Brief history of metal...
 Metal music developed in 1960s, early 1970s
England – United States.
Roots: blues, rock and psychedelic rock.
Heavy metal : developed a thick massive sound, characterized by
highly amplified distortion extended guitar solos and emphatics
beats.
 Early Heavy Metal: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple
attracted large audiences all over the world.
Mid – 1970s: Judas Priest, helped genre’s evolution including in
songs, its blues influence. Motorhead, introduced a punk – rock
sensibility, increasing emphasis on speed.
Before the end of the decade, Heavy Metal had attracted a
worldwide following fans known as “Metalheads” or
“Headbangers”.

Early metal bands

Categories in this genre…
ALTERNATIVE METAL (ALT. METAL) - Think System of a Down.
Heavy guitar riffs; typically, these riffs have a pronounced
experimental edge, including unconventional lyrics.
BLACK METAL – Behemoth or Emperor, heavy sound with deep
screams and fast pacing drums.
CLASSIC HEAVY METAL - Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black
Sabbath.(Forefathers of metal)
DEATH METAL - Death or Morbid Angel. Death Metal often deals
with deathand violence, though not as much as Black Metal.
DOOM METAL - Pentagram or Saint Vitus. Slower and "heavier" than
other genres. Basically "Funeral March" Metal.
FOLK METAL - Eluveitie, Finntroll : Metal with violins or other folk
instruments.

GLAM METAL (HAIR METAL, POP METAL) - Motley Crue,
Poison, early Pantera. Combines the flamboyant look of glam rock
and playing a power-chord-based heavy metal musical style.
GOTHIC METAL – Moonspell, Paradise Lostor Tristania.
Combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy
of gothic rock. Lyrics are generally melodramatic and mournful
with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences .
INDUSTRIAL METAL - Ministry or Nine Inch Nails. Repeats metal
guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted
vocals.
METALCORE - All That Remains, As I Lay Dying or Killswitch
Engage. All the melody of metal vocals with the guitar virtuosity of
punk rock.
NEO-CLASSICAL METAL - Yngwie Malmsteen. Subgenre of Heavy
Metal music that is heavily influenced by classical music.
NU METAL – Korn or Coal Chamber. Combines elements of heavy
metal with other genres, including grunge and hip hop.

POWER METAL - Blind Guardian, Kamelot or Stratovarius. Often
deals with fantastical, metaphysical themes and vocals very high.
PROGRESSIVE METAL (PROG METAL) - Andromeda, Opeth or
Symphony X. Probably the most complex and ambitious metal genre,
drawing inspiration from classical music and jazz fusion in terms of
compositional structure.
SPEED METAL – Motorhead. Extremely fast, abrasive, and
technically demanding music.
SYMPHONIC METAL – Haggard, Therion or Nightwish. Metal with
lots of keyboards or other symphonic instruments.
THRASH METAL - Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica or Slayer.
Characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of this
genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs.
Viking Metal - Bathory. Viking Metal often deals with themes like the
illusion of free will and the innate evil that all men have, rejecting the
notion that human existence holds meanings, it tends to muse on the
nature of infinity and immortality.

The fans…
 Metalheads or Headbangers: subculture of
fans. Nowadays there are Metalheads all over
the world and they are not stereotypically
male, heavyset and long - haired.
 Poseurs: (fake Metalhead) a person who
behaves or dresses in a way that is intended to
impress other people and is not sincere.

Mosh Pits…
Throughout history, dance has been deeply embedded in rituals, a
central part of most ritualistic celebrations.
 Although moshing is a dance form which seeks to distance itself
from all others before it, it can be understood as ritual, a category
long recognized by social theorists as exhibiting a combination of
structure, associated with control, and antistructure, associated
with freedom.

Headbanging…
Type of dance which involves violently shaking your
head (sometimes doing Devil Horns) in time with Metal
music.
Common cause of injury: intoxication
narcotics
to close to someone else
also known as bangover, “mosh neck”.

How to headbang…

 Instructions
 1 -Stretch your neck well before you start to headbang. This is
of supreme importance. If you do not warm up, you can find
yourself in traction quite quickly. Start by performing gentle head
rolls. This means you roll your head slowly from side to side.
Then grab the top of your head with one of your hands and pull
gently in the opposite direction. Repeat toward the other side.
Make sure you feel good and loose.
 2 -Nod your head gently as the music starts to play. There is
plenty of time to headbang. Start slowly to make sure you are
truly warmed-up.
 3 -Increase the motion of your headbanging. As the music
quickens, nod your head with greater range back and forth.
Harder and faster is the key here.
 4 -Swing your head all the way down to your waist and then
back up again. Continue this in a circular motion to really rock
out to your favourite music or band.
 5 -Add some of your own flair. The great thing about
headbanging is that it’s completely up to you how you do it. You
can add jumping, air guitar, leg kicks and other killer moves to
your routine.