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| In Early eighties, the bands Metallica, Venom and Slayer started to play metal in a faster tempo than any other band had done before, inspired by in some extent by old school rockers, Motorhead... |
| Characterised by a double speed drum pattern and grim, opressive
riffs. This sound was to be labeled THRASH METAL and became very exciting.
This was the first EXTREME METAL, which all began with the release of
Welcome to Hell by Venom
NOTE: The recommended bands may/may not be in that category nowadays but they were earlier in their careers. |
| THRASH METAL
The rapid-fire attacks of the bands I mentioned above, recognised by its sixteenth note strumming, thrash is nowadays regarded as quaint, as its heyday was in the eighties. THRASH is sometimes mentioned as speed metal, but some insist that speed metal is more technical. Recommended: Metallica Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Kreator, |  <>
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DEATH METAL
A more, primal form of thrash, but with often more brutal, heavier riffs and with usually growling, roaring, deeper vocal styles. This type of metal nearly always contains either brutal, gruesome and/or satanic lyrics. Recommended: Morbid Angel, Deicide, At The Gates, Carcass, Autopsy, Cannibal Corpse, Vader, |
| BLACK METAL
A mixture of thrash and death metal using lightning fast snare and kick-drum patterns, but instead of the grunting vocals a more high pitched screeching is used. War-paint is also worn by the bands to make them look skull-like or demonic . It has the same thumping beats as thrash but can have alot more melody with keyboards and ochestra's to create a very unique type of music. This type usualy has evil, satanic lyrics (see for yourself with the picture on the right). Black Metal has been out of the music scene really for the last couple of years, but now it is back and going strong, with a very big fan base, mainly in Scandanavia, where nearly all the black metal sounds come from, (Burzum, Marduk, Mayhem, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, to name a few) Leading the music scene is britains Cradle of Filth Recommended: Burzum, Marduk, Emperor, Cradle of Filth, Mayhem, Bathory, |  |
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| POWER METAL
A very clean style based on monstrous riffs, often with thrash speed, but heavy in melody and hormonies, using Iron Maiden as its example. Recommended: Iron Maiden, Pantera, Sepultura, Grip Inc, Iced Earth, Helloween
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| DOOM METAL
Doom Metal took Metal in the opposite direction, with slow tempos and deep vocals. It later included the gothic influences such as The Sisters of Mercy. Recommended:
Black Sabbath, Paradise Lost, Anathema, Cathedral, |
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So "What about the future of Metal/Rock" I hear you asking? Well below is a guide to the greatest bands who are big or are going to be big in the near future. They might not be as extreme as the bands above but but this is the new generation of music, you either love it or hate it, this is the guide to Punk, Ska-Punk, NU Metal, Hardcore and Emo, But before that just a quick mention of the bands I like that I haven't mentioned but deserve it, Guns 'N' Roses, Tool, Alice In Chains, Faith No More, Soundgarden & Venom. Thanks you guys! |
