Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Battle Of The Bands: Countries, Decades, and Genres

There are many different types of metal, and different ways to look at, and categorize these bands. One way to categorize a metal band is by country. Many people use stereotypes to build their opinion of a band, and when you categorize a band by the country they're from, it's hard not to do this. For example, if a band is from Norway, in many peoples minds, they're a hard Black Metal band that is likely to worship Satan. It's a cool idea I guess, but in reality, there are other bands out of Norway that are nothing like that. Another way of categorizing a metal band is by decade, or the year they started or released an album. For many people, this is what distinguishes the band between old metal and new metal; good metal and bad metal, if that's the way you think. BUT, there are many bands today that don't sound new and scream. The "last" way to categorize metal is by genre, but this is flawed in many ways. For example, many people who like Thrash Metal, don't like Power Metal. The Thrash fans think Power Metal is all poppy and soft like Europe or something. It really isn't. There are so many Power Metal bands that are heavier and more hardcore than a lot of the thrash bands.

Countries of Heavy Metal*(excluding Death Metal):

Norway- Black Metal, Death Punk, some Symphonic Metal, etc. Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket


Sweden- Power Metal, Neo-Classical Metal, Pop Metal etc.Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

Germany- Power Metal, Neo-Classical Metal, Symphonic Metal, Pop Metal, etc.Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

Brazil- Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Neo-Classical Metal, etc.Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

America- Thrash Metal, Pop Metal, some Power Metal, Progressive Metal, etc.Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

*includes countries whose main musical exports are metal.


The point is, no metal is better than any other metal, it's about opinion and what you like.

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