Heavy metal music
Heavy Metal was developed around 1969 and 1974 from Psychedelic and Blues Rock and Classical music. The aural aspects of metal generally revolve around highly-amplified guitar distortion, fast guitar solos and harsh vocals.
Heavy Metal music and Spirituality
While Anti-Christian sentiments are quite common amongst the extreme metal sub genres, especially black and death metal, there is a large amount of heavy metal with an overtly Christian message (i.e, As I Lay Dying, Believer, Stryper) and several musicians of the genre are openly Christian, though very few outside Christian metal could be called fundamentalists. Such musicians include: Tom Araya, Dave Mustaine, Dave Ellefson, Chris Jericho, Max Calvera, and Dan Spitz. Some popular ensembles to this effect are Underoath, P.O.D., He Is Legend, and Norma Jean. One of the most popular Christian Metal labels is Tooth and Nail Records.
Sub Genres
The following are sub genres of heavy metal:
- Black Metal
- Death Metal
- Thrash Metal
- Speed Metal
- New Wave Of British Heavy Metal
- Doom Metal
- Folk Metal
- Viking Metal
- Power Metal
- Progressive (or Avant-Garde) Metal
- Gothic Metal
- Swedish Death Metal
- Satan's Fire Metal
Heavy Metal Bands
The following artists are considered to be heavy metal: