Metal Music: Characteristics, Development and Popular Songs

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FEMUSINDO.com - Metal music is a genre of music that has the characteristics of loud and distorted sounds, and fast tempos.

Metal music is identical to strong vocals, distorted and aggressive guitar sounds, firm rhythms and dense bass and drum sounds.

Then, metal music also emphasizes shrill guitar riffs and thrilling, fast and volume bass.

In its development, metal music developed from heavy metal music, which is a sub-genre of rock and roll music.

Metal music began to be popular in the mid-1960s, with bands such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath as its pioneers.

As it developed, metal music was divided into various sub-genres, including Classic Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal and Black Metal.

Classic Heavy Metal, with the characteristics of thick guitar sounds and strong vocals. Thrash Metal, with a faster tempo and aggressive guitar riffs.

Death Metal, with a focus on dark themes, extreme lyrics, and growling and screaming vocal techniques. Black Metal, with anti-religious themes and occult symbolism.

Some popular metal songs include "Enter Sandman" - Metallica, "Paranoid" - Black Sabbath and "Painkiller" - Judas Priest.

Other hit songs include "Ace of Spades" - Motorhead, "Raining Blood" - Slayer, "Duality" - Slipknot, "Hallowed Be Thy Name" - Iron Maiden and many more. (*)