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=__**Metal**__=

=**//What is Metal?//**=

Metal is a genre of music that was derived mostly from blues and rock. It began in the late 60s and early 70s by bands such as **//Led Zeppelin//** and //**Black Sabbath**//. The music had more distortion and more of a chunky feel than rock. And what is harder than rock? Metal. With scorching double solos they would go back and forth from guitarist to guitarist. Many bands would introduce a harmony to give it a better feel and to mix up the music a bit. Most metal bands sing about politics, destruction and evil things, though just singing that does not mean you are a metal band. During the late 70s and early 80s metal picked up the speed of punk and created different genres like **//thrash metal//**, //**speed metal**// and **//crossover//**. In later years it evolved into different sub genres and different style tunings to give a new spin on the term.

=//**What is the foundation and how does it relate to Metal?**//=

The foundation relates to the music as much as why are these topics being written in a song form. Most of the blues was written to show how they are being treated and their feelings toward it. Metal was written for many reasons, to show what the government is doing and or to show what has happened to other people over time. They were pretty much the same topics only as time has changed they grew into more recent times.

=Thesis=

Metal is related to blues and the overall feel of it. It also relates to the foundation of it, by having syncopation, poly rhythms, call and response and improvisation.

= = =//U.S. Census//= During the time of the 1980's is when the movement of metal bands started to come out of the U.S. and here is some Census data during the time period.

Domestic In California the amount of deaths out of 1,000 is 178(average for the decade). In New York the amount of deaths out of 1,000 is 171(average for the decade). Those two states were the highest death rates in the U.S. during the 80's and that's where most of the bands came out. They had a big success with the youth and not so much with the adults at the time.

Economic The amount of poverty increased from 12% in the beginning of the decade and peaked to 16% in the later years. The rate of unemployment went up from 6% to 10%. Since people were poor and the music industry was booming they put one and one together to get jobs for them selves.

=**//Early Metal//**=

**//Led Zeppelin//**
Artist: Led Zeppelin Bio: They were a band that came from England and toured the states frequently. Even though they weren't from the U.S. they inspired many bands across the states and were labeled as the first metal band. Song: Dazed and Confused media type="file" key="Dazed And Confused.mp3" width="240" height="20" Lyrics:

Been dazed and confused for so long it's not true, Wanted a woman, never bargained for you. Lots of people talk and few of them know, Soul of a woman was created below. yeah! You hurt and abused tellin' all of your lies, Run around sweet baby, lord how they hypnotize. Sweet little baby, I don't know where you've been, Gonna love you baby, here I come again. Every day I work so hard Bringin' home my hard earned pay Try to love you baby, but you push me away. Don't know where you're goin' Only know just where you've been, Sweet little baby, I want you again. Been dazed and confused for so long, it's not true, Wanted a woman, never bargained for you. Take it easy baby, let them say what they will. Will your tongue wag so much when I send you the bill?

This song is tells about him and a problem with his wife or girlfriend. The themes of the lyrics are blues-ish while the music is metal. There is also a lot of improvisation which gives the music a spontaneous appeal.

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Explanation: Starting off the clip their is a breakdown section into a syncopation part. After that the guitarist and the singer have a syncopation part while the bass play is playing something totally different. Next is a call and response that leads into improvisation. Improvisation was a key part in many forms of music. It adds feeling to the whole song and gives it an appealing quality since it is not always the same every time.

=**//Thrash Metal//**=

**//Slayer//**
Artist: Slayer Bio: This band came from L.A. in 1981. At first they played covers and got popular then they made their first album. It was a big success and they got more and more famous during the later years of the eighties. Song: Angel of Death media type="file" key="01 Angel of Death.mp3" width="240" height="20" Lyrics: Auschwitz, the meaning of pain The way that I want you to die Slow death, immense decay Showers that cleanse you of your life Forced in Like cattle You run Stripped of Your life's worth Human mice, for the angel of death Four hundred thousand more to die

Angel of death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead

Sadistic, surgeon of demise Sadist of the noblest blood Destroying, without mercy To benefit the aryan race

Surgery, with no anesthesia Feel the knife pierce you intensely Inferior, no use to mankind Strapped down screaming out to die

Angel of death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Infamous butcher, Angel of death

Pumped with fluid, inside your brain Pressure in your skull begins pushing through your eyes Burning flesh, drips away Test of heat burns your skin, your mind starts to boil Frigid cold, cracks your limbs How long can you last In this frozen water burial? Sewn together, joining heads Just a matter of time 'til you rip yourselves apart Millions laid out in their Crowded tombs Sickening ways to achieve The holocaust

Seas of blood, bury life Smell your death as it burns Deep inside of you Abacinate, eyes that bleed Praying for the end of Your wide awake nightmare Wings of pain, reach out for you His face of death staring down, Your blood running cold Injecting cells, dying eyes Feeding on the screams of The mutants he's creating Pathetic harmless victims Left to die Rancid angel of death Flying free

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Angel of death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Infamous butcher, Angel of death

Angel of death

Lyrics: This song is about the Holocaust and the way people were treated during that time. This is talking about a really bad time in history and this song has the speed of punk but not the type of music.

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Explanation: In the this clip the band Slayer uses the foundation in their music. In the begining of the video they use syncopation with harmonics and both guitarist play the same thing in different octaves. During the middle Kerry King (guitarist) and Jeff Haneneman (guitarist) have call and response solos. They go back and forth with one of the solos starting on the same note as the other. After that part Dave Lombardo (Drummer) does a poly rhythm before the chorus. Then they end it on the same syncopation part and that concludes the song.

=**//Crossover//**=

Crossover is punk and trash metal mixed. One of the first bands to do this was D.R.I.

//**D.R.I.**//
Artist:D.R.I. Song: Tear it Down

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Lyrics: Fighting this society, there's only one way to win We must stick together through all thick and thin Cross over the line of your stubborn, closed mind Don't be surprised at what you might find Things you thought wrong may have always been right You'll probably find fault in your reasons to fight You really don't differ from what i can see Ain't it time to unite, or is it just me? Just as we watch them build this empire So they shall watch us tear it down If not with our words, then with the power of our sound! Fighting this society, there's only one way to win We must stick together through all thick and thin Cross over the line of your stubborn, closed mind Don't be surprised at what you might find We are the future, so let's get things straight Combine our forces before it's too late Fighting ourselves can't go on any longer We must fight together if we want to grow stronger We can tear it down We must tear it down We will tear it down

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