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Hellhammer is a Black metal and Death metal act. Their sound grew out of Stained Class, Black Sabbath, Venom, Motörhead and Angel Witch. Those roots explain a lot about how Hellhammer arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bathory, Possessed, Abigail, Carpathian Forest and Sodom, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into In Memory of Quorthon, Worship Him, Les Légions Noires, Desaster and Jubileum Volume III, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around Hellhammer, reaching back through Stained Class and forward to In Memory of Quorthon. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Hellhammer was a Swiss extreme metal band from Nürensdorf, active from 1982 to 1984. Although the band's sound and style were heavily criticized and poorly reviewed during their active years, they have been widely praised in retrospect and are often regarded as a key influence on black metal. In June 1984, Hellhammer disbanded but two of its members soon formed the influential extreme metal band Celtic Frost.
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Hellhammer connections
Hellhammer grew out of Stained Class, Black Sabbath, Venom and Motörhead, shares an orbit with Bathory, Possessed, Abigail and Carpathian Forest, went on to shape In Memory of Quorthon, Worship Him, Les Légions Noires and Desaster. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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