I like metal.
Metal is a "coat of many colors," so to speak. So to clear the cloudiness of the thing, I've defined(or tried my hardest to define) a few of the genres. I really don't know shit about Metal when you compare me to most, so, please feel free to correct me.
Progressive Metal -
Progressive Metal is one of the least understood forms out music out there, and my personal favorite when it comes to metal. It can be broken down into like a million subgenres, that's why the bands in this genre are so diverse. Bands like Green Carnation and Dream Theater are considered Progressive. A lot of instrumental peices that Opeth has done are be progressive-sounding, I think that's what got me hooked on Opeth in the first place.
Black Metal -
Bands like Satyricon , Cradle of Filth , and Dimmu Borgir are considered black metal. Many metal legends flourished under the influence of this genre during (and after) the black metal explosion in the 1980's. Most of them were underground, And contrary to popular belief, Metallica did not give birth to Black Metal. Metallica didn't even start to get popular until about 1984; Metallica is responsible for Thrash and Speed Metal. Venom released thier album "Black Metal" in 1982, which influenced about a dozen underground Black Metal bands in the early 1980s. These eventually branched into the many different kinds of metal we hear today.
Thrash/Speed Metal -
Metallica was the first band to put out an album with sheer thrash sound; Although Judas Preist and Black Sabbath had a thrash feel to a few of thier riffs before Metallica's balls dropped (matured, I mean.) but, Metallica has been one of the most influential so-called "Thrash Bands" in this genre. If you want to hear a particularly hard thrash album, go check out Dark Angel's album "Darkness Descends." It's one of the hardest, fastest, thrashiest Thrash Metal albums ever.
Death Metal -
Death Metal has been around for about twenty years now. Slayer influenced bands like Deicide and Celtic Frost with thier first album "Show no Mercy" in 1983, and "Hell Awaits" two years later. Death Metal, as far as how it sounds, doesn't differ greatly from the other genres of metal out there.
Grindcore -
Hardcore Punk + Death Metal = Anal Cunt, Napalm Death, Godflesh, etc.
Too ... tired ... to list ... anymore.
Before I fall asleep on the floor, I seriously recommend Arcturus.
I bought The Sham Mirrors a while back, I've been hooked on them ever since.
Progressive Metal -
Progressive Metal is one of the least understood forms out music out there, and my personal favorite when it comes to metal. It can be broken down into like a million subgenres, that's why the bands in this genre are so diverse. Bands like Green Carnation and Dream Theater are considered Progressive. A lot of instrumental peices that Opeth has done are be progressive-sounding, I think that's what got me hooked on Opeth in the first place.
Black Metal -
Bands like Satyricon , Cradle of Filth , and Dimmu Borgir are considered black metal. Many metal legends flourished under the influence of this genre during (and after) the black metal explosion in the 1980's. Most of them were underground, And contrary to popular belief, Metallica did not give birth to Black Metal. Metallica didn't even start to get popular until about 1984; Metallica is responsible for Thrash and Speed Metal. Venom released thier album "Black Metal" in 1982, which influenced about a dozen underground Black Metal bands in the early 1980s. These eventually branched into the many different kinds of metal we hear today.
Thrash/Speed Metal -
Metallica was the first band to put out an album with sheer thrash sound; Although Judas Preist and Black Sabbath had a thrash feel to a few of thier riffs before Metallica's balls dropped (matured, I mean.) but, Metallica has been one of the most influential so-called "Thrash Bands" in this genre. If you want to hear a particularly hard thrash album, go check out Dark Angel's album "Darkness Descends." It's one of the hardest, fastest, thrashiest Thrash Metal albums ever.
Death Metal -
Death Metal has been around for about twenty years now. Slayer influenced bands like Deicide and Celtic Frost with thier first album "Show no Mercy" in 1983, and "Hell Awaits" two years later. Death Metal, as far as how it sounds, doesn't differ greatly from the other genres of metal out there.
Grindcore -
Hardcore Punk + Death Metal = Anal Cunt, Napalm Death, Godflesh, etc.
Too ... tired ... to list ... anymore.
Before I fall asleep on the floor, I seriously recommend Arcturus.
I bought The Sham Mirrors a while back, I've been hooked on them ever since.