Classification of extreme music:

Death Metal

Death metal is the largest genre of extreme metal and originated in the 1980s. At the beginning of the 1990s, most people believed that the inspiration for the formation of death metal music came from established bands such as VENOM, PARADISE LOST, and CELTIC FROST. However, I personally think that SLAYER was the real direct influence, especially for death metal bands in North America. .

Death metal music is based on the structure of THRASH METAL, coupled with ultra-distorted down-tuned guitars, rapid double-sided bass drums, and deep-throated roaring lead vocals, making their music more THRASH METAL is faster, heavier, and full of bloody and brutal atmosphere. However, death metal retains the characteristics of THRASH METAL with more variable speeds and pitch changes. The arrangement is also more complex and rigorous, and the different speed and slow passages can be clearly distinguished.

Death metal itself can also be divided into some different genres, the most important of which are North American and Nordic genres. Death metal in North America first originated in Florida, USA. Most of its styles pursue bloody violence, ultra-fast speed, and very heavy music. Representative bands include DEATH, DEICIDE, MORBID ANGEL, SUFFCATION, OBITUARY from the United States, and bands from the United States that developed on this basis. Canadian BRUTAL DEATH bands KATAKLYSM, CRYPTOPSY, etc. North American death metal bands played a vital role in promoting the rise and growth of the death metal trend in the 1980s. However, after the mid-1990s, the emergence of a large number of bands that lacked technology and relied too much on equipment and recording methods to create atmosphere. The status of death metal in North America has been greatly affected, and it has gradually become tired and forgotten. Only a few outstanding big-name bands are still working hard to support the appearance of this genre. Most of the Nordic death metal bands come from Sweden and Norway. The unique climate and cultural environment create a music style that is very different from North American death metal. Nordic death metal bands pay more attention to melody, and their arrangements are more complex than those of North American death metal bands. The atmosphere is well created and seems to give you a sense of poignant imagery. The tone is not as low and heavy as the North American death metal bands, but rather sharp and harsh like black metal. The guitar tone is very hard, and the overall music style has a bit of black metal evil vibe. Representative bands include ENTOMBED, HYPOCRISY, DISMEMBER, etc. Bands such as IN FLAMES, AMORPHIS, and DARK TRANQULLITY have added elements of Nordic folk and classical music to Nordic death metal music, forming a melodic death metal music called the Gothenburg sound. Generally speaking, with the outbreak of the black metal trend and the decline of death metal in North America, Nordic death metal has become the main force in revitalizing death metal music.

Black Metal

The earliest origin of black metal should be the VENOM band from the UK, but it is some bands from Northern Europe that really carry it forward, such as the Swedish BATHORY , Norway's MAYHEM, EMPEROR, IMMORTAL, DARKTHRONE, BURZUM, etc.

The theme of black metal music is based on anti-religion. The musicians often paint their faces with white faces and black eye circles, looking like vampires. The main content of the lyrics is anti-Christ and praising Satan. . In terms of music style, the guitar tone is noisy and sharp with a lot of vibrato, the drumming speed is very fast and is not inferior to death metal, and the lead singer uses a heart-rending scream. The above characteristics are especially obvious in early black metal bands. Later, some new black metal bands like CRADLE OF FILTH added keyboards, orchestral music, female vocals, etc. to traditional black metal, which greatly enhanced the melody of the music, and the arrangements became increasingly complex, often lasting ten minutes.

Generally speaking, black metal has worse bass than death metal, and the rhythm is not as distinctive, but the arrangement is obviously better, and the atmosphere is created exceptionally well. The lingering cult temperament is exactly what black metal bands The most charming place.

Because black metal music is more complex, it has developed more slowly than death metal. However, in the mid-1990s, as black metal music matured, its charm attracted more and more extreme metal fans. Accepted, gradually replaced death metal to occupy the dominant position of extreme metal. In particular, their seemingly evil deeds, such as gatherings to burn churches, suicides of band members, murders and other sensational incidents continued to occur, which earned them extraordinary attention from music fans.

GRINDCORE

No matter which site you visit about extreme metal, you will find that there are always NAPALM DEATH, CARCASS, BRUTAL TRUTH, BOLT THROWER, etc. under the name GRINDCORE. There are several bands, and it can be seen that GRINDCORE is a relatively small genre in extreme metal, and it can even be said to be short-lived, because even the bands mentioned above have long stopped playing pure GRINDCORE music. Despite this, GRINDCORE's role in the development of extreme metal is extremely important.

In the early 1980s, the NAPALM DEATH band created a music style characterized by ultra-distorted down-tuned guitars, rapidly pedaling double-sided bass drums, and deep-throated growling lead vocals, which immediately shocked the music world. , no one had ever heard such heavy and fast music, so NAPALM DEATH was immediately praised as the fastest and heaviest band in the world. Then some bands from the United States combined this style with the structure of THRASH METAL, forming death metal music that has stood in the music scene for more than ten years. It can be said that GRINDCORE's music style is the most basic standard of death metal music. However, although the timbre of GRINDCORE is very similar to that of death metal, there is a big difference in the arrangement. GRINDCORE's music is inspired by PUNK. The structure is relatively simple. Most of the songs are short and concise. The performance is relatively free-spirited and does not pay much attention to the overall sense and completeness of the music. Compared with Generally speaking, GRINDCORE is a more extreme music type than death metal.