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The term " black metal " was coined by the English band Venom with their second album Black Metal ( 1982 ).

Although deemed thrash metal rather than black metal by today's standards, the album's lyrics and imagery focused more on anti-Christian and Satanic themes than any before it.

Their music was fast, unpolished in production and with raspy or grunted vocals.

Venom's members also adopted pseudonyms, a practice that would become widespread among black metal musicians.