Beginner’s Guide to Metal Genres

INDUSTRIAL METAL

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FREQUENT TRAITS

• Repeating guitar riffs
• Sampling
• Synthesizer or sequencer lines
• Distorted vocals

HISTORY

• Where it came from
  • Developed in the late 1980s as industrial music and metal began to fuse into a common genre
  • Gained commerical success in the late nineties
• Where it is today
  • Over-saturation in the genre, and its sub-genres (along with some negative stigma) led to a decline in sales and popularity
  • A few bands still hold widespread popularity and commercial success while many others have faded

BANDS

• MARILYN MANSON
• MINISTRY
• NINE INCH NAILS
• FEAR FACTORY
• ROB ZOMBIE
• RAMMSTEIN

SUB-GENRES

• Neue Deutsche Harte (ATROCITY)
• Nu Metal (SLIPKNOT)

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