A metal that doesnt absorb much light.
Well that's different, now there's metal sub-genres. In the 70's-80's there weren't. Seeing as what used to be metal in that time is now considered classic rock, or hard rock at best. The difference is this, listen to Ozzy Osbourne (Love Randy, have his signature guitar), Motley Crue, Guns N Roses, then listen to Lamb Of God, Pantera (Groove metal), or Here Comes The Kraken (Deathcore). Or Opeth for some nice progressive metal.
folk metal is basically like, if you went back in time 300 years, and played the same music they played, but in the style of metal, and quite often incorporates traditional instruments, none of which I actually know the name of, but check out the band Eluveitie to see what I'm talking about. Symphonic Metal is suppose to sound Symphonyic, as in, it's suppose to sound big and grandiose like classical music, or Opera, and often incorporates the use of a symphony, or at least synthesizers which sound like a symphony, the best example I can think of is the album Equilibrio by the band Xystus Power metal is basically symphonic metal without the symphony, just rocking metal with big powerful vocals, which quite often sound slightly Operatic, basically bands that sound like they have Iron Maiden as a major influence, best example I have is... Iron Maiden, or maybe Jag Panzer. death metal is simple, cookie monster vocals and blast beats, example: Cannibal Corpse. Heavy metal is 1 of two things, it's either a) an umbrella term meaning all metal, or b) strictly traditional metal like the 70's and 80's, or bands that are directly influenced by them. black metal is difficult to explain, something in the way the riffs are performed, if you've heard it before you can't miss it, and ear piercing shrieking vocals, check out the album we own the mountains by Elite, it's an excellent album and a good example of what black metal sounds like.
