INQUISITION

Inquisition is a metal band that formed in Cali,Colombia in 1988 and later relocated toSeattle, Washington. The band possessed athrash metal sound on its earliest recordings, but began incorporating more black metalinfluences in 1996 with its first extended play (EP), Incense of Rest.[1]

Inquisition started as a thrash metal band in the vein of Sadus and Kreator,[2] but became increasingly oriented towards black metal. Dagon explained that thrash "had gotten stagnant",[1] which led him towards black metal as it was a "guitar-driven" form of music that did not sound so "dated" and "uninteresting".[1] The band described their sound as black metal with "slow, deep and dark riffing", "sudden tempo changes", and "melodic solo[ing]".[4] These stylistic elements were mixed with "old school thrash metal-influenced riffs", "darker and more chaotic black metal", and "fast, tremolo picked minor-key guitar riffs".[4] The band has citedBathory's The Return…… as well as the music of Burzum, Immortal and Polish black metal as influential.[5]
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VREID

Vreid is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2004 after the breakup of Windirfollowing the death of lead singer and founderValfar. The remaining members along with new guitarist Ese formed Vreid. The band's name is an archaic Norwegian word meaning "Wrath".[1][2]