First of all, they probably mean NORWEGIAN Black metal. Black Metal has traditional guidelines that it must contend with the Satanic occult and although dimmu and cradle do, it doesn't have that traditional black brethren tyrannical style that bands like Satyricon, Dark Throne etc claim to have. Although their claims are really a load of shit. I mean, what the fuck would you call Cradle and Dimmu of not Black metal? They fit into the category almost perfectly except for that same "original" style. But who the fuck wants to be "original"? Isn't that the whole fuckin point.......to be UNIQUE in every way possible and yet still kick ass? Cradle and Dimmu ARE Black Metal regardless of that bullshit. That's the only way bands like Satyricon and DT can actually sell records. To a loyal audience. Personally I think Satyricon kicks ass aswell as Dimmu, but keep in mind, Black metal is about anything but peace. So don't expect it between bands. There are no friends through the eyes of evil. Simply allies and enemies of war. It's a way of testing the water.......as demons, the minute we smell blood, we're on it like a pack of fuckin wolves.......let it be stranger or sibling. Soon black metal will even move from the more traditional "Satanic regime" to a demonic ultimatum regime once the world is overthrown by its young yet growing armies. Look at bands like Mayhem, who supposedly started black metal...Death fuckin blew his brains out with a shotgun blast in his room and while another member stumbled in afterwards and saw his bandmember's brains strewn around the room, instead of calling the police he went to the nearest photoshop and got a fuckin disposable camera and took pics for the bands next album cover. Then another member stabbed HIS ass over 40 times in the back in a bloody rage because he was jealous of the cool pics. THAT's BLACK METAL. LOL. Simply put, aside from all traditional measurements, yes Black metal is currently Satanic, but that may be only temporary. Satanic regiments are included for their qualities against righteousness. In laimans terms: Black Metal is wicked and basically can be anything that represents EVIL in it's purest conceivable form.