Nu metal is a type of music that is part of the alternative metal group. It mixes elements of heavy metal with other music styles, such as hip-hop, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal rarely uses guitar solos or shows off musical skills.
Glam metal is a type of heavy metal music that includes catchy pop-style melodies, energetic rock songs, and slow, emotional ballads. It uses fashion and image ideas from 1970s glam rock. Early glam metal developed from the glam rock movement of the 1970s.
Thrash metal is a type of heavy metal music known for its fast speed and aggressive style. Songs in this genre often use quick drum beats, deep guitar sounds, and fast, skillful guitar playing. This music style began in the early 1980s when musicians combined the fast drumming and complex guitar techniques from the new wave of British heavy metal with the speed and energy of skate punk, hardcore punk, speed metal, and the technical skills of progressive rock.
Black metal is a type of heavy metal music known for its intense style. It often features fast music, loud and high-pitched singing, heavily distorted guitar sounds played with a specific technique called tremolo picking, rough-sounding recordings, unusual song structures, and a focus on creating a strong mood. Many artists in this genre wear dark makeup called corpse paint and use fake names.
Death metal is a type of heavy metal music. It often uses very loud, low-tuned guitars played with methods like palm muting and fast picking. Singers use deep, growling voices.
Doom metal is a type of heavy metal music that usually has slow speeds, guitars tuned to lower pitches, and a sound that feels much heavier than other heavy metal styles. The music and lyrics are meant to make listeners feel sad, afraid, and like something bad is coming. This genre was greatly influenced by the early music of Black Sabbath, who created a model for doom metal.
Heavy metal, also called metal, is a type of rock music that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, mainly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It started from blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock. Heavy metal bands created a sound that was very loud, with distorted guitars, long guitar solos, strong beats, and loud music.
Power pop is a type of rock music and a style of pop rock that was inspired by the early songs of groups like the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds. It usually includes catchy tunes, harmonized singing, lively performances, and upbeat music that can also express feelings like sadness, hope, or determination. The sound mainly comes from pop and rock styles from the early-to-mid 1960s, though some artists have also used influences from later styles, such as punk, new wave, glam rock, pub rock, college rock, and neo-psychedelia.
Garage rock, also called garage punk or “60s punk,” is a simple and lively style of rock music that was most popular in the mid-1960s in the United States and Canada. It has had many revivals over time. This music often uses basic guitar chords and other instruments, sometimes with a rough sound from a special effect called a fuzzbox.
Surf music, also called surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar, is a type of rock and roll linked to surf culture, especially in Southern California. It became popular from 1958 to 1964 in two main forms. The first form is instrumental surf, which uses electric guitars with heavy reverb effects to create sounds like crashing waves.