Black Metal (Dean Blunt album)

Black Metal
Black Metal
Studio album by Dean Blunt
Released	3 November 2014
Genre	Art pop
Length	52:31
Label	Rough Trade
Producer	Dean Blunt
Dean Blunt chronology

Black Metal is an album by British musician Dean Blunt, released by Rough Trade Records on 3 November 2014.^[2] The album features vocals from Blunt and frequent collaborator Joanne Robertson.^[3] Musically, Black Metal features more traditional pop song structures than Blunt's previous work, but is diverse in instrumentation and genre. The album includes elements of indie pop, folk pop, Americana, dub, ambient, grime, drone,^[1] and dancehall.^[4] Critics have also noted the prose of Blunt's lyrics as being similar to contemporary hip hop lyrics, which often reflect that of dark subjects like infidelity and alcoholism.^[5]

Blunt has stated that the album was inspired by what he sees as black artistic liberation away from the appropriation of 'existing/old white images' (a la names like Black Elvis, Black Cobain) toward 'something that is undefined and is new'.^[3]^[6]^[7] The lead-out grooves of each side of the vinyl version feature the first four letters of the Supreme Alphabet of the Nation of Gods and Earths.

In June 2021, Blunt released a sequel album, Black Metal 2.^[8]

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^ Chandler, Simon. "Dean Blunt – Black Metal". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
^ "Dean Blunt FM : Black Metal Thesis".
^ "Dean Blunt Releasing New Album BLACK METAL 2 This Week". Pitchfork. 8 June 2021.

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[Quietus-3] Eede, Christian (10 November 2014). "Dean Blunt – Black Metal". The Quietus. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

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[TMT-6] Chandler, Simon. "Dean Blunt – Black Metal". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

[7] "Dean Blunt FM : Black Metal Thesis".

[8] "Dean Blunt Releasing New Album BLACK METAL 2 This Week". Pitchfork. 8 June 2021.

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