Heavy metal subgenres

Dark wave is a remarkable music genre that started gaining popularity in the late 1970s in Germany and. This genre of music was brought to the forefront in the early 1980s and it owed its success to the new generation of artists who dared to experiment with post-punk and new wave music. Dark wave music got bigger over that decade and remains as relevant even till this day. Over the 50 years there were numerous solo Dark Wave solo artists and bands that boosted the Dark wave and brought it to the…

It was that time on a particular Wednesday, more specifically 2:30 pm to 4:20 pm; I sat in the lecture room at HKU preparing myself to pay full attention to Dr. Giorgio’s lecture. He stood in front of 200+ students and lectured us about “Seeing music”. As the lecture progressed to the topic about sexuality and music, he projected a YouTube video featuring the famous guitarist of the 1970s, Jimi Hendrix. The video was recorded at Miami in 1968, where Hendrix is performed one of his best-known…

band that is “popular”. The cool thing about this concert was that The Plain White T’s weren’t touring alone they also came with Beta Play and Matt McAndrew. I’ve never been a big fan of rock but as I researched more about the genre and all of its subgenres I discovered Alternative Rock. The event was held at the popular venue Tricky Falls. Tricky Falls is located in downtown El Paso and it used to be the Alhambra Theater. The outside of the venue is very nice it has a big cat neon sign and…

impossible to pinpoint the exact moment when heavy metal was born, but exploring the genre’s origins makes it crystal clear that classic rock artists had no small part in its development. Artists like “The Who,” “Iron Maiden,” “Volbeat,” and many more are considered the ones who made hard rock. “Who’s Who of both hard and classic rock musicians” (Robinson) Their not only are they similar, their practically identical, but their aimed at different audiences. Heavy rock is aimed at the more intense…

rockers Slipknot, fronted by lead vocalist Corey Taylor, one of the most popular acts of late ‘90s nu-metal, released fifth studio album, .5: The Gray Chapter, in October 2014. The album, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, includes five singles: “The Negative One,” “The Devil in I,” “Custer,” “Killpop,” “XIX” and “Goodbye.” Lead single, “The Negative One,” received nomination for Best Metal Performance at the 57th Grammy Awards. The following year, at the 58th Grammy Awards, the album…

much better song wise, but the album hit number two! And finally, onto the one you've alllllllll been waiting for...(drum rolls on leg)... the one, the onlyyyy... Dr. Feelgood (Pauses for applause, if none, says: "wow thank you for your support" with heavy sarcasm, then chuckles)! came out this year, has two songs that have hit charts, and I guess one could say, we're pretty…

The song Burnin For You is a hard rock song with a loud hard rock rhythm guitar. This is a great song in my opinion. The rock critic that wrote this song was Richard Meltzer. Meltzer was a rock critic who wrote books about rock and got a bad reputation at school. The song Burnin for you is a very difficult song to understand but from my understanding, it’s about a guy liking a girl. The guitarist was Donald Dharma who also helped write the song too. And the rest of the band members were…

Hey ho, Let's go! Have you ever noticed that the 80's were so full of bright, neon colors? Well, just before all the neon went on, the 70's were full of leather jackets and dark, dirty looking clothes. There was a major change in between the two decades. The beginning of the 70's were very dark and angry. This was because of the war and death going on because of it. This is going to talk about how the end of the Vietnam War affected the punk music in the 1970's. There was a lot going…

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of my favorite bands of all time. Have you ever heard a song on the radio before and wanted to hear it again? That’s what happened to me and it turned into a lifetime of listening. When I was young around the age of 8 or 9 I heard some songs on the radio called Dani California and Snow (Hey Oh). When I was young I didn’t know how to find songs unless the person on the radio said the songs name. Both times I had missed the names so I was shit out of luck but…

I would like to entertain you with a very symbolic song (to me at least). This song may not be the most elegant or the most well known. Being written by an old punk rock band, they aren't exactly known for being a tear dropper. No, this song is a fist raiser. Social Distortion's "I Wasn't Born To Follow" is the song strong enough to push a generation to change the world. I know it's helped to change mine. The first part of the song was really the part to catch my attention. "When I grow up, I'm…