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[b]Black metal[/b]
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking in oftentimes droning or hypnotic patterns, and unconventional song structure. It places more emphasis on creating a specific atmosphere of dread or depression than death metal or thrash metal, something it shares with doom metal.
During the first half of the 1980s, certain thrash metal bands established a prototype for black metal. This First Wave includes bands such as Venom, Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost.[1] A Second Wave emerged in the early 1990s, which consisted primarily of Norwegian bands such as Burzum, Mayhem, Darkthrone, Immortal, Gorgoroth, Satyricon, and Emperor. Black metal can also be combined with Death metal to create Blackened death metal; bands of this subgenre include Behemoth, Zyklon, and Akercocke.
[b]-core[/b]
Includes Grindcore, Metalcore, and anything else with core in the name.
[b]Death metal[/b]
Death metal is an extreme heavy metal subgenre. The genre is typically characterized by the use of heavily distorted guitars, harsh vocals that are low-pitched and/or growled, dark and morbid lyrics, exceptionally fast-paced rhythms and melodies, frequent blast beats on drums, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes.
Building off the speed and complexity of thrash metal, death metal came to true prominence by the mid 1980s. Bands like Possessed and pioneer death metal bands such as Death, Morbid Angel and Deicide are considered prime influences in the genre. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, death metal gained more media attention as popular record labels like Earache Records and Roadrunner Records began to sign death metal bands at a rapid rate. Since then, death metal has diversified, spawning a rich variety of subgenres.
[b]Glam metal/Hair metal[/b]
Glam metal (also known as hair metal) is a term used to describe the visual style of certain heavy metal music bands that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene. It was popular throughout the 1980s and briefly in the early 1990s, combining the flamboyant look of glam rock and playing a commercial hard rock/heavy metal musical style. "Hair bands" was the term popularized by MTV in the 1990s and derives from the tendency among glam metal acts to style their long hair in a teased-up fashion. Many of the bands donned make-up to achieve an androgynous look, similar to that of some 1970s glam rock acts. Mötley Crüe, Poison and Faster Pussycat are examples of bands who adopted the glam metal look in their stage attire and their music video imagery.
[b]Industrial metal[/b]
Industrial metal combines elements of industrial music and heavy metal. It is usually centered around repetitive metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Prominent industrial metal groups include Rammstein, Godflesh, Static-X, Ministry, and Nine Inch Nails.
[b]Nu metal[/b]
Nu metal is a subgenre that blends heavy metal elements with other styles, including hip hop and industrial rock. Some nu metal bands use seven-string guitars, which are sometimes down-tuned to increase heaviness, resulting in bass guitarists using five and six-string instruments. Turntables, sequencers and samplers are sometimes included. In 1994, Korn became the first band to be labeled as "nu metal". Other popular nu metal bands include Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and Slipknot.
[b]Power metal[/b]
Power metal is more upbeat than most metal genres, taking heavy influence from heavy metal and speed metal. Power metal often emphasizes clean, melodic, high-pitched vocals, fast pacing that is mostly driven by double bass drumming and melodic lead guitar. The rhythm guitar is defined by straight power chord progressions. Power metal leans toward the positive, happy side of life, seeking to empower the listener and inspire joy and courage. Power metal lyrics usually involve fantasy or science fiction themes. Examples of power metal bands include Helloween, Sonata Arctica, Blind Guardian, and HammerFall.
[b]Thrash metal[/b]
Thrash metal is often regarded as the first form of extreme metal. It is generally characterised by its fast tempos, complexity and aggression. Thrash metal guitar playing is most notable for the "chugging" sound it creates through low-pitched palm muted riffs, and high-pitched shred guitar solos. Drummers often use double-kick and double-bass drumming. Vocals are most often shouted or sung in an aggressive manner.
Thrash metal evolved from speed metal and NWOBHM at the beginning of the 1980s, although Black Sabbath's 1975 song "Symptom of the Universe" is often regarded as the earliest example of a thrash metal riff, and "Stone Cold Crazy" by Queen is an even earlier example. Bands such as Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth spearheaded thrash metal and are referred to as the genre's "big four", while on the European side Sodom, Kreator and Destruction form the so-called "German Thrash Triangle".
[b]Traditional heavy metal and NWOBHM[/b]
Traditional heavy metal, also known as classic metal or often simply heavy metal, is a recent umbrella term describing bands and artists who play a metal music style similar to the style heard before the genre evolved and splintered into many different styles and subgenres.. It is characterized by mid-to-fast-tempo riffs, by thumping basslines, crunchy riffs, extended lead guitar solos, and clean, often high-pitched vocals and anthemic choruses. It is not generally categorised as a subgenre of metal, but the main genre of it. Examples include Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin.
The New Wave of British Heavy Metal was a heavy metal movement that started in the late 1970s, in Britain, and achieved international attention by the early 1980s. Sometimes compared to Beatlemania, the era developed as a reaction in part to the decline of early heavy metal bands. NWOBHM bands toned down the blues influences of earlier acts, incorporated elements of punk, increased the tempo, and adopted a "tougher" sound, taking a harder approach to its music. It was a scene directed almost exclusively at heavy metal fans. Reviled or ignored by many mainstream critics in both the UK and the US, the NWOBHM nonetheless came to dominate the hard rock scene of the early-mid 1980s. NWOBHM was musically characterized by fast upbeat tempo songs, power chords, fast guitar solos and melodic, soaring vocals, with lyrical themes often drawing inspiration from mythology and fantasy fiction.
[b]Note[/b]
Most of the above is copypasta, I know I'm lazy. I had To keep it to what I think are the 9 biggest genres + other because of the maximum amount of options, so I'm sorry if your favourite sub-genre isn't there, Vote other and post the genre in the thread and I'll count those.
[b]Other thread poll results[/b] (look above for the other nine)
Progressive metal - 13
Experimental - 2
Folk metal - 11
Post metal - 1
Doom - 3
speed - 4
Groove Metal - 6
Shred - 1
Symphonic Metal - 3
Sludge Metal - 3 (should it count as Doom)
Stoner Metal - 4 (same as above)
Gothic Metal - 3 (same as the two above)
I listen mainly to Melodic Death Metal, death metal, and thrash. Melodeath mostly though.
Mostly Traditional/NWOBHM (like Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, et cetera)
A bit of thrash (mainly Metallica/Megadeth, just what I have on my PC)
And I quite like Tool (who I guess count as Progressive Metal so other)
oh and I also have a Dragonforce album on my PC but I never, [i]ever[/i] listen to it
[QUOTE=mikeyt493;24153308]I listen mainly to Melodic Death Metal, death metal, and thrash. Melodeath mostly though.[/QUOTE]
Just put melodeath as death, because it did mention all the sub-genres in the copypasta.
[QUOTE=Kingy_who;24153404]Just put melodeath as death, because it did mention all the sub-genres in the copypasta.[/QUOTE]
I did :P
I pretty much listen to all metal but black and *core.
Power and Melodeath.
lots of core and death metal
trying to like black metal though
Industrial metal
Neue Deutsche Härte.
No love for Folk Metal?
[QUOTE=Drasnus;24158681]No love for Folk Metal?[/QUOTE]
If that's the metal sub-genre I'm thinking of (with vikings and shit) I find that pretty cool.
Ensiferum, Eluveitie, Korpiklaani, etc are all folk metal
Fucking love that genre, especially fused with melodeath
The main ones would be Black Metal, Extreme Doom, Folk Metal. I also listen to Thrash, Death and a few others. But I didn't feel enough to vote for them.
Oh and what I mean by Extreme Doom is Funeral Doom, Drone, Death-Doom and a few other types.
[QUOTE=UberWarri0r;24160505]The main ones would be Black Metal, Extreme Doom, Folk Metal. I also listen to Thrash, Death and a few others. But I didn't feel enough to vote for them.
Oh and what I mean by Extreme Doom is Funeral Doom, Drone, Death-Doom and a few other types.[/QUOTE]
So Doom, I was going to put it as an option but I didn't have enough space.
[editline]07:00PM[/editline]
Also can you be a bit more clear about what other your voting for. Say I would like to vote x in the thread and I'll put it in the OP.
Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Grindcore
[QUOTE=Kyle v2;24161021]Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, NWOBHM[/QUOTE]
What is Sludge Metal?
NWOBHM, some thrash, power metal.
[QUOTE=Kingy_who;24161334]What is Sludge Metal?[/QUOTE]
It's like, a combination of doom metal, hardcore punk, uses shouted and usually distorted vocals. It's slow and dark. Damn cool stuff.
Eyehategod are a good example of the sludge sound
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UW_3Ed6BZk[/media]
[QUOTE=mikeyt493;24161445]It's like, a combination of doom metal, hardcore punk, uses shouted and usually distorted vocals. It's slow and dark. Damn cool stuff.
Eyehategod are a good example of the sludge sound
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UW_3Ed6BZk[/media][/QUOTE]
Personally not a big fan.
Sludge and Stoner could go under Doom.
Nu metal :unsmith: it is on the list! :banjo:
Doom/sludge/stoner metal, Death, Melodic Death, Metalcore but primarily Industrial Metal
[QUOTE=mikeyt493;24161445]Eyehategod are a good example of the sludge sound
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UW_3Ed6BZk[/media][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Kingy_who;24161474]Personally not a big fan.[/QUOTE]
You might like Acid Bath then.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjBwxXmNY0Q[/media]
[QUOTE=Kyle v2;24161642]You might like Acid Bath then.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjBwxXmNY0Q[/media][/QUOTE]
Damn why did I have to say anything about my opinion, I don't quite like that either, it's not shit just not my personal tastes.
Deathcore, Death Metal and prog metal.
Don't like metalcore.
death, black and a little bit of doom
Fuck I meant to check power but hit nu and didn't realize till it was too late. :v:
But yeah. Power and true heavy metal (of steel (and the other heavy minerals)).
Mostly thrash, Groove and NWOBHM, but also some Death, Power and Nu
Thrash and Traditional/NWOBHM
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