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Lawless Darkness

Black metal
Black metal

Lawless Darkness is a Black metal act. Their sound grew out of Venom, Bathory and Emperor. Those roots explain a lot about how Lawless Darkness arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Behemoth, Shining and Tomas Lindberg, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Lawless Darkness, reaching back through Venom and forward to Behemoth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Lawless Darkness is the fourth studio album by Swedish black metal band Watain, released through Season of Mist, on 7 June 2010. The cover art was made by Zbigniew M. Bielak, who also painted The Wild Hunt cover art. The album sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in the first week of its release, reaching no. 42 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart. The single "Reaping Death" was distributed in their home country of Sweden in the Sweden Rock magazine, and was certified gold in the band's home country on 21 April by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 10,000 copies. The album received positive reviews from music critics, and in 2011 the band were awarded the Swedish Grammi for 'Best Hard Rock' album for Lawless Darkness.

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Lawless Darkness grew out of Venom, Bathory and Emperor, went on to shape Behemoth, Shining and Tomas Lindberg. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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