An easy guide to heavy metal genres

[Conservationist]

When you're talking about music with your friends, you want to know the meanings for the words they're using. Without going overboard, we can recognize a handful of genres within heavy metal. Here are audio samples and descriptions for each of these metal genres.

An easy guide to heavy metal genres

Bands included: King Crimson, Iggy and the Stooges, Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Venom, DRI, Cryptic Slaughter, Fearless Iranians From Hell, Metallica, Exodus, Slayer, Prong, Hellhammer, Sodom, Bathory, Deicide, Morbid Angel, Possessed, Incantation, Emperor, Immortal, Burzum, Skepticism, Winter, Saint Vitus, Cathedral, Necrophagist, Behemoth, Neuraxis, ICP, Slipknot, Korn, Dragonforce, Hammerfall, Blind Guardian, Jesu, Sunn O))), Wolves in the Throne Room

I don't think nu-metal should be considered metal. I'm on the fence about "post-metal."

[abigail07]

I have learned about metal genres when I was graduated in high school during our discussion in Music. My teacher told us that heavy metal genres may overlap or are difficult to distinguish, but they can be identified by a number of traits. They are instrumentation, tempo, song structure, vocal style, lyrics, guitar playing style, drumming style, and so on.