The genre of "Heavy Metal" music and it's exceedingly difficult to distinguish sub genres--
Avant-garde metal - Black metal - Death metal - Doom metal - Glam metal - Gothic metal - Groove metal - Power metal
Progressive metal - Speed metal - Stoner metal - Symphonic metal - Thrash metal - Viking metal Alternative metal - Christian metal - Crust punk - Drone metal - Folk metal - Funk metal - Grindcore - Grunge - Industrial metal - Metalcore - Neo-classical metal - Nu metal - Post-metal - Rap metal - Sludge metal
Progressive metal - Speed metal - Stoner metal - Symphonic metal - Thrash metal - Viking metal Alternative metal - Christian metal - Crust punk - Drone metal - Folk metal - Funk metal - Grindcore - Grunge - Industrial metal - Metalcore - Neo-classical metal - Nu metal - Post-metal - Rap metal - Sludge metal
has always been somewhat humorous to me... "Viking Metal" are you kidding me? However, heavy metal is a legitimate style of music that is appreciated all over the world. It's thunderous power chords bleeding out of skyscraper-tall maaaashall stacks matched with super-human drumming prowess and lyrical content that effortlessly deals with delicate subjects such as devil worship, murder, blood, and riding your trusty steed to save a fair maiden from the sword wielding dragon.... uh, where was I... oh yeah--the music is loved by angst filled, pimply faced teens from Colorado to Croatia and everywhere in-between. Perfect example: Kansas.
Well, I kind of missed out on all that (too bad, right?) Though, I guess had a little metal in my soul, after all, here is the first band I ever saw live:
Well, I kind of missed out on all that (too bad, right?) Though, I guess had a little metal in my soul, after all, here is the first band I ever saw live:
Until recently, Metallica's "Black Album" was the closest I came to listening to metal until the fateful day about 4 years ago when my good friend, Toxby (QDRO specialist and champion of metal) took me on the "metal ride" that changed my life. OK... well it didn't exactly change my life but it certainly changed the way I thought of the style of music.
As we were heading down c-470 to a nondescript bar in a nondescript area of suburban hell, aka, Highlands Ranch, Toxby blasted Mastodon's "Leviathan". HOLY SH*T! I heard 30 seconds of it and I was enthralled. I thought to myself, The drumming! the songs! no male falsetto vocals! even the artwork was cool! Who are these guys and where did they come from? Mastodon was my gateway drug into the realm of metal music...
...I got my fix last night at The Fox Theater in Boulder.
I was going to attempt to write a review of the show, but I just found this review in the Westword and I can't see a way that I can write it any better myself. However, I do have a funny story from backstage. Shoot me a comment/email if you want to hear about it.
As we were heading down c-470 to a nondescript bar in a nondescript area of suburban hell, aka, Highlands Ranch, Toxby blasted Mastodon's "Leviathan". HOLY SH*T! I heard 30 seconds of it and I was enthralled. I thought to myself, The drumming! the songs! no male falsetto vocals! even the artwork was cool! Who are these guys and where did they come from? Mastodon was my gateway drug into the realm of metal music...
...I got my fix last night at The Fox Theater in Boulder.
I was going to attempt to write a review of the show, but I just found this review in the Westword and I can't see a way that I can write it any better myself. However, I do have a funny story from backstage. Shoot me a comment/email if you want to hear about it.
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