10 favorite thrash metal bands10 favorite black metal bands10 favorite power metal bands10 favorite death metal bands10 favorite core bandsIf you don't like a genre just skip it.
thrash metal- very fast metal with very heavy sounds, bands like metallica, megadeth, slayer. new wave british metal- kind of a pop sound, but heavy, bands like iron maiden, def leppard, rainbow black metal-very popular in norway very fast and most people wear lots of black makeup and white makeup, the singing is like scream-o first wave metal-bands like black sabbath, led zeppelin, ac/dc, kiss hair metal- the name is self explanitory, everyone had hair and shows were over the top, wore lipstick, eyeliner, etc. bands like motley crue, poison, warrant, skid row, winger, whitesnake. psychedelic(art) metal- new artsy sound with an edge and creativeness, bands like pink floyd, the velvet underground, genesis, david bowie, roxy music. stadium metal-songs that you'd hear during sports, bands like queen, ted nugent. 3rd wave metal, new metal bands like anthrax, system of a down, pantera,. funk metal- metal mixed with rap bands like faith no more, rage against the machine, red hot chili peppers, jane's addiction. progressive-sci-fi things like rush, yes, boston
There are quite a lot of genres and subgenres, some accepted and used, and others that are just rediculous (funk metal, groove metal, rap metal, forest metal). now im more into extreme metal, so i will list some genres that i know are used as far as extreme metal goes, and a band (it may not be a band that started the genre, just the one that i feal would be a good band to get the hang of the genre) Extreme Metal Genres: Black Metal: Darkthrone Death Metal: Morbid Angel Thrash Metal: Slayer Grindcore: Napalm Death(early) (a few of the subgenres that have been used to further classify a bands sound) Sub-Genres: Blackened Death Metal: Arkhon Infaustus Melodic Death Metal: At The Gates Technical(or Progressive) Death Metal: Pavor Atmospheric Black Metal: Summoning Blackened Thrash Metal: Melechesh Goregrind: Dead Infection (mid) Deathgrind: Carcass (symphonies..album) again this is just my opinion and how i have come to see it. (o yeah and anyone that mentions is like scream-o dont listen to them)
That is a very good question. Some consider Black Sabbath the Grandfathers of Heavy Metal and others say they are just hard rock. In my opinion Heavy Metal is aggressive music with heavy guitars and usually the songs are NOT about sex and girls. I consider heavy bands like Motley Crue and Whitesnake Heavy Rock. Now Metal bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Iced Earth are usually considered Power Metal. Megadeth and Metallica's first records were considered Thrash Metal. Some consider Megadeths really fast stuff more Speed metal than thrash. Thrash metal usually has the snare drum hit on every quarter note to give it a thrashing sound. Black metal and Death Metal are very heavy and this is where you start getting into what I call growly singing. I am not a big fan of this type of metal so I do not know a lot about it. NU Metal are bands like Korn who I like but consider them more alternative hard rock. For the most part many bands cross over and opinion sets most of the boundaries. If you do a search for Heavy Metal wiki you can find more in depth explanations but even then it is open for debate.
