Heavy/death metal

Some people call this viking metal. Some people are dumb. This is melodic death metal with a bit of folk metal thrown in for good measure.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWOO9nT3u4U[/ame]
 
Metal genre lesson 1. Doom metal. One of the earliest forms of metal, a direct decedent of Black Sabbath. Saint Vitus and Candlemass are IMO the best examples of Doom metal.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqUGMzVo7SI[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjRd28TU9CE[/ame]

A doom metal band Im sure most people have never heard, considering they only recorded four songs before they split up:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsqDFU3P4gM[/ame]


And now you know.
 
Crow...I did.
What could be scarier than a guy in a purple dragon suit singing I Love You?

So in your educated opinion, metal is defined as any music that is "scary"? You need to be educated.

The complex arrangements, frequent time changes and the general high level of musicianship required to play extreme metal makes it more similar to classical music than any other form of rock. Many death and black metal songs could easily be arranged to suit an orchestra. The reason the vocals are so often delivered in a growl or shriek is so they do not become the main focus of the music, like typical rock music where the singer gets all of the credit. The vocals are just another instrument, pushed to the absolute extreme, just like the guitars and drums.

Heres a heavy metal epic, if you doubt me. Nearly 15 minutes long, and some of Moonsorrow's songs are twice that length. Its great too, if you have patience.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvaxHJdfBZQ[/ame]
 
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Crow...I did.
What could be scarier than a guy in a purple dragon suit singing I Love You?

So in your educated opinion, metal is defined as any music that is "scary"? You need to be educated.

The complex arrangements, frequent time changes and the general high level of musicianship required to play extreme metal makes it more similar to classical music than any other form of rock. Many death and black metal songs could easily be arranged to suit an orchestra. The reason the vocals are so often delivered in a growl or shriek is so they do not become the main focus of the music, like typical rock music where the singer gets all of the credit. The vocals are just another instrument, pushed to the absolute extreme, just like the guitars and drums.

Heres a heavy metal epic, if you doubt me. Nearly 15 minutes long, and some of Moonsorrow's songs are twice that length. Its great too, if you have patience.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvaxHJdfBZQ[/ame]

Perhaps you should be listening to it less?
Settle down guy...there is a little thing called humor.
Try it.
 
Humor? Whazzat?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uid93jUrf0[/ame]
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfEwhPiNjQA

That was good, and new to me...

Here's one of the bands that drew me into metal... nothin special these days but cutting edge when I was kid.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-2Wo-zInIQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-2Wo-zInIQ[/ame]
 
Metal genre lesson 1. Doom metal. One of the earliest forms of metal, a direct decedent of Black Sabbath. Saint Vitus and Candlemass are IMO the best examples of Doom metal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqUGMzVo7SI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjRd28TU9CE

A doom metal band Im sure most people have never heard, considering they only recorded four songs before they split up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsqDFU3P4gM


And now you know.

I thought I would never meet anyone outside my old friends who knew of Candlemass. They fuckin rule. The Samarithan was a fantastic song.
 
How about Metal before metal existed? Premetal Metal.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KExNxttleaI[/ame]
 

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