Void Worship
A working definition of the Void worship style of black metal music
First Published: 2025-02-05| Last Updated:
Status: finished(?)| Audience: black metal music fans| Confidence: aficionado
Void Worship is maybe my own coining of a term to describe the style of black metal played by bands such as Omega Infinity, Crown of Ascension, Ne Obliviscaris, and Todtgelichter.
As Xenoyr of Ne Obliviscaris and Omega Infinity put it, it is about trying to
embody the unimaginable blackness beyond the known universeMarc Campbell quoted in What on earth is extreme void metal?, Alice Pattillo, Metal Hammer, 2020-01-21
The concept (and name) has been embraced most fully by Voidsphere, who may have actually coined the term and beamed it into my brain fully formed. All of their albums are tagged on Bandcamp as “worship of the void” and describe the band as:
“Voidsphere is worship of the void. It is that, and only that. Voidsphere Pràva.”
Void Worship Bands
Some bands I identify with the Void Worship style
- Arkhtinn
- Crown of Ascension
- Ne Obliviscaris
- Omega Infinity
- Todtgelichter
- Voidsphere