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Proper Definition: -noun, aggressive and heavily amplified rock music, commonly performed by groups that wear spectacular or bizarre costumes. HEAVY METAL MUSIC
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Personal Definition: Genre of music that evolved from rock and electric blues into a much louder and more aggressive sound Bands always consists of drummers, guitarists, singers, and bass players but specific songs often include other instruments like electric organs, keyboards, even orchestral instruments Guitar players generally use heavily distorted riffs, melodic solos, and chugs Drummers utilize rolls, triplets, and in most cases double bass drum The tempo is usually fast, and most harmonies are dissonant The lyrics generally have deeper meaning Often the lead singers voice is either very high, or gravelly, and in many genres singers scream the entirety of their lyrics There are 14 main sub genres
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The History of Metal Music The 60’s Hard Rock, or Traditional Metal Metal spawned from blues rock, and psychedelic rock Now, metal from the 60’s is referred to as hard rock, and it is where all forms of metal derive from They took the rock and roll and blues of the time and ramped it up
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THE 70’S New Wave of British Heavy Metal People in the UK took a liking to metal and in the late 70’s started their own wave of metal featuring power chords, speedy guitar solos, and melodic and dramatic vocals Lyrics inspired by myths and fantasy Bands like Metallica were inspired by this in part
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THE 80’S Thrash metal Combining New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the speed of hardcore punk Began during the early 80’s Radio-play failed, but popularity increased These fuelled many more sub-genres, such as death metal and black metal
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Glam Metal A new type of metal emerged in the 80’s that was popularized by MTV Extravagant costumes worn by band members Characterized by clean vocals, hard drumming, simple guitar riffs
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1990’s Metal was in a sort of hiatus Grunge and a new subgenre called Nu Metal dominated the scene Metalcore developed as an underground scene that combined hardcore punk and thrash metal
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2000’s Metalcore stormed the metal stage and became a commercial success This genre focuses on memorable melodies (motifs), crescendos/decrescendos, dramatic flair, and can include screaming or non- screaming vocals
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Examples of metal 1.Space Trucking (Live)- Deep Purple, from Mad In Japan 2.War Pigs – Black Sabbath, from Paranoid 3.Eruption – Van Halen, from Van Halen 4.The Trooper – Iron Maiden, from Piece of Mind 5.Master of Puppets – Metallica, from Master of Puppets 6.Tornado of Souls – Megadeth, from Rust in Peace 7.Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana, from Nevermind 8.Afterlife – Avenged Sevenfold, from A7X 9.Desperate Times, Desperate Measures- Underoath, from Lost in the Sound of Separation
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WORK CITED Information: http://www.thehistoryofmetal.com/subgenres/subgenres.html, http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Hard_rockhttp://www.thehistoryofmetal.com/subgenres/subgenres.htmlhttp://www.wordiq.com/definition/Hard_rock Nirvana Picture: http://nittanylion.deviantart.com/art/Nirvana-Logo-123428547http://nittanylion.deviantart.com/art/Nirvana-Logo-123428547 System of a Down Picture: http://www.veramarnavalproducts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=naval&Product_Code=BLA- 22&Category_Code=BLhttp://www.veramarnavalproducts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=naval&Product_Code=BLA- 22&Category_Code=BL Underoath Picture: http://www.fourteeng.net/underoath.htmlhttp://www.fourteeng.net/underoath.html Avenged Sevenfold Picture: http://creighton.esu1.org/0910/seniorwebpages/haleyzimmerer/Favorites.htmlhttp://creighton.esu1.org/0910/seniorwebpages/haleyzimmerer/Favorites.html Slipknot Picture: http://www.theculturewatch.com/arizona-shooter-listened-to-diabolical-heavy-metal-bandhttp://www.theculturewatch.com/arizona-shooter-listened-to-diabolical-heavy-metal-band Children of Bodom Picture: http://s596.photobucket.com/albums/tt43/pmsCHWARTZ56/?action=view¤t=800px- Children_Of_Bodom_logo_svg.png&newest=1http://s596.photobucket.com/albums/tt43/pmsCHWARTZ56/?action=view¤t=800px- Children_Of_Bodom_logo_svg.png&newest=1 Kiss Picture: http://ourlittleangel.ca/halloween2006.htmlhttp://ourlittleangel.ca/halloween2006.html Alice Cooper Picture: http://www.britishmotorshow.co.uk/whatson/motorshowmusicfestival/alicecooperhttp://www.britishmotorshow.co.uk/whatson/motorshowmusicfestival/alicecooper Motley Crue Picture: http://www.seeklogo.com/tag.html?q=Cruehttp://www.seeklogo.com/tag.html?q=Crue Metallica Picture: http://www.musicdirect.com/product/82090http://www.musicdirect.com/product/82090 Slayer Picture: http://kingkabuz.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/album-review-slayer-south-of-heaven/ http://kingkabuz.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/album-review-slayer-south-of-heaven/ Anthrax Picture: http://www.rockrealms.com/archive/a/anthrax_ciam.php http://www.rockrealms.com/archive/a/anthrax_ciam.php Judas Priest Picture: http://ohsnapdude.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html http://ohsnapdude.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html Iron Maiden Picture: http://www.metal.org/gallery/mainencovers/iron_maiden_aces_high http://www.metal.org/gallery/mainencovers/iron_maiden_aces_high Van Halen Picture: http://topelevenlists.com/168/pop-culture/top-11-heavy-metal-band-logos/ http://topelevenlists.com/168/pop-culture/top-11-heavy-metal-band-logos/ Metal Smelting Picture: http://www.vdc-tonckehocevar.com/international-development/companies-and-the-steel-industry.html http://www.vdc-tonckehocevar.com/international-development/companies-and-the-steel-industry.html Devil Horns Picture: http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/06/04-week/ http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/06/04-week/ Led Zeppelin Picture: http://ledzeppelin.co.nz/http://ledzeppelin.co.nz/ Deep Purple Picture: http://www.taringa.net/posts/musica/3002221/Hard-rock-y-Metal-que-no-te-puede-faltar.htmlhttp://www.taringa.net/posts/musica/3002221/Hard-rock-y-Metal-que-no-te-puede-faltar.html Van Halen 1 Picture: http://www.rhinorecords.ca/shop/products/Vinyl+Catalog/PID-71518076.aspxhttp://www.rhinorecords.ca/shop/products/Vinyl+Catalog/PID-71518076.aspx
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