metal_styles_book by Martina K

STYLES OF HEAVY METAL BAND LOGOS MARTINA

HOW TO TELL

TRUE METAL

CONTENTS

All citations and links given in italic, and are from www.metalarchives.com unless stated differently (in brackets)

ABOUT

06-07

WHAT THE METAL IS?

08-09

BURZUM STORY: PART XIII - LOGOS

10-11

RECOGNITION OF LOGOS

12-13

SYMBOLS AND ELEMENTS

14-15

REDESIGNING LOGOS

POPULARITY

19-23

DEMONS

24-31

BLACK

32-33

SYMPHONIC

34-35

DEATH

36-37

DOOM

38-39

FOLK/PAGAN/VIKING

40-41

GOTHIC

42-43

GROOVE

INDUSTRIAL

METALCORE

46-47

MELODIC DEATH

48-49

POWER

50-51

PROGRESSIVE

SLUDGE

STONER

THRASH

SPEED

AVANT GARDE

HARD ROCK

58-59

LIKENESS

USED MATERIALS

... Christophe Szpajdel, the designer of over 7000 death- and black-metal logos. These logos seem like they are about as simple as design work can get. . . until you try to make one. Posted by aaron at Saturday, November 21, 2009 (http://www.theyshootactorsdontthey. com/2009/11/total-death.html)

Emperor logo designed by Christophe Szpajdel

ABOUT

I am myself interested in metal music and in logos. I think that logos can tell much about behind them. Metal has too many styles and the purpose is to find out if they logos are different. Also I have teenagers who ask me if the music they listen to is under category ‘metal’. And it is not secret that logos of ‘metal’ had attracted many people with their oustanding design and sometimes unreadability. So I made this book with selection of main styles and few examples for each style. Also some research included about popularity of this music, meaning of band names, most used words in their lyrics and other interesting information. If you would like listen to their music link is given with each band.

WHAT THE METAL IS?

06-07

Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are generally associated with masculinity and machismo. The first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, though they were often critically reviled, a status common throughout the history of the genre. In the mid-1970s Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence; Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal such as Iron Maiden followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal had attracted a worldwide following of fans known as "metalheads" or "headbangers". In the 1980s, glam metal became a major commercial force with groups like Mötley Crüe. Underground scenes produced an array of more extreme, aggressive styles: thrash metal broke into the mainstream with bands such as Metallica, while other styles like death metal and black metal remain subcultural phenomena. Since the mid-1990s, popular styles such as nu metal, which often incorporates elements of grunge and hip hop; and metalcore, which blends extreme metal with hardcore punk, have further expanded the definition of the genre. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music)

“Slipknot are not a rock band, they’ve got no tunes, no chords or choruses.They have no idea how to behave onstage and they wear masks and red boiler suits. I came from the Beatles and Little Richard, they came from the circus. Maybe I’m too old to get it, but I don’t mind because they’re crap”-LEMMY (http://www.truemetal.org/unstoppableforce/index2.html)

We accept the following non-metal bands in certain cases: Bands that are no longer metal, but are/were still generally recognized as metal bands (ex: Burzum, Metallica) Grindcore if it’s close enough to death metal (ex: Carcass, Napalm Death) We do NOT accept the following (this is our decision, please don’t argue this): Mallcore, also known as “nu-metal” by some (ex: Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, Drowning Pool, Slipknot) Metalcore, unless it’s clearly more metal than core (e.g Shadows Fall, The Red Chord, Killswitch Engage are OK: Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine are NOT). If you are uncertain, best avoid metalcore bands altogether. Glam rock (ex: Poison, Whitesnake, KISS) Classic rock (ex: Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep) Progressive rock (ex: Yes, King Crimson, The Flower Kings, Spock’s Beard) Hard rock (ex: Guns ‘N Roses, AC/DC, Alice Cooper) Hardcore (ex: Earth Crisis, Converge) Grindcore (and all its variants; noise, crust, etc) with little to zero metal influence (ex: Anal Cunt, Libido Airbag) Punk (ex: The Misfits, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols) Gothic rock (ex: Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, Fields of Nephilim) Industrial (ex: Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, KMFDM, N17)

Some of the Burzum ‘logos’

BURZUM STORY: PART XIII - LOGOS

Too many of you write me about “the Burzum logo”.

08-09

In 1991 having a “cool” logo was one of the most important things to the metal bands in Norway. Immortal got one, Mayhem already had one, Darkthrone had one, and so forth. They were full of inverted crosses and other “satanic” and “cool” symbols, and some of them were even rather hard to read - or rather “interpret”. Initially, when I left Old Funeral and rekindled my own project, and changed name from Uruk-Hai to Burzum, I wanted a logo myself, and a female friend volunteered to draw me one. She did and everything was fine, until I realised that I am following a trend. Why would I do that, when everything I did was supposed to be a revolt against trends? So instead I decided to have no logo, and just use a nice font instead. In late 1991 I had no easy access to fonts of any type other than the ones found on my typewriter. This was before the time of mainstream Internet. I had to purchase some type of sticker-fonts, and I could only afford a few sets, and then use them to “build” words, letter by letter. For some reason, either because I ran out of the right stickers-letters, or because I did it on purpose - I really cannot remember which it is - I wrote the Burzum name with capital letters and I used the only non-ordinary font they had in the book store; Gothic. When I released the début album I instructed the record company, DSP, to use this font for not only the band title, but also for all other text on the album. The Burzum name was in other words not really a logo, but just the band name written in Gothic letters together with other Gothic text. After a while I stopped thinking about logos, and for some

reason I didn’t change the type of font used on the albums. Thus many started to think of the Burzum name in Gothic font as “the Burzum logo”. It never was. The name was the point; the font was and still is irrelevant. For “Dauði Baldrs” or “Hliðskjálf” (don’t remember which one) I wanted to just use an even more common font, like Arial or something, but for some reason I didn’t after all. Don’t remember why I didn’t. Some memories are lost forever - because they matter no whit. For “Belus” I finally decided to use a different font, to stress the point that Burzum doesn’t have a logo, but also because this is a new beginning to Burzum. I found some free fonts on the Internet and picked one I felt suited the concept of the album; Belus, the oak god (and his wife, Eduno, the meadow maiden). The one I decided to use looked kind of flowery, fantasy-like and was exactly what I was looking for. I am sure it has been used by others before me - it’s free to download for every single individual on Earth - and I don’t try to be original. I’m done being original. I just want to do whatever I feel like, regardless of what the rest of the world may or may not do, and I don’t want a logo. I simply use a font that fits the concept of the album. I am myself, not just the opposite of those I dislike. If I ever feel like having a logo for Burzum I will do that as well, by the way. Nothing is carved into rock; not logos, not decisions about logos or anything else. Not even the Burzum name is... Varg Vikernes (December 2009) (http://www.burzum.org/eng/ library/a_burzum_story13.shtml)

This is a scanned image of the index page of the “Book of the Demons” This is an example of official ‘Carlsberg’ logo, which is used in many countries around the world. According to nationally spoken languages, name of the logo is translated, so people can read it. Overall look of the logo has remained recognizable, thanks to special elemets.

RECOGNITION OF LOGOS

10-11

This is a scanned image of the index page of the “Book of the Demons” There is a parody of ‘Depeche mode’ logo, or to say more accurate, parody of satanist band logo. In case you do not know who the ‘ Depeche Mode’ is or if you consider logo ‘unreadable at first, then first impression of the logo is that this is a satanist logo, again thanks to the special elements and style used.

This is a scanned image of the index page of the “Book of the Demons”

SYMBOLS AND ELEMENTS

12-13

This is a scanned image of the index page of the “Book of the Demons”

Symbols and special elements have been used always. Image on the left is taken from the book ‘Marks of Excellence’. It displays Royality recognition signs. Crown on a top is for Royal, letter C, for example, is for Charles, number means that it was Charls X. Also need to make note of of the simetry or mirror effect which makes these marks look better.

This is a scanned image of the index page of the “Book of the Demons”

After hail of unreadability and complexity, simplicity and readability of logos becomes more popular now.

qui omnimus a quis voluptus porem. Pudae esed que volupta quatas re nos esto eiur se ad utate et fugiantiam faccae entus dolenimo de eiciisquo tem sit eiciliam, niti aut lam con comni ilibus as aces exeriorecab ipsum ne rem imagnis dolorum voluptur sequuntotate porrum voluptae pores magniminus ilit fugit fugitium sa sed min nobitem autem sequae licatium aut lat optae pero con lataut volupta doloribus.

Ibus, con es voluptam erias re plam, que vitassu mquatia eium id qui aceperion ratiore seditatiae corem nonse minum idustotassit voluptatquam lant fugitem ipsandi aut mo veriber ererio. Ed que il mint quost optas doluptam ut

REDESIGNED LOGOS

14-15

This is a scanned image of the index page of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Book of the Demonsâ&#x20AC;?

Conseque voluptas denessi mporesequi cus exceaqu iasperro occusdae pelit lam quiaspiet voluptate preptatemqui id modio maximax imagnis dolorum voluptur sequuntotate porrum voluptae pores magniminus ilit fugit fugitium sequae licatium aut lat optae pero con conseque porrorepera ipis mi, coreped eliquuntist verores equam, nobitas et re ped quiae estiis sapisi numque videritat alibus, testius.

Metal is played by bands from 129 countries all around the world: There are 197 countries in the world. That means that only in some 68 there are not registred bands that plays metal music.

les

Ru tal

POPULARITY

ot is n yet l a t Me vered o disc

USA

1252

Argentina

268

Peru

123

Thailand

7802

Germany

1208

Norway

272

Romania

121

Lithuania

4420

Italy

1082

Czech

255

Venezuela

119

Puerto Rico

3672

Brazil

1001

Chile

253

Ireland

112

South Africa

3566

France

931

Portugal

249

Serbia

104

Urugay

3237

Sweden

903

Belgium

219

New Zealand

India

2995

United Kingdom

880

Hungary

218

Bulgaria

Costa Rica

2659

Finland

769

Colombia

204

Belarus

Bosnia

2380

Poland

750

Austria

188

Singapore

Paraguay

2348

Canada

683

Switzerland

185

Ecuador

Macedonia

2092

Spain

651

Denmark

180

Israel

Cuba

1785

Russia

513

Indonesia

168

Korea S

El Salvador

1673

Netherlands

449

Ukraine

166

Slovenia

Iceland

1407

Australia

404

Slovakia

150

Estonia

Luxembourg

1355

Japan

384

Turkey

148

Philipines

Guatemala

1354

Greece

351

Malaysia

143

China

Latvia

1320

Mexico

283

Croatia

126

Bolivia

PanamaIquiae.

16030

Comparison of band names from www.metal_archives.com with demon names in “Book of Demons” There are 87 demons in the book, 48 of these names are also found to be used as a band names, which is 55%, that is more than half.

DEMONS

For example, 32 of the bands uses demon name Beliah as their bands name or as a part of the bands name. 10 of the bands are called Banshee or use this name as a part of their bands name, there are 28 bands which uses Leviathan in their bands name and 26 are named Kali or this demon name is as a part of the bands name.

This is a scanned image of the index page of the “Book of the Demons”

19-23

Demons Behemoth and Leviathan Names of gigantic beasts or monsters described in Job xl. The former is from a root denoting “coil,” “twist”; the latter is the plural form of “behemah”=”beast.” —Biblical Data: Ever since Bochart (“Hierozoicon,” iii. 705), “behemoth” has been taken to denote the hippopotamus; and Jablonski, to make it correspond exactly with that animal, compared an Egyptian form, “p-ehe-mu” (= “water-ox”), which, however, does not exist. The Biblical description contains mythical elements, and the conclusion is justified that these monsters were not real, though the hippopotamus may have furnished in the main the data for the description. Only of a unique being, and not of a common hippopotamus, could the words of Job xl. 19 have been used: “He is the first [A. V. “chief”] of the ways of God [comp. Prov. viii. 22]; he that made him maketh sport with him” (as the Septuagint reads; A. V. “He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him”; comp. Ps. civ. 26); or “The mountains bring him forth food; where all the beasts of the field do play” (Job xl. 20). Obviously behemoth is represented as the primeval beast, the king of all the animals of the dry land, while leviathan is the king of all those of the water, both alike unconquerable by man (ib. xl. 14, xli. 17-26). Gunkel (“Schöpfung und Chaos,” p. 62) suggests that behemoth and leviathan were the two primeval monsters corresponding to Tiamat (= “the abyss”; comp. Hebr. “tehom”) and Kingu (= Aramaic “’akna” = serpent”) of Babylonian mythology. Some commentators find also in Isa. xxx. 6 (“bahamot negeb” = “beasts of the south”) a reference to the hippopotamus; others again, in Ps. lxxiii. 22 (“I am as behemoth [=”beasts”; A. V. “a beast”] before thee”); but neither interpretation has a substantial foundation. It is likely that the leviathan and the behemoth were originally referred to in Hab. ii. 15: “the destruction of the behemoth [A. V. “beasts”] shall make them afraid” (comp. LXX., “thee” instead of “them”).E. G. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com

Behemoth band logo

Behemoth and Leviathan, watercolour by William Blake from his Illustrations of the Book of Job.

left: "Destruction of Leviathan". 1865 engraving by Gustave Doré top: “Leviathan band logo.

Leviathan Ambient / Black Metal / Metal Pure, primitive, cult, home recorded evil... Verräter: two discs, twenty two tracks, one hundred and forty three minutes of buzzing, howling, pummelling black metal. Think Burzum, Darkthrone, Immortal, but with all

sorts of weird twists and sonic surprises. Sure, LEVIATHAN is grimmer than grim metal that the frost & forest lords of Norway should bow down to, but it’s also pure expression unfettered by genre restraints, although informed and inspired by them. (http://www.myspace.com/leviathanx666x)

24-25

BLACK

Satyricon Black Metal Mysticism, Nature, Apocalypse, Anti-Christianity http://www.myspace.com/satyricon Emperor Symphonic Black Metal (early), Symphonic Extreme Metal (later) Satanism (early), Nature, Mythology, Mysticism http://www.myspace.com/emperorhorde

BLACK

Immortal Black Metal Grimness, Winter, War, Winterdemons, Blashyrkh http://www.myspace.com/immortalofficial Their lyrics have also never involved the religious or political ideologies often associated with the scene to any great extent, instead being concerned with darkness and evil in a fantasy setting.

26-27

28-29 Venom NWOBHM/Black/Speed Metal Satan, Hell, Blood, Women, Metal http://www.myspace.com/venomlegions Bathory Black Metal, Viking, Thrash Metal Anti-Christ, Satan (old), Norse Mythology, Odinism http://www.myspace.com/bathoryofficial

BLACK

Burzum Black Metal, Ambient Myths, Folklore, Odalism, Darkness, Philosophy http://www.myspace.com/ burzumofficialpage Mayhem Black Metal Satanism, Death, Gore (early), Misanthropy, War http://www.myspace.com/officialmayhem Darkthrone Death Metal (early), Black Metal (mid), Punk/Black Metal (later) Anti-Religion, Satan, Occultism, Rebellion, Metal http://www.myspace.com/officialdarkthrone Darkthrone’s name was inspired by a Danish zine from around 1985/86 called Blackthorn, written by the guys from the Danish band Desexult, as well as by the lyrics of the Celtic Frost song “Jewel Throne” (I’m the king, sitting in the dark hiding from the shadows of the wind/.../ As I gaze from the Jewel Throne to the portal of infinity). According to the December 2007 issue of Decibel Magazine, the Darkthrone logo was designed by Tomas Lindberg of At the Gates. On the cover of the Darkthrone album F.O.A.D. from 2007, the Deathhammer logo appears on the leather jacket of the drawn figure. (http://www.metal-archives. com/more.php?id=146)

30-31

...the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor that features in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.

Taken from The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Tyler: “Gorgoroth ‘Dreadful Horror’ (The Sindarin or Grey-elven tongue) - A word in the Grey-elven tongue, used for two different locations, distinct in time and space.... the second instance is the name of the ‘Haunted Plains’ of Mordor; the great plateau which occupied the north-western area of that country, a desolate, arid land, pocked with craters and fuming pits and riven with many deep crevasses. In the centre of the plain rose the smouldering cone of the volcano Orodruin.” During October 2007, Gorgoroth members Gaahl and King decided to kick founding member Infernus out of the band. A legal battle over the rights of the name and logo between Infernus and Gaahl / King then ensued. Gaahl and King carried on touring without Infernus for around 18 months after copyrighting the band’s name and logo (before ‘firing’ him), while Infernus put together a new line-up. Oslo City District Court delivered a verdict on March 10th 2009 on the main question in the Gorgoroth trademark case, which took place at the end of January 2009, deciding that King ov Hell’s trademark registration #243365 of the band name was not valid and shall therefore be deleted. The court states that King ov Hell and Gaahl excluded themselves from the band Gorgoroth when they tried to fire Infernus in October 2007. The court further states that Infernus cannot be excluded from Gorgoroth, unless he himself decides to quit. The remaining issues concerning financial matters and such are yet to be decided upon. While many musicians have come and gone, Infernus has always stayed in the band, though the last two albums before the split were almost entirely composed by King. King has said that he “never really left” Gorgoroth despite his brief official absence between 2006 and 2007, which according to Infernus happened due to King’s “difficulties combining playing in a clear-cut Satanic metal band as Gorgoroth with the fact that he is full-time employed as a primary school teacher.” http://www.myspace.com/gorgoroth

BLACK

Gorgoroth Black Metal Satanism, Anti-Christianity, War, Darkness

Nightwish Operatic/Symphonic Power Metal Love, Nature, Astrology, Religion/Fantasy http://www.myspace.com/nightwish Within Temptation Melodic/Symphonic/Gothic Metal Fantasy, Nature (old) Love, Inner Struggles http://www.myspace.com/withintemptation Therion Death Metal (early), Symphonic/ Operatic Metal (later) Mythology, Occult/Pagan Religions http://www.myspace.com/therion

32-33

SYMPHONIC

DEATH

34-35

Possessed Death/Thrash Metal Satanism, Occultism, Evil, Anti-Christianity http://www.myspace.com/666possessed Death Death Metal (early), Death/Progressive Metal (later) Gore (old), Spirituality, Society (later) http://www.myspace.com/deathofficial Morbid Angel Death Metal Ancient Ones, Occultism, Satanism, Babylonian Gods http://www.myspace.com/ morbidangelofficial Deicide Death Metal Satanism, Anti-Christianity http://www.myspace.com/theofficialdeicidemyspacepage

DOOM

Black Sabbath Heavy/Traditional, Doom Metal Doom, Drugs, Life, Death, Religion http://www.facebook.com/ BlackSabbath?sk=info Pentagram Heavy/Doom Metal Doom, Religion, Love http://www.myspace.com/brokenvows Saint Vitus Doom Metal Loneliness, Depression, Substance Abuse, Death http://www.myspace.com/stvitus Candlemas Epic Heavy/Doom Metal Dark Fantasy, Religion, Doom, Life, Death http://www.myspace.com/candlemass My Dying Bride Doom/Death Metal (early), Gothic/Doom Metal (later) Despair, Pain, Romance, Losing Faith http://www.myspace.com/officialmydyingbride Celtic Frost Thrash/Death/Black Metal (early), Avant-garde (late 80s), Glam (Cold Lake) Gothic/Doom Metal (2000s) Occultism, Death, History, Literature http://www.myspace.com/celticfrost

36-37

Skyclad Folk Metal Social Issues, Politics, History Skyclad is a pagan term for ritual nudity, meaning literally that the practitioners are clad only by the sky, due to their highly nature-oriented beliefs. http://www.myspace.com/officialskyclad Finntroll Humppa Folk Metal Trolls, Finnish Legends, Fantasy http://www.myspace.com/officialfinntroll Moonsorrow Folk/Pagan/Black Metal Paganism, Folklore, Legends, War The name of the band was inspired by Celtic Frost’s song “Sorrows of the Moon”. http://www.myspace.com/moonsorrow

FOLK, PAGAN, VIKING

Primordial Celtic/Folk/Black Metal Paganism, History, Celtic Mythology http://www.myspace.com/primordialofficial

38-39

Temnozor Folk/Black Metal Nature, Slavonic Paganism, War, Nationalism TEMNOZOR’ is an archaic Russian word nowadays used only in some rural dialects, it means deep dark twilights before the dawn and also could be understood as manifestation to the Spirit of sunrise. (http://www.temnozor.com/) http://www.myspace.com/temnozor Enslaved Progressive Black/Viking Metal Norse Mythology, Vikings, Nature The name of the band was inspired by Demonaz of Immortal (Nor) after the Immortal demo track “Enslaved on Rot.” http://www.myspace.com/enslaved Ensiferum Viking/Folk Metal Legends, Fantasy, Battles, Sorrow, Heathen Themes http://www.myspace.com/ensiferum

Lacuna Coil Gothic Metal/Rock (early), Alternative Rock (later) Darkness, Loss, Love, Despair 3.1. What does ‘LACUNA COIL’ mean? The closest English translation is ‘Empty Spiral’, it was chosen when the band changed their name from Ethereal and it is meant to express the bands vision on life. In the words of Cristina Scabbia; “It’s half Italian, half English - Lacuna’s an Italian word from the Latin meaning lack of memory or emptiness. ‘Coil’ is a spiral.” 3.2. What does that ‘oriental symbol’ represent? It is in fact a stylised ‘L’ and ‘C’ with the C crossing the L halfway down the vertical. LACUNA COIL have changed logos a couple of times now. A second version of the logo was turned about 30 degrees, the ‘C’ was changed, and it was enclosed in a circle. A third version of the logo is now used, it is a return to the more ‘oriental’ look but is more symmetrical. You can see all three versions at http://www.emptyspiral.net/images/lacuna_coil_logos.gif (http://www.emptyspiral.net/modules.php? name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=69) http://www.myspace.com/lacunacoil

GOTHIC

Paradise Lost Doom/Death Metal (early), Gothic Rock/Metal (later) Death, Fear, Anti-God (old), Personal, Life (now) They are named after the epic poem Paradise Lost by the English poet John Milton. http://www.myspace.com/paradiselostuk

40-41

Type O Negative Gothic/Doom Metal Depression, Death, Relationships, Love, Dark Humor The band’s current name was chosen in part because all four original members had already tattooed a “Subzero” logo on their arm, which is an O with a negative symbol inside it. http://www.myspace.com/typeonegative Moonspell Folk/Black Metal (early), Gothic / Extreme Metal (later) Dark Folklore, Macabre Poetry, Portuguese History http://www.myspace.com/moonspell Theatre Of Tragedy Gothic/Doom/Death Metal (early), Industrial/ Electronica, Gothic Metal/Rock (later) Beauty and Darkness, Love, Life http://www.myspace.com/pagesoftragedy

GROOVE

42-43

Pantera Glam/Heavy Metal (early) Groove Metal (later) Metal, Personal Issues, Life, Violence, Love http://www.myspace.com/pantera Sepultura Death/Thrash Metal (early), Groove/Hardcore (later) Satan, Evil (early), Politics, Antifascism (later) The band name comes from a Portuguese translation of Motörhead’s song “Dancing On Your Grave” which is “Dançando Na Sua Sepultura”. Sepultura means “grave” in Portuguese (and in other Latin-based languages). http://www.myspace.com/sepultura Lamb of God Groove Metal/Metalcore Pain, Misery, Politics, Heresy The band started off under the name Burn the Priest in the winter of 1994, then changed their name to Lamb of God in April of 1999. The name change was a result of the band members thinking the old name was too immature, and it was taking them in the wrong direction as far as fans were concerned. http://www.myspace.com/lambofgod

INDUSTRIAL

Godflesh Industrial Metal, Experimental Industrial Hatred, Corruption, Society, Inner Struggles http://www.myspace.com/godfleshfans Samael Black Metal (early), Electronic / Industrial Metal (later) Satanism (early), Discovery, Spirituality, Society http://www.myspace.com/samael Ministry New Wave (early), Industrial/Electronic (mid), Industrial Rock/Metal (later) Love (early), Politics, Drugs, Religion (later) Al Jourgensen got the band name from the B Movie titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ministry of Fear.â&#x20AC;? http://www.myspace.com/ministrymusic

METALCORE Kilswitch Engage Metalcore Personal Struggles, Society, Positivity http://www.myspace.com/killswitchengage Shadows Fall Melodic Death Metal (early), Metalcore (later) Inner Struggles, Society, Positive, Unity http://www.myspace.com/shadowsfall

At The Gates Melodic Death Metal Internal Struggles, Death, Anti-Religion, Society http://www.myspace.com/atthegatesband Dark Tranquility Melodic Death Metal Death, Memories, Despair, Chaos Theory http://www.myspace.com/dtofficial Amon Amarth Melodic Death Metal Vikings, Warfare, Norse Mythology http://www.myspace.com/amonamarth

MELODIC DEATH

46-47

POWER Sonata Artica Power Metal Fantasy Metaphors, Relationships, Life http://www.myspace.com/sonataarctica Dragonforce Power Metal Armageddon, New World Order, Fantasy, Tales http://www.myspace.com/dragonforce Blind Guardian Speed Metal (early), Power Metal (Later) Epic Tales, Legends/Myths, Tolkien http://www.myspace.com/blindguardian

48-49

“I wanted a name that meant something, a name that was more than a cool expression. For me, Pain of Salvation has the meaning of balance. Taking the good with the bad. It is also a good expression in everyday use, when something does not go the way you planned; “well, that’s just the pain of salvation,” to indicate that this is just a slight setback on an otherwise painless journey towards your goal. The idea with the name is that everything has two sides, everything is in balance. Imagine yourself exhausted in the middle of a desert... Sitting down will take away your pain, but it will kill you. The walk

PROGRESSIVE

Pain Of Salvation Progressive Metal Humanity, the concept of God, society

for water will hurt, but it may save your life.

http://www.myspace.com/painofsalvation Queensrych Heavy/Power/Progressive Metal Corruption, Technology, Love, Orwell (old) http://www.myspace.com/queensryche Dream Theatre Progressive Metal Philosophy, Emotions, Addiction, Fantasy http://www.myspace.com/dreamtheater

50-51

Mastodon Technical/Progressive Groove Metal Life, Hardships, Heroic Tales, Mythical Beasts Mastodon consider each of their full length albums to have a different general theme that doesn’t reach as far as a full concept, but their logo and art work for each album represents something different, represented through one of the four elements. Remission represents fire, Leviathan represents water, Blood Mountain represents earth and Crack the Skye represents air (or ether). The symbol a the top middle of their logo changes from album to album. (http://www.metal-archives.com/) Mastodons (extinct) had straight backs, low-domed heads, and a heavy, stocky build with low shoulders and relatively short legs. They had heavy, gently curved upper tusks with little or no lower tusks. Mastodon’s teeth were perfectly shaped for eating leaves and twigs from trees and bushes. The American mastodon was common in North America for over a million years before the Ice Age. Having survived into the Pleistocene, American Mastodons coexisted with mammoths and North America’s first people and went extinct about 11,000 years ago. (http://www.vmnh.net/largeview.cfm?ID=717) http://www.myspace.com/mastodon

Eyehategod Sludge/Doom Metal Misanthropy, Suffering, Drug Abuse, Crime, Poverty http://www.myspace.com/eyehategod Crowbar Sludge Metal Personal Struggles, Life Hardships http://www.myspace.com/crowbar

SLUDGE

Acid Bath Sludge/Doom Metal Death, Drugs, Dark Humor, Doom, Love http://www.myspace.com/realacidbath

STONER

Electric Wizard Doom/Stoner Metal Lovecraft, Horror, Occultism, Witchcraft, Drugs http://www.myspace.com/electricwizarddorsetdoom

THRASH

Kreator Thrash Metal Death, Religion, Politics, War http://www.myspace.com/kreator Sodom Thrash/Black Metal Satanism, Blasphemy (early); War, Death (later) http://www.myspace.com/sodom Metallica Thrash Metal (early) Modern Rock/Metal (later) Society, Corruption, Internal Struggles, Anger http://www.myspace.com/metallica

SPEED

Megadeth Speed/Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal/Rock (1990s) Religion, Politics, War, History, Death http://www.myspace.com/megadeth Motorhead Heavy/Speed Metal Rock ‘n’ Roll, War, Personal Struggles, Life, Sex http://www.myspace.com/motorhead Annihilator Technical Speed/Thrash (early), Groove Metal (later) Perversion, Mental Demons, Paranoia, Psychology http://www.myspace.com/annihilatorofficial

AVANT GARDE

Fantomas Avant-garde Metal Gibberish for the most part http://www.myspace.com/fantomasband Mr. Bungle Death Metal (early), Avantgarde Metal/Fusion Sex, Mystical Subjects, Humour, Society http://www.myspace.com/mrbungle8 Faith no More Avant-Garde/Alternative/Heavy Metal Struggle, Indifference, Silliness http://www.myspace.com/faithnomore

HARD ROCK

Twisted Sister Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Rock & Roll, Partying, Rebellion, Love, Fun, Sex http://www.myspace.com/twistedsister Motley Crue Heavy Metal, Hard Rock Girls, Parties, Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, Rock/Metal http://www.facebook.com/ MotleyCrue?ref=ts

58-59

LIKENESS

USED MATERIALS

THE END