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1. Alternative Metal             Korn & Machine Head                                Bands mix different sounds or genres with metal.

2. Black Metal                      Deicide & Venom                                       Satan-friendly bands; commonly with roaring
                                                                                                               vocals.

3. Death Metal                     Dismember & Testament                            Songs about death and getting there; with
                                                                                                               occasional roaring vocals.

4. Glam Metal                      Kiss & Poison                                             Bands with flashy costumes who are audience
                                                                                                               friendly.

5. Gore Metal                       Exhumed & Cannibal Corpse                      Songs with graphic violence; usually with roaring
                                                                                                               vocals.

6. Goth Metal                       Type O Negative                                         Songs about gothic beliefs.

7. Grindcore                         Napalm Death & Brutal Truth                    Songs about discontent; usually with roaring
                                                                                                               vocals.

8. Hardcore                          Cause For Alarm & Carnivore                   Straight-edge metal with emphasis on the 'edge.'

9. Heavy Metal                     Metallica & MegaDeth                               Best known genre; songs stick with the basic like
                                                                                                              guitar, drums, bass, and vocals.

10. Industrial Metal              Fear Factory & Mudvayne                         Songs contain many computer-created effects.

11. Metalcore                       Slipknot & Merauder                                 Instruments are down-tuned to put emphasis on
                                                                                                              guitars.

12. Power Metal                   Angel Dust & Warrant                              Achieves the musical effect of being invincible.

13. Progressive Metal          Queensryche & Coalesce                           Music leads up to a grand finale at the end of the
                                                                                                             song; it 'progresses'.

14. Punk Metal                    The Offspring & Bad Religion                    Teens with cool hair and matching vocals.

15. Rap Metal                      Limp Bizkit & Primer 55                            Fuses rap lyrics with metal music.

16. Rebel Metal                   Rage Against The Machine                         Songs against government, control, or what is
                                           & Stuck Mojo                                             wrong.

17. Speed Metal                  The Berzerker & Anvil                                Drums, guitars, and vocals are extremely fast.
                                                                                                              Songs usually over quickly.

18. Symphonic Metal          Trans-Siberian Orchestra                             Songs mix metal with an orchestra.
                                          & Metallica's "No Leaf Clover"

19. Thrash Metal                Pantera & Sepultura                                    Guitars are 'wailed' on to make listeners want to
                                                                                                              mosh; with occasional roaring vocals.

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I have spent many hours researching and listening to metal. Over this time, I have discovered 19 different genres of metal. Metal is not for everyone.

But for those who are just curious or are true metal-heads, this page shares some of my knowledge of the metal genres, bands who play in them, and a description of the genre.

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