Definitions by Dnite

speed metal

rippingly rapid riffs, mach 9 beats, and a tendency toward thrashing throttle vocals

Slayer, Testament, Venom

speed metal by Dnite April 14, 2003

Thrash Metal 

more deliberate riffs and beats than speed, punctuated vocals and lyrics hailing from the skate scene, owes its origins to early 80s bay area scene.

Armored Saint, Anthrax, early Metallica

Thrash Metal by Dnite April 14, 2003

southern fried metal 

close close cousin of sludge, etc. with a penchant for working class lyrics, down home riffs, and much much resin to slow the rock.

Monster Magnet, Corrosion of Conformity

southern fried metal by Dnite April 14, 2003

Death Metal

An ominous premonition of impending doom lurks just beneath the surface and the diabolical lyrical content may contain
redundantly superfluous references to demons, Satan, Beelzebub, the Evil One, the Beast...
thus the guttural vocals and obsession with dismemberment.

Cannibal Corpse, Hypocrisy, Origin

Death Metal by Dnite April 14, 2003

grindcore metal 

the new-school cousin of death, grind core serves its skate punk audience up with a metallic break from the Sex Pistols. grind your trucks the skate board's axel. hardcore.

Napalm Death, Spazz, Soilent Green, Nasum

grindcore metal by Dnite April 14, 2003

nu-metal 

the poser's answer to metal

Poser1:Yo, I'm this music is so raw, its like saying "fuck you" to the corperate world
Poser2:Your cell phones ringing

nu-metal by Dnite April 14, 2003

Sludge Metal 

as know as doom or stoner metal. imagine slinking through dense pools of electrically charged sludge; or put yourself in that years-old pot-smoked-out haze as you slide deeper into the electrically charged couch. that's the time signature we're dealing with here -- a pleasant blend of the lethargic and the 'lectric. these guys bow before black sabbath.

Neurosis, Kyuss, Warhorse, Melvins

Sludge Metal by Dnite April 14, 2003