Metal music in the

USA

History
1. The first heavy metal bands originate from the
UK. They hugely influenced the devlopment of
amierican music
2. Iron Butterfly was the first band that started
to create heavier music than the rest of the
bands in the 70s (hard rock). Connected with
punk rock (eg. Mtley Cre) the so-called
HEAVY METAL genre begun to exist.

Sub-genres
Heavy metal
Thrash metal
Black metal
Death metal
Power metal
Nu metal
Doom metal
Grunge
Glam metal

Heavy Metal
Heavy metal has 2 meanings. First one describes all
metal music (we can say just 'metal') and the second
one means the most standard metal sub-genre. We will
focus on the second meaning now.
Heavy metal came into being in 1960s and 1970s in the
UK and the USA. It has its roots in progressive rock and
hard rock. The difference is that heavy metal is faster
and heavier. There are highly distorted guitars,
energetic percussion and very important thing are
guitar solos.

These are few American bands that played originally

hard rock in 1970s, but opened the way to play heavy
metal:
Iron Butterfly
Blue Cheer
Worth of mention is vocalist
Ronnie James Dio (he played
in Dio, Rainbow and
Black Sabbath) who was said
to have the greatest
heavy metal voice ever.

Thrash / speed Metal

It is anextremesubgenre ofheavy metal
musiccharacterized by its fast tempo and overall
aggression.
The songs usually use fast percussive beats and lowregister guitarriffs, overlaid withshredding-style lead
work. The lyrics often deal withsocial issuesand
reproach forThe Establishment, using direct and
denunciatory language, an approach which partially
overlaps with thehardcore genre.

Some Thrash Metal bands:

Metallica
Megadeth
Slayer
Anthrax
Death Angel
Exodus
Testament
Pantera
Overkill

Black Metal
The name of this sub-genre comes from the second
album of British band Venom. At first 'black metal'
meant bands that had songs with satanistic lyrics. But
at the turn of 80s and 90s black metal became another
original metal sub-genre. Most popular bands come
from Scandinavia (Immortal, Bathory, Satyricon) and
that is where that genre was mostly developed.

Black metal vocalists use singing technique known as

'growl'. It is a deep voice connected with screaming and
screeching. There are heavy distorted guitars and fast,
sometimes primitive drums. Normal structure of a song
is rarely used in black metal. Artists of this sub-genre
have makeup known as corpse paint (a combination of
white and black).

Black metal isn't so popular in the United States,

but we can mention some well-known bands from
this country:
Wolves in the Throne Room
Weakling
Xasthur
Absu

Death Metal
This extreme subgenre of heavy metal music has
appeared in U.S.A in mid's 80'. It typically employs
heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with
techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking,
deep growling vocals and screams, aggressive, powerful
drumming featuring double kick technique
The lyrical themes of death metal may invoke to
violence, killing people, religion (sometimes Satanism),
occultism and more...

Death Metal Bands:

Suffocation
Deicide
Autopsy
Cannibal Corpse
Massacre

Power Metal
Power metalis a subgenre ofheavy metalcombining
characteristics oftraditional metalwithspeed metal,
often withinsymphoniccontext.
It is characterized by a more uplifting sound, often
combined with the heaviness from styles such as doom
metalanddeath metal. Power metal bands usually have
anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter
and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical,
dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound

Although Power Metal isnt a very popular genre in the

USA, there are some great american bands:
Manowar
Iced Earth
Winters Bane
Warlord
Steel Prophet

N Metal

Doom Metal
Kind of extreme heavy metal style, that typically uses
slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "heavier"
sound than other metal genres. It apeared in U.S.A and
U.K in mid's 70'
Lyrics in doom metal play a key role. Often, they are
pessimistic and include themes such as: suffering,
depression, fear, grief, dread, death and anger.

Doom Metal Bands:

Sleep
The Obsessed
YOB
Crowbar
The Sword

Grunge

Glam Metal
Also called hair metal or pop metal. It combines
elements of heavy metal with punk rock and pop
music, adding catchy lyrics and guitar riffs. It apeared
in U.S.A in early 80'.
Glam metal also associate with flashy clothing and
makeup, like members of band called Kiss.
Lyrical themes often
deal with love and lust,
and songs are sometimes
directed to a
particular woman.

Glam Metal Bands:

Aerosmith
Van Halen
Cheap Trick
Boston

Quiz name a genre (or a band if you know it)

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