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Genre: irish black metal

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Irish black metal is a subgenre of black metal that incorporates elements of traditional Irish folk music and mythology. The music is characterized by fast, aggressive guitar riffs, blast beats, and harsh vocals. The lyrics often explore themes of Irish history, folklore, and spirituality. The genre has gained popularity in recent years with bands such as Primordial, Cruachan, and Altar Of Plagues leading the way.

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Parent Genre: metal

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Instruments used

Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drum Kit, Vocals, Keyboard/Synthesizer, Double Bass

Releases by year

Here you can see the popularity of Irish Black Metal genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.

2020s 29
2024 1
2023 14
2022 9
2021 1
2020 4
2010s 25
2019 4
2018 4
2017 1
2016 1
2014 4
2013 2
2011 7
2010 2
2000s 12
2009 2
2008 1
2007 2
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2002 2
2001 1
2000 1
1990s 4
1999 1
1998 2
1995 1
70 releases

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irish black metal music by decade

Explore irish black metal history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s

List of irish black metal artists

Here is a list of irish black metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the irish black metal genre. You can find out what irish black metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 33 81654
2 31 45895
3 19 36794
4 15 13629
5 1 1159
6 4 2242
7 3 673
8 4 5599
9 3 3005
10 5 1210
11 1 276
12 1 329
13 1 696
14 1 989
15 1 124
16 1 1275
17 1 783
18 1 912
19 1 924
20 5 2129
21 1 569
22 2 1025
23 1 331
24 1 481

irish black metal playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular irish black metal music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.