Russian Black Metal

genocide roach said:
now i could be wrong here. but isnt black metal black metal? sure there are different atributes to different bands, but does region dictate playing style? all black metal bands are essentially influenced by the same few core bands.
~gR~

now i could also be wrong here, but isnt metal metal? surely we shouldn't be categorising bands by their style. why even call it metal, not just 'music'. we should not add any unnecessary interest to our lives than necessary
 
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