Types Of Metal

First off metal is an umbrella term (which means it can mean lots of different things) in general people think of it as hard rock. The problem with sheltering all bands of the "metal" genre under that same name is that when you ask a huge Slipknot fan they'll say its one thing but if you ask a Judas Priest fan they'll say something completely different.

Metal in the early to mid 1970's is generally called classic metal or hard rock. Bands that fit this category are Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, and Jimi Hendrix. Other than Black Sabbath all these bands had a more bluesy sound than what is considered "metal" but they are in fact hard rock/heavy metal.

Than in the late 70's a wave of British metal that had the dark lyrics of Black Sabbath but with less repeditive and slightly more meladic riffs. Bands like Iron Maiden, Saxson, Demon, and Judas Priest. All these bands had the technical ability of the earlier metal bands but used the energy, aggression and speed of many punk bands at the time. This type of Metal is generally called The New Wave of British Heavy Metal or NWOBHM.

At the same time another Metal movement was beginning. Bands like Def Leppard and Van Halen were using incredible guitar-virtuoso leads along with slower meladies made it more mainstream than the NWOBHM bands. There vocals often including high falcetto screams.

In the early 80's the L.A. scene picked up and overnight many bands with the same formula as Def Leppard and VH, became the next wave of mainstream rock and metal. Bands like Motley Crue, Ratt, Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot added incredible stage shows along with a cross-dressing look of Glam Rock took Metal to new popularity heights. That type of metal is usually called Hair Metal or Pop Metal.

In 1986 a San Francisco band named Metallica released Master Of Puppets and another type of metal was born. They had the guitar of the NWOBHM but souped up the tempo and used an even more agressive playing style. They had screaming, enraged vocals and solo styles much like the L.A. scene although they had a much more serious style of music and dress. Soon after Megadeath, Antrax and Slayer followed suit. This metal is generally called Thrash Metal.

By the late 80's both scenes had become warn out. But in 1988 a single was released that would change metal for the next few years, that single was Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses. It had they hair metal style of play and they assosciated themselves with those bands but had a bluesier and more serious style. Sweet Child O' Mine proved that Metal bands could show there softer side. Sweet Child O' Mine also came off of the best selling debut album ever: Appetite For Destruction (more than 15 million sold)

When Grunge came to the rock spotlight in the early 90's both scenes needed another miracle. Neither got it. But in 1991 a new band hit the spotlight. Pantera had Metallica-like music but they were even more brutal and heavy than Metallica. They played faster than any metal band before them, even Motorhead. They had the aggression of punk and but Dimebag Darrel had the virtiuso ability that often crowned him "The Next Eddie Van Halen". In 1991 there single debuted #1 beating every grunge and metal single at the time, even Enter Sandman.

In the mid-90's a new metal had taken over. This time took every page from Panteras play book but then added in the influence of Rap. These band generally called Nu-Metal used scratch effects and Rap-style singing with the crushing music of the Pantera's and Metallica's before them. Although this type of music is frowned apon by fans of just about every other type of metal, it is still a type of metal and deserves to be on this list as much as anyone. Bands from this movement are Slipknot, System Of A Down, and Papa Roach.

In the early to mid 2000's nu-metal still reigns king of Metal, but with harder underground bands like Mastadon hitting the spotlight (and playing Ozzfest this year on the second stage) it obivously wont be long until another group of bands claim there own place in Metal history.

Comments

[ukdudeinuk]

what??? this is sad...do your homework dude!! the most obvious thing to me was that metallica had 2 albums before master of puppets, and they were in they same vein(kill em all less than ride, but still)

[unfathomable_bo]

You REALLY need to do some research. SOAD, Slipknot, Guns N Roses, Papa Roach, Van Halen and Def Leppard are NOT metal. Its spelled Megadeth not Megadeath, its spelled Anthrax not Antrax, Metallica released 2 albums before Master Of Puppets, Mastodon is not underground and finally you missed out all the genres of metal apart from heavy metal and thrash metal. Were is the history of death metal? Black metal? Power metal? Doom metal? Prog metal? Folk Metal?

No stars for you sir

[Wasp]

And a lot of bands are missing. Overkill and Testament, for example. And it's Megadeth, not -death.

Too many mistakes and too basic. Two stars.

[iotaofspam]

cannibal corpse ? Cradle Of filth ? Children Of Bodom ???

[iotaofspam]

my mom can write a better article on metal !!!

[metal_maiden1]

black sabbath had VERY bluesy sound. just listen to "the wizard".

guns n' roses werent metal or hair metal. they were normal hard rock.

more melodic riffs than sabbath? the NWOBHM?! you're kidding. sabbath were very melodic. just because they had 1 guitarist doesnt make them less melodic. and less repetitive? maiden and priest have like 3 riffs tops in their early songs while sabbath had a MINIMUM of 3 in theirs.

why the hell are you comparing ozzy osbourne and def leppard?! they are completely different!

master of puppets did NOT invent thrash metal. what is considered the first thrash record is kill 'em all, which was released a good 4 years earlier, and even if that isnt the first, there was a good number of other thrash records released before master of puppets.

nu-metal isnt thrash-influenced. its just metal riffing with rapping and electronic influences, and if anything then also funk influences.

where's power metal? black metal? death? funk? metalcore? folk? goth? melodic black/death? doom?

you have some serious home work to do.

[slashwyldepage]

holy *** are you dumb. do some homework dumbass, kill em all was metallicas first album, and you left out a shitload of bands. ugh. nice article. not.

[slashwyldepage]

wait, you called jimmy hendrix metal? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Cookie_master]

Where's the death metal?

[frsrblch]

Oh my ***. He actually spelled it as Megadeth.

Lots of those band are not metal.

[frsrblch]

Whoa, see? Even I cant spell it wrong. And what about death metal? Your history has holes, man.

[Thrashmetal92]

~This metal is generally called Thrash Metal~

\m/ but dude, kill em' all was metallica's first album, and was the album that probably revolutionized the genre of thrash metal, not master of puppets.

3 stars, you left out a lot of junk

[Duff_McGee]

Somebody's been watching VH1

[5150-Megadeth]

wow you left out so many things ever heard of death metal? and you really suck at describing genres "nu-metal is like pantera but with rap..." don't try to explain anything unless you know how to spell or know anything about metal and lots of metal fans hate nu metal not just other types of musics fans

[Rickenbacker]

Yea plenty of holes in your little story chap,ill give ya 2.5 out 5 for effort.

[Danno13]

Needs work, son. shoulda submitted it to the "CUBMISSIONS FORUM" first. One star.

[Chance88]

You REALLY need to do some research. SOAD, Slipknot, Guns N Roses, Papa Roach, Van Halen and Def Leppard are NOT metal.

unfathomable_bo man, u dont know wat ur talking about nu metal is just as much metal as the rest, and just becuz maybe u dont like slipknot and soad dont mean there not metal. i like all types of metal.

[dwnbowden]

i hate these sorts of articles. Why does everything have to fit into a actagory and be sorted into its little box why cant people be more open minded rather than just saying "I only like metal or I only like rap" people should just see it as music rather than scorning people about what is and isnt metal this is stupis (not just the article but most of the people commenting especially sick metal)

[hell awaits 666]

WTF, Black Sabbath was the creator of all metal, you didn't mention any black or death metal, or what was to become power metal...

[SickMetal]

^^ Well the way I figure it, you should know something about metal if you write an article about it.

[hell awaits 666]

If you barely know metal, do not talk about it, by the way, Nu-Metal is shit, and it isn't really metal

[hell awaits 666]

another thing, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth where creators of thrash metal too, and Master of Puppets was not th first thrash album...

[DaddyTwoFoot]

Don't write about metal if you don't know anything about metal, dumbass.

[Mental Hop]

What ever happened to rock music? I've never even heard the term "classic metal"

[black_sabbath85]

spare me the bullshit man! ur speaking out of ur ass

[Valterra]

...Jimi Hendrix.....Metal.....riiiight...

[iinsanity101]

yo im sorry but this article really sucked, you left out black,death,prog,folk,and nu. once again, it really sucks

P.S.( why do we need an article on metal anyways, we already know what it is)

[Zavorash]

Yeah... quite a lot of holes in your article. You were going in the right direction by providing the beginnings of a description and history for a few styles of metal, but many of your facts were incomplete or incorrect, the bands you chose are not the best examples, and so on and so forth.

You also missed out on many styles. Death, black, doom, goth, power, folk, grindcore, etc.

Make sure you have the right info and enough of it before you consider writing another article.

[XeNoCiDe730]

what are some bands that fall under the genres of power, doom, and folk metal?....i listen to dream theater, spastic ink, napalm death, metallica, dimmu borgir, cradle of filth, slayer, and even mainstream stuff like slipknot and mudvayne but i dont pay too much attention to the specific types of metal...

[Chance88]

man im sick of ppl saying new metal is not metal, i listing to all types of metal. it all got strong points and weak points. i like metallica, slayer, and every thing els including wat ppl call nu metal, system of a down is one of the most different bands out there, so called nu metal bands are trying new things, people are just afraid of different things and not open minded

[YeagARoKkA]

ummm do u know wat metal is.....jimi hendrix is not metal ***nut....do ur homework or actually listen to the music

[Ahh Shaith]

Eh, SoaD owns. I don't give out stars really to anybody...Uh...I'm hungry. Later.

[hen]

jimi hendrix isn't hard rock, it's psychedelia

[madbasslover]

dude...this guy left out every subgenre of metal i can think of!!! and if you're gonna write an article on metal, you HAVE to credit Fear Factory, dammit! No one ever does, but Fear Factory was the first band to switch back and forth between aggressive vocals and singing, and they were also one of the first to mix double bass pedal with guitar to create that boom. Nearly every popular band on the metal scene these days has copied something from them. Only the bands that came before them remain original.

[love_metal36]

^^^response to SickMetal's comment

i COMPLETELY agree with you except that Hair- and Nu- are types of metal, this person has no idea about the involved history of real metal, he considers "classic rock" Metal?
Metal got its start in Black Sabbath in 1970
Thrash/Speed Metal started in 1983 with Metallica's release of "Kill 'em All", later followed by 2 more good albums, and one okay one,(Justice), Megadeth's "Killing is my Business.." and then followed by Slayer and Anthrax... i could go on forever on this...

[Lymbe]

Ok everyone just about covers my comments sorry dude, no stars.

Plus, Maiden were in early, mid and late 80s (and well, still here today) not 70s.







Good luck with the rest of the comments, you gonna need it...

[Diceman42]

slashwyldepage:
wait, you called jimmy hendrix metal? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

jimi hendrix is not metal ***nut

jimi hendrix isn't hard rock, it's psychedelia

right enough. but if one were to trace the earliest installments of hard rock as we know it Jimi's guitar stylings and riffage provided ample blueprints for later hard rock/metal bands.

[Lymbe]

And madbasslover has a point

[Diceman42]

It seems to me that there are two types of metal fans:

1. The-Children-Of-Bodom-is-the-only-true-metal-band-
ever fan. To this kid, if the band members arent covered in spikes, dont have 5-ft-long jet black hair, dont scream/sing like opera rejects, and dontplay their instuments at 29578453 bpm, then they are not metal.

2. Basically the fan who isnt the moronic ADHD 12-year-old from above, and understands that metal is broad genre of music where bands dont have to create the musical equivalent of a train wreck, to be considered as such.

[s_fall20]

Hey what about progressive? This was a stupid article, not gonna talk about all the holes with black, death or thrash. who cares anyways? as long as you like it who cares what others classify it as?

[Tedrick]

Led Zeppelin is NOT a metal band!

[J_Dizzle]

SOAD Metal? I wouldn't call it that. They made a song about PIZZA one time... isn't that wierd?

[Andy_the_k]

This is more of a history, history is fun if u want it to be, this article kind of sucked. u disappoint me. we need article that tell us important stuff, not what you think is metal, and what isnt metal

[Andy_the_k]

oh yeah u spelled megadeth wrong

[RedburN]

waow, i've read alot of pointless/stupid/ignorant articles on UG... But I think I speak for everyone when I say this article is one of the worst...

[Metallicam]

Ok ok ok, it wasn't a great article, but it wasn't as bad as you guys are making it sound. Sure, he left out alot of stuff, probably cause he doesn't like it (which isn't an excuse), but I think the whole classifying metal is stupid. How can you say that Numetal and Hairmetal have nothing to do with mettal??? Look at the root word. These are spinoffs of metal, but still metal. You can't say that only stuff you lie is metal. It's all metal. This is just my opinion, but stop ragging on people just because you have a different idea of what's metal. It's all just a matter of opinion.
PS: I rated this 1.5 stars because it is short, shallow and just not that good.

[5150-Megadeth]

Metallicam:
Ok ok ok, it wasn't a great article, but it wasn't as bad as you guys are making it sound.

yes it it...

[high_pedro]

ya forgot too much shit boy, go do you homework.

[5150-Megadeth]

oops, yes it is*

[Dexter Smith]

shitty article

[jeeba jaba]

You can go into UG's own metal forum, and find out more about metal than the information given in this article, there are tons of different metals outside of early type metal, and nu-metal.

[r_lightning]

madbasslover:
dude...this guy left out every subgenre of metal i can think of!!! and if you're gonna write an article on metal, you HAVE to credit Fear Factory, dammit! No one ever does, but Fear Factory was the first band to switch back and forth between aggressive vocals and singing, and they were also one of the first to mix double bass pedal with guitar to create that boom. Nearly every popular band on the metal scene these days has copied something from them. Only the bands that came before them remain original.

words\m/

*you'll get a 2stars from me sir*

[bigtimmy]

yeh definetly a poo effort. but he didn't actually say that master of puppets was metallica's first album, just the first thrash record.... ok i tried to save him some dignity but i can't its impossible he screwed it up too much.

[TornSickness]

The Sickness has to speak on this one .Slipknot and SOAD r not NUMETAL they do not rap you ***ing idiots,But Yes they r a new kind of metal and a good metal at that and It all Started From early Zep and Sabbath And AC/DC.Half The Guys Now Wouldn't even have guitars if it wasn't for them And Every kind Of Metal Developed From Zep Sabbath And AC/DC Even if it did sound Blues.Slipknot and SOAD rock like no others!!!..

[BritRock]

U sad act.

[erling]

This is really really bad

[mortiis999]

lol this is sad, its just a way for a nu metal fan to justify the existance of his favorite "sub genre of metal" LOL metal my ass

[agreth_3rd]

metal is metal is crap

[Voodoo Chile]

Dude, I'm as far as the 2nd paragraph, and I'm going to read no further. For starters, Jimi Hendrix was dead by 1970, how does he qualify as a 70's artist? And he certainley is not metal. Nor are Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith. And Black Sabbath were heavily inspired by blues, they started as a blues band.

[hell awaits 666]

agreth_3rd:
metal is metal is crap

you ***in' idiot, if you don't like metal why are you here?

[ATHForce]

You sir, are an idiot. If I ever saw you in real life, I would slap you for being so dumb.

And about this...

J_Dizzle:
SOAD Metal? I wouldn't call it that. They made a song about PIZZA one time... isn't that wierd?

Metal isn't about the lyrical content. It's about passion and rebellion. Just because they wrote one song about pizza doesn't make them any less metal. If you remember, a lot of metallica songs really are kinda strange and make no sense.

[Pig]

wow, ANOTHER article about "The Different Types of Metal". If I hear another idiot babble on about the many pointless degradations of metal once more, I may just hunt them down and force them to gargle their own bullshit.

all these bands had a more bluesy sound than what is considered "metal" but they are in fact hard rock/heavy metal.

This...article...sucks.

oh yeah and Hendrix is'nt metal. What the hell is wrong wit you. HE'S BLUES YOU DUM ASS go home bitch.

Brit Rock, Hendrix may have played several blues pieces, and certainly he was influenced by the blues a great deal. However, categorizing him as blues is about as idiotic as classifying him as metal. Hendrix played good music, and certainly blues is, however, he did not limit himself to that genre.

[pyroheadbanger]

Possibly the worst article I've ever read on metal, you missed out on more subgenres than you covered.Way to go, prick.

[Fade2Cobain]

wow tough crowd

[altronataku]

...i havent even listened to enough metal to call myself knowledgeable of the whole genre but i definately saw the bullshit factor in this article. the whole articles so disorganized. since when has jimi hendrix been associated with metal at all? metallica released MOP in 1986. nice job dipshit, cept you forgot they had 2 ***ing major studio albums before that(kill em all, ride the lightning). and what do you mean slayer followed metallica? they started around the same time metallica did. you have more subgenres missing than you have covered in here. black metal and grindcore sounds familiar? yea well i dont see those two as well as many other subs in your talking-out-of-your-ass article. you did a poor definition on every subgenre you listed. even going as far as being completely inaccurate. i hate you.

[Goshdangit88]

Probably some 11 year old who can only play power chords and listens to Linkin Park and Papa Roach. Fag.

[rockinlewis]

unfathomable_bo:
You REALLY need to do some research. SOAD, Slipknot, Guns N Roses, Papa Roach, Van Halen and Def Leppard are NOT metal. Its spelled Megadeth not Megadeath, its spelled Anthrax not Antrax, Metallica released 2 albums before Master Of Puppets, Mastodon is not underground and finally you missed out all the genres of metal apart from heavy metal and thrash metal. Were is the history of death metal? Black metal? Power metal? Doom metal? Prog metal? Folk Metal?

No stars for you sir
[POSTED: 31 May 2005 - 10:55]|

.oh.my.god.

everyone leave him alone and write your own oh so perfect articles, at least he actually contributed.

[altronataku]

^please it wouldve been better if he just kept his ***ing mouth shut in the first place.

[Scourge441]

I'm gonna try to not be so hard on the kid, but still-

1. Extremely disorganized
2. Missed WAAA..Y too many subgenres
3. Some info is wrong

Still, I do consider Nu-metal and hair metal to be subgenres of metal, but I don't listen to either.

Do your homework and try again. You have some of the basics, but you missed way too much stuff.

[SuicideNation]

wow, this is pretty inaccurate, you really need to learn more and get a wider range of metal genre's before you try to give people a history lesson on it. Learn how to spell the names of the bands at least.. .you are a disgrace to the gods of heavy metal

[DopeDanny]

iotaofspam:
my mom can write a better article on metal !!!

I dont know ya,but your probably right.

[smb]

Black Sabbath were a lot more metal than Zep, Aerosmith or Hendrix! You certainly have missed out a lot, as people have said. Sure, you can't be expected to cover everything but when you missed out black metal, death metal, speed metal, doom metal, stoner, goth, sludge, grind and many others what can we say. How could you list Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, and Jimi Hendrix but miss out Deep Purple?

[anti-goth]

In 1986 a San Francisco band named Metallica released Master Of Puppets and another type of metal was born. They had the guitar of the NWOBHM but souped up the tempo and used an even more agressive playing style. They had screaming, enraged vocals and solo styles much like the L.A. scene although they had a much more serious style of music and dress. Soon after Megadeath, Antrax and Slayer followed suit. This metal is generally called Thrash Metal.

metallica started in 1982. megaDETH(no a that pisses me off) was thought up by the old guitarist from metallica. that would be dave mustaine.

sabbath were a lot harder than any other band you put and that paragraph. although i do like all of them. AND smb was right. where the hell is deep purple??

im agreeing with smb again. you missed out on lots of other types of metal. nice try though. 2 stars.

[Tyler the Great]

Don't teach until you know. I guess if you had entitled your article "some types of metal", people wouldn't be so hard on you about it not being definitive. Otherwise, do some fact checking, and then you are fine.

[MegaKyleGio]

ummm.. zep and all them aren't metal, they are classic rock period!!!.. you didn't have death metal, you didn't have shred metal man, weres the bands like death, testament.....i could go on for ever on some great METAL bands that you didnt hit on, but man this is more of the "classic rock/thrash" article, that is very basic anyway,

[Punishment Due]

Ok ok ok, he is wrong, and i dont htink it was very good..but no need to be a bitch about it,

[metalhead296]

Diceman42
It seems to me that there are two types of metal fans:

1. The-Children-Of-Bodom-is-the-only-true-metal-band-

ever fan. To this kid, if the band members arent covered in spikes, dont have 5-ft-long jet black hair, dont scream/sing like opera rejects, and dontplay their instuments at 29578453 bpm, then they are not metal.

2. Basically the fan who isnt the moronic ADHD 12-year-old from above, and understands that metal is broad genre of music where bands dont have to create the musical equivalent of a train wreck, to be considered as such.




i see what your trying to say, but the problem is the guys from children of bodom have blonde hair, and i dont beleive they were spikes, or if they do its minimul, your thinking more of the cradle of filfth( or however you spell it) or dimmu borgir, or gothic bands thing, and your forgetting about the people that put it into 2 genras, like myself, the gay genre and the not gay genre, and its all in personal opinion....but yes this guy is an idiot, i mean, im not a personall fan of it all, but he should go back to the roots of rock, which led to medal, which is like blues shit and the beatles, but thats besides the point...

[hypocrisy]

This is THE worst article on metal I've ever seen.

[wanna_lick_me?]

where in the *** is Cannibal Corpse?!??!
with that out of the way....
dude, you should have known you would get your sorry unninformed ass flamed into hell for writting this article. here are the two main reasons: 1) you're attracting the attention of us metalheads (and we like to curse. A LOT) to a horrible article and 2) your spelling is the most ***ed up piece of shit ive ever seen. Please tell me that english is not ur first language...or that you're 6 yrs old...

[wanna_lick_me?]

and also, to say that Iron Maiden is not repetitive (im not saying thats a bad thing, mind you) is the most stupid shit ive ever heard anyone say

[JHguitarman22]

You REALLY need to do some research. SOAD, Slipknot, Guns N Roses, Papa Roach, Van Halen and Def Leppard are NOT metal. Its spelled Megadeth not Megadeath, its spelled Anthrax not Antrax, Metallica released 2 albums before Master Of Puppets, Mastodon is not underground and finally you missed out all the genres of metal apart from heavy metal and thrash metal. Were is the history of death metal? Black metal? Power metal? Doom metal? Prog metal? Folk Metal?

how are def leppard and gnr not metal they are metal but other then that why is this guy telling the history of metal this you iddnt tell me shit i didnt know and there was no f'in point of this please tell me were u trying to say a new kind of metal is coming out should i be on the look out? or did you just think that ONLY you knew the history of metal and your amzing storytelling would allow us to grasp the incredible feeling of metal?

[P_Gilbertrules]

This makes me sad.... well, at least you tried. Just do some more research next time.

[Darkrunner]

I was waiting for some Lamb of God, Borknagar, Opeth, Old Man's Child, Enthroned, Satyricon shit....something..

Gotta expand your horizons a bit...

[XeNoCiDe730]

TornSickness:
The Sickness has to speak on this one .Slipknot and SOAD r not NUMETAL they do not rap you ***ing idiots,But Yes they r a new kind of metal and a good metal at that and It all Started From early Zep and Sabbath And AC/DC.Half The Guys Now Wouldn't even have guitars if it wasn't for them And Every kind Of Metal Developed From Zep Sabbath And AC/DC Even if it did sound Blues.Slipknot and SOAD rock like no others!!!..


slipknot dont rap?...hav u heard "spit it out", "no life", "only one"... u cant tell me he does rap in those...he says "its time to bury your ass wit tha chrome strait to tha dome" for shits sake...

[XeNoCiDe730]

**u cant tell me he doesnt rap in those**

[Man_In_The_Box]

all you people who say jimi hendrix isnt metal, talk to some metal heads in about 40 years and ask them if megadeth or children of bodom or whoever are metal. theyll probly say exactly what ur saying right now.

[IgnoreThis]

^Metal was made in the beginning of the 70s, Jimi died in 1970(i think), he was blues rock anyway, and in 10 years people will still say 70s and 80s metal is metal.

Terrible article.

[raise_the_dead]

awful article. First of all MOP wasn't metallica's first album, and actually Reign in Blood was released at the same time (methinks), there was thrash before that. And whatever happened, to black, death, industrial metal? And Gothic metal? and melodic? This article is shite!

[Lucid_Dreaming]

The only #1 that Pantera had was with the album Far Beyond Driven which was the first album of its kind to debut at #1 in 1996.

[ILIKEMUSICALOT]

I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH DICEMAN42.

[smokymcpotbot]

there is too much shit wrong with this guy, first off you have no clue of Metallica's history the cds are as follows No Life Til Leather Demo, Kill Em All, Ride The Lightning then Master of Puppets. Whiplash would be the song that brought out the THRASH METAL part of Metallica. Its MegaDETH dumbass. Metallica was before Megadeth (duh Dave Mustaine was kicked out and formed Megadeth) i cant believe Slipknot and Papa Roach are in the same sentence. And who the *** is Jimi Hendrix metal? this guy is one dumb mother***er, nuff said

[Silvior]

This is pathetic... Led Zeppelin, Guns`n`Roses, Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe etc. are NOT metal-bands. And to call Jimi Hendrix metal ¤#"()/%#&

[timesignal]

PEOPLE - Stop trying to be cool by posting the same things every time just to prove you know more than this noob please be original

anyway five star for being brave enough to write this article in order to be insulted, critized and threatened
just kidding actually, i'm a very generous person so i give him... um .... um 1 star

[TimmyEatWorld]

yay, now i can go tell all my friends all the different types of metal, i'm sure they will love me for that.

[kirk_tremonti]

Papa roach isnt nu metal dude!!! They r more emo/screamo kind!!!
And nu metal cant have anething half as good as pantera!!!
This kinda sucked. 1/2 star!!

[craig_thomson]

*** man, Hendrix ain't metal...

[death_soul]

ooo..h almost forgot jimmy hendrix metal....u make me sick....ur sad

[Molodov]

madbasslover:
dude...this guy left out every subgenre of metal i can think of!!! and if you're gonna write an article on metal, you HAVE to credit Fear Factory, dammit! No one ever does, but Fear Factory was the first band to switch back and forth between aggressive vocals and singing, and they were also one of the first to mix double bass pedal with guitar to create that boom. Nearly every popular band on the metal scene these days has copied something from them. Only the bands that came before them remain original.

You know nothing about metal. Fear Factory did not pioneer anything to that extent... double bass was used far before them, and there were bands that used harsh vocals and singing before them as well... and they did it better.

THIS IS THE WORST METAL ARTICLE IVE EVER READ!

IF I COULD GIVE YOU NEGATIVE STARS I WOULD.

[nimbus_haylo]

That sux, I agree with everone else. Nu-metal is a very distant type of metal that isn't really considered a type of metal, but it is in a sick twisted way...but that would mean that Linkin Park is Metal, and I disagree. You left out a bunch of stuff like sXe Harcore, Death Metal, Black Metal, Alternative Metal...ect.

No one should really try to define the terms of Metal and what music should fall under Metal because the Metal genre is the widest genre of music out there, it has so many different styles and sub-genres that if you were to argue with an asshole about it, then it would be childish, and not worth the effort, because most likely the opinons of that asshole won't change even after you "set him straight". I don't like this review on Metal, but I won't criticize the asshole just because he's living too much in 1971 and elvis and shit.

[WeirdMariachi]

LEAVE THE GUY ALONE !!! At least he tried. You get my props for that. Obviously he was trying to cover the popular types of metal. But dude you left out alot of genres of metal,death,black,prog,etc. I'm not gonna trash you over the article, I'm sure you got some of that already and expect more, but I would have done an article focusing on one type of metal, instead of trying to cover everything. You also left out alot of bands that played an important role in metal. Like I said before at least you tried I bet none of these other idiots talking sh*t will attempt to write one like you. SE ACAVO !!!

[hockeyplayer168]

Looks to me like someone's trying to prove to the world that they're a metalhead. Failure.

[that1dude]

every one in here talkin trash needs to BACK THE F**K UP OFF THE MAN....at leaste he tryed which is more than most of us(including me) have done.....so wut it wasnt great.....most of his info was right on he just didnt have enuff.....jimi definatly wasnt metal though although he did influence just about every guitarist around no matter what type of music.

[Purple Haze123]

*** man, Hendrix ain't metal...

ooo..h almost forgot jimmy hendrix metal....u make me sick....ur sad

You guys are sad enough. I haven't seen you guys post an article. And I'm sure if you did, it would probably suck 5x worse. AND LED ZEPPELIN, BELEIVE IT OR NOT, IS METAL!!! They were the FIRST metal band. If you guys didn't know that, YOU ALL got to do some research. And Jimi Hendrix wasn't metal at all, but he was a huge influence on early metal players, like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc. So Hendrix most definately deserves a spot on the article. You all should have some info to back up what your saying, cause there's absolutely no reason to say anything at all if you don't have something to back you up. With all the crap this guy has gotten from all you "metal-heads", he deserves 5 stars.

[OaklandRaider24]

I've lost any respect I ever had for this lameass.

[ChurchNSkate]

In the early to mid 2000's nu-metal still reigns king of Metal, but with harder underground bands like Mastadon hitting the spotlight (and playing Ozzfest this year on the second stage) it obivously wont be long until another group of bands claim there own place in Metal history.

Hehe. Nu metal isn't metal, silly. It's grunge with EMG's! And more yelling.

And it's stupid.

And no, nu-metal isn't the king of metal. There is no king of metal. No genre. And you didn't get more than two genres of metal there. Ok, three...Heavy Metal, Hair Metal, and Thrash.

Idiot.

[Metallica78]

lets just use this as an example, dont try to tell metalheads about thier own genre. They'l bring out even the slightest error and flame the shit out of you.(even though this article had ALOT of errors)

No stars because your arrogence led you to believe you could tell me or any metalhead about OUR genre. retard.

[elcapitanloco]

I don't know whatt half of the metal subgenres are.
I don't know if bands like SOAD are really metal.
I don't listen to metal that often.
I don't even particularly like metal.

But, that article, plainly put, sucks; too many inaccuracies and misspellings.

[PurpleHazer]

This guy is an idiot Jimi Hendrix is not even close to metal!

[PurpleHazer]

You disgust me man seriously, Hendrix metal? omfg it's just gross dude Im sorry it's just really is. You are a brave man for making this article.

[boon]

1. it's spelled MEGADETH
2. Jimi Hendrix - metal!?!?
3. NWOBHM. hahaha wtfh..
4. Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer DID NOT 'follow after' Metallica
5. go check out www.dictionary.com, it's for your own good. you'd probably find your picture there under 'dumbass'

[Cyrus-602]

someones talking crap, dates completely wrong and somehow he missed black, death and grindcore to name a few
and metallica didnt start thrash, it was all the bay city bands

[hell awaits 666]

WTF, a guy said that Led Zepellin was the first metal band, compare it to Sabbath, and Sabbath are pretty much heavier than Zepellin making them the absolute inventors of metal...

[darksider]

MY GOD!!! This article is a complete load of Bull crap. the writter is clearly a stupid excuse for a human being. He writes worse than people who park in handicap zones!
My ass can write a better article on metal.
I'm not even gonna rate this! this desereves a
-1000..!

[Ishagu]

So mnay harsh comments, but you did deserve it. An article with a name like "The History of Metal" has a lot to live up to, and yours comes so short it's not even funny. The only accurate bit of info was the fact that Metallica release MOP in 1986, but that wasn't even their first album, and it wasn't the one that defined the genre' of Thrash. Better luck next time. Idiot.

[Ishagu]

oops, lol "Types of Metal" That's even worse! You've not covered ANY of them!!!

[black_sabbath85]

this guy wrote a long article and was probably expecting to get good comments. But sounds like a poser to me.

[President Dead]

WTF is up with all you bitches complaining about other people's music, if you dont like metal, and prefer punk, then why did you click on the ***ing article about metal. I, personally live for metal of most types. Sabbath is ceatchy and all, but they were not, and are not metal, no matter how you put it. Sure, they sparked a few flames that eveloved into good, heavy hardcore music, but they didnt "start metal", so stop trying to make them look "meaner" or "scarier" by calling them metal, thats jsut total bullshit man.

Your article was educational, but you forgot the best types of Metal.

[President Dead]

catchy*

[Thrashmetal92]

this really isn't good material, you should check you sources

[pinion18]

If you remember, a lot of metallica songs really are kinda strange and make no sense.

Name one metallica song that doesnt make sense.>

[pinion18]

First off metal is an umbrella term (which means it can mean lots of different things)

-scattered applause-. wow. what a shit article. However> this:

Metal in the early to mid 1970's is generally called classic metal or hard rock. Bands that fit this category are Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, and Jimi Hendrix. Other than Black Sabbath all these bands had a more bluesy sound than what is considered "metal" but they are in fact hard rock/heavy metal.

is correct except for the the rock/heavy metal part. If he had taken off heavy metal. he would have been completely right. Read it again.

[Lacquer_Head]

this was okay until you went to the bit with hair metal where it started going down hill... after that.. well duno what to say, where were all the other metal styles??? nowhere to be found.. pantera played faster than anyone before? i think you will find that slayer are quite a bit faster and were playing before pantera.. the rest has allready been bitched at so i won't bother

[hell awaits 666]

President Dead:
WTF is up with all you bitches complaining about other people's music, if you dont like metal, and prefer punk, then why did you click on the ***ing article about metal. I, personally live for metal of most types. Sabbath is ceatchy and all, but they were not, and are not metal, no matter how you put it. Sure, they sparked a few flames that eveloved into good, heavy hardcore music, but they didnt "start metal", so stop trying to make them look "meaner" or "scarier" by calling them metal, thats jsut total bullshit man.

I Support you with the punk guys...but just hear Black Sabbath well, and, I think the best types of metal are heavy metal, Thrash and Power Metal, eve though I do hear some black metal...

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[SaLvAdOrOcK]

all the comments above prettymuch cover what i have to say but for all the above asses wich say that led zeppelin and van halen arent metal youre wrong led zeppelin is the step between the psicodelich rock and metal but sabbath was the first to make really pure metal and because a band doesnt involves gutural voice grunts spikes or references to satan it doesnt means theyre not metal

[SaLvAdOrOcK]

I wouldnt even bother to write an article on metal history because of the following reasons:
It would be way to long and complex
the peole interested in rading it already know what you are saying
there will always be at least 5 mother fckers that either disagree with you or critisise even the smallest comment whether theyre right or not

Thank you very much
go screw yourselfs and remember
LONG LIVE ROCK & ROLL

[Stian_S]

I thought trashmetal was born with Kill 'Em All??

[THE KORNMAN]

Jesus Christ bananas...Led Zeppelin = Metal???

[THE KORNMAN]

Extremely WTF to Jimi Hendrix = Metal...

[rockybo]

Diceman42:
It seems to me that there are two types of metal fans:

1. The-Children-Of-Bodom-is-the-only-true-metal-band-

ever fan. To this kid, if the band members arent covered in spikes, dont have 5-ft-long jet black hair, dont scream/sing like opera rejects, and dontplay their instuments at 29578453 bpm, then they are not metal.

2. Basically the fan who isnt the moronic ADHD 12-year-old from above, and understands that metal is broad genre of music where bands dont have to create the musical equivalent of a train wreck, to be considered as such.

Just... wow. You did less research than the guy writing this article. When did Children of Bodom start making "the musical equivalent of a train wreck"?

[deathmetal911r]

sry to whoever wrote this needs to know real metal..im not saying metal is only really really hard stuff...theres alot of types of metal but,lol i dont thind led zepplin is...goth:nightwish death:the agony scene black:cradle of filth industrial:koRn lol..ill shut up b4 some of u start crying cause you thought led zepplin and hendrix was metal..its something you guys need to lean slowly...

[istandalone]

since when has jimmy hendrix and def leapord (however u spell it) been metal, and speaking of bands using rap in there songs u didnt even mention linkin park who is one of the bands that use that the most, and i dont think those "nu-metal" bands crushed metallica and pantera's efforts, cause maybe its just me but my counties "new rock" station plays them just as much if not more then other "nu-metal" bands

[hidden]

shhhh.....everybody calm down, take a deep breath. try not to sh[R][/R]it yourself, shhh.....

[bc2skaterpunk]

WHO CARES METAL JUST SUX. IT'S FULL OF GUYS THAT COULDN'T GET LAID EVEN IF THEY PAYED I MEAN LOOK AT METALLICA. SMART WITH GUITARS. DUMB AS HELL WITH CHICKS.

[grimreaper65]

another thing, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth where creators of thrash metal too, and Master of Puppets was not th first thrash album...

AMEN, everone acts like metallica are the king of thrash and just for get the others in the big four, not to mention lesser known thrashers as well, testament, overkill, etc...

[grimreaper65]

In 1986 a San Francisco band named Metallica released Master Of Puppets and another type of metal was born. They had the guitar of the NWOBHM but souped up the tempo and used an even more agressive playing style. They had screaming, enraged vocals and solo styles much like the L.A. scene although they had a much more serious style of music and dress. Soon after Megadeath, Antrax and Slayer followed suit. This metal is generally called Thrash Metal.


metallica started in 1982. megaDETH(no a that pisses me off) was thought up by the old guitarist from metallica. that would be dave mustaine.

sabbath were a lot harder than any other band you put and that paragraph.

Sorry, but no, sabbath definatly wasn't harder than any thrash metal bands, although they deffinatly still kicked ass.

[Mantiscabinet]

instead of Aerosmith with Zeppelin and Sabbath, you should have included Deep Purple. Like, many people have already said, Metallica had two extremely influencial albums prior to Master Of Puppets (however, in a world-wide vote, MOP came out on top). I'm glad you included Hendrix in a metal discussion, but, he's not quite metal... but if so than I'd call him psychdelic metal, or blues metal, along with Cream, The Yardbirds, Zeppelin, Jethro Tull etc.
You left out many genres so in the future, I suggest that prior to an entry you write a note saying that this is a breif discussion of ___...
You should have talked more about grunge, as it is very excellent... honestly, aside from psychdelic metal bands, who's better than Pearl Jam?
Also, like lots of people said, it not "megadeath" it "megadeth", and I'm assuming "antrax" is merely a typo.
Your dates are pretty spotty pal, read up on some Martin Popoff (esteemed rock/metal guru).
Thanks for calling GN'R metal.

Excellent attempt, but you failed 2 stars

[male896]

this is like the rough draft of a 3 year old. naybe next time u could put in accurate information

[tidus730]

can someone here give an example for each type of metal? i just wanna know the difference.

[Punk as atticus]

what about shred and what about children of bodom, shadows fall, and bls? too many comfusions like you said the two styles had neither when grunge came out? what two syles? you said metal needed something new and both styles didn't. unless your talking about grunge and metal. and what about motley crue in hair metal???? alright column i guess does make some sense its hard to include everyone. i'd give it 3 stars.

[Dogwillhunt]

Ugh... I think I'm gonna be sick. First of all, I would just like to say that even though I don't like it, Def Leppard is in fact (drum roll please) considered to be POP-METAL or commercialized metal. Anyone ever heard of EUROPE? Not the continent, the band... yep, POP-METAL. Metal has so many different branches of styles that it is hard to tell where rock ends and where metal begins. Jimi Hendrix was in fact blues rock... but he laid the ground work with his guitar solos. Led Zep were pioneers of metal... not that they were metal, but listen to some of their faster songs... you can hear some elements in their music that evolved into metal we know today. G'n'R... Metal... or at least very hard rock. Nu metal is just another branch of metal, just like death metal, funk metal, prog metal, doom metal, pop metal, goth metal, rap metal, etc. Just because you don't like Linkin Park doesn't mean they don't have a metal element to their music. Same thing with Korn or Slipknot or SOAD. But who actually listens to Cannibal Corpse or Dumdum Burger (Dimmu Borgir)? Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Led Zep, Hendrix, Papa Roach, AC/DC, Foo Fighters... not metal (rock). Def Leppard, G'n'R, Metallica, Motley Crue, Sabbath, Linkin Park, Fear Factory, Shadows Fall, Korn, Children of Bodom, SOAD, Rage, BLS, Europe, and yeah, even Winger... metal of some form or another. Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Tad, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains... grunge (considered rock not metal).

[Dogwillhunt]

By the way... no metal bands would have ever existed had it not been for blues or rock.

[Slayer666KFK]

alright well first let me start off by saying, there is so much wrong with that article that i doubt anyone in this forum has the time to sort it all out, the whole deal with metallica leading the way, i dont think so buddy, SLAYER, ANTHRAX and the band that came back to bite metallica back in the *** MEGADETH along with many other underground bands, and i do believe im ot sure but im pretty sure slayer was around first out of those four bands because they were 16 when they started and theyre in there early 40's now im pretty sure. but id like to just kinda give u my point of view about the whole "types of metal" thing goin on here. from my point of veiw there is no "type" of metal . METAL IS WHAT YOU AS AN ARTIST MAKE IT OR YOU AS A LISTENER COMPREHEND IT AS. thats why metal is so amazing because every metal band out there has its own sound. you can listen to a band like Children of Bodom with perfect harmony and that sort of Majestic sound to it and then you can listen to bands like slayer which is brutality but you can take different things from it. Children of Bodom have sort of Elegant style guitar riffing (alexi's leads sound beautiful) yet he has amazing vocals that come straight from hell, so you can look at it from either point of view. plain and simple, there is no labeling metal as a community, everyone will always have theyre personal label for every band because they will percive it differently than the next guy. and now your getting very innovative bands that you CANT classify into one Genre because theyre taking theyre artistic abilities to new hieghts because they are combining tons of different styles of music and putting them together. by the way incase no one already pointed this out sorry if u did, slayer was a band who fused music genres together, slayer dont classify themselves as "thrash" metal, slayer was the band that fused the SPEED of PUNK with the brutal riffing of METAL, thus creating SPEED METAL. in the beggining Jeff Hanneman (one of the guitarists of slayer) was really into punk, he loved the speed of it but didnt want to just play boring chord patterns over and over again so him and Kerry King (slayer guitarist, who brought the metal element) kinda just put the two together and came out with speed metal. plain and simple, metal cannot be classified nor tamed and thats the beauty of it and by the way, Led Zepplin,Van Halen, Aerosmith, NOT METAL DUDE. and as for NU-METAL cough KORN cough, they are embarrasements to metal and should just quit before they get upset, thanks

[darksied]

Yeah, Led Zepplin, Van Halen, they weren't metal. Slayer was around before Metallica, and I'm pretty sure Enter Sandman was bigger than just about anything Pantera had.

[Audio_State]

holy shit alot of comments

[Sammerk73]

what a garbage post...the guys below me pretty much covered why

[Sammerk73]

and by below i mean above

[dude12]

wow.....that was a huge waste of time

bc2skaterpunk wrote:
WHO CARES METAL JUST SUX. IT'S FULL OF GUYS THAT COULDN'T GET LAID EVEN IF THEY PAYED I MEAN LOOK AT METALLICA. SMART WITH GUITARS. DUMB AS HELL WITH CHICKS.

Stop writing in caps, and don't spam up an article you obviously don't belong in. Warned.

[bedurnk]

People who write these types of articles only further advance the stereotype that all metalheads are idiots. =/ Thank you, writer of this article.

[gnr_fan_17]

Do your homework dude! I definitely think this s*** of an article could've been a lot more f***** detailed.

[The Crying Orc]

Jesus christ, I won't stand for your bullshit, child. I won't even read the other posts, not only is this misinformed but just plain wrong. Slayer followed Metallica? Not really, they formed before Lars even thought of stealing the name Metallica. And Megadeth only came out later because Dave Mustaine was busy writing great music which Metallica would steal from him. And the only true "thrash" bands were C.O.C. or Cryptic Slaughter or D.R.I. and all of that, Megadeth and Metallica and the like were Speed Metal, Thrash was totally different, being more influenced from punk with metal influences in it.
And what the hell has nu-metal borrowed from Pantera, besides maybe the song topics? No nu-metal 'singer' can touch Phil...and not one comes close to the musicianship. And no, that shit is NOT metal, just like this Mastodon-Lamb of God shit isn't metal, not REAL metal anyway, if anything it should be called aluminum. If you haven't yet, go kill yourself. for the sake of humanity.

[Maggot penis]

I concur with the rest. may I say one thing Jimi hendrix influenced heavy metal.I gree with bedurnk

[guitarshredder1]

jimi hendrix did start the genre metal, one time when sumone being questioned for a magazine was asked what hendrix musix sounded like, the dude responded with "the music sounds like heavy metal falling from the sky"

[me_myself_and_i]

the crying orc is an imbecile....ive noticed that in metal theirs alot of aggressive apes that think only their favorite bands are metal...anything with enough distortion can be called metal...and what do you call bands like lamb of god with screaming and distorted guitars other then metal? you dipshit

[rockergurl09]

you need to do your homework. Ozzy Osbourne is definitely not pop-metal in any sense of the word. They're the ones who invented heavy metal, so how could they be pop metal? Use some common sense, buddy! Ozzy Osbourne is the prince of darkness, not the prince of pop, idiot.

As for nu-metal, that is not metal, even though it should be mentioned.

As for Jimi Hendrix, sure he influenced heavy metal, but he doesn't really sound like the bands he influenced.

Also, how in the world did Enter Sandman come into the grunge charts anyway?? That is not grunge, It's metal all the way.

And Papa Roach isn't even nu metal. It's screamo. Yeah, their only true nu-metal song is last resort.

in other words, before you write an article, think "Are You Experienced?" by Jimi Hendrix HINT* HINT*!!!!!

[imre]

As i read the article i thought: "you use oggy in the same sentence as pop" now you get a flame. I was wrong, you got flame for even less provocative lines.

I've spent the whole morning reading the comments on genre articles and I'm sure not to do it again, ever. Majority of the commentators are pathetic: they do not read what the article said, they jsut flame! Like the MEtallica album topic, did he say that MOP was the first Metallica album? no HE DID NOT!

Write an article yourself on you fav genre, you flamers!

[CatatonicStupor]

Ok. Everyone has said it, but seriously, homework is needed. Thrash, Hair and the NWOBHM are the ones everyone knows.

Open a browser and look for the real heavy metal types that people need to know about: Death metal, Gothenburg Metal, Black metal, Grindcore, Goregrind, Doom Metal (Stoner Doom, Funeral Doom, Drone Doom, Classic Doom), Gothic Metal, Stoner Metal, Power Metal...and the not so metal styles (That real metalheads will never in a million years class as metal: Metalcore, Nu-Metal)

Just look at