Alliance of Teaching and Expanding the Genre of Metal

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129 membros| 67 mensagens

Líder: Nardy7
Política de associação: Aberta
Criado em: 13 Dez 2008
Descrição:
A group to provide information about metal to teach and expand it so others can enjoy it more. Just think of it as your very own "Last.fm Encyclopedia of Metal."

Introduction
First of all, what exactly is ? Well, according to Wikipedia, it is "a genre of music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States ... the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness." It is a fast-growing genre that is becoming more and more popular each day and this group is to assist that progress by helping people become more informed about metal.

Group Purpose
As the name suggests, this group was created to achieve two common goals - teaching others what they need or want to know about the genre of metal and expanding the genre of metal to others so they can enjoy it themselves and become "metalheads", whether they are experienced listeners of metal or just starting to listen to it.
The group is also here to become what I like to call "The Last.fm Encyclopedia of Metal" because it will be able to provide the information on metal that should be known by any metalhead or future metalhead.

Contributions
I'll be creating the majority of the information about metal in the forums. I don't listen to every genre of metal, so of course I'm not going to know some information about some genres. Therefore, I'm going to need all the help I can get, so come on in and contribute to the forum discussions. These contributions will be greatly appreciated. Read the Contribution Guidelines to see how you can help out.

Important Threads
- Contribution Guidelines
- The Contributors/Statistics
- Suggestions Thread
- Error Report Thread

Also, I want absolutely NO TROLLS roaming the grounds of this group. They are a waste of time and have no purpose but to agitate others. It's one thing to have an opinion, but it's another to start insulting another person about theirs. Thank you.

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Genres of Metal
Metal is a very diverse genre of music, so it has to divided into several subgenres to differentiate the differnet syles and types of music. Some of them are fusion genres of metal with another genre, but I will consider them as major genres of metal due to their popularity among metal listeners.
- Alternative Metal [UPDATED 12/19/08]
- Avant-Garde/Experimental Metal [UPDATED 12/15/08]
- Black Metal [UPDATED 12/24/08]
- Christian Metal [UPDATED 12/18/08]
- Death Metal [UPDATED 12/24/08]
- Deathcore [UPDATED 12/19/08]
- Doom Metal [UPDATED 12/21/08]
- Drone Metal
- Folk Metal [UPDATED 12/24/08]
- Glam/Hair Metal [UPDATED 12/24/08]
- Gothic Metal [UPDATED 12/24/08]
- Grindcore [UPDATED 12/24/08]
- Groove Metal
- Grunge
- Industrial Metal
- Metalcore
- Power Metal [UPDATED 12/24/08]
- Progressive Metal
- Sludge Metal
- Speed Metal
- Thrash Metal [UPDATED 12/24/08]
- Traditional Metal (Origins)

Terminology
- Major Genre: a genre that has the characteristics of a big class of music, such as being divided into subgenres.
- Subgenre: an under class of a major genre, there is typically more than one.
- Fusion Genre: a combination of two more genres/subgenres. Example: Heavy Metal + Hardcore Punk = Metalcore

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Band of the Week
Here, I'll be adding a new band each week for you to check out. It'll usually be a not-so-popular band, to give you guys someone new to check out. I'll give a short introduction to the band and then write a personal review on what I think of them. After that, you can judge them in whatever way you like, but check them out because that's the point of this group - expanding the genre of metal.

12/21/08 - 12/28/08
This week I bring you a somewhat new band making their way into the metal scene - The Autumn Offering. *cheering*
The Autumn Offering is a hailing from Florida, the American home of all things metal. When I first heard them about 2 years ago, I was shocked. I never heard of them beforehand, so of course I was biased into believing they were a "so-so" band. But boy was I wrong. They blew me away. The first song I heard was "Embrace the Gutter." Pretty cool name, huh? Anyway, the opening riff was amazing. Then, Dennis Miller began singing with some awesome "metalcore vocals." The lyrics were great, too. Then, I heard a guitar solo. Man, it was a good one - lengthy and full of good "riffage." After the song I looked them up and found more great music from them. They have a distinct sound from other metalcore bands. They use very melodic guitar-playing, nice drumming tempos, and even good clean vocals. I would recommend this band to any metalhead, so go on and listen to them already! I suggest the albums Embrace the Gutter and Fear Will Cast No Shadow.

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Achievements
1st new member [WTB_Name] - 12/12/08
10 members [Sidepipe] - 12/13/08
50 members [HeyFrankenstein] - 12/23/08

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Affiliates
A list of links to other groups that are closely linked/friends to this one. Ask to become an affiliate and I will advertise your group here!
- A Helping Hand to the Glorifying Genre of Metal (owned by HumanRejection)
- Altar of the Metal Gods (owned by maidenhell)
- The Metal Bands Recommendation Group (owned by elhector_

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  • pix3y

    http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Brain+Architect <- CHECK THIS OUT!! \m/_

    Mês passado

  • METALLMANCER

    greetings \m/

    dezembro 2009

  • wingkon

    Sorry if I reccomend too many albums. I don't know if I'm qualified to be a metalhead, but I'll definetly take some reccomendations from this group :)

    novembro 2009

  • Apollyon_

    It could be classed as a wayward brother of a sub genre lol

    agosto 2009

  • Samson11

    Grunge is not meta. Grunge actually killed the metal mainstream

    agosto 2009

  • SaprophyteCA

    Ok

    agosto 2009

  • jazqaa

    Very original group. Don't let this die?

    julho 2009

  • jazqaa

    Hello!

    julho 2009

  • Devilish-Death

    I demand NOW to put Progressive and Industrial Metal D:< *slapped*

    julho 2009

  • SaprophyteCA

    Thanks guys for posting experimental metal!

    julho 2009

  • Apollyon_

    It's alive ish. I haven't been on as regularly as when it was just me, you and Nardy posting lol.

    maio 2009

  • Decorayah

    Yo i don wanna sound foolish/nabish or sometin like that but wher the hell is Heavy Metal - the best metal genre eva made ? I suppose it has sometin to do with "Traditional Metal(origins)" but still ther's gotta be a big fat inscription HEAVY METAL. Someone here who doesn't agree on this one ? Even so , great group n great group goal, let's make the whole fuckin world a MASSIVE METAL UNIVERSE YEAH !!!!!!

    abril 2009

  • Apollyon_

    The new 'Fen' album is awesome.

    março 2009

  • Apollyon_

    Any feedback on LoG 'Wrath'?

    março 2009

  • Mikorn

    oh that B.O.B is the problem

    janeiro 2009

  • BenOnUserstyles

    Metalcore!

    janeiro 2009

  • JetBlackGT

    I think progressive should be the next up

    janeiro 2009

  • JetBlackGT

    BOB isn't the problem. People are running out of bands and cd's to reference. I'm getting into a whole lot of new music, so I will have some updates soon. It is also because most forums are not even up yet.

    janeiro 2009

  • Mikorn

    : D yeah thats cool :=) but seriously get that BOB of that discusion thing

    janeiro 2009

  • Mikorn

    update that fucking thrash metal

    janeiro 2009
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