---
title: "War Metal"
type: "MusicGenre"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/war-metal"
parent: "Black Metal"
bands: 17
era: "early 1990s"
---

# War Metal

**War Metal** is a metal sub-genre, formative in the early 1990s. TheMetalNet maps 17 bands and 31 albums under it.

War metal, also called bestial black/death metal, is an extreme and deliberately chaotic fusion of black and death metal defined by blasting tempos, dense distortion, and raw, almost formless production. It originated with Canada’s Blasphemy, whose 1990 debut Fallen Angel of Doom is considered the genre’s blueprint, while Australia’s Bestial Warlust helped popularize the war metal name. The music de-emphasizes melody and clear song structure in favor of speed, volume, and intensity, with hoarse barked vocals over relentless blast beats. Its themes are typically violent, blasphemous, and occult.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Genre | War Metal |
| Level | Sub-genre |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Formative era | early 1990s |
| Bands | 17 |
| Albums | 31 |
| Formation span | 1993 to 2025 |

## Bands

- [Revenge](https://themetalnet.com/band/revenge) (Canada, 2000)
- [Diocletian](https://themetalnet.com/band/diocletian) (2004)
- [Weregoat](https://themetalnet.com/band/weregoat) (2009)
- [Bestial Warlust](https://themetalnet.com/band/bestial-warlust) (Australia, 1993)
- [Antichrist Siege Machine](https://themetalnet.com/band/antichrist-siege-machine) (United States, 2016)
- [Infernal Coil](https://themetalnet.com/band/infernal-coil) (United States, 2014)
- [Sarinvomit](https://themetalnet.com/band/sarinvomit) (Turkey, 2013)
- [Blasphamagoatachrist](https://themetalnet.com/band/blasphamagoatachrist) (Brazil)
- [Complot!](https://themetalnet.com/band/complot) (2018)
- [Atomic Goatcrime](https://themetalnet.com/band/atomic-goatcrime) (Ecuador, 2023)
- [Hanzaisha](https://themetalnet.com/band/hanzaisha) (Japan, 2024)
- [Misanthropic War](https://themetalnet.com/band/misanthropic-war) (Germany)
- [Vider](https://themetalnet.com/band/vider) (Sweden)
- [Seventh Realm](https://themetalnet.com/band/seventh-realm) (2016)
- [Horns of Baphomet](https://themetalnet.com/band/horns-of-baphomet) (United States, 2015)
- [Sentinel Sky](https://themetalnet.com/band/sentinel-sky) (Ukraine, 2025)
- [Asphyxiated](https://themetalnet.com/band/asphyxiated-6ddefc77) (2024)

## Where it is played

- [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 3 bands
- [Brazil](https://themetalnet.com/country/br): 1 bands
- [Canada](https://themetalnet.com/country/ca): 1 bands
- [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 1 bands
- [Ecuador](https://themetalnet.com/country/ec): 1 bands
- [Australia](https://themetalnet.com/country/au): 1 bands
- [Sweden](https://themetalnet.com/country/se): 1 bands
- [Turkey](https://themetalnet.com/country/tr): 1 bands

## Bands formed by decade

| Decade | Bands formed |
| --- | --- |
| 1990s | 1 |
| 2000s | 3 |
| 2010s | 6 |
| 2020s | 4 |

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/war-metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/war-metal). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt