Wondering How To Begin Your Own Black Metal Band ?

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1. Decide if you are going for a full band or a single man project. Burzum, Nortt ,Xasthur are few one man prject black metal bands. But it requires high skills.
2. If you want a band, appropriate number of members is about 4. A vocalist, guitarist, drummer and a bassist. A vocalist can be bassist as well.
3. The vocalist will have to be able of snarling (also called shrieking) and maybe growling too. The vocals in black metal are mostly mid- to high pitched.
4. Your guitarists should tune their guitar in either classical tuning (E) or D. Remember, this is not meant to be played as deep as death metal. Heavy distortion is a must; get a distortion pedal or an amp with the ability to turn up the gain. They should know how to play in 16th notes (also called tremolo notes).
5. The drummer should most preferable know how to blastbeat at a fast pace. He should also have a double pedal or two singles with 2 base-drums. China cymbals give you a good sound as well as bells. Blastbeats are essential in black metal, because they create the "wall of sound" effect. 
6. Bassist just need to be able to play fast.
7. Some black metal bands use a keyboard to have different sounds integrated in their songs. Some use them only to create atmosphere, other almost rely on keyboards.
8. An important part of black metal is the lyrics. Black metal lyrics usually concentrate on topics like life, death, hate, nature and religion. Satanic lyrics are not essential. Just remember that black metal lyrics are very serious, and are some of the deepest and most contemplative lyrics.
9. Decide a good name for your band. If you choose a name in another language (e.g. Latin or Norwegian), be sure you know the meaning of it. Cities or districts with significance can be used (Whitechapel, for example, where the Jack The Ripper murders took place). You can also invent a new word to use as a name.
10. Create a log matching your band name.
11. Appearance is not everything. A lot of black metal bands dress up in corpsepaint, leather, spikes etc, but this is not necessary.
12. Write a song. There's really no advice here. Make up some good riffs and lyrics, and record it.
13. A lot of black metal recordings have a poor quality. This is the result of musicians not having enough money to record it properly, or someone who just wants to stay "true". Try to get a decent quality, but avoid the polished sound of fx Dimmu Borgir. You can record in your room, in a basement, in a forest, whatever.