Style of music Metal

Metal style of music has a large number of different areas and genres, from relatively "light" (the classic heavy metal, power metal) to a very "heavy" and imperceptible to most untrained listeners (death metal, black metal, etc. .)

Introduced in the early 70s of the 20th century, the metal has come a long way of development and branching. Starting in the '70s as a single style (heavy metal), metal music reached its peak of popularity in the '80s, and then gave birth to their more extreme forms. In the 90 years of metal went through a period of mixing with other genres of music and the process continues to the present time. Currently, there are more than a dozen major subgenres of metal, and even more mixed, and regional variations.

Over time, increasingly complex and high-speed solos and riffs became the signs of a variety of styles with the development of metal. Guitarists use tapping and other techniques of high-speed game. Most areas require a metal virtuoso playing on instruments and almost extreme vocal performance.

Many bands use keyboards in the arrangement. This is characteristic of groups in such genres as progressive metal and symphonic metal. There are examples of innovative use of cello, violin, flute, saxophone, and even folk instruments in metal instrumentov.Takie play the role of the arrangements and are not fundamental.

The meaning of the lyrics and the ideological direction often varies from one direction to another, while there is some commonality. For all areas of metal is characterized by abstraction, pathetic, appeal to the fantastic and allegorical themes, mythology, literature, horror. For most sub-genres is characteristic of a strong personality cult, belligerence and aggression. However, much of the metal bands of texts drawn to the more traditional matter - freedom, love life, war.

With the advent of extreme forms of heavy music, and there was a new ideology. Performers black metal, unlike members of other genres, were carriers of radical ideology and anti-Christianity. Rejecting the traditional religion, black metal musicians became supporters and even the preachers of the new religious movements: Satanism, neo-paganism.


In contrast to the black metal, in other genres is not shaped by religious ideology. More than that, many of the texts in their stated opposition to any organized religion as such, traditional or not. Every religion, from their point of view, there is a management tool by the masses. In particular, this subject is often encountered in the work of groups of thrash metal.

There is also a considerable number of artists whose lyrics contain a positive outlook on Christianity. There is a subgenre of Christian metal, which the performers - believers inchurched Christians - sing songs about faith and God

Geographical distribution of styles of uniform. On different continents and in different countries vary widely popular styles, and in the east, particularly in Islamic countries, the public and the antagonism of heavy music is much more - a lot of bands and styles, there is simply not allowed.