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The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time, including Black Sabbath, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden.

For fans of extreme music, Mayhem released black metal’s defining album, “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas,” in 1994. Everybody else might just vaguely remember lurid early ’90s tabloid headlines.

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Black metal and its themes are rooted in Scandinavian culture. As Sgah’gahsowáh explains, the music translates seamlessly to indigenous peoples and their cultural experiences.