Metal

“Heavy metal” (often referred to simply as metal) is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion and extended guitar solos. Allmusic states that “of all rock & roll’s myriad forms, heavy metal is the most extreme in terms of volume, machismo, and theatricality.” Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Pantera

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Wednesday 22 May 2013
KatatoniaConcert Wednesday 22 May 2013	Top Deck Farmington, NM, United States 36.729554 -108.198415	Add shout
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Opeth KatatoniaConcert Thursday 23 May 2013	Rialto Theatre Tucson AZ, United States 32.221996 -110.966648	1 going 1 shout
Wednesday 13Concert Thursday 23 May 2013	Trocadero Theatre Philadelphia PA, United States 39.953705 -75.156533	Add shout
Endo Dive, Know Lyfe, Losing SeptemberConcert Thursday 23 May 2013	Uli's Haus of Rock Lansing, MI, United States 42.688501 -84.567551	Add shout
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Warbringer Vektor, HatchetConcert Friday 24 May 2013	Plea for Peace Center Stockton, CA, United States 38.132978 -121.255079	Add shout
The Black Angels Wall Of DeathConcert Friday 24 May 2013	Fitzgerald's Houston TX, United States 29.781637 -95.387966	5 going Add shout

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spineshank155

So... Who do you like...?

Tuesday morning
shibbywalkk

lol like almost all of those eight bands are mediocre

Monday evening
friendlyfire92

@redgrave9 Metal is known for elitism because the that's what the rest of the world wants to see. It's not a lie, but it is an exaggeration.

Monday morning
ToxicGriever

It's pretty rare to see unorthodox experimentation in any form of western popular music. [FIXED]

Monday morning
redgrave9

Mixing different signature styles like thrash and black makes it "diverse", sure, but it's pretty rare to see unorthodox experimentation in metal- especially from of bands not considered 'hipster' by metalheads like Deafheaven, or Neurosis. It doesn't need to be argued that metal is known for elitism, right?

Saturday afternoon
spineshank155

Metalheads

last week
spineshank155

DEFEND TRVE METALCORE [2]

last week
AsinineUsername

"I'm a scenecore elitist after all, and nothing could possibly be more lame, probably." DEFEND TRVE METALCORE

11 days ago