 20s (i'm mid-late 30s now)
I agree that it is blatantly satanic, and i would not waste any time trying to analyze it. In my personal opinion the more mainstream stuff has a wider audience and is probably worth analyzing more.
That said, here are some of my random thoughts about this stuff.
- since becoming a Christian I've noticed from memory that some of these black/death (im just lumping it together for simplicity) metal bands use actual scriptural references in their song lyrics or titles. So they (or whoever writes their songs for them) seem to have some knowledge of scripture, but they reject it.
- something that puzzles me: so we know that most (all?) entertainment industry people make a deal to "join the club", but the part that doesn't make sense to me is why these type of artists that are blatantly satanic get the short end of the stick in a way, while artists that are less overt about it get much more money and fame. I'm sure there's an answer, but i don't know it...
- if i remember correctly, some of the black metal musicians were implicated in actual murders and church burnings and stuff like that.
- i still remember last time i listened to this kind of music. It was a band called cryptopsy, and the first song on this album was an intro on an acoustic guitar that sounded beautiful, nothing like the rest of the album. Anyway, i was driving to school and it was maybe a 4 mile drive, and on the way there i saw several car accidents, which was definitely out of the ordinary. Probably coincidence but it freaked me out!