A Brief History of Metal
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No one likes being misjudged; with some context, we can all understand each other a bit better. So, if someone mentions metal music and your mind jumps to hair spray abuses or evil clown lookalikes, join me as we discuss its rich history—really! We'll start with its influences (like Celtic folk and classical music), discuss its cultural and religious roots (not as terrifying as you might think), and see how 40+ years of success and misconception have led to a rich musical tapestry. You might not become a fan, but you'll definitely understand the world you live in just a bit more.
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A Brief History of Metal
- 1. a brief history of metal
- 3. oldestsongever Text 1400 B.C. (Syria)
- 4. singlenotes (rituals & drone) harmony&melody (scales & tonality) dissonance&chords
- 5. Classical (Art) Music “Celtic” Music Storytelling (& Drinking Songs)
- 6. return date(“Y”) + 500;
- 8. distortionriffs&chords Blind Willie Johnson Pat Hare The Kingsmen (Howlin’ Wolf) (Muddy Waters) Dick Dale “Louie, Louie” “How Many More “I’m Gonna Murder “Misirlou” (by Richard Berry) Years” My Baby” 50‘sblues&60‘sgarage
- 9. distortionriffs&chords The Rolling Stones The Yardbirds The Kinks The Who Keith Richards Jimmy Page Dave Davies Pete Townshend 60‘sbritishrock
- 10. distortionriffs&chords The Jimi Hendrix Cream MC5 Iron Butterfly Experience (Rhythm) (Feel) (Pace) (Virtuosity) 60‘ssongwriting
- 11. distortionriffs&chords Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Deep Purple AC/DC 70‘sgodfathers
- 13. mostmeta(l)thingever Lost middle and ring Listened to Django Adapted by making fingertips of fretting Reinhardt (played thimbles, using light hand in a metal with two fingers on strings, and factory accident the fretboard) downtuning tonyiommi
- 15. return date(“Y”) - 20;
- 16. 50s&60s
- 17. counterculture
- 19. andthenthishappened Renamed band from First song employs Inspired by Geezer Earth to Black the tritone (diabolus Butler’s encounter Sabbath as homage in musica) with a with a witchcraft to a ‘63 horror film diminished fith book-stealing shadow blacksabbath
- 20. if ( in_array( “Satan”, $counterculture) ) { $counterculture = “Satan”; exit; }
- 21. #amirite?
- 23. counterculture
- 24. subculture
- 25. andthenwhathappened Black Sabbath King Crimson Judas Priest Motörhead AC/DC Uriah Heep Scorpions Misfits Led Zeppelin Rush Saxon Iron Maiden 70sdivergence(oversimplified)
- 26. 2 briefasides
- 27. Kiss was less metal, more shock/glam rock.
- 28. Ozzy ate a bat by accident. He was also an addict. Also weird. But, not satanic.
- 31. andthenwhathappened American Hard Rock Big Four: Thrash Hair Metal Metallica Mötley Crüe Van Halen Megadeth Bon Jovi Guns N’ Roses Slayer Poison Iron Maiden Anthrax Def Leppard 80sacceleration(oversimplified)
- 32. andthenwhathappened Black Metal Hardcore Punk Death Metal Industrial Metal Doom Metal Hellhammer Black Flag Death Ministry Candlemass Celtic Frost Bad Brains Morbid Angel Godflesh Pagan Alter Bathory Minor Threat Napalm Death Nine Inch Nails Pentagram Venom Misfits 80sacceleration(oversimplified)
- 34. well, now’s a good time to note: unfortunately,
- 36. norwegianblackmetal cool tunes. weird scene.
- 37. mostly anti-religious, not always satanic.
- 38. wait. what’s with the face paint? and all the anger?
- 39. complex historical reactions + herd mentality + other crimes = some pretty bad PR
- 40. anyway
- 41. andthenwhathappened Black Nu/Rap Death / Grind Industrial Groove Cannibal Corpse Mayhem Rage Against the Marilyn Manson Suffocation Pantera Burzum Machine Fear Factory At the Gates White Zombie Darkthrone Korn Nine Inch Nails Napalm Death Machine Head Gorgoroth Slipknot Rammstein Brutal Truth 90sbranching(oversimplified)
- 42. andthenwhathappened Alternative Stoner & Sludge Metallic Hardcore Mathcore Hardcore Punk Kyuss Coalesce Tool Converge Refused Sleep Botch Alice in Chains Shai Hulud Born Against Melvins Dillinger Escape Deftones Hatebreed Battery Neurosis Plan 90sbranching(oversimplified)
- 43. Gwar should be mentioned somewhere.
- 46. andthenwhathappened New American Progressive Death “Djent” Black Mastodon Lamb of God Nile Wolves in the Between the Buried Meshuggah Shadows Fall Atheist Throne Room and Me SikTh Killswitch Engage Decapitated Liturgy Cynic TesseracT Unearth Autopsy Behemoth Dream Theater 00sbranching(oversimplified)
- 47. andthenwhathappened Post-Hardcore Metal/Deathcore Noise / Grind Post-Metal Drone Thursday Despised Icon Circle Takes the Cephalic Carnage Isis Sunn O))) As I Lay Dying Square Pig Destroyer Pelican Earth Suffocation Thrice The Locust Cult of Luna Jesu Converge Underoath 00sbranching(oversimplified)
- 48. 2 briefasides
- 49. Bands like Attack Attack! are less metal, more electronica with hardcore influences.
- 50. Bands like Emmure are less metal, more hardcore with hip-hop influnces.
- 52. The origin of the “Sign of the Horns” is in dispute, but it likely doesn’t refer to Satan.
- 53. The origin of headbanging is also in dispute and old.
- 54. Moshing, pit dancing, crowd surfing, stage diving, wall of death.
- 55. questions?