Edited sentence: Among the noticeable themes were Brazilian band Sarcofago's use of corpsepaint, Sodom's relentless, repetative song structures, the DIY and anti-mainstream ethics of underground punk rock, a combination of the gothic and biker themed clothing of Siouxsie and the Banshees and Motorhead respectively, and the Satanic and Pagan themes of Venom and Mercyful Fate.Bands such as Venom, Celtic Frost, and Mercyful Fate contributed not so much musically as fashion and attitude wise.Bathory is generally credited as among the first bands who began the merging of Venom and Mercyful Fate's lyrical and visual style with bleak simplistic thrash metal.By about 1990, the scene had grown considerably.Darkthrone had switched from depressing death metal to a low-fi black metal sound, as had Immortal.Early Bathory's mechanical style (the result of the use of a drum machine) and DIY ethics (Bathory, most of the time, was Quorthon writing and recording in his garage by himself) contributed much to the beginning of a scene and general sound.Early black metal in all truth was never truly "black metal" in the modern sense, nor were most of the grandfather bands called "black metal" until later.Followers soon formed bands such as Satyricon, Uruk Hai (soon to be known as Burzum), and Emperor.In 1984 a band called Musta formed, soon changing their name to Mayhem.In the late 80's, Norway had a small contingent of heavy metal fans who began following bands from all over the world and forming their own bands.Inspired by Venom, Bathory, and Switzerland hardcore thrashers Celtic Frost, Mayhem in the early days cranked out simplistic, almost punk rock-like songs that showed the potential of starting something new.Mayhem and their friends cultivated bits and pieces of imagery and sound from the extreme music community, amalgamating them into their own style.The band began to take their music and scene extremely seriously, and soon the true birth of black metal had taken place.Venom's over the top imagery was a direct influence on a great deal of bands to come