Family Tree – Where are metal bands from? – Singing?

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A presentation I did for Friday Learning Group at Yelp on May 3, 2013.

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The History of Heavy Metal

Benjamin Knight & Andrew Tribone

May 3, 2013

Introduction

  • Goal

    Not to convince you that you should listen to metal, but rather tell you what about metal I think is interesting.

  • What “qualifies” me?

    • Listening to metal since 7th grade.
    • Started playing guitar a year later; learned nearly every Metallica song.
    • Worked at college radio station for 4 years as Metal Director.

Origins

1960s – Early Metal

  • Cream
  • Blue Cheer
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Deep Purple
  • Led Zeppelin
  • The Stooges
  • Black Sabbath

Tony Iommi

1970s: Many Offshoots

  • Glam MetalTwisted Sister, Motley Crue, Poison
  • Progressive RockRush, Yes
  • New Wave of British Heavy MetalIron Maiden, Motorhead
  • PunkThe Ramones, The Misfits, The Clash
  • Power MetalManowar, Judas Priest, Rainbow

1980s: Modern Metal

  • Thrash MetalMetallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth
  • Death MetalCannibal Corpse, Death
  • Progressive MetalDream Theater, Fates Warning, Symphony X, Opeth
  • Black Metal
  • Doom Metal

1990s and 2000s: Fusion

  • Nu MetalKoЯn, Limp Bizkit, System of a Down
  • MetalcoreKillswitch Engage, Shadows Fall

Family Tree

Wat.

Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Funk Metal, Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, White Metal, Unblack Metal, Death n' Roll, Groove Metal, Drone Metal, Rap Metal, Viking Death Metal, Medieval Metal, Celtic Metal, Pagan Metal, Goregrind, Nintendocore, Neoclassical Metal, Industrial Metal, Math Metal, Teutonic thrash metal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_subgenres

10 Genres of Metal in 3 Minutes

Glam Metal

Black Metal

The Sound of Evil™

  • Distorted electric guitar
  • Power chords

The Tritone

a.k.a. the flatted fizziff.

Where are metal bands from?

Metal Bands per 100,000 people

Bay Area Metal

Metallica, Autopsy, Exodus, Testament, High on Fire, Black Cobra, Machine Head, Death Angel, etc.

Hetfield Grunts

Metal subculture

  • Fans: Metalheads, headbangers, thrashers.
  • Counter-culture

Fans

Concerts & Festivals

Singing?

  • Singing [Iron Maiden]
  • Screaming [Metallica, Slayer, Pantera]
  • Nothing [Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert]

Drums

Floor Toms, Fills and Feet

Cymbals

Blast Beats

Guitar

Picking

Bass

Heavy Riffs

Breakdowns, Tempo Changes

R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman of Slayer