2. GENRE OPTIONS
Options:
• Metal EDM (Bass Metal/Electronic Dance Music mixed with Metal)
• Electronic
• Alternative
• Funk/Disco (Daft Punk/Justice Style)
3. GENRE – METAL EDM
Genre covers areas such as Industrial, Metalstep, Electronic Rock and Electropunk, Electronicore or simply
blending Metal with electronic music.
Artists producing this music:
• Zardonic
• Celldweller
• Blue Stahli
• Voicians
• Esparta
4. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC DANCE
MUSIC
EDM
• 1960 – Birth of EDM
• 1970 – Synthpop and Disco – Kraftwerk., Introduced the electronic sound to a wider audience.
• 1980 – The Synth Era - A-ha, Combined the structure of rock music with the new sounds made possible
by MIDI.
• 1990 – Dance music – Orbital, Halcyon + on + on, trance and drum and bass.
• 2000 to Present – The EDM era - Tiësto and other modern day artists implemented aspects of dubstep,
house, and trance into their music.
5. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF METAL
Metal
• Late 1960’s/ Early 70’s – Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Roots of Blues Rock and Psychedelic
rock.
• Mid – Late 70’s – Iron Maiden, Judas Priest – discarded Blues influence, Motorhead – added punk
influences, Saxon, introduction of metal heads and headbangers.
• 1980’s – Glam Metal, Motley Crue, Poison, thrash metal – Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, death
metal, black metal.
• 1990’s – Groove metal, Nu metal – Linkin Park, Slipnot, Korn, incorporated grudge and hip-hop.
• 2000’s to present – Metalcore – extreme metal and hardcore punk fused.
7. EVALUATION
During our research we found out the history of Metal EDM/ Electronic Dance Music. We learned that
EDM originated from the 1960’s as electrical instruments to today with software and MIDI keyboards.
We also researched metal origins and found that from the 1960’s to present day that rock changed from
psychedelic and blues rock to extreme metal with the fusion of punk metal also.
Overall we see that EDM and Metal have changed extensive amounts since the 1960’s and that modern
day rock is no longer similar in next to know way as it used to be but is still as popular if not more.
