The absolute purest form of Heavy Metal music.
For relatively new bands who have taken inspiration from The Metal Gods.
The Proper Metal sound is personified by screaming guitars with face melting solos, thunderous drums and pounding basslines.
Proper Metal singing styles can vary, but they usually share a powerful and energetic quality. This could be anything from Ozzy Osbourne's signature growl to Rob Halford's soaring high notes. Proper metal lyrics often deal with dark or serious subjects, like war, rebellion, and the occult. They can also be fantastical or explore mythology and history.
To be classified as Proper Metal the dress code is critical and comprises the following:
Leather (black or white)
Other proper metal band T shirts
Studs & bullet belts
Bare chests are encouraged
Long hair (when possible)
A single member sporting a strong moustache is not uncommon.
Denim (if worn) must be torn or aged
*Bright blue spandex is also perfectly acceptable.
*dryrobes and anything frilly pink in colour is absolutely not acceptable.
Proper Metal equipment is mainly electric:
Flying V guitars or similar
Firebird basses or similar
Way too many amps
Absolutely MASSIVE drum kit
* A mic stand that can be thrown about easily
* under no circumstances should the mic stand be so big that you can either mount it or hide behind it. That is NOT proper Metal!
For relatively new bands who have taken inspiration from The Metal Gods.
The Proper Metal sound is personified by screaming guitars with face melting solos, thunderous drums and pounding basslines.
Proper Metal singing styles can vary, but they usually share a powerful and energetic quality. This could be anything from Ozzy Osbourne's signature growl to Rob Halford's soaring high notes. Proper metal lyrics often deal with dark or serious subjects, like war, rebellion, and the occult. They can also be fantastical or explore mythology and history.
To be classified as Proper Metal the dress code is critical and comprises the following:
Leather (black or white)
Other proper metal band T shirts
Studs & bullet belts
Bare chests are encouraged
Long hair (when possible)
A single member sporting a strong moustache is not uncommon.
Denim (if worn) must be torn or aged
*Bright blue spandex is also perfectly acceptable.
*dryrobes and anything frilly pink in colour is absolutely not acceptable.
Proper Metal equipment is mainly electric:
Flying V guitars or similar
Firebird basses or similar
Way too many amps
Absolutely MASSIVE drum kit
* A mic stand that can be thrown about easily
* under no circumstances should the mic stand be so big that you can either mount it or hide behind it. That is NOT proper Metal!
That is not proper metal and I don’t like it.
The opposite to proper metal is the sophisticated “clever Metal” and the two should not be confused.
The opposite to proper metal is the sophisticated “clever Metal” and the two should not be confused.
by Onesmartfella March 31, 2024
Get the Proper Metalmug. Korn is a creator and pioneer of Nu Metal and New Wave Of American Heavy Metal, 1993 by Niedermayer's Mind demo album, 1998 Nu Metal became a popular (mainstream) by Korn's album Follow The Leader, first Grammy for Nu Metal, btw. Korn has a two Grammys.
Korn, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, SOAD - some songs, Slipknot, Deftones, Sepultura on begin, Soulfly, P.O.D, Papa Roach, Ill Nino, Godsmack, Adema, From Ashes To New, Hollywood Undead has some elements of Nu Metal, Coal Chamber,....
by nu man 7 November 15, 2017
Get the Nu Metalmug. Porridge Metal - Metal Musik whos drums are too quite, guitar has no aksents, trak looks longer than it aktually is, & tempo is always changing its like “Porridge”
Term kreated & 1st used by Kristina Rybalchenko aka Kriss Drummer on 2023_December_16 Saturday during Live Twitch Stream. Time Stamp 3:35:00 15:35:00 CT / 21:35:00 UTC
Term kreated & 1st used by Kristina Rybalchenko aka Kriss Drummer on 2023_December_16 Saturday during Live Twitch Stream. Time Stamp 3:35:00 15:35:00 CT / 21:35:00 UTC
Example 1: Motorhead the Band has a song kalled “Overkill” it is the epitome of “Porridge Metal Musik”
Example 2: Motörhead - Overkill, is Porridge Metal
Example 2: Motörhead - Overkill, is Porridge Metal
by anonymous December 16, 2023
Get the Porridge Metalmug. When a metal head reaches a state of pure metal ecstasy they make the claw with their hand and raise it up.
The true metal claw can be likened with holding an imaginary chalice filled with somthing metal....like sacrificial blood or beer.
Singers also use this hand gesture when feeling extra metal, godlike or just an extreme metal surge.
This is not exclusive to a live show but can also be done while driving and/or listening to ones favorite cassette tape.
Not to be confused with either the devil horns hand sign as these are 2 distinct gestures OR the "mall claw" which is a 1980s hairstyle achieved with heat and Aqua-net hairspray.
The true metal claw can be likened with holding an imaginary chalice filled with somthing metal....like sacrificial blood or beer.
Singers also use this hand gesture when feeling extra metal, godlike or just an extreme metal surge.
This is not exclusive to a live show but can also be done while driving and/or listening to ones favorite cassette tape.
Not to be confused with either the devil horns hand sign as these are 2 distinct gestures OR the "mall claw" which is a 1980s hairstyle achieved with heat and Aqua-net hairspray.
by Em Cloud July 31, 2021
Get the Metal Clawmug. A sub-genre of metal music characterised by whimsical performances/gimmicks/lyrics designed to enhance a band's "shock value" and "approachability". Examples include babymetal, okilly dokilly, Belushi speedball and psychostik
by ToneDeafJoe July 5, 2025
Get the Joke Metalmug. Metal Gear (Japanese: メタルギア, Hepburn: Metaru Gia) are the mecha in the Metal Gear series.12 In the series, a Metal Gear is a bipedal nuclear weapons-equipped tank. The Metal Gears are typically autonomous nuclear launch platforms which the player must destroy to save the world and complete the game. Often, confronting the latest Metal Gear model is one of the final challenges of each game, These things have been introduced in Metal Gear Solid, these things are pretty self explanatory.
To put it simply its just a Big Mech Armed with Guns and Nuclear powered Rockets, Even nukes in some cases.
They are commonly shown with a Huge High Frequency blade to battle other Metal gears.
To put it simply its just a Big Mech Armed with Guns and Nuclear powered Rockets, Even nukes in some cases.
They are commonly shown with a Huge High Frequency blade to battle other Metal gears.
by Uranatis September 13, 2023
Get the Metal gearmug. Girl that says she listens metal music just to have attention. She does not know any history of metal and never listened to a full album of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden or other bands like that. Usually loves metallica or bands that look like them
by Okay696969 August 15, 2018
Get the Metal thotsmug.