◇ image via WikipediaVirgin Black
Virgin Black is a Doom metal act. Their sound grew out of Cage. Those roots explain a lot about how Virgin Black arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Angellore, Saturnus, Tristania, My Dying Bride and Moonspell, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Agalloch, Opeth, To/Die/For, Amorphis and Samael, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Virgin Black, reaching back through Cage and forward to Agalloch. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Virgin Black connections
Virgin Black grew out of Cage, shares an orbit with Angellore, Saturnus, Tristania and My Dying Bride, went on to shape Agalloch, Opeth, To/Die/For and Amorphis. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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