FORM & STYLE
Genres
5 terms
Black Metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of metal with ultra-fast tempos, shrieked vocals, and a dark atmosphere.
Death Metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of metal with guttural “growling” vocals, down-tuned guitars, and technical complexity.
Doom Metal
Doom metal is a subgenre of metal with slow tempos, a heavy “thick” sound, and a dark, oppressive atmosphere of despair.
Metal
Metal (heavy metal) is a rock genre that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with heavy distorted guitars, powerful vocals, and ep…
Thrash Metal
Thrash metal is a fast, aggressive subgenre of metal that emerged in the early 1980s from the fusion of heavy metal and hardcore punk.
