Is noted for its use of breakdowns, which are slow, intense passages conducive to moshing, while other defining instrumentation includes heavy guitar riffs and double bass drumming.
KIll switch engage, All That Remains, Shadow Fall, Parkway Drive, Darkest Hour, Atreyu, Trivium, and August Burn Red
generally features fast tempos, low-register, complex guitar riffs, high-register guitar solos, and double bass drumming. The rhythm guitar parts are played with heavy distortion and often palm muted to create a tighter and more precise sound.
Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Exodus, Kreator, Destruction, Sepultura (early), Nuclear Assault, and Vio-Lence
include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere.
Dark Throne, Immortal, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Bathory, Dissection, Blasphemy, and Von
is often identified by fast, heavily distorted and low tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking. The percussion is usually aggressive and powerful. Death metal is known for its abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes.
Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Death, Nocturneus, Cryptopsy, Gorguts, and Entombed
is a subgenre of heavy metal music based around detuned electric guitars and repetitive (often syncopated) hard rock riffs. Lead vocals are often shouted or grunted.
Pantera, Exhorder, Prong, Lamb of God, Devildriver, White Zombie, Hellyeah, and Damageplan
is a fusion genre combining heavy metal with gothic rock. It consists of primarily minor or bass chords, reverb, dark arrangements, or dramatic and melancholic melodies, having inspirations in gothic literature allied with themes such as sadness, nihilism, dark romanticism, tragedy, melancholy and morbidity.
Paradise Lost, Anathema, My Dying Bride, Type O Negative, Tristania, Evanescence, Lacuna Coil, Him, and Cradle of Filth
(sometimes stylized as nü-metal) is a subgenre of alternative metal that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and grunge.
Korn, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, P.O.D, Linkin Park, Kittie, Static X, Orgy, Staind, and Mudvayne