Blackened death metal topic

Blackened death metal is a style of extreme metal that mixes elements of black metal and death metal. During the mid 1980s, bands such as Hellhammer and Celtic Frost straddled the still-vague genres of thrash metal, black metal and death metal. It wasn't until the mid 1990s –when death metal and black metal had become distinct genres– that blackened death metal truly emerged. Often cited musical characteristics of blackened death metal are relatively high pitched, raspy death grunts in a more... full article at wikipedia