Heavy metal is a genre of rock that developed in the 1970s, with roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock. This genre is characterized by a very strong guitar distortion, long guitar solos, fast beats, good instrumentation in all musical instruments. Heavy metal lyrics associated with masculinity and virility.
Historical development of Metal music
Heavy metal name was conceived by the 1960s hard rock band Steppenwolf, in their song Born To Be Wild (second row in the second stanza). "I like smoke and lightningHeavy metal thunder Racin 'with the wind And the feelin' that I'm under". But the term was not used properly until in 1970, when Black Sabbath released their debut album titled "Black Sabbath". [1] From the 1960s or could be called blues rock like Led Zeppelin, AC / DC, Classic metal and around 60'an up rockseperti Classic 70's or so-called Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper. Classic metal game. His music is controlled by a more bluesy riffs. [2]
[Edit] Evolution of music
Here are some types of metal again:
[Edit] 70's
Early 70's Heavy Metal fronted by bands such as Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple, Heavy Metal at that time are still influenced by a strong element of Blues. Judas Priest develop this genre to remove the element of blues and rely more distortion, a faster beat, and harmony. [3] At the end of the 70's came the New Wave of British Heavy Metal oF often abbreviated (NWOBHM), which pioneered Motorhead. NWOBHM combines Punk and Heavy Metal. Other NWOBHM bands are Iron Maiden, Saxon, Venom, Diamond Head, and others. [4]
[Edit] Early '80s
Early '80s era bands fronted by NWOBAM like Motorhead, Iron Maiden, Venom and Diamond Head. Heavy Metal finally collide dengen this raises Pop music genre called Glam Metal, Glam metal broke through the top charts, this led to heavy metal more quickly spread around the world
Metal Underground: 1980, 1990, and the 2000s
[Edit] thrash metal and speed metal
The main article for this section are: thrash metal and speed metal
Thrash metal band called Slayer appeared in 2007
Very fast tempo song that carried by the guitarist who plays rhythm guitar on the downstroke by thrash metal bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax were dubbed Big Four Of Thrash. In San Francisco there Testament and Exodus, New Jersey there Overkill danSepultura of Brazil. While the faster speed metal played very, very fast and powerful like Motorhead (of late), Iron Angel, Anthrax. While Thrash metal music that comes from Europe is like, Kreator and Destruction, both from Germany.
[Edit] Death metal
The main article for this section are: Death metal
In 1990'an, underground is more like entering into Extreme Metal Grindcore spearheaded by Napalm Death and Brutal Truth, developed in 1991 to Death metal Scandinavia by Entombed, Dismember, Unleashed, and At The Gates. Melodic Death Metal from Gothenburg Sweden and developed in Finland and Norway by bands like Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Disessction. Then there is the term used in the metal Techical pioniri by Cynic, Atheist, Meshuggah, Death. Progressive Death metal that may be more likely to use traditional visualization and many were understandable, pioneering is Opeth, Pestilence, Death, Novembre and possibly Progressive metal by Dream Theater, Queensryche, and Fates Warning.
[Edit] Black metal
The main article for this section are: Black metal
The flow appeared around the early and mid 1980s, initiated by rock bands such as Venom, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Bathory. At the end of the 80's band Mayhem danBurzum lead into the second wave of black metal.
[Edit] Power metal
The main article for this section are: Power metal
Power metal is more upbeat this genre and this genre vocalist mostly influenced by Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson Yanuar andaris and bands of this genre most of Europe and Asia. For example, Europe (Sweden), Hero of heavy metal (Indonesia), Iron Maiden (UK), Helloween (Germany).
[Edit] Doom Metal and Gothic metal
The main article for this section are: Doom metal and Gothic metal
Doom Metal is a flow suppression prefers the lyrics, the tempo is below the average of other metal subgenres Extreme flow is inspired by Black Sabbath's first era, the band that includes the flow example is Saint Vitus, Obsessed and Candlemass. Gothic Metal Doom Metal is evolution, beginning this genre is the emergence of bands Death / Doom of English is My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Anathema, Gothic Metal band now more reliant on vocal harmony between men and women (sometimes with a growl).
[Edit] 90s
In the era of 90s heavy metal music began shaken by the emergence of particular kekeuatan Alternative Rock Grunge, Glam Metal bands in the '80s era of declining popularity, publication at that time mentitik emphasis on Grunge. Meanwhile bands like Metallica, Pantera, Tool, White Zombie and Megadeth spearheaded the current whereabouts of metal music.
[Edit] Alternative metal
Alternative metal is one of the most popular metal subgenres in the early 90s. when the popularity of Glam Metal Grunge began to sink due to the emergence in the late 80s. Metal is used to describe alternative bands such as Faith No More, Primus, Rage Against The Machine and Jane's Addiction are mengfusikan Alternative Rock and heavy metal, so the roots of this genre is rock.
In addition there is initiated Industrial metal bands such as Ministry, Godflesh, Fear Factory and Marilyn Manson. Industrial metal is also growing rapidly in Germany. bands like Rammstein, Oomph!, Megaherz high enough to gain popularity both in his home country as well as the plains of Europe. Then there's Punk Crossover Thrash Metal or Metal Trash is mixing with element-element thick of Hardcore Punk. Suicidal Tendecies, Stromtroopers of Death, Corrosion of Conformity and Dirty Rotten Imbeciles are some band that brought this genre. Then there is Groove Metal, is the evolution of the genre of thrash metal genre which emerged in early 90s is fronted by Pantera, Sepultura, White Zombie, etc..
Nu metal, alternative metal genre latter is a modern metal tones that play with Industrial. Many of the bands Korn, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Deftones up Disturbed.Tahun 90s many emerging bands who led the term Nu Metal is like POD, Static X, KoRn, etc. which clearly Aggro Rock genre, genre Aggro Rock is the one who Nu Metal is music which we hear or know until now, the record label / media rename "Aggro Rock" with the term New Metal or Nu Metal to pull pasar.awalnya Nu Metal label is triggered by a producer named Ross Robinson cooperation korn & limpbizkit.
[Edit] Grunge
1990s when the first outbreak of Grunge music is a viscous mixture between Heavy Metal Post-Punk and Hardcore even popping up in Seattle, although slightly inclined keAlternative Metal. Grunge band from Seattle, such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains before the band was no pure fact-based punk grunge existing by such bands Malfunkshun and Green River after it was no Temple of the Dog Mad Season, Mudhoney up Melvins. After the death of Kurt Cobain Grunge music and rarely come back inspired by bands like Skin Yard and PJ Harvey. If a band plays music but the band was not Grunge taste of Seattle. Grunge name is not used, but the Post-Grunge such as L7, Stone Temple Pilots, Paw, Hole.
[Edit] Recent developments
2000'an metal era (now) have a considerable difference, in the sense that the metal can fuse with a variety of flow. Known as the pioneers of metal music, metal music lovers were treated to a variety of types of metal with a harmonic tempo and dynamic. Some of the flow is Nu Metal, Symphonic Metal, Deathcore, Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal Folk Metal and so on.
[Edit] Folk Metal
Folk Metal is a fusion of heavy metal with folk music (folk music), the flow is fronted by bands sepertik Korpiklaani, Skyclad, Ensiferum, Fiintroll, Turisas etc..
Although most music Folk Metal more developed in Scandinavia, Folk Metal is also growing in the middle east are like Orphaned Land and Melechesh
[Edit] Melodic Death Metal
Melodic Death Metal itself is growing rapidly in Scandinavia, particularly Gothenburg. Bands such as In Flames, At The Gates, Dark Tranquillity, Arch Enemy and Soilwork. In addition to the Scandinavian Melodic Death Metal is also growing in other regional sperti Children of Bodom, Kalmah and Norther (Finland), The Black Dahlia Murder, Darkest Hour and Himsa (United States), Switchblade, Daysend, Infernal Method (Australia), Disarmonia Mundi ( Italy), Blood Stain Child (Japan) and Death Scythe (Mexico)
[Edit] Deathcore
Deathcore developed as a derivative of metalcore with typical lyrics Death Metal, which is about death, hell, Satan, and the mystical nuances. Most of Death Metal are atheists, while Deathcore mostly agnostic people. the basics are deathcore hardcore / metallic hardcore (metalcore) are trying to play music louder with music influences like death metal to deathcore created
At first pioneered by bands such as Crytopsy and so on. In this era of increasingly 2000'an deathcore bands are popping up like Job For A Cowboy, The Red Chord, All Shall Perish, The Crimson Armada, Suicide Silence, Bring Me the Horizon and others.
Deathcore itself tends tempo, almost like old school metal flow that is devastating but still no grip-grip melodian.
[Edit] New Wave of American Heavy Metal
New Wave of American Heavy Metal (or so-called Groove metal) basically relies drumwork and guitar sound was very thick and distorted, that which gives the effect of groove. This sub-genre began to develop in the 1990s, to begin a album "Cowboys From Hell" from Pantera, and "Slaughter in the Vatican" by Exhorder, then followed by "Chaos AD" of Sepultura, and "Burn My Eyes" from Machine Head. Afterwards, begin to grow until now bearers groove bands that are potentially as A Life Once Lost, DevilDriver, Chimaira, FFDP, Lamb Of God, etc.. . This genre came later in the era of the mid-90s. New Wave of American Heavy Metal influenced by bands such as Machine Head, Pantera, Biohazard and Avenged Sevenfold.
Groove metal music has a characteristic form of the guitar stem the drop D to C with a very groovy guitar sound, relying drumwork and guitar sound was very thick and distorted.
