Metal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ziggy Stardust]

Yes you are

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1967 and 1974, mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the use of highly-amplified distortion.

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[Insayn]

That reminds me ... I was looking at some old records and 8-tracks. Steppenwolf back in the late 60's claimed to be a "heavy metal" band. Even considering black sabbath. Neither one would hardly be considered anything other than rock and roll now.

I think the heavy metal term is because of the "heavy" rhythm guitar, drums, and bass. Which, by today's standards, are hardly noticeable. From a culture of drumless folk bands, and a lot of wind instruments it would seem pretty heavy.

Metal as I try to define it is limited to the guitar- the electric guitar. The guitar is one of the hardest of all instruments to master. Maybe the hardest of all. Virtuoso guitarists are my personal heroes.

 

[Leifmk]

That reminds me ... I was looking at some old records and 8-tracks. Steppenwolf back in the late 60's claimed to be a "heavy metal" band. Even considering black sabbath. Neither one would hardly be considered anything other than rock and roll now.

You cannot possibly be saying that the first few Black Sabbath albums wouldn't pass as "metal" if they were brand new releases, because that would just be wrong.

 

[Azash]

A lot of stuff, mostly thrash, death, black. Favourites include Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Darkthrone, Immortal, Death, Deicide.

 

[Insayn]

You cannot possibly be saying that the first few Black Sabbath albums wouldn't pass as "metal" if they were brand new releases, because that would just be wrong.

Those albums would be considered simply as ancient rock and roll now a days. I would think considering the idealized opinion I have of metal; That old metal would be viewed as a lesser version of itself over time. That is the nature of progressive music.

 

[Panda]

That reminds me ... I was looking at some old records and 8-tracks. Steppenwolf back in the late 60's claimed to be a "heavy metal" band. Even considering black sabbath. Neither one would hardly be considered anything other than rock and roll now.

That's like saying Hitchcock's Psycho isn't a horror film because nopbody these days gets scared by it anymore. A statement partially true, but inheritly false.

When evaluating art, you have to analyse it in the context of the time it was created in.

And kudos to Dragonlord and Paradigne.

 

[Leifmk]

Those albums would be considered simply as ancient rock and roll now a days. I would think considering the idealized opinion I have of metal; That old metal would be viewed as a lesser version of itself over time. That is the nature of progressive music.

A somewhat simplistic view with which I cannot entirely agree. Music should be considered not only in the context in which it was created but also in terms of what influence it has had on later music, and simultaneously in terms of its inherent qualities irrespective of these contexts (as far as that is possible). Granted, an album such as Black Sabbath's Paranoid may never be perceived in the same way by a modern listener who's already well familiar with the massive amounts of later works influenced by it as it would have been by a listener similarly grounded in the popular music of 1970, when it came out. But on the other hand such a listener should definitely be able to recognize the music for what it is and recognize the genre-defining characteristics which can be found in it.

 

[King Flevance]

I like metal with some funk. Like Korn, Godsmack, Chilli Peppers, Gorillaz, etc.

But heavy would come in at a close second. I voted some other.

 

[Dragonlord]

When evaluating art, you have to analyse it in the context of the time it was created in.

Exactly... well put!

And @ Leifmk too!

 

[Leifmk]

Exactly... well put!

And @ Leifmk too!

Somewhat amusingly, at one of my other online hangouts (a Norwegian metalhead forum) there was earlier this year held a series of fairly structured polls where people could nominate and then vote for their all-time favorite albums in various subgenres. Black Sabbath won both in the "Heavy Metal" (i.e. "classic metal") and the "Doom Metal" subforums.

Edit: Which is not necessarily to say that popular opinion dictates what is right in such matters, but... c'mon, Norway (and the rest of Scandinavia) is the Promised Land for modern metalheads, and one billion flies can't be wrong, etc.

 

[Leifmk]

Oh yeah, and I had to answer "some other" in the poll since most of the time I listen more to stuff that's not mentioned by name. I listen to a lot of various types of doom and black metal; I sometimes go on retro 1980s thrash kicks; then again I freaking love Iron Maiden (both the good old stuff and the newest, best not mention the 1990s though).

This week I'm mostly listening to the new My Dying Bride album, mid-period Summoning, and some Agalloch. Yeah, it's autumn.

 

[marioh]

Hey look, it's the metal department of my cd collection. No really, it's eiry but only Sevendust and Mr Bungle is missing, but the rest I have at least one cd of.

I just recently started getting into Sevendust. Mr. Bungle is an acquired taste, especially everything after their original self titled CD. I'm not even sure if one can consider anything after their first release to be "metal".

Faith No More and Mr. Bungle, how could I forget them! I'm even wearing a FNM t-shirt right now.

BTW I'm surprised that I don't see Mercyful Fate on your list. You do know that your avatar is their second album?

Yeah, Don't break the Oath, I know.
King Diamond's voice gets on my nerves at times, so I didn't list them. The music is awesome though. Same with Overkill who I also didn't list.

 

[Leifmk]

I just recently started getting into Sevendust. Mr. Bungle is an acquired taste, especially everything after their original self titled CD.

Huh, I'd say their last album California should be downright easy to listen to even for the great unwashed hordes. Which is not the case for Disco Volante, mind you.

I'm not even sure if one can consider anything after their first release to be "metal".

Maybe not (except for a few passages here and there, like the middle of Merry Go Bye Bye) but they deliberately transcend genre anyway so who cares?

 

[Love]

listening on my playlist on youtube, randomized ofcourse, duality with slipknot actual

'eavvy meatl is the winner!(looks like)

 

[Paradigne]

I've heard some classical music that sounded like metal except without electric guitars. That said, I think metal is really just the most progressive and complex music at that time. You can call it trash, death, heavy, or whatever you want. A better question would be "what bands do you like", not to ask what type of metal you like. With a lot of people there are too many bands to list all with different styles.

That said my favs are trash (megadeth, metallica) and power (iced earth, pantera). Also some melodic death metal. AMON AMARTH

The ultimate metal band of all time hands down is DEATH!!!! Chuck is my atheistic god.

Transiberian Orchestra has some pretty wild classical metal.

They literally took classical music and amped it up. Awesome stuff

EDIT: Listen to a KISS album. Pretty mellow by todays standards. Now imagine mother's picketing concerts saying how evil the band is.

 

[Yoda Power]

I just recently started getting into Sevendust. Mr. Bungle is an acquired taste, especially everything after their original self titled CD. I'm not even sure if one can consider anything after their first release to be "metal".

Yeah, Don't break the Oath, I know.
King Diamond's voice gets on my nerves at times, so I didn't list them. The music is awesome though. Same with Overkill who I also didn't list.

However there are some very heavy stuff on the first Mr. Bungle album. Now that I think of it, the last song on Califonia is pretty heavy too. It really is an acquired taste, but when you fall into it it's hard to escape.

Lol, I feel the same way about KD, but it depends on my mood.

 

[Love]

Poll closed and Heavy Metal is the winner oh yeah

 

[Jawz II]

i like all music except the following genres/styles:

fabricated corporate music, pretty faces with songs written and produced by the same 4 people that make all the "popular" songs.

r n b, you know the kind, a black dude with shaved head moaning about how much he wants to pork some chick. i like old r n b from the 50s.

stoopid gangster rap songs about murder etc made by people that know nothing about those things (or theyd be dead or in jail). i include mr cent in this category.

stoopid 80s heavy metal songs by bands with no testicles/testosteron, singing about elves and goblins and orcs and conan. except they are making that music now, not back in the 80s.

all the electric techno trance jungle acid house crap. bleep-bleepity blop X 100 times isnt music, its a malfunctioning microwave. or possibly that bomb i mailed to you.

ill update if i can think some other genre of music i hate.

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

techno, rock and metal is music.

 

[oagersnap]

Actually I do like some metal bands (especially the ones with less screaming, like Rammstein, for example), but all the exclamation marks in the title confused me, so I voted "Dont [sic] like metal".