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Overview

          This is the culmination of my research which was collected over the course of my Jan Term class, Sociology of Music Subcultures. I have chosen to present my data in the form of a website because I felt that it would be the most understandable for the reader since the main portion of my project was the analysis of music videos from three subgenres in the metal genre. I wanted to represent as much of the metal spectrum as I could so I chose the subgenres of symphonic, heavy, and death metal. It was difficult to find bands that only represented one of these subgenres so I allowed some overlap, as a result there will be some discrepancy in the sound of each band, which I will address in their respective pages. Each of these subgenres is unique in their own way, to represent this I have chosen two bands from each subgenre to focus on for my analysis:

 

  • Symphonic:

    • Epica

    • Nightwish

  • Heavy:

    • Slipknot

    • Metallica

  • Death:

    • The Agonist

    • Legion of the Damned

Stage
Zone I
Zone II
Zone III
Terms To Know

  • Zones of Participation –

    • Zone 1

      • Die-Hard Fans

      • The Small/Young

      • A Row of Large Men

      • Average Age Group 16 – 25

    • Zone 2

      • Mosh Pits

      • Dancers

      • Average Age Group 18 – 27

    • Zone 3

      • Producers

      • Long Time Fans

      • Average Age Group 20 – 30

  • Metal –

    • “Loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery”

  • Beauty and the Beast –

    • A musical element in which an operatic voice is balanced out by a harsh one.

    • As seen in The Agonist this can be done using only one vocalist.

  • Plutocracy –

    • Consumerism

  • Straight-edge –

    • The everyday citizen, typically religious and unfamiliar with the genre

  • Growl –

    • A method of singing in which the voice is distorted and has a much harsher sound

    • Strait-edge people have difficulty understanding lyrics presented in a growl

Note: I do not own any of the pictures,videos, or music shown on these pages, they are the property of the individual bands, photographers, and recording companies that produce them.
Thank you.
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