Below are the 13 most recent journal entries recorded in metalmusicexper's InsaneJournal:

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
11:58 pm	Why You Should Know Darkthrone Going back to a small suburb in Kolbon you will discover a small band that might grown into what we all know as Darkthrone. Having the inspiration of Celtic Frost, Darkthrone was album to product their first album Soulside, with the help of a small unbiased file company. They had been one of many first ones to get something professional recorded in that exact style. As soon as their first album went dwell they started to jot down extra songs that were more centered on black metal as a whole. At this time the band also adopted pseudonyms, Fenriz, Nocturno Culto, and Zephyrous, and began wearing corpsepaint. Later they launched their second full length album entitled A Blaze in the Northern Sky. This was the their first full length black metal album for the band. Not all was well with the key stylistic divergence, nonetheless, because the band’s label was skeptical about releasing an album so vastly totally different from its predecessors. That Darkthrone album was limited on what number of data they produced. However in 2003 more had been released by Peaceville Records. The early summer season of the Nineteen Nineties the band recorded Under a Funeral Moon. This is able to even be the final album with guitarist Zephyrous. Following that release the band would file and launch their fourth album, Transilvanian Starvation, their most well known a bestselling document to date. This album had particular company Fenriz and Nocturno Culto, which will proceed to be the identical lineup today. Together the albums A Blaze within the Northern Sky, Beneath a Funeral Moon, and Transilvanian Hunger would come to be identified by followers because the Unholy Trinity, essentially the most influential and well-recognized albums within the style black metal. Darkthrone launched another full black metal album in 2004 known as Sardonic Wrath. They entered into Peaceville Information once more to push one other album out in 2006 known as The Cult is Alive. This new album additionally came with some new model, a black punk kind of style. This new model that they launched still continues with the band to the current day. There have been three different albums F.O.A.D., Black Flags and Circle the Wagons that had been released in 07, 08 and 10. Around the discharge of F.O.A.D. Darkthrone would endure one other, albeit minor, stylistic change when continuing on with their punk-oriented fashion, they'd start to include components from traditional metal. No matter the place their musical wanderings have taken them, or will take them, Darkthrone stay a gentle power in heavy metal, influencing musicians wherever they go and crossing boundaries no one ever thought to cross before. Read more on best death metal bands and metal news at this blog. They cover all types of metal music and metal news in heavy metal. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
9:32 pm	Quick Information to New Wave of British Heavy Metal The new wave of British heavy metal or some might call it NWOBH is a department of heavy metal starting in the late 70's. Most of the heavy metal bands that were a part of this revolution were British. The declining recognition of heavy metal and bands like Black Sabbath sparked the start of NWOBHM. This was the start of extreme heavy metal that we see immediately, quick guitar solos and fast beats. New Wave of British Heavy Metal was the start of the powerful attitude with heavy metal. The look that adopted the NWOBHM was the standard heavy metal look. Long Hair, Denim Jackets, Leather-based and chains. Perhaps most notable of all NWOBH bands in Iron Maiden. Even although there were other bands like Judas Priest and Saxon included within the NWOBH creation, Iron Maiden is simply the most nicely known. When NWOBH started to decline there was another style transferring up, glam metal. By the time glam's star began to fade, thrash metal took its place on the heavy metal throne leaving NWOBHM buried within the underground. Even with the decline of recognition, the internet has saved NWOBHM alive. The internet, YouTube and other media sources proceed to keep NWOBHM around. Even with the reminders that are all around us, this has turn out to be a dying genre of heavy metal. Although ignored by fashionable culture, NWOBHM remains certainly one of heavy metals most notable and influential sub-genres. Even the unique bands that began it all still proceed to sell out concert events and promote merchandise. Here is some more information about Death Metal Bands and The Beginning of Heavy Metal. (Comment on this)
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
2:37 pm	Amon Amarth The Viking Death Metal Band Sweden, 1988 three musicians from the city of Thumba formed what was once then a grindcore band, referred to as Scum. Johan Hegg, a local of metal music, soon took the place of Mäkitalo on vocals and Amon Amarth was born. In 1991, after releasing just one demo, Scum modified their title to Amon Amarth, so named after the Sindarin word for Mt. Doom from Tolkien's Center-Earth. Later, in 1993, Amon Amarth recorded their first demo, Thor Arise. When the band modified their title, additionally they changed their lyrical focus and musical path too adoption a more melodic and loss of life metal stimulated sound along with Viking and mythological inspired lyrics. The band consisted of Anders Hansson also on guitars, Nico Kaukinen on drums, Olavi Mikkonen on guitars and Ted Lundström on bass. In 1996, after releasing one other demo and EP, Amon Amarth was signed to the renounced file label Metal Blade. It used to be on Metal Blade the band might keep until this provide day and launch their first complete album, As quickly as Sent From The Golden Hall. In 1998, as Amon Amarth was readying for their biggest tour so far, with Deicide, Six Ft Underneath, and Brutal Reality, guitarist Anders Hansson unexpectedly left the band and was once replaced with Johan Soderberg. As the massive tour came to an end, Swedish innovative metallers Opeth recruited Amon Amarth member Martin Lopez to their ranks and Amon Amarth sought a replacement. The ex drummer from A Canorous Quintet, a fellow by means of the identity of Fredrik Andersson, used to be quickly discovered as a replacement. And so with that last departure/alternative, Amon Amarth's personal line-up used to be complete and might keep the same. The band's such a lot celebrated album is With Oden On Our Facet, released in 2006. Critically, this used to be the primary Amon Amarth full-size to make it to Billboard's Prime Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts. The report finally peaked out at quantity 15. The cowl artwork for the report is somewhat of a departure for the band, the place they usually have busy, painted covers with Vikings or Viking imagery, and as an alternative incorporates a easy rendering of the Norse God Odin riding on his horse, Sleipnir with the Valknut symbol within the background. the Tjängvide stone used to be the band notion for the cover. In [[0]] on Amon Amarth's new album, titled Surtur rising, they covered a total of three tracks. Accept's Balls To The Wall, Kiss' Battle Maching and even Aerials by Device of a Down. The last time the band featured a canopy on one in all their albums was on 2002's Verses the International, which featured a canopy of Black Sabbath's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath at the bonus disc. Due to Amon Amarth's heavy use of Viking lyrics they're usually known as Viking Metal. The band has refuted this declare many occasions stating that they don't see themselves as making pagan song or Viking metal, as an alternative, they're a demise metal band with Viking lyrics. Amon Amarth's legacy is that of a hard-working, devoted band that releases constantly nice information and has motivated a technology of bands that followed them. Amon Amarth reveals no sign of forestalling each time soon inspite of their seven tune videos, eight albums, appearances in over 100 metal magazines and applause from critics and followers alike. Huzzah! Additional References Metal Bands American Power Metal and European Folk Metal Community (Comment on this)
Monday, March 7th, 2011
5:38 pm	The Beginning of Viking Metal Another subgenre in the heavy metal community is Viking Metal. You will find elements of death, folk and black metal inside these metal bands. Viking metal isn't very popular in heavy metal. This is probably because it's a fairly new genre of heavy metal. Viking metal elements often include dramatic full sounds, keyboard characteristics and quick fast beats. Fantasy themes, mythology and an imagination will be the strong features in the lyrics of Viking metal. Viking metal has been marked as being satanic, this is hundred percent not true. The dark sound guitars and distortion will give you that feel, but none of it is evil themed. Almost all Viking metal songs are about battles and warriors. If you travel to Finland and Norway you will find that these Scandinavian countries are where Viking metal is most prominent. There instruments heavily used our harp, accordion and panflute. With roars and deep growls vocals gives this heavy metal on the medieval atmosphere. Most Viking metal has a dark feel and almost evil sound to it. This gives it a more heavy metal sound. Black metal has influence some of the style and techniques of Viking metal. Viking metal songs usually consist of god and warfare in their music. Some Led Zeppelin songs had traces of Viking metal. This could have been one of the earliest signs. Led Zeppelin had songs that reference gods and famous Vikings. Also Black Sabbath had songs containing choir vocals that became prominent in Viking metal’s style. Rising Force by Yngwie J. Malmsteen was the first Viking metal song. Yngwie J. Malmsteen in 1985 release a song called "I am a Viking." Bathory was then crowned the first Viking metal band. One of Bathory's next album, "Blood Fire Death" was an album with both Viking and Black metal elements. Bathory would continue to experiment further inside the genre until their next album "Hammerheart" would include folk instruments. This became one of their stronger and more popular albums. Most Viking metal is a reference to pagan culture. Most Viking heavy metal bands come from countries located in northern Europe. Black metal is most Viking metal building blocks to their music. Music is often epic, mythological and dramatic. Pull Viking metal apart you will find elements from Folk, Traditional and Black. English is a prominent language for Viking metal bands. This gives them a full opportunity in the European countries. Check out this list for Viking metal bands. All of these bands have a different sub genre background other than Viking metal. Manowar, Vanaheim, Equilibrium, Bathory, Ensiferum, Amon Amarth and Enslaved. Viking metal is going on for more than 20 years in the heavy metal community. This is still one of the smallest and underground heavy metal genres to the metal community. Bands like Enslaved, Amon Amarth, Bathory and Ensiferum have continued to create albums. The fan base in Viking metal is strong for these bands. The metal community will slowly recognize the talent in Viking metal and will help it grow to become more popular. Additional References Heavy Metal CD Reviews Sub Genres and Genres of Doom Metal Folk Metal Community (Comment on this)
Monday, October 18th, 2010
11:14 pm	Other Catgories of Doom Metal Even this genre can be divided into other sub genres. Some of these variations and styles originate from ideas of doom metal and other metal genres. For some more information of doom metal check out this Metal Forum. The follow are some of the more popular sub genres of doom metal. Doom Metal Traditional This is where doom metal all started. The 90's was the starting point of doom metal development. Where most old and new bands fall into this category. Traditional has heavy distortion along with a slower tempo with heavy distortion in their metal music. You'll discover plenty of clean vocals, with some high pitched screaming. Some bands that fall into this category are Reverend Bizarre, Witchcraft and Ogre. Epic Metal Traditional metal is almost the same as Epic metal. The style of vocals is what shifts the two. There is cleaner singing in Epic metal. Bands that fall into this category are Solstice, Candlemass, Doomsword and Solitude Aeturnus. Stoner Doom Metal Psychedelic Metal can be another term for this sub genre. You'll find psychedelic features and elements within this music. Bands will most likely use synthesizers and guitar effect pedals to improve the sound of the music. Their music usually includes guitar effects like fuzz, phaser and flanger. The use of effects and guitar pedals was initially used in doom metal by Stoner bands. For quite a few examples of Stoner metal bands take a look at Sons of Otis, Kyuss, Acid King, Electric Wizard and SleepAcid King, Electric Wizard, Kyuss, Sons of Otis and Sleep are a handful of the popular stoner metal bands. Sludge Doom Metal Mix hardcore punk, metal and southern rock and you will create sludge. This kind of music features a fast tempo. Sludge metal has more double bass drum beats plus more of a raw distortion sound guitar. Everyone sings about something different but a trendy topic is drugs, society and politics. Crowbar, Grief, Acid Bath and Eyehategod are a handful of examples of Sludge metal bands. Death Metal This sub genre is know to have heavy distortion and slow tempos. Deep snarls and growling voices in the vocals could be the biggest differences you will discover in this style. Death Doom metal has more double bass pedal drumming than the typical doom metal style. Hellhammer and Celtic Frost are an influence to these types of bands. For additional Death Doom metal bands take a look at Winter, Asphyx, Autopsy, Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride. Black When you combine the elements and styles of Black and Doom metal, you will definitely get something called Black Doom metal. The vocals will have a high pitched scream and their guitars have tons of distortion. The music remains played with a slower tempo with low tuned guitars. For more info about Black Doom check into Gallhammer, Dolorian, Nortt and Ajattara. Where is Doom Metal Headed? The above mentioned of some of the other sub categories of doom metal. There are even more than these. Even today you will discover new bands and it rising. There isn’t a lot of new bands that fall into this genre, but it does continue to grow. Additional Reference: Heavy Metal Bands What is Nu Metal? Nu Metal Community (Comment on this)
Monday, July 19th, 2010
5:09 pm	Sub Genres and Genres of Doom Metal Yet another metal genre within the family is called Doom Metal. Genres will always be classified in the development, instruments and style of music. The guitar tuning, speed and also the distortion is what separates doom metal from any other metal music. Misery, death and fear is often a popular topic in doom metal. You can find more about where doom metal came from at the metal forums. Features of Doom Metal Vocals Doom metal has more of a cleaner feel of vocals. They provides you with lots of screams that usually have the emotions of agony or rage. Some great vocalists that perfected this trait are Bobby Lebling and Ozzy Osbourne. With that being said, you will always find an alternative way to change your style. Growls are also a part of doom metal music. Musicians write about all sorts of events within their music. Many of the very popular emotions they write about will include fear, sorrow, anger, depression and death. There are other aspets that doom metal band members take. Bands also write about inspiration from literature, symbolism and religion. Elements of Instruments Like most metal bands, doom metal isn't any different. The band consists of electric guitars, drums and bass guitar. Doom metal has also incorporated keyboards within their music. Their guitars and bass guitars will be tuned really low to obtain more bass sound. With the notes low, this could help give it more bass for more distortion. The sound with the bass guitar would be really low and heavy. The drum kits could have double bass options. This would provide the drummer the ability to add more bass and distortion the their music. Doom Metal Sub Genres There are tons of various sub categories of doom metal. Having some different ideas and characteristics in the music will creative another genre. Listed here is a quick list of the various sub genres you can find. Traditional Doom Metal Epic Stoner Doom Metal Sludge Metal Death Doom Metal Black Doom You could take a look at more information about the other doom metal sub genres in my other post coming up. Like any other type of music there as well be that different style in each genre. The genre will continue to produce other styles and features of doom metal in the future. Additional Reference: Metal News Sub Genres and Genres of Doom Metal Jazz + Classical + Metal = Progressive Metal (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
11:17 pm	Where did Power Metal Bands Come From? Power Metal belongs in the top genres for metal music bands. There is nothing new with power metal from heavy metal, except the vocals and also the speed of the music. All of it begun as speed metal in North American, but continued to grow into Europe. These metal music bands were on the way to produce a brand new subgenre of music. With an increase of harmonies and less distortion, this opened the door for others to try. Musical Elements and Lyrics Clean vocals and growling are a common feature in power metal. Most of the types screams or growls you will discover with this genre often reflect the style you would find in death or black metal. Vocals certainly are a big part of what power metal is about. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Rob Halford (Judas Priest) and Ronnie James Dio (Dio) are some of the most prominent power metal vocalists. Higher notes slowly became a brand new wave with this style of metal music. Vocalists like Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween), Timo Kotipelto (Stratovarius), Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear) and Michele Luppi (Vision Divine) took this new wave of singing and perfected it. Most power metal songs are about fantasy and mythology. But there will always be bands to sing about religion and politics. Even with the politics and religion within their music, they still would put a fictional twist to them. This trend was followed by bands like DragonForce, Symphony X, 3 Inches of Blood and Hammer Fall. Lost Horizon, Gamma Ray and Helloween sang a lot about positive situations. Manowar, Firewind, Sabaton and Iced Earth sang a lot about dark and evil situations. Quick Note on Power Metal's Playing Style Like most band power metal is no different, they will use guitars, bass, drums and keyboards. Power metal usually uses a slower pace for their chord progression than other metal music. Despite having their slow chord progressions you can watch for those very strong guitar solos. With the high distortion of the guitars, bass notes from the bass electric guitar are often lost in the mix.. Dual bass drums or double bass pedal are the most popular elements for drummers in Power Metal. You will discover a lot of this in heavy metal music. You may hear the double bass "running" or quick beats in between other elements. Heavy metal music is know to possess this kind of drumming in their music. Keyboards have also been incorporated in metal music. Bands like Nightwish and Rhapsody used keyboards to insert symphonic elements within their music. Most keyboards are used for accents in metal music, but there are more and more that have melodies overlaying the harmony of the music. Cultures within Power Metal Americans started to experiment with power metal in the 90s and it was obviously a branch from thrash metal, heavy metal and speed metal. If you compare American power metal with European power metal, you'll discover a similar style but faster in America. American power metal had higher vocal singing and heavier distortion within their music. If you wish to see more about American power metal take a look at Savatage, Manowar and Iced Earth. Most European Metal has more of a melodic sound for their metal music. Folk metal is a very well-liked in European countries and have been a major part of influence in metal music. You will get faster palm mutes and less guitar distortion in their power metal. Power metal has grown to become one of the most popular metal genres. Bands like Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius and Helloween are in the top for European power metal. Additional Reference Metal Forum Nu Metal Community The World of Death Metal (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
6:40 pm	Progressive Metal Prog Metal or Progressive Metal is another sub genre of metal music. Progressive metal has features from rock, jazz, classical and metal. The different elements combine into one genre is some new metal music news. Prog metal bands usually have some type of jazz or classical inspiration. These two types of genres have been known to start the revolution of progressive metal. Progressive metal less popular than the others in the metal community. But with more bands creating more progressive style of music, this could push it into mainstream. 1960 & 1970 - The Start of Progressive Metal Back in the 60's and 70's in the beginning of Progressive metal. One of the first bands to alternate their metal music with some other forms of genres was a band called High Tide. There was also King Crimson and Rush that started to mix some of these other elements into their music. With these bands scratching the surface, there was really only three bands that took progressive metal to the next level. Dream Theater, Queensryche and Fates Warning all had their own ideas and inspiration for progressive metal With having some inspiration of rock, jazz and classical music, this gave these three bands more edge and influence of a metal sound. The Breakout In the early 1990's progressive metal started to breakout into the community. Queensryche, Silent Lucidity was the first huge progressive metal song that hit all radio stations and MTV countdowns. And because of its wide popularity it increased other progressive bands to be exposed. More popularity for progressive metal means more bands. Bands like Threshold, Symphony X, Pain of Salvation, Tool, Ayreon and Opeth started to make way. All these bands had their own unique style that made them a new popular progressive metal band. More Progressive Music More and more bands started to go with this trend. Bands like Disillusion, Dark Suns and Conscience were entering the progressive metal words by being influenced from the earlier bands in this genre. The new ages of progressive music were all influenced by Anathema, Tool, Green Carnation, Opeth and Pain of Salvation. Progressive Mixed with Classical, Jazz, Rock and Metal With some heavy metal, elements of rock, jazz and classical music will give you the building block of progressive metal. There are even more metal genres within this metal genre. The most popular bands in progressive metal are King's X and Opeth. These two bands could even be considered to be progressive death metal bands. There is also traditional progressive metal, like Devin Townsend, Symphony X and Shadown Gallery. Meshuggah, Between the Buried and Me and Pestilence are known as jazz/fusion death metal. What's Next for Progressive Metal? Progressive metal will continue to grow and become more advanced. New bands will continue to be featured, bring something new to the table for progressive metal. With time going forward this genre of music will continue to change with all the different music genres that started the music genre. The metal community will also have progressive metal, giving the community some type of new and exciting genre of music. Additional Reference Metal Music Blog Thrash Metal Genre Thrash Metal Genre (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
8:37 pm	Mead and Wenches Does Make it Folk Metal Folk Metal has been around sense the 1990's. The earliest band that created this genre of music had to be Skyclad. They had an offshoot of heavy metal that included folkish instruments and folk singing. In the early years this genre has began to grow as more newcomers and bands start to fall into this category. In Europe there is a lot of tradition, tales, stories and history that goes along with folk metal. This region is where most folk bands get their ideas and metal music songs inspiration from. Romanticism and pagan beliefs are some of the more popular structures of folk metal music. There is also some other styles of folk metal or subgenres of folk metal, Oriental metal, Celtic metal and Viking metal. The band Cruachan arguably started the Celtic metal genre when the guitarist expressed interest in fusing traditional black metal with the folk music of Ireland. Some other bands that are responsible for folk metal are Primordial and Waylander. Orphaned Land started making Arabic and Jewish style of folk music. This brought some media attention to the folk metal community in the early 90's. This style of music was from the Middle East, it became known as Oriental metal. Viking metal, which incorporates anything from flutes to hurdy-gurdys, clean chanting vocals to death-metal growls was pioneered by the Swedish band Bathory in the early 90's. This made Bathory style the standard for all Viking metal. Always with a healthy dose of Nordic paganism and mythology, Viking metal's lyrics are often powerful ballads to a forgotten time. Amon Amarth has taken death metal and Viking metal and combined them into their own unique style. Ensiferium have the bars set high for Viking metal. They are one of the most popular and defined Viking metal bands in the genre today. Masculinity and Nationalism are prideful in Folk metal. There are a few bands that label themselves part of the NSBM or Nationalism Socialism Black Metal. These are usually not very popular or accepted by the metal community. This has made problems for lots of bands that have had to publicly denounce racism and other controversial topics. Folk metal really grabs a hold of their fans with different festivals and concerts focused on pleasing their fans. Heathen Fest, Notably Paganfest and Noctis Valkyries Metal Festival. As time goes on and the genre expands these tours and festivals have made their way from the cold northern lands from whence they came across the sea to the States. Although folk metal has been penned by some as a 'passing fad', this 'fad' has its roots in years of hard work and dedication. Some will appreciate the style of the music and the powers of each generation of musicians have passed on. Folk metal is for some a musical staple and for other casual metal listeners a welcome break from the monotony of breakdowns and chugs all too prevalent in today's 'scene'. Additional Reference Metal Music Bands Mead and Wenches Does Make it Folk Metal Thrash Metal Genre (Comment on this)
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
9:37 pm	Quick Guide to Death Metal In all the genres of metal music there is one called Death Metal. This is really another branch within the heavy metal genre. Inside of death metal there are other subgenres of music. Heavy metal songs with complex song structures, various tempo changes, double bass drumming, deep growling vocals and heavy distorted guitars will give you the basic building block of death metal. Death metal music bands began to refine this and experimenting with it. Where did Death Metal Orginate? Thrash metal was the starting point for death metal. In the mid 1980s there was bands starting to brach out to the public. Celtic Frost, Slayer and Kreator were the bands that started death metal. There has been one man that has been concidered to be "the father of death metal" and that mans name is Celtic Frost. The late 80s and 90s were a rising point for Morbid Angel and Possessed. Death Metal Music The style of this music usually has a couple of guitarists, a bass guitarists and a double bass drummer. The vocalist will use variations of harmony singing and deep grow screaming. This genre has been know to have complex music. They have a very fast tempo of music, with insane guitar riffs and bass beats. The singer will put growls, snarls and grunts in their music to match the distortion. The deep growling vocals have been a trait of death metal music. Death Metal and the Devil Metal music and especially death metal has always been marked by society as the antichrist. Which in some cases have been true but in majority unlikely. People have also combined gory or violent lyrics to death metal. This genre is like any other genre of music, they write about various topics in life. They may wright about a life experience they had. Or about love, hate or any type of emotions they might be feeling at the time. Other Types of Death Metal There are many subgenres of death metal that have broken off. These are some of the more popular subgenres of death metal. Melodic This death metal subgenre has bands included like At the Gates, In Flames and Dark Tranquillity. They use complex guitar riffs, growled vocals and double bass drumming, a lot of the same structures and features of death metal. Technical Technical Death Metal is a break off of progressive rock and classical music. It has its own song with lots of harmonies and melodies. The different feature you will find is their uncommon time signatures. Bands like Opeth, Edge of Sanity and Cryptosy fit into this category. Death Doom Death Metal You can figure out that Death Doom Metal is a combination of death and doom metal. Bands like My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost and Winter have slowed the tempo, scream out a growling vocal and kept the double kick drumming going to make this a new death metal genre. Blackened When bands fit into either black metal or death metal, some will just call it blackened death metal. This is where Blasphemy, Zyklon and Behemoth fit into. Deathgrind This is probably the fast tempo death metal music category. They have very complex intensity and speed in their music. Circle of Death Children, Cephalic Carnage and Brujeria have kept the growling singing to stay in the death metal family. Deathcore Deathcore is a fast distorted style of death metal music. It has some death metal elements like double bass drums and growled vocals. Bands that fit into this genre are Suicide Silence, Job for a Cowboy and Salt the Wound. Whats Next for Death Metal Death metal isn't going anywhere or going to die out. It is only getting better and more popular. Some bands are getting to public radio and are connecting to a different crowd. Watch for more death metal coming to the city near you. Additional References: Ultimate Metal Forum Metal Music Genre - Black Metal Nu Metal Community (Comment on this)
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
6:50 pm	The Beginning of Thrash Metal Thrash metal is another genre of the metal music community. Metal with fast drum beats, guitar riffs and aggressive vocals is known as thrash metal. Having loud singing and distortion with lots of bass have been know in thrash metal. Most of this music was brought up by "The Big Four." The four bands that fit into this group are Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer. These four bands are the fathers of thrash metal and began their journey in the 1970's and early 80's. At the late 1970's and early 1980's, there was a huge wave of British metal music bands was circling. Giving a hardcore metal or punk rock a more extreme vocal and a faster beat gives you the foundation of thrash metal music. This introduced a more distortion guitar, complex riffs, long guitar solos, double kick bass drums and loud vocals. Most thrash metal songs played long introductions, high speed complex solos and long endings. These bands used a technique called shredding when playing their solos. Sweep picking, tremolo, phrasing, tapping, pull-offs and hammer-ons are some techniques musicians would use while shredding. For the metal community and having these new styles being played was a great movement for the typical styles. Thrash metal broke open in 1984 when Metallica's "Ride the Lighting" , Anthrax's "Fistful of Metal" , Overkill's "Self Titled" and Slayer's "Haunting the Chapel" was released. All of these different bands brought something new to trash metal, usually competing in making the heaviest and fastest music. Thrash Metal was on the rise after this, the metal community had brought it in and it started to grow. Into the 1990's there was a change in the style of music and how the bands kept on releasing albums. The same bands were still rocking the thrash metal and were releasing very successful albums, but the style had alternated. With Metallica new albums "Load" and "Reload" released, the thrash metal they were know for turned into a heavy metal or hard rock. Not only did Metallica take a different route with their music, so did Megadeth. Megadeth's album "Countdown to Extinction" was a different style than their earlier releases. With thrash metal become more and more unpopular, is it time for a comeback? Gama Bomb, Municipal Waste and Evile are some bands that are still pumping out the thrash metal. Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax still release new albums and still tour around the world, just a little different than what they were in the 70's and 80's. Thrash metal will always be a recognizable metal genre because of what it changed in music. The fast riffs, solos and techniques used in thrash metal are being used today in all metal genres. Additional Reference Ultimate Metal Forum Start and End of Nu Metal Nu Metal Music Genre (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
9:08 pm	Nu Metal Music Genre Nu Metal is a branch off of heavy metal music genre. Nu Metal has been known to blend different styles of music elements and styles into their music, such as Grunge, Hip Hop and Punk. Nu metal bands commonly used melodic singing, aggressive vocals and forms of hardcore punk. The term "nu metal" was introduced in Spin magazine as the "new metal." As time went on and the genre expanded the "new metal" term was changed to "nu metal." It was presented at the end of the movie "Get Thrashed." Nu metal started in the early 90's and peaked in the start of the year 2000. Nu Metal's popularity began to rise in 1998 when Korn's third album "Follow the Leader" sold for 9 million copies worldwide. This was giving metal music bands more opportunities to grow. With Korn's explosion of success, this opened the doors to other nu metal bands and helps bring the public aware of the nu metal community. Once the nu metal community grew, the nu metal bands followed. Staind, Coal Chamber and Limp Bizkit started to have success in the nu metal community after the release of Korn's "Follow the Leader" album. Most of these bands come out of LA, California, like Spineshank, Coal Chamber and Static-X. Bands like Godsmack, Soufly, Disturbed, Limp Bizkit, Sevendust and Slipknot starting making an impact on the nu metal community. Some of the biggest tours started featuring nu metal bands, like Lollapalooza, Ozzfest and Family Values Tour. The 30th anniversary of Woodstock featured mostly nu metal bands and was the biggest tour for the nu metal community. The number of bands grew with time in the nu metal genre. Linkin Park, Papa Roach, P.O.D. and System of a Down all became big hits, pushing most of their albums to platinum. The nu metal community was at its high in 2001 when nu metal was the most popular metal music in American. Record tables were signing a majority of nu metal bands that approached them. With the genre being overloaded with new bands, this resulted in bad quality of music. In the beginning of the year 2000, nu metal's popularity started to decline and bands that started the revolution started to see a drop in sales to their new released albums. With nu metal slowing down, the metal community moved on to the next generation of metal music which is a pop / emo punk. Nu metal is still are and still quite popular. Some bands have changed their style other still the same. Either way Nu metal will always have that spot in society. Additional Reference Streaming Metal Music Metal Music Genre - Black Metal What is Nu Metal? (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
3:38 pm	Metal Music Genre - Black Metal This has produced from the roots of old old school thrash metal in waves, this is often misinterpreted music genre. There are many different Metal Music Bands that are included in this genre. Black Metal has attracted disillusioned youth trying to find a way out of culture, religion or conflicts in their life. This low scene has become the tag of National Socialism and have committed crimes such as church burnings and murder (number is as high as 50 or more churches). The Black in Black Metal VargVikernes and Mayhem is the most reconizable Black Metal band to date. Vikernes was confined of the homicide to Øystein Aarseth an owner of the label Deathlike Silence in 93. Vikernes just showed the black metal community a reflection of how an impact of anti-religious can be. As with any culture or sub-culture, you find in black metal conflicts in opinion and beliefs. Styles of Black Metal Bands like Bathory and Cruachan is a Viking lore and mythology style that has been a big impact on the black metal scene. These "folk" and "viking" metal bands use more traditional folk instruments to compliment the frequent eltectric guitar, drums and bass rather than the natural norms and opts. Black Metal versions include bands with an ambient, symphonic and doom metal sound have been experimented. Old 80's punk movement (know as crust) to gothic or even industrial influences have some further sounds that some black metal bands have pushed the envelope with. Black Metal will Continue Black metal will continue to develop as long as there are fans and a world to express themselves, for the band and for the fans. Romanticised or demonized black metal has had a lasting effect on the metal genre for indivdualism. It's past rooted in bands such as Venom and Celtic Frost to it's present and future being involved along by bands ever experimenting and shocking, black metal lives! Additional Resources: Black Metal Music Missed Understood Black Metal Music Missed Understood Black Metal Music Missed Understood (Comment on this)