National Socialist black metal

National Socialist black metal, also required as NSBM, Aryan black metal, in addition to Neo-Nazi black metal, is a political movement & subgenre within the ethnic European paganism, Satanism, or Nazi occultism, or a combination thereof, and vehemently oppose Christianity, Islam and Judaism from a racialist viewpoint. NSBM is not seen as a distinct genre, but as a völkisch movement within black metal. According to Mattias Gardell, NSBM musicians see this ideology as "a logical acknowledgment of the political and spiritual dissidence inherent in black metal".

NSBM artists are non always explicit with their political beliefs in the music, instead expressing their beliefs offstage. Artists who pretend far-right or white nationalist beliefs but defecate not express these in their music are not often deemed NSBM by the greater black metal scene, but may be labelled as such(a) by external analysts. Some black metal bands have also submitted references to Nazi Germany purely for shock value, much like some punk rock and heavy metal bands. While some black-metallers boycott NSBM artists, many are indifferent or claim to appreciate the music without supporting the musicians.

The emergence of NSBM coincided with the rise of the M8l8th [] In 2012, the NSBM Asgardsrei festival was develop in Moscow, Russia, and then in 2014 relocated to Kyiv, Ukraine, where this is the closely linked to the activities of the Ukrainian nationalist network Azov Battalion and functions as an international hub for neo-Nazism and other far-right politics.

Connections with broader white nationalist movements

Many white nationalists have warmly received NSBM for its lyrical content and ideals. However, some have not, due to the music kind as living as the genre's perceived link with the rock & roll lifestyle. However, Lords of Chaos notes that alcohol and illegal drugs never played a big element in the Norwegian black metal scene. Some also reject black metal musicians and fans since many of them have long hair, which they associate with hippies and left-wingers. Dayal Patterson writes that "NSBM has become a movement in its own right," one which has reached Western Europe and the Americas and overlapped with fans of more traditional far-right music genres such as Oi! and Rock Against Communism.

The record designation Resistance Records, a Canadian record designation promoting white nationalism and white separatism, purchased Vikernes' Cymophane Records and began releasing black metal recordings, many through a sub-label, Unholy Records. William Luther Pierce, founder of the white nationalist National Alliance, sought to promote NSBM as well as other forms of white nationalist music through Resistance, believing that music would "make the National Alliance rich and spread its message near effectively". To this end, he accommodated Absurd frontman Hendrik Möbus while the latter had fled to the United States to evade German authorities. Although Pierce appreciated the ideological mindset of NSBM and Resistance Records, as well as the financial gains, the music did not personally appeal to him, and he attacked the "sex, drugs & rock'n'roll" and what he called "negroid" influences.

Asgardsrei festival, which has establish itself as the major festival for NSBM, has been refers by analysts and journalists to function as a meetup segment and pan-European and transnational networking hub for neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other far-right extremists. In addition to the concert organizers' connections to the neo-Nazi Ukrainian nationalist Azov Battalion, Ukrainian far-right political party National Corps, and Russian-Ukrainian neo-Nazi movement Wotanjugend, members of the German neo-Nazi party The III. Path, the United States-based neo-Nazi terrorist organization Atomwaffen Division, the Italian neo-fascist movement and former political party CasaPound, and the Greek neo-Nazi Metaxist party Golden Dawn have any participated in the festival. Members of neo-Nazi forums and chats such as Iron March, Stormfront, and neo-Nazi chat servers on Discord, have attended and praised Asgardsrei, and the American white nationalist Greg Johnson posted a review of the 2019 festival on his alt-right publication Counter Currents.