Metal-genrer

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Black Metal/\/\Death Metal/\/\Doom Metal/\/\Glam/Hair Metal/\/\Gothic Metal/\/\Heavy Metal/\/\Industrial Metal
Nu Metal/\/\Power Metal/\/\Progressive Metal/\/\Stoner Metal/\/\Symphonic Metal/\/\Trash Metal

Black Metal

Description
Probably the main thing black metal is known for is lousy-sounding production. It's also monotonous dissonant riffs, lots and lots of blastbeating and screaming/hissing vocals. Lyrically more towards paganinsm, poetic longings for "dark medieval times", a little bit of satanism here and there. And of course leather with spikes and buckets of corpse paint :) Image is important to many black metal bands... Black metal tends to be more atmospheric - a lot of bands use keyboards, occasionally you can hear clean vocals or even female vocals.

Combinations
Symphonic black metal

Bands
Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Burzum, Cradle Of Filth, Immortal, Satyricon, The Kovenant
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Death Metal

Description
Death metal is the most brutal form of music in existence. A typical death metal band is generally identifiable by their use of heavy distortion, excessive down tuning, pummeling double bass drum and trademark growl vocals. The term 'Death metal' covers a huge number of different sub genres - there are 'Florida sound' and 'Gothenburg sound', grindcore, crustcore and s.o. Riffs range from slower, heavy as molasses type riffs to lightning speed fretwork with blast beats. Rarely are keyboards used on a regular basis.

History
The genre was born in good ol’ US of A, when in the early 80’s such bands as Possessed and Mantas, who in 84 would breakup and reform under the name Death, decided to take metal to the greatest possible extremes. Europe wasn’t too far behind, however, as in the later part of the decade, bands like Entombed and Bolt Thrower were formed and began to record demos and get signed to record deals. The United States wasn’t about to give up its crown, however, when in 1989, Morbid Angel released the monumental Alters of Madness. The groundwork for both the “Floridian” and “New York” styles had been layed. That same year, two groundbreaking bands were formed: Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation, bands that would personify the “Floridian” and “New York” styles respectively. What is commonly known today as brutal death metal had been created. The early nineties would turn out to be the heyday of death metal, as in the coming years Europe would give their true answer to American death metal, the phenomenon known as black metal. Despite this, however, death metal is still going strong due to bands such as Nile, Krisiun, Cryptopsy, etc. pushing the limits of speed, brutality and technicality, and other bands such as Opeth pushing the limits of creativity and musicality. As long there are a few bands like these who are willing to see just how far they can draw the line, death metal should always a secure place in the world of extreme metal.

Sub-genres
Melodic death (Gothenburg death), Florida sound, Grindcore

Combinations
Doom-death metal

Bands
Arch Enemy, Soilwork, Cannibal Corpse, Dark Tranquillity, Hypocrisy, In Flames, Children Of Bodom, Killswitch Engage
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Doom Metal

Description
Probably the most atmosperic and definitely the slowest metal genre, doom metal was created by the forefathers of heavy metal, Black Sabbath. Their self-titled song was one of the first examples of what later called doom metal. Another revolution within the genre happened in the early 90's when three english bands - Anathema, Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride started playing doom-death. Slow and morbid, dark and always melancholic, doom metal also can be characterized by a number of experiments with 'non-metal' instruments - like piano, violin or organ.

Combinations
Doom-death metal

Bands
Anathema, My Dying Bride, Cathedral, Opeth, Solitude Aeturnus, Tristania
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Glam/Hair Metal

Description
This is how metal made it to the MTV in the mid 80's - thanks to Bon Jovi, Poison, Def Leppard and other bands whose image was often more important than their music. It was somewhat like today's nu-metal mania - one band becomes popular, and smart-ass producers in great hurry create dozens of clones of it (sure, there were some pretty good and talented bands as well). However, quite soon music market became overflooded with pop-metal bands and 'hair metal' disappeared from TV screens and radio waves just as fast as it came there... Not that grunge had nothing to do with it :)

Bands
Europe, Poison, Skid Row


Gothic Metal

Description
Gothic metal is softer and more dynamic than doom, but it has the same melancholic and sometimes even depressive touch. It's also very atmospheric and melodic, with the wide use of keyboards and female vocals, which makes it probably the least aggressive metal style.

Combinations
Symphonic gothic metal

Bands
Lacuna Coil, Sentenced, HIM, Katatonia, Moonspell, Theatre Of Tragedy, Tristania
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Heavy Metal

Description
Also known as 'classic' or 'pure' metal. This style gave birth to the whole 'metal thing' and all other metal styles described here. Probably the first heavy metal band ever was Black Sabbath, which inspired the phenomen of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Saxon, Motorhead and a lot of other bands, most of which are now almost forgotten. The NWOBHM was short-lived and disappeared in the middle of the 80s with the appearance of thrash metal. However, heavy metal was extremely popular in the 80s and still is, even today. Good example here is Iron Maiden - they still play good old classic heavy.

Bands
Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Avantasia, Bruce Dickinson, Iced Earth, Manowar, Megadeth
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Industrial Metal

Description
Metal meets techno beats, samples and other electronic sounds. The pioneers in this genre were Ministry who already in the late 90's discovered that two such different styles can actually be mixed together. Now industrial metal is almost as much popular as the nu-metal - and as much hated by 'true' metalheads.

Combinations
Industrial nu metal

Bands
Fear Factory, Static-X, Rammstein, Clawfinger, Ministry, Rob Zombie / White Zombie, The Kovenant, Theatre Of Tragedy
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Nu Metal

Description
This genre could win any nomination for 'the most hated sub-genre within the metal scene'. Old school metalheads and 'true' metalheads don't even consider it to be metal at all. Nu metal was born together with Korn in the mid 90's and to this day has become the most popular metal style. Nu metal is the mix of aggressive and simplistic heavy guitar riffs, rap, pop, industrial, hardcore, alternative and god-knows-what-else. Nu metal is 100% american 'invention' - at least I don't know any nu metal bands coming from any other countries than the United States...

Sub-genres
Rap metal, metalcore

Combinations
Industrial nu metal

Bands
Korn, Slipknot, Deftones, Linkin Park, Clawfinger, In Flames, Killswitch Engage, Static-X, System Of A Down
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Power Metal

Description
Appeared in the late 80s from classic heavy metal. Despite being faster and more powerful than heavy metal, it's still a very melodic style, with less anger and aggression. First bands playing power metal include Helloween, Blind Guardian, Yngwie Malmsteen and Stratovarius. Power metal often crosses with progressive metal (Ivory Tower, Symphony X, Evergrey, Vanishing Point... actually, most of power metal bands use progressive elements) and symphonic metal (Nightwish, Rhapsody). Btw, if you hear double-bass drumming and parallel lead guitar/keyboard solo in a song about mighty warriors or magic lands, that's most probably IS power metal :)

Sub-genres
Melodic power metal, neo-classical power metal

Combinations
Progressive power metal, symphonic power metal, symphonic progressive power metal

Bands
Helloween, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Blind Guardian, Avantasia, Children Of Bodom, Edguy, Hammerfall, Kamelot, Rhapsody, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius
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Progressive Metal

Description
Inspired by such prog rock bands like Rush or ELP, progressive metal appeared as a mix of prog rock, which was very popular in the 70s, and 80s heavy metal. First bands playing in this style were Queensryche and Fates Warning, but the term "progressive metal" gained its wide use only after the appearance of probably the most well-known prog metal band, Dream Theater in the beginning of the 90s. Long compositions with complicated structures and highly professional instrumental parts, concept albums and intellectual lyrics - that's what prog metal is all about.

Combinations
Progressive power metal, symphonic progressive metal, symphonic progressive power metal

Bands
Dream Theater, Symphony X, Opeth, Ark
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Stoner Metal

Description
Stoner metal is simply a more metallic version of hard rock, influenced by the likes of Black Sabbath. It emerged in the early nineties. Slow, heavy, "sludging" (hence the style's alternative name: "Sludge Metal") riffs dominate this music. The reason why this is considered to be a sub-genre of metal is because the hard-rock elements are often mixed together with metal elements like doom metal melodies or death vocals. Another feature of this sub-genre is the lyrics and attitude of the artists. It is all about getting high, smoking pot and drinking (this is why it is called "stoner" - from "being stoned"). I dont know which band started the genre but my guess would be Corrosion Of Conformity.

Bands
Monster Magnet, Queens Of The Stone Age, Electric Wizard, EyeHateGod, Cathedral


Symphonic Metal

Description
Symphonic metal hardly can be called a separate metal style - usually it's just an addition to another style, in most cases power or gotic metal. It can be a real orchestra sound or just symphonic-sounding keyboards - and there are a lot of bands with female vocals, which I think fit this style perfectly.

Combinations
Symphonic power metal, symphonic power progressive metal, symphonic gothic metal, symphonic black metal

Bands
Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Symphony X, Rhapsody, Kamelot, Therion
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Trash Metal

Description
Extremely popular in the 80's and almost extinct these days, thrash metal was defined by the 'big four' - Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax. They were playing more aggressive and faster music, and thrash became the first metal genre to spring off from traditional heavy. Thrash gave birth to at least two new metal genres - death metal and power metal.

Bands
Megadeth, Sepultura, Slayer, Anthrax, Metallica, Pantera
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