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Originally Posted by Glice
Did anyone ever explain why or how death/ black/ thrash/ viking/ war/ etc metal aren't just absurd names thrown about to impress non-metallers?
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Death Metal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_metal
Black Metal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_metal
Thrash Metal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrash_metal
"Viking metal
Viking metal is a cross-genre reference to metal bands with
Norse-themed lyrics, usually about Viking tradition, culture, beliefs and other Viking related topics. As well, many people believe that there must be
Scandinavian influences in the music itself to be classified as Viking metal. Most Viking metal contains
black metal elements, but this is not always the case: the band
Amon Amarth is rooted in the
melodic death metal style, for example. There is also often overlap in Viking metal with
folk metal."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...s#Viking_metal
list of metal genres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heavy_metal_genres
battle/war metal is the same type of deal as viking metal, it's a cross genre thing that is concerned with the themes dealt with in the lyrics more than a stylistic musical approach. bolt thrower are an example of battle/war metal, even though stylistically they are death metal.