Band Quote by Mat McNerney

Before the 90s, black metal wasn't a selling tool [and didn't] have money behind it. Then it became a pop sensation. Now that the…

— Mat McNerney

When we released 'Chaos A.D' it was really hard for a metal artist to survive. Everything was grunge. Everywhere you looked was grunge.

— Max Cavalera

Black people's music is in a class by itself and always has been. There's nothing like it. The reason for that is because it…

— Toni Morrison

Black metal - especially from the '90s - contains a certain production aesthetic that keys you into the emotive content. You feel it more…

— Jorge Elbrecht

When you hear my records today hear a vanilla sounding artist with no black inflection, although I was trying to imitate what I heard.

— Pat Boone

I am the greatest thing to happen to black music.

— Thom Yorke

I really don't want to be associated with the low-brow Black Metal genre. If you want to know what I mean when I say…

— Varg Vikernes

The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and…

— Colin Marston

I still listen to black metal all the time - that's obviously one of my favorite kinds of music - but I steer from…

— George Clarke

'Fade To Black' - just this amazing construct: a song that defied the definition of what Metallica was perceived to be at the time.

— David Draiman

I think its disgraceful to align that first Led Zeppelin record with heavy metal because its far, far better, but you know what Im…

— Glyn Johns

“Both lyrically and sonically, glam metal is the sensible accompaniment for removing one's pants for money.”

— Chuck Klosterman