Norwegian black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that emerged in Norway in the early 1990s. It is characterized by its aggressive and raw sound, often featuring blast beats, tremolo picking, and distorted guitars. The lyrics often focus on themes of darkness, death, and anti-Christianity. The genre gained notoriety for its association with church burnings and murders in the early 1990s. Some of the most influential bands in the genre include Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, and Burzum.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 51 | 40 | 22 | 86 | 4 | 18 | 121 | 465031 | |
2 | 49 | 76 | 20 | 92 | 6 | 12 | 131 | 471859 | |
3 | 47 | 63 | 23 | 58 | 21 | 17 | 117 | 347070 | |
4 | 47 | 63 | 19 | 93 | 0 | 8 | 110 | 306789 | |
5 | 45 | 43 | 19 | 92 | 3 | 13 | 133 | 316416 | |
6 | 43 | 46 | 36 | 92 | 0 | 25 | 130 | 255822 | |
7 | 42 | 55 | 42 | 51 | 33 | 17 | 109 | 152166 | |
8 | 40 | 83 | 14 | 89 | 0 | 7 | 132 | 248742 | |
9 | 39 | 43 | 28 | 90 | 1 | 17 | 135 | 143402 | |
10 | 39 | 61 | 23 | 95 | 0 | 14 | 124 | 257383 | |
11 | 36 | 47 | 25 | 88 | 2 | 23 | 134 | 135098 | |
12 | 34 | 28 | 22 | 87 | 4 | 13 | 130 | 23761 | |
13 | 32 | 11 | 28 | 88 | 2 | 24 | 142 | 84980 | |
14 | 31 | 82 | 20 | 89 | 4 | 17 | 129 | 78647 | |
15 | 30 | 77 | 31 | 94 | 0 | 16 | 129 | 106090 | |
16 | 30 | 54 | 27 | 91 | 0 | 15 | 115 | 71008 | |
17 | 30 | 35 | 16 | 95 | 1 | 6 | 140 | 116910 | |
18 | 30 | 48 | 19 | 97 | 0 | 9 | 118 | 68078 | |
19 | 29 | 35 | 21 | 81 | 0 | 24 | 128 | 63448 | |
20 | 29 | 67 | 21 | 96 | 0 | 10 | 126 | 116195 | |
21 | 29 | 69 | 29 | 96 | 0 | 8 | 132 | 21319 | |
22 | 28 | 33 | 18 | 95 | 0 | 14 | 141 | 71960 | |
23 | 27 | 79 | 18 | 76 | 1 | 21 | 155 | 55056 | |
24 | 26 | 67 | 21 | 94 | 0 | 16 | 130 | 158266 | |
25 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 93 | 0 | 9 | 132 | 45817 | |
26 | 25 | 40 | 35 | 96 | 0 | 15 | 138 | 18563 | |
27 | 25 | 23 | 47 | 63 | 6 | 17 | 121 | 14850 | |
28 | 25 | 35 | 40 | 95 | 0 | 17 | 117 | 29273 | |
29 | 24 | 88 | 27 | 46 | 25 | 14 | 127 | 32481 | |
30 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 80 | 5 | 17 | 121 | 25015 | |
31 | 24 | 41 | 29 | 87 | 1 | 18 | 134 | 29809 | |
32 | 23 | 2 | 42 | 95 | 0 | 29 | 100 | 18395 | |
33 | 23 | 44 | 39 | 89 | 1 | 45 | 120 | 32248 | |
34 | 23 | 85 | 14 | 89 | 0 | 6 | 108 | 20212 | |
35 | 22 | 52 | 33 | 89 | 6 | 18 | 130 | 22330 | |
36 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 98 | 0 | 9 | 139 | 62832 | |
37 | 22 | 39 | 20 | 98 | 0 | 9 | 134 | 34965 | |
38 | 22 | 36 | 18 | 75 | 6 | 9 | 131 | 16999 | |
39 | 20 | 55 | 23 | 77 | 6 | 8 | 130 | 26196 | |
40 | 20 | 31 | 25 | 68 | 0 | 20 | 120 | 20019 | |
41 | 19 | 58 | 22 | 80 | 1 | 17 | 121 | 35615 | |
42 | 18 | 84 | 27 | 64 | 32 | 8 | 123 | 12002 | |
43 | 17 | 62 | 29 | 97 | 0 | 15 | 154 | 11852 | |
44 | 16 | 31 | 22 | 89 | 0 | 5 | 141 | 11965 | |
45 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 90 | 0 | 26 | 122 | 8251 | |
46 | 16 | 4 | 33 | 82 | 0 | 37 | 121 | 15920 | |
47 | 16 | 61 | 43 | 88 | 5 | 7 | 125 | 13348 | |
48 | 15 | 9 | 29 | 82 | 10 | 24 | 108 | 15526 | |
49 | 15 | 8 | 49 | 89 | 0 | 34 | 128 | 10183 | |
50 | 15 | 63 | 19 | 82 | 0 | 6 | 122 | 10373 | |
51 | 15 | 90 | 23 | 97 | 0 | 7 | 139 | 4673 | |
52 | 14 | 76 | 20 | 98 | 0 | 20 | 123 | 9498 | |
53 | 14 | 47 | 35 | 84 | 0 | 12 | 124 | 17012 | |
54 | 13 | 89 | 14 | 93 | 0 | 15 | 109 | 8264 | |
55 | 13 | 77 | 23 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 117 | 2320 | |
56 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 99 | 0 | 7 | 138 | 20302 | |
57 | 13 | 61 | 26 | 90 | 0 | 10 | 164 | 10577 | |
58 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 76 | 3 | 11 | 122 | 14115 | |
59 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 86 | 0 | 14 | 156 | 3504 | |
60 | 13 | 83 | 26 | 96 | 0 | 12 | 139 | 2857 | |
61 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 80 | 8 | 17 | 114 | 3951 | |
62 | 12 | 80 | 20 | 93 | 0 | 10 | 139 | 11406 | |
63 | 12 | 40 | 25 | 73 | 1 | 10 | 107 | 5732 | |
64 | 11 | 87 | 17 | 94 | 0 | 20 | 160 | 11420 | |
65 | 11 | 87 | 21 | 91 | 0 | 4 | 111 | 15414 | |
66 | 9 | 94 | 26 | 89 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 7884 | |
67 | 9 | 97 | 20 | 71 | 0 | 8 | 136 | 4361 | |
68 | 9 | 47 | 18 | 95 | 0 | 16 | 137 | 14632 | |
69 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 91 | 0 | 37 | 70 | 3693 | |
70 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 2488 | |
71 | 8 | 68 | 16 | 99 | 0 | 14 | 159 | 7589 | |
72 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6552 | |
73 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 96 | 0 | 5 | 120 | 2172 | |
74 | 8 | 49 | 23 | 96 | 0 | 9 | 129 | 12582 | |
75 | 7 | 48 | 32 | 55 | 3 | 18 | 100 | 5391 | |
76 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 84 | 3 | 45 | 123 | 6836 | |
77 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1430 | |
78 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4402 | |
79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78179 | |
80 | 6 | 96 | 33 | 86 | 0 | 5 | 100 | 3526 | |
81 | 6 | 68 | 23 | 93 | 0 | 35 | 151 | 3159 | |
82 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2542 | |
83 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 90 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 1729 | |
84 | 6 | 51 | 38 | 97 | 0 | 6 | 150 | 6055 | |
85 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2013 | |
86 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1966 | |
87 | 6 | 73 | 11 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 154 | 3556 | |
88 | 5 | 79 | 26 | 96 | 0 | 18 | 126 | 3646 | |
89 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2778 | |
90 | 5 | 93 | 14 | 92 | 0 | 6 | 129 | 2937 | |
91 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3779 | |
92 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2310 | |
93 | 4 | 83 | 10 | 95 | 1 | 15 | 87 | 1792 | |
94 | 4 | 83 | 17 | 99 | 0 | 4 | 112 | 1795 | |
95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2977 | |
96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2004 | |
97 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 93 | 0 | 29 | 140 | 1430 | |
98 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1627 | |
99 | 4 | 83 | 34 | 96 | 0 | 6 | 90 | 1367 | |
100 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1607 | |
101 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2348 | |
102 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 729 | |
103 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656 | |
104 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2114 | |
105 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2582 | |
106 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 99 | 0 | 4 | 190 | 1506 | |
107 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1078 | |
108 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1081 | |
109 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |
110 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4272 | |
111 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 492 | |
112 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 97 | 0 | 5 | 130 | 2853 | |
113 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1067 | |
114 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1028 | |
115 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1464 | |
116 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 328 | |
117 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 695 | |
118 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 942 | |
119 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1420 | |
120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1168 | |
121 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 635 | |
122 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1726 | |
123 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 824 | |
124 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1283 | |
125 | 1 | 51 | 21 | 87 | 0 | 32 | 135 | 1094 | |
126 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
127 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 582 | |
128 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1098 | |
129 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 836 | |
130 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 269 | |
131 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 548 | |
132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 477 | |
133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 672 | |
134 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2042 | |
135 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1318 | |
136 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1096 | |
137 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 817 | |
138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 781 | |
139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 448 | |
140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | |
141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 | |
142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 462 | |
143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 284 | |
144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 607 | |
145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 611 | |
147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | |
148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 | |
149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 | |
150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 275 | |
151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | |
152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 299 | |
153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | |
154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 | |
155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 336 | |
156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | |
157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | |
158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 | |
159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 | |
160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 477 | |
161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | |
162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | |
163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | |
164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | |
165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | |
166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 544 | |
167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 416 | |
169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 504 |