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Trance and Metal Music

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Trance music, or trance, is a form of electronic dance music (EDM) that gained

popularity in the late ‘90s and early 2000s.


Though it draws on various music genres, from house music to classical music,
trance is distinguished by its production
aesthetic, which combines a faster tempo, minimal, repetitive synthesizer lines,
and an array of effects, from heavy
delay to recurring build-up and breakdown structures. These elements are intended
to suggest and even induce a
trance-like state of euphoria on the dancefloor.
A trance is a state of hypnotism and heightened consciousness.[12] This is
portrayed in trance music by the mixing of layers with distinctly foreshadowed
build-up and release.
Trance is mostly instrumental, although vocals can be mixed in: typically they are
performed by mezzo-soprano to soprano female soloists, mostly without a traditional
verse/chorus structure.
The "Trance" name may refer to an induced emotional feeling, high, euphoria,
chills, or uplifting rush that listeners claim to experience
A writer for Billboard magazine writes, "Trance music is perhaps best described as
a mixture of 70s disco and 60s psychedelia"
The writer Bom Coen traces the roots of trance to Paul van Dyk's 1993 remix of
Humate's "Love Stimulation"
Beginnings. The earliest trance songs, like “L’Esperanza” by Sven Vath, the KLF’s
“What Time Is Love (Pure Trance 1),” and “We Came in Peace” by Dance 2 Trance.
Poland: Euforia Festival, Electronic Family Poland, Mayday, Sunrise Festival

THE ROOTS OF HEAVY METAL https://teachrock.org/lesson/the-roots-of-heavy-metal/


In the late 1960s, the British industrial city Birmingham was a blue-collar factory
town with limited options for young people. In the early 1970s, the economic growth
that Britain had seen after World War II began to slow, and unemployment started to
rise. This period of economic decline continued into the late 70s and early 80s,
marked by inflation, labor strikes, and general economic decline.
Black Sabbath, arguably the first Heavy Metal band, sprang from Birmingham and gave
voice to this experience of desolation.
Black Sabbath is generally credited as being the first heavy metal band. The band’s
lead vocalist, “Ozzy Osbourne”, is often credited for being ”The Father of Metal”.

The first heavy metal acts are considered to be Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and
Deep Purple, often referred to as the “unholy trinity”. Led Zeppelin released their
self-titled debut in 1969, while Black Sabbath and Deep Purple put out influential
records in 1970.
Metal began to branch out into sub-genres, with glam and hair metal acts like
Motley Crue and Poison spearheading the movement. Thrash metal became huge, with
bands such as Metallica and Megadeth reaching ever larger audiences, thanks in part
to metal acts being played on MTV, which started airing in 1981.

Heavy metal experienced different interpretations as it began to disseminate


globally. Nowhere was this more evident than the west coast of North America,
especially Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Seattle/Vancouver. In Los
Angeles, many bands developed a streamlined approach with a neutral, simplified
sound and a focus on theatrics and showmanship.
Drawing inspiration from the original metal bands and the increased intensity of
the NWOBHM acts, a new subgenre of metal coalesced: Thrash Metal. Led by Bay Area
acts Metallica (Creeping Death), Exodus (Bonded by Blood), and Testament (Into the
Pit), as well as Megadeth (Hook in Mouth) and Slayer (Raining Blood) in Los
Angeles, Seattle’s Metal Church (Metal Church) and Vancouver’s Annihilator (Alison
Hell)

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