Metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity. Metals are generally malleable — that is, they can be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking — as well as fusible (able to be fused or melted) and ductile (able to be drawn out into a thin wire). About 91 of the 118 elements in the periodic table are metals, the others are nonmetals or metalloids. Some elements appear in both metallic and non-metallic forms.
Astrophysicists use the term "metal" to collectively describe all elements other than hydrogen and helium. Thus, the metallicity of an object is the proportion of its matter made up of chemical elements other than hydrogen and helium.
Many elements and compounds that are not normally classified as metals become metallic under high pressures; these are formed as metallic allotropes of non-metals.
Structure and bonding
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey is a 2005 documentary directed by Sam Dunn with Scot McFadyen and Jessica Wise. The film follows 31-year-old Dunn, a Canadian anthropologist, who has been a heavy metal fan since the age of 12. Dunn sets out across the world to uncover the various opinions on heavy metal music, including its origins, culture, controversy, and the reasons it is loved by so many people. The film made its debut at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released as a two-disc special edition DVD in the US on September 19, 2006.
A follow-up to the film titled Global Metal premiered at the Bergen International Film Festival on October 17, 2007, and saw limited release in theatres in June 2008. Dunn has also elaborated upon his "Heavy Metal Family Tree" in the VH1 series Metal Evolution, which focuses on one subgenre per episode.
Contents
The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture. Notable segments include Dunn taking a trip to the Wacken Open Air festival, an interview with Dee Snider providing an analysis of the PMRC attack on heavy metal music, and an interview with several Norwegian black metal bands.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply 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 often associated with masculinity, aggression, and machismo.
The first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, though they were often derided by critics, a status common throughout the history of the genre. During 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. Beginning in the late 1970s, bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal such as Iron Maiden and Saxon followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as "metalheads" or "headbangers".
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- Fearful released: 2008
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- The Sound of Scenesat, Volume 3 released: 2014
- The Sound of SceneSat, Volume 2 released: 2011
- SOUNDSHOCK: FM FUNK MADDNESS!! released: 2011
- Smack My .SID Up: Best of Vibrants released: 2001
The Sound of Scenesat, Volume 3
Released 2014- Staffroom
- La Nuit
- We Don't Like Bootleggers
- Moody Breeze (Peter W Summer Breeze remix)
- Analog Feel (Home Invasion edit)
- Open Dreams
- Red, Yellow and Blue
- More Cowbell
- Cauldron II (Subversive Elements & Tron - Le Citrouille SurL'Acide remix)
- God Damn Shit
- Version Three
- Cassiopeia
- Megavolt
- Living in a Dream
- Serenity
- Tingly Sensation
- B.F.O. Drift (Polka Dot mix)
- The Ocean
- Canniballad
- The Crystal Fragments
- The Sea
- Just Another Day
- Lost Colony (Byproduct Remix)
- Funky Augusto
- High Hopes
- Funkemistric
- Onward Ride (BeeZerk remix)
- Gem'x Round B (new arranged version)
- Elimination (2014 remake)
- Compilation III (Dr.Future remix)
- Pikaboo Lobotomy
- Street Wolf Rider
- My Childhood Was ElekTrick
- Solstråle
- Nails And Noodles
- Happen-O-Iowize (Mordi remix)
- Whiskey Drops
- Aye Aye Captain
- Let's Go
- Dance Un Funk
- Professional Tracker
- Snowflakes
- Organic Biochip
- The Sounds of Impossible Mission (The Glitch Experience)
- Marching Into Retrograde (album preview)
- Metal Machine (Saga Musix remix)
- Panic Room (T-101 Diesel remix)
- Divine Discreation (Revision edit)
- Borxx Redux
- Intro Fronty II
- Desolator (SIDized demo)
- Elysium
- Livin' Insanity (Teetow remix)
- Elekfunk (Teetow remix feat. Romeo Knight)
- Cannon Fodder (Amok Guns on the Beach remix)
- Fzzzt
- Containment Breach
- Critter Brunch (remastered)
- Grid Bug
- Law of Sines
- Cold Blur
- In Peace (feat. Snowflake)
- Future Sound of Rågsved
- Planck's Wife Swallows the Quantum Foam
- I Feel The Wind Beneath My Wings
- At Home (For T)
- But Look What I Can Do (Music for a Vampire OST, SceneSat edit)
- Father John Theme
- The Prophecy
- Miracle Mirage
- Intense
- The Conquest
- All That Time
- The Imaginary Megademo
- Spellbound (O2 Remix)
- Battle Ships (CZ-Tunes Title remix)
- Cream of the Earth (CoLD SToRAGE remix)
- Groovision
- Scion
- Druid II (Amok Druids Dance remix)
- Euro-Dance (Chronberg Recharged Nitro version)
- Her Plethora Scattered Around (Chasing the Mood edit)
- Blitzgewitter
- Scroller
- Urbanite (feat. Makke)
- Pollen
- Rift
- Sanity Lives
- Scarecrow
The Sound of SceneSat, Volume 2
Released 2011- Halcon de La Guerra
- Ädelsten (Relaxed Beekveld remix)
- Purple Stars
- Get a Life
- Ashita No Taiyo
- My Hand Is Two Killer Whales
- Fifty Five Miles of Open Road
- Ba1 - Beautiful Fireworks
- Canned Excuses
- Electrorocket
- Words\end
- Help Me (Dark Isle Enhancement a.k.a. the Way the Track Should Have Been in the First Place)
- My Baby Shot Me Down
- Super Mario Bros (FTD remix)
- Bells After Sundown
- By My Bed (remix by Mordi)
SOUNDSHOCK: FM FUNK MADDNESS!!
Released 2011- V.S.O.P.M.
- Cascade Masquerade
- Fashion Queen
- Crush Roll
- Cascades
- Ignition, Set, GO!
- Five Nine Seven Eight
- utabism - a synthesizer boy
- FunkOsaka
- Oskari the Heimfanker
- Stop and Go (Ubiktune edit)
- Pendulum II
- Ripple Boogie
- Sky Stroll
- Mirror Maze
- The Enemy of My Enemy's My Enemy / No Speed Trap
- Endorphemeral
- pf (NRTDRV funk edit)
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by: Psychostick"heyyyy!"
"Do you want to metal?"
"I could metal."
"Do you, want to metal?"
"I'll metal if you'll metal."
"So we're going to metal?"
"Yes, metal."
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