M is for Metal

Metal, glorious metal! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways, and thy many genres.

Metal was born in the late 1960s in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in the blues, folk rock, and psychedelic rock.

From these mighty beginnings, many innovative offshoots of the genre were formed.

Black Sabbath are one of the greatest forces behind the formation of the metal genre. Deep Purple's hard-driving guitar riffs also played a part, as did Led Zeppelin's mystical lyrics. The term "heavy metal" may have been influenced by Led Zeppelin's lyrics "talk about heavy metal underneath the hood." The heavy sounds of Slade were surely an influence as well. 

Jimi Hendrix' inimitable heavy blues played a part in the development of the metal genre. Steppenwolf was also an influence, with songs such as Born To Be Wild. The heavy, distorted, epic psychedelic sound of Iron Butterfly was also a factor in the early metal periodic table.

Some people feel that metal is an untalented and uninteresting genre. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is as varied as the Universe itself in its expression, and new forms are brought to light in the modern age, as well as new artists adapting the classic styles and making them their own. Metal is here to stay.

~DJ Opal~

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I. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades 0:00 

II. Slayer - Hell Awaits 2:49 

III. AcDc - Who Made Who 9:02 

IV. Metallica - Battery 12:30

V. Pantera - 5 Minutes Alone 17:44

VI. Metallica - One 23:32

VII. Anthrax - Panic 30:59

VIII. Skid Row - I Remember You 35:01

IX. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast 40:15

X. Megadeth - Looking Down The Cross 45:04

XI. Black Lable Society - Stillborn 50:07

XII. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell 53:23

XIII. Accept - No Shelter 01:07:48

XIV. Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns 01:13:52

XV. Dio - Gypsy 01:19:56

XVI. Mötley Crüe - Wild Side 01:23:35

XVII. Ozzy Osbourne . Dreamer 01:28:18

A to Z Blogging Challenge: D is for Death Metal

A to Z Blogging Challenge

D is for Death Metal

by

Wanda Psycho

Death metal is a musical genre which focuses on dark and sometimes violent imagery. It generally utilizes aggressive, growling vocal stylings and loud, distorted guitar riffs.

Certain bands that fall into the death metal category may also be categorized as black metal, doom metal, or thrash metal. 

Black metal, death metal, and thrash metal were all influenced by the British extreme metal band Venom. The American metal band Slayer was particularly influential in the death and thrash metal camps. Of course one cannot talk about death metal without mentioning Death, which formed in Florida in 1983. 

There are too many great death metal bands to mention all of them in a short piece such as this one. 

Death metal subgenres include deathcore, Death/Doom, blackened death metal, Death and Roll, Goregrind, Deathgrind, technical Death metal, melodic Death metal, and Pornogrind.

I leave you with Death to wrap up this entry. Rest in peace, Chuck Schuldiner.

~Wanda~