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Heavy Metal  重金属

重金属音乐最早是由“硬摇滚”演变过来的，布鲁斯味道很浓，后来传到不同的地方就形成了不同的流派。音乐上十分具有“重量”性，给听者一种歇斯底里狂躁的感觉与别的音乐有着明显的区别所以把这种音乐取名为“重金属”。金属音乐的种类很多,从节奏和旋律方面来分有分"旋律金属"和"节奏金属"无论怎样有旋律的金属音乐要比没有旋律的金属音乐要轻一些,不同流派的金属音乐它所用的音色都不一样,有的失真要重一些有的要轻一些.
　　金属乐的历史包含着人性最重要的一个发展阶段，文明受到前所未有的挑战，表面上看，与此同步发展的金属乐反映的是不被父母接受而在青春期找寻一种惊世骇俗的行为方式，实际上，也是最重要的，金属乐反映的是极力要摆脱外界的束缚。回顾"西方历史"我们可以清楚的看到，由于基督教在欧洲兴起，对神公正的追求使人们产生了强烈的物质需求，促使了欧洲的中央集权化和工业革命，因而当时就产生了非本土黑格尔主义哲学，在吸取了它的理论之后，文明社会重新认识到了自身的价值，这是人类文明第一阶段之后的第二阶段，第一个阶段的标志是：社会力量开始启动，迫使人们有组织的集体工作，从而获得大规模的生产效益，这个阶段给人们灌输了一个概念：强制。迄今为止，西方传统一直缺乏这种有组织的集体行为，这是因为人们对强制的厌恶，所以通过金属乐或在青春期与父母对抗人们可以找到某种寄托，对已知的过去产生怀疑，对未知的将来产生希望，同时产生一种能够探索并确定自己存在价值的愿望。所有过去的文明不复存在，在晚期现代主义中虚无的存在主义思潮的熏陶下，金属乐文化反映了人类和社会从被描绘成唯美主义的青春期到成为构思高尚文化的成人作家的发展过程；而这一趋势还没有被认同，正如那位最伟大的哲学家所说，更高程度上的自我认知--这种潜移默化的转变大大超乎了大多数愚蠢人的想象。

Of all rock & roll's myriad forms, heavy metal is the most extreme in terms of volume, machismo, and theatricality. There are numerous stylistic variations on heavy metal's core sound, but they're all tied together by a reliance on loud, distorted guitars (usually playing repeated riffs) and simple, pounding rhythms. Heavy metal has been controversial nearly throughout its existence -- critics traditionally dismissed the music as riddled with over-the-top adolescent theatrics, and conservative groups have often protested what they perceive as evil lyrical content. Still, despite -- or perhaps because of -- those difficulties, heavy metal has become one of the most consistently popular forms of rock music ever created, able to adapt to the times yet keep its core appeal intact. For all its status as America's rebellion soundtrack of choice, heavy metal was largely a British creation. The first seeds of heavy metal were sown in the British blues movement of the '60s, specifically among bands who found it hard to adjust to the natural swing of American blues. The rhythms became more squared-off, and the amplified electric instruments became more important, especially with the innovations of artists like the Kinks, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and the Jeff Beck Group. Arguably the first true metal band, however, was Led Zeppelin. Initially, Zep played blues tunes heavier and louder than anyone ever had, and soon created an epic, textured brand of heavy rock that drew from many musical sources. Less subtle but perhaps even more influential was Black Sabbath, whose murky, leaden guitar riffs created a doomy fantasy world obsessed with drugs, death, and the occult. Following the blueprint laid down by Zep and Sabbath, several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the '70s: the catchy tunes and outrageous stage shows of Alice Cooper and Kiss; the sleazy boogie of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and wild party rock of Van Halen (not to mention the distinctively minimalist grooves of Australia's AC/DC). In the late '70s, a cache of British bands dubbed the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (including Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Motorhead) started playing metal faster, leaner, and with more menace than ever before. They helped influence a new American metal scene known as thrash in the '80s, which took shape as a reaction to metal's new mainstream pop breakthrough, which came courtesy of Def Leppard's Pyromania. Metal enjoyed its greatest presence on the charts during the '80s, thanks to a raft of glammed-up pop-metal bands, but thrash bands played complex riffs at breakneck speed, sometimes dispensing with vocal melody altogether. Thrashers like Metallica and Megadeth built rabid cult followings that pushed them into the mainstream around the same time that grunge wiped pop-metal off the charts. Mainstream metal in the '90s centered around a new hybrid called alternative metal, which (in its most commercially potent form) combined grinding thrash and grunge influences with hip-hop and industrial flourishes, though it broke with metal's past in downplaying the importance of memorable riffs. Meanwhile, the underground grew harsher and bleaker, producing two similar, thrash-derived styles known as death metal and black metal, which produced some of the most abrasive, intense, hyperspeed music and graphic shock tactics the metal world had yet witnessed.