1. Metal

2. Heavy Metal • Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. • With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. • Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are generally associated with masculinity and machismo.

3. ABRIEF HISTORY OF METAL • February 13,1970 –Black Sabbath releases their debut album, marking the beginning of metal. • Other early metal bands include • Judas Priest • KISS • AC/DC • New Wave of British Heavy metal • Iron Maiden • Motorhead • Def Leppard • Quiet Riot

4. Early American metal: • Motley Crue • Twisted Sister • Bands considered “classic metal: • AC/DC • Judas Priest • Black Sabbath • Scorpions • Iron Maiden • Def Leppard

5. Divisions of Metal • Power metal (a mixture of metal and speed metal) • Dragonforce, Steel Dragon • Black metal (a mixture of speed metal and thrash metal) • Slayer, Venom, Morbid Angel • Thrash metal (a mixture of speed metal and hardcore punk) • Megadeth, Death Angel, Testament • Glam metal (a mixture of glam rock, heavy metal, hard rock, punk rock, rock and roll, and pop rock) • Cinderella, Guns N’ Roses, WASP • Metalcore (a mixture of hardcore punk, heavy metal, thrash metal) • Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower • Funk metal (a mixture of funk, funk rock, and heavy metal) • Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fishbone • Alternative metal (a mixture of alternative rock, and heavy metal) • Jane’s Addiction, Soundgarden • Death metal (a mixture of thrash metal, and early black metal) • Cannibal Corpse, Sepultura • Speed metal (a mixture of NWOBHM and hardcore punk) • Megadeth, Slayer

6. Avant-garde metal (a mixture of avant-garde and heavy metal) • Arcturus, Pan-thy-monium • Scandinavian Black metal (a mixture of death metal, thrash metal, D-beat, and punk rock) • Immortal, Emperor • Doom metal (originates from heavy metal, uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars, and a much “thicker” sound) • Pentagram, The Obsessed • Nu metal (a mixture of Alternative metal, rap metal, grunge, funk metal, heavy metal, hip hop) • Slipknot, Korn • Metallic Techno (AKA industrial metal, a mixture of thrash metal, heavy metal, and electro-industrial music) • Godflesh, Atari Teenage Riot