Top 10 Metal Subgenres that Best Do Specific Elements of Metal Music
The English band, Venom is credited for laying the groundwork for Thrash Metal with their debut album "Welcome... read more
There are great riffs outside thrash but thrash riffs are just incredible.
Great vocals are a must in power metal. If you rank correctly the power metal singers, you will get half of the Top 10 (really) best metal singers of all time - Hansi Kursch, Tobias Sammet, Michael Kiske, Roy Khan.
One name and one number: George Kollias (Nile) - 280 bpm. Also Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy), Francesco Paoli (Fleshgod Apocalypse).
All death metal subgenres are brutal but some of them are even more brutal (Brutal Technical Death Metal).
Prog Metal is known for that
You can hear more instruments than you usually hear in metal songs (guitars, bass and drums, and occassionally - keyboards/piano). Blind Guardian employ full symphonic orchestras with violins, cellos, flutes, etc. (example - Sacred Worlds).
Instrumentation is the particular combination of musical instruments employed in a composition, and the properties of those instruments individually. Instrumentation is sometimes used as a synonym for orchestration.
Yngwie, Marty Friedman, Jeff Loomis, Jason Becker, Buckethead
The English band, Venom is credited for laying the groundwork for Thrash Metal with their debut album "Welcome... read more
I like most of the thrash lyrics, though my fave lyrics are from other subgenres
People often associate black metal with shrieking vocals.
Other notable Heavy Metal bands include Judas Priest, Anthrax, Testament, System of a Down, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Avenged... read more
Example - Iron Maiden riffs
I understand what you mean but don't forget that there are Symphonic death Metal and Symphonic black Metal
Yes, that's how it all started
Mostly fantasy based lyrics
The English band, Venom is credited for laying the groundwork for Thrash Metal with their debut album "Welcome... read more
I have always noticed power metal solos are different. Its likely fast but not very heavy. An early example of guitar works is Adrian Smith & Dave Murray's solos. Some guitarists use special effect pedals.