war metal

A subgenre of black metal that is highly influnced by death metal and grindcore and was pioneered in the late 80's by bands such as Blasphemy and Beherit.

Guy 1: Can you recommend me some brutal war metal?
Guy 2: Listen to Blasphemy you fucking poser.

by asdsees November 30, 2018

Heavy Metal

Contrary to about 400 of the definitions already listed here, Heavy Metal has nothing to do with Marilyn Manson. Heavy Metal is a genre of music inspired by American Blues music, in which people began to exploit the characteristics of the electric guitar to create louder, more discordant sounds. Heavy Metal is characterized by fast tempo, agressive rythm, and grandoise lyrics, often involving such themes as drug abuse, death, or political issues.

Megadeth, Metallica, Judas Priest = Metal

Marilyn manson, Linkin Park, rapcore music = Not Metal

by MasterChef April 1, 2005

Metal Gear Rising

A Metal Gear game loved by some fans but not all, mostly due to the game not surrounding Snake, but surrounding a badass cyborg samurai dude with white hair who somehow stops time to slice you into tiny bits while very loud and good music plays in your ears.

Person 1: "Metal Gear Rising sucks. It's a complete change and the protagonist is not even that cool."

Person 2: "Okay, but can you beat the games OST?"

Person 1: "Fuck."

by GalaxyRaiderYT February 8, 2022

progressive metal

Prog metal for short. A sub genre of music that combines the almost jazz-like progression of progressive rock and the agression, volume, speed, and heaviness of metal. Usually features band members who are incredibly skilled at their instruments. Features rapid key changes, odd time signatures, and bombastic instrumental sections. It could be defined as "intelligent metal".

Rapid changes in key are a characteristic of progressive metal.

by Iron Gland May 17, 2006

Melodic Death Metal

Possibly one of the greatest Sub-Genres in all of Heavy Metal. It combines the brutality, low guitar and bass tunings, complex and fast drumming, guttural vocals (while usually higher pitched than in normal Death Metal) with focus more on melody and harmony more than brutality. Electric guitars typically have complex rhythm, structure and riffs to them and combine low riffing, palm muting and power chords with "mini-solo" like parts that involve higher notes and odd note groupings. The genre started in the early 90's and has spanned from there. Some great/notable bands including a song are:
Carcass: Heartwork
Arch Enemy: Bury Me An Angel
In Flames: Jester's Script Transfigured
Dark Tranquility: Punish My Heaven
At The Gates: The Swarm
Dethklok: Laser Cannon Deth Sentence
Children Of Bodom: Every Time I Die
Amon Amarth: War Of The Gods
The Duskfall: Shoot It In
Callenish Circle: Suffer My Disbelief

Hey wanna go see Arch Enemy? Michael Amott is the master of Melodic Death Metal!
Melodic Death Metal bands are so talented.

by Inster Pseudoym Here May 31, 2011

Death Metal

A form of music that developed in the mid 1980's from thrash. Possessed recorded a song entitled "Death Metal" in 1984, which would appear on their debut album Seven Churches in 1985. Other bands such as Aggression, Death, Necrophagia, Nun Slaughter, Slaughter Lord and even Slayer contributed to the movement. What defined death metal was the fact that it was basically an exaggerated form of thrash--everything from the vocals (which transformed into a mix of growling, grunting and rasping) to the drumming was made harsher and heavier than before. The music itself became somewhat anti-rhythmic, and in some cases experimental (as seen with Darkthrone's Goatlord album, or the modern technicality of Necrophagist). The first bands to really modernize the movement included Autopsy, Cannibal Corpse, the virtually unkown Necrovore, Morbid Angel, Obituary, and Ripping Corpse, among others. Death metal could range from the blood and gore horror imagery of Cannibal Corpse, to the satanic overtones of Deicide, to the political statements carried by Dying Fetus. Some criticize death metal as they feel the musicians do nothing but randomly band their instruments. Nothing could be further from the truth--listen to Morbid Angel's album Covenant, for instance, or Cannibal Corpse's Gore Obsessed, to get a better perspective on the scene.

Older Sepultura is a mix of death metal and thrash metal, commonly referred to as death thrash.

by Goatlord April 30, 2003

Metal Gear: Rising

An extra Metal Gear name, making Jack "Raiden" the main character. He is also known as, "The Badass Ninja Guy From 2, 3, and 4". He is a cyborg.

This game is getting all true Metal Gear fans excited, because of the shocking ending of Metal Gear 4.

MG Fan 1: DUDE, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT Metal Gear: Rising!?!?!??!?!
MG Fan 2: YEAH, I'M SO FUCKING EXCITED!!!
MG Fan 3: I came.

by Kyuwrath December 4, 2012