Faggoth

Faggoth is supposedly a musical genre that is similar to, but distinct from, black metal. In reality, faggoth is not a real genre, but a derogatory term used by black metal fans to insult bands on the borderline of black metal, marking them as inferior to real black metal.

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Faggoth supposedly sounds similar to black metal, but lacks the ideological aspect that characterizes black metal. Faggoth also uses keyboards/synths a lot, and the lyrics and imagery tends to focus on "gothic" elements.

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The bands most commonly accused of being faggoth are Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir.

Cradle of Filth: Cradle of Filth, formed in 1991, are a Melodic Black Metal band with Gothic influences from England, although their music has been somewhat difficult to classify, and as such is highly subject to opinion. The group has progressed from a rawer Black Metal sound to a fully orchestrated symphonic meta...

Dimmu Borgir: Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band whose music has been in the charts in several Scandinavian countries and Germany. "Dimmu Borgir" means "Dark Castle" or "Dark Citadel" in Icelandic....