Monday, July 28, 2014
Saturday, July 26, 2014
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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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Monday, July 21, 2014
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Are You a Mosquito Magnet?
Non-music: "Some have said my music is non-music, ok.... here is a non-music article... " - Pim Zond
Are You a Mosquito Magnet? Here’s What You Can Do
If you’ve ever felt that you’re irresistible to pesky mosquitoes, it probably isn’t just paranoia. Numerous scientific studies have revealed that mosquitoes really do prefer to bite some people over the others when given the choice.In fact, one study out of Japan found that the tiny critters are even attracted to one blood type over all others. Researchers revealed that people with Type O blood were found to be twice as attractive to mosquitoes than those with Type A blood. Mosquitoes can even taste via skin secretions what blood type we are before sucking it down, enabling them to find their preferred type.
Mosquitoes are also drawn to certain other particularities, like smelly feet and people with high concentrations of steroids or cholesterol on the surface of their skin. The color of clothing also makes a difference as the bugs prefer dark colors that don’t reflect much light, of course, after the sun goes down it really doesn’t matter what color your clothes are.
Fortunately, there is some good news for those who feel they might be a “mosquito magnet” as there are a number of ways to repel them naturally, without turning to potentially harmful chemical sprays.
Wear lighter-colored clothes
When you plan to be outside, wear lighter colored clothing like white, khaki or pastels, which all happen to be popular during the summer months anyway. Avoid dark colors like navy blue and black.
Stay in a screened-in area at dawn and dusk
If you plan to go camping, consider investing in a screened room or shelter that can be placed over a picnic table to keep you protected, especially at dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active. When you’re at home, avoid being outside during those times, or stay in a screened-in porch.
Don’t kill those spiders
Although many people have an aversion to spiders, arachnids love dining on mosquitoes and are a great way to reduce them in your area as they easily get stuck inside their webs. Leave spiders alone and their webs intact, and you’re likely to notice a significant reduction in the numbers of skeeters you see.
Make your own mosquito repellent
There are lots of wonderfully smelling natural, essential oils that help to repel mosquitoes, such as a combination of lavender, tea tree oil and a dash of citronella.
Eat more garlic
You’ve probably heard that garlic repels vampires, but did you know that this pungent herb can keep mosquitoes away? While there hasn’t been much research conducted to back up this claim, many people swear that it works.
Not only that, but garlic is filled with powerful antioxidants and is well known to help fight off infection. If you’re worried about the smell, try chewing a sprig of fresh parsley after eating it.
Lemon eucalyptus oil
The Centers for Disease Control recommends lemon eucalyptus oil and says that it offers protection that is similar to low concentration DEET products. A 40 percent or higher concentration is recommended for fighting off mosquitoes as well as ticks.
Using fire
If you’ve ever sat around a campfire, you’ve probably noticed that mosquitoes seem to stay away, even from those they’re most attracted to. It really does work because they don’t like being around smoke. You can use standard candles or citronella candles – or, just enjoy sitting around the fire on a beautiful summer night.
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Sunday, July 20, 2014
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Speak Jamaican? Learning Patois
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Building Electric Guitars - eBook
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How to make solid-body, hollow-body and semi-acoustic electric guitars and bass guitars.
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Friday, July 18, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Pim Zond - Noise Guitar Music Magazine: Fans Killed Music Industry - says MusicClout
Pim Zond - Noise Guitar Music Magazine: Fans Killed Music Industry - says MusicClout: The article below is from the MusicClout blog.... Technology Didn’t Kill The Music Industry. The Fans Did.. A Guest Post by Sahp...
Fans Killed Music Industry - says MusicClout
The article below is from the MusicClout blog....
Technology Didn’t Kill The Music Industry. The Fans Did..
A Guest Post by Sahpreem A. King
Give It Away…Give It Away…Give It Away Now!
Why Fans Are Destroying the Music Business.
It is a scary proposition when paying artists for their music has become a voluntary act of kindness, rather than a consumer responsibility. The free music fans consume like water, cost artists money to create; money they will never recover as long as the artist’s fan base consumes it for free. Nothing is wrong with giving away an exclusive FREE track every now and again, but that should be the exception and not the rule.
As artists, we must stand our ground and set the expectation.
The ideology behind music freemium has destroyed the working class musician and independent labels.
Everyone thought that Napster was the second coming of Christ—and the beginning of the music revolution; however, in the midst of this transformation, the fans became increasingly desensitized to the fact, that the free music they were consuming was created by artists who have to make a living from their music. The fallacy that artists/musicians are ultra rich is just that… a myth, nonetheless, perpetuated thanks to over-the-top hip hop videos and MTV Cribs, leading fans to believe that all artists are rich.
This is hardly the case when only 1% of artists are successfully making a living from their music.
Nevertheless, fans have been disillusioned to believe that their enjoyment of the free music obtained from the remaining 99% only affects the major labels, meanwhile most artists are literally starving.
The music industry is a brutal bitch, a beast that chews up artists and shits them out.
What if artists and musicians grew tired of the abuse and decided to stop making music? What then? Radio stations would be nothing but dead air between commercials — if all their advertisers don’t abandon them like rats on a sinking ship — and televisions stations that play music videos would be blank screens. Imagine your favorite movie with no music to set the tone, or going to a school dance minus the dance. Like I said, a scary proposition.
When fans are left the option to pay whatever they’d like for music, they almost always choose zero.
As a content creator of music, why should I have to pass around the collection plate or hold out the tip jar and jingle it to capture your attention? What if artists told fans that they would have to work at their jobs for free? Do you think they would go quietly in the night to the land of acceptance? Hell no, they would be in outrage, so why do they expect artists to just take one for the team?
Greed perhaps, ignorance maybe, but the one thing is for sure is that fans have a lopsided perspective as to what really goes on in the music business. Artisans should be able to make a living from their work no different from a nurse or auto mechanic.
Sure, the 1% is living the lifestyle of the rich and famous; however, the 99% are one poorly-promoted show away from being homeless. For God’s sake, something has to give.
I believe the healing will begin when the public is educated on how the music business works sans the VH1 movies and Hollywood imagery.
If fans understood what it takes to make a record — all the time, money, people, and energy — they would have more respect for the art and science of it. If they could experience, on some part the dedication and sacrifice artists endure, their nonchalant attitudes toward paying artists what they owe would change. Fans don’t realize that artists of today were fans of yesterday and the cycle is everlasting.
Fans and artists must come to an agreement on how music will be monetized using fair and equitable practices. According to a recent CNN poll, the average football fan will pay $143 per game, which includes the cost of the ticket, parking, and refreshments, for a one-time event. For music, a fans have the opportunity to play a CD as many times as they desire; yet they complain about spending $16 for the CD. In order to set the wheels of change in motion, there must be a catalyst.Top Ten - Reverbnation - Pim Zond
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Sunday, July 13, 2014
Hatsune stairs / stairs Hatsune Live! "Tango" 初音階段／初音階段ライブ！「タンゴ」
初音階段／初音階段ライブ！「タンゴ」
Hatsune stairs / stairs Hatsune Live! "Tango"
Published on 12 Sep 2013
初音階段／初音階段ライブ！（CD）発売：アルケミーレコード
定価：2000円（税込）
2013年9月18日発売
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Jimi Hendrix All Is by My Side Trailer
Jimi All Is by My Side Music Movie Trailer
A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's pre-fame years. JIMI: ALL IS BY MY SIDE stars André Benjamin (Idlewild, Semi Pro), Imogen Poots (Need for Speed, That Awkward Moment), Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger), Andrew Buckley (Borgia), and Ruth Negga (World War Z) and is written and directed by Academy Award Winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave).
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Hip-Hop Festival Brooklyn 2014 Live Stream
Don't miss the 10th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival on July 12th at 3:00 pm ET with Raekwon, Jay Electronica, CJ FLy of Pro Era, Cyhi The Prynce, DJ Rob Swift and more.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Humane Meat: Taste the Happy!
So, as you’ve probably figured out, there is no such thing as “humane meat.” On “humane,” “grass-fed,” and “organic” farms, animals are still subject to cruel industry standards: severe crowding, physical mutilation without painkillers, and a terrifying death.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
iPad and iPhone Cases Designed by Pim Zond
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Monday, July 7, 2014
New Guitar Effects Pedal Board by Pim Zond July 2014
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New Guitar Effects Pedal Board by Pim Zond July 2014
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Sunday, July 6, 2014
Music Videos at DailymotionUSA - Pim Zond
Now also available for view at DailymotionUSA all new music videos by avant-garde musician and outsider artist Pim Zond. All original music available at iTunes, Amazon, and Reverbnation. Download and order a physical CD album from CDbaby.
Let's have a great SUMMER CHTHONIC 2014!
Let's have a great SUMMER CHTHONIC 2014! See you in W:O:A, Brutal Assault, and Summer Sonic!
一起迎接爽快的2014夏天！歐洲、日本，閃靈來了！
photo by 林峻 SPAN Studio
Designed by Oink Chen — with Freddy Lim 林昶佐 and 4 others.
一起迎接爽快的2014夏天！歐洲、日本，閃靈來了！
photo by 林峻 SPAN Studio
Designed by Oink Chen — with Freddy Lim 林昶佐 and 4 others.
Saturday, July 5, 2014
A Touch Sensitive Organ
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| Exhibition about Hugh Le Caine at the Canada Science and Technology Museum (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Special Purpose Tape Recorder (exhibited as in the Canada Science and Technology Museum) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| English: National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Research in Construction, Mississippi Mills, Ontario Research Facility, National Fire Laboratory (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Le Caine was also inventor of the polyphonic synthesizer and and another device called, Sonde, among many others. Mostly in the 1960's and 1970's.
Avant-garde Metal, Avant-metal, and Experimental Metal Music Genres
Avant-garde metal or avant-metal, also known as experimental metal, is a subgenre of heavy metal music loosely defined by use of experimentation and characterized by the use of innovative, avant-garde elements, large-scale experimentation, and the use of non-standard and unconventional sounds, instruments, song structures, playing styles, and vocal techniques.
It evolved out of progressive rock, jazz fusion, and extreme metal, particularly death metal and black metal. Some local scenes include Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, and Seattle in the United States, Oslo in Norway, and Tokyo in Japan.
Avant-garde metal has been called the most difficult heavy metal genre to define and describe. It is characterized by the use of innovative, avant-garde elements, large-scale experimentation, and the use of non-standard and unconventional sounds, instruments, song structures, playing styles, and vocal techniques.
The term "avant-garde metal" is also often used as a term for the separate genre of "atmospheric metal" or "post-metal", which was named in reference to post-rock. Avant-garde metal is related to progressive metal, but avant-garde metal often has more experimentation, while progressive metal usually has a tighter focus on traditional metal instrumentation and higher levels of technical complexity.
Avant-garde metal also uses unusual sounds, breaks conventions, and often includes new elements. The lyrics and visual presentation of the genre are eclectic as well. According to Jeff Wagner in Mean Deviation, electronic percussion and drum machines see widespread use by avant-garde metal bands, along with female vocals and operatic elements, all of which he attributes to the influence of the band Celtic Frost.
The Canadian group Voivod also influenced future bands such as Pim Zond, in the genre, pioneering technique such as robotic vocal effects, unusual time signatures, and fractured, dissonant, unorthodox guitar sounds.
It evolved out of progressive rock, jazz fusion, and extreme metal, particularly death metal and black metal. Some local scenes include Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, and Seattle in the United States, Oslo in Norway, and Tokyo in Japan.
Avant-garde metal has been called the most difficult heavy metal genre to define and describe. It is characterized by the use of innovative, avant-garde elements, large-scale experimentation, and the use of non-standard and unconventional sounds, instruments, song structures, playing styles, and vocal techniques.
The term "avant-garde metal" is also often used as a term for the separate genre of "atmospheric metal" or "post-metal", which was named in reference to post-rock. Avant-garde metal is related to progressive metal, but avant-garde metal often has more experimentation, while progressive metal usually has a tighter focus on traditional metal instrumentation and higher levels of technical complexity.
Avant-garde metal also uses unusual sounds, breaks conventions, and often includes new elements. The lyrics and visual presentation of the genre are eclectic as well. According to Jeff Wagner in Mean Deviation, electronic percussion and drum machines see widespread use by avant-garde metal bands, along with female vocals and operatic elements, all of which he attributes to the influence of the band Celtic Frost.
The Canadian group Voivod also influenced future bands such as Pim Zond, in the genre, pioneering technique such as robotic vocal effects, unusual time signatures, and fractured, dissonant, unorthodox guitar sounds.
Showgazing Music Genre
Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze) is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s by bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and Ride.
It lasted there until the mid-1990s, with a critical pinnacle reached from 1990–91 and a new zenith achieved again from resurgence in the early 2010s. The British music press—particularly NME and Melody Maker—named this style "shoegazing" because the musicians in these bands stood still during live performances in a detached, introspective, non-confrontational state, hence the idea that they were gazing at their shoes. The heavy use of effects pedals also contributed to the image of performers looking down at their feet during concerts.
The shoegazing sound is typified by significant use of guitar effects, and indistinguishable vocal melodies that blend into the creative noise of the guitars A general description given to shoegazing and other affiliated bands in London in the early 1990s was The Scene That Celebrates Itself.
In the early 1990s, shoegazing groups were pushed aside by the American grunge movement and early Britpop acts such as Suede, forcing the relatively unknown bands to break up or reinvent their style altogether. In the 2000s, there was renewed interest in the genre among "nu gaze" bands.
Common musical elements of shoegazing consist of distortion, droning riffs and a "wall of sound" from noisy guitars. Typically, two distorted rhythm guitars are played together to give an amorphous quality to the sound. Although lead guitar riffs were often present, they were not the central focus of most shoegazing songs.
Vocals are typically subdued in volume and tone, but a strong sense of melody generally exists underneath the layers of guitars. However, lyrics are not emphasized, nor are vocals. While the genres that influenced shoegazing often used drum machines, shoegazing more often features live drumming.
The name was coined in a review in Sounds of a concert by the newly formed Moose in which singer Russell Yates read lyrics taped to the floor throughout the gig. The term was picked up by the NME, who used it as a reference to the tendency of the bands' guitarists to stare at their feet—or their effects pedals—while playing, seemingly deep in concentration. Melody Maker preferred the more staid term The Scene That Celebrates Itself, referring to the habit that the bands had of attending gigs of other shoegazing bands, often in Camden, and often moonlighting in each other's bands:
The first bands to attract the shoegazing label (Catherine Wheel, Slowdive, Swervedriver, Chapterhouse, Ride, Moose, Lush and Pale Saints) were largely influenced by My Bloody Valentine, and emerged in the wake of that band's 1988 breakthrough (with the "You Made Me Realise" single and album Isn't Anything). The shoegazing label has more recently been applied to My Bloody Valentine themselves, although Kevin Shields stated that the band had never used any chorus, flanger or delay effects pedals.
Other artists that have been identified as influences on shoegazing include The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, The Chameleons, The Cure, Bauhaus, Galaxie 500, and The Smiths.
Michael Azerrad's book Our Band Could Be Your Life cites an early 1990s Dinosaur Jr. tour of the United Kingdom as a key influence. While not classified as a shoegazing band, Dinosaur Jr. did share a tendency to blend poppy melody with loud guitars and laconic vocals. A lengthy 1992 US tour featuring My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr. and Yo La Tengo raised the genre's profile in the US considerably.
It lasted there until the mid-1990s, with a critical pinnacle reached from 1990–91 and a new zenith achieved again from resurgence in the early 2010s. The British music press—particularly NME and Melody Maker—named this style "shoegazing" because the musicians in these bands stood still during live performances in a detached, introspective, non-confrontational state, hence the idea that they were gazing at their shoes. The heavy use of effects pedals also contributed to the image of performers looking down at their feet during concerts.
The shoegazing sound is typified by significant use of guitar effects, and indistinguishable vocal melodies that blend into the creative noise of the guitars A general description given to shoegazing and other affiliated bands in London in the early 1990s was The Scene That Celebrates Itself.
In the early 1990s, shoegazing groups were pushed aside by the American grunge movement and early Britpop acts such as Suede, forcing the relatively unknown bands to break up or reinvent their style altogether. In the 2000s, there was renewed interest in the genre among "nu gaze" bands.
Common musical elements of shoegazing consist of distortion, droning riffs and a "wall of sound" from noisy guitars. Typically, two distorted rhythm guitars are played together to give an amorphous quality to the sound. Although lead guitar riffs were often present, they were not the central focus of most shoegazing songs.
Vocals are typically subdued in volume and tone, but a strong sense of melody generally exists underneath the layers of guitars. However, lyrics are not emphasized, nor are vocals. While the genres that influenced shoegazing often used drum machines, shoegazing more often features live drumming.
The name was coined in a review in Sounds of a concert by the newly formed Moose in which singer Russell Yates read lyrics taped to the floor throughout the gig. The term was picked up by the NME, who used it as a reference to the tendency of the bands' guitarists to stare at their feet—or their effects pedals—while playing, seemingly deep in concentration. Melody Maker preferred the more staid term The Scene That Celebrates Itself, referring to the habit that the bands had of attending gigs of other shoegazing bands, often in Camden, and often moonlighting in each other's bands:
The shatteringly loud, droning neo-psychedelia the band performed was dubbed shoegazing by the British press because the bandmembers stared at the stage while they performed.The term was often considered pejorative, especially by the English weekly music press who considered the movement as ineffectual, and it was disliked by many of the groups it purported to describe,
Shoegazing was originally a slag-off term. My partner [K.J. "Moose" McKillop], who was the guitarist in Moose, claims that it was originally leveled at his band. Apparently the journo was referring to the bank of effects pedals he had strewn across the stage that he had to keep staring at in order to operate. And then it just became a generic term for all those bands that had a big, sweeping, effects-laden sound, but all stood resolutely still on stage. - Miki BerenyiRide's singer Mark Gardener had a different take on the groups' static presentation:
"We didn't want to use the stage as a platform for ego, like the big bands of the time did, like U2 and Simple Minds. We presented ourselves as normal people, as a band who wanted their fans to think they could do that, too."The most commonly cited precursors to shoegazing are Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Spacemen 3 and Loop. Common musical threads between the different bands included garage rock, '60s psych, and American indie bands like Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr.
The first bands to attract the shoegazing label (Catherine Wheel, Slowdive, Swervedriver, Chapterhouse, Ride, Moose, Lush and Pale Saints) were largely influenced by My Bloody Valentine, and emerged in the wake of that band's 1988 breakthrough (with the "You Made Me Realise" single and album Isn't Anything). The shoegazing label has more recently been applied to My Bloody Valentine themselves, although Kevin Shields stated that the band had never used any chorus, flanger or delay effects pedals.
Other artists that have been identified as influences on shoegazing include The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, The Chameleons, The Cure, Bauhaus, Galaxie 500, and The Smiths.
Michael Azerrad's book Our Band Could Be Your Life cites an early 1990s Dinosaur Jr. tour of the United Kingdom as a key influence. While not classified as a shoegazing band, Dinosaur Jr. did share a tendency to blend poppy melody with loud guitars and laconic vocals. A lengthy 1992 US tour featuring My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr. and Yo La Tengo raised the genre's profile in the US considerably.
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Pim Zond with Psalterion (zither)
Pim Zond with Psalterion
Avant-garde musician Pim Zond playing a psaltery
A psaltery is a stringed instrument of the zither family.
The psaltery of Ancient Greece (epigonion) was a harp-like instrument.
The word psaltery derives from the Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltērion), "stringed instrument, psaltery, harp"and that from the verb ψάλλω (psallō), "to touch sharply, to pluck, pull, twitch" and in the case of the strings of musical instruments, "to play a stringed instrument with the fingers, and not with the plectrum."
BORIS with MERZBOW in TOKYO
Merzbow Live With Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth + Merzbow + Mats Gustafsson special live set at Roskilde festival, 2005. “Other Sides of SY” – shot by Lee in mid-jam. O’Rourke on electric measuring tape.
Alternative Metal, Alt-metal, and Hard Alternative Music Genres
Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal or hard alternative) is a style of heavy metal. Alternative metal usually takes elements of heavy metal with influences from genres like alternative rock, and other genres not normally associated with metal.
Alternative metal bands are often characterized by heavy guitar riffs, melodic vocals, unconventional sounds within other heavy metal genres, unconventional song structures and sometimes experimental approaches to heavy music.
The term has been in usage since the 1980s, although it came into prominence in the 1990s. It has spawned several subgenres, including nu metal, which expands the alternative metal sound, commonly adding influences from hip hop and groove metal.
The genre has been described as part of alternative rock and heavy metal. Bands tend to feature clean singing, influenced by those of alternative rock, in contrast to other heavy metal subgenres. However, more recent bands have also incorporated vocal styles like growls and screaming. It also features aggressive guitar riffs as well. Unlike nu metal, alternative metal may feature guitar solos.
Cradle of Filth - "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa" (Video Blog #1) Peaceville / Nuclear Blast Records by BlankTV
Jonathan Gold of the Los Angeles Times wrote in 1990 "Just as rock has an alternative, left-wing-bands like the Replacements and Dinosaur Jr.-so does metal. Alternative metal is alternative music that rocks. And alternative metal these days can reach 10 times the audience of other alternative rock. Jane's Addiction plays an intense brand of '70s-influenced arty metal; so does Soundgarden. In fact, the arty meanderings of Sab and the Zep themselves would be considered alternative metal." Houston Press has described the genre as being a "compromise for people for whom Nirvana was not heavy enough but Metallica was too heavy."
The first wave of alternative metal bands emerged from many different backgrounds, including hardcore punk (Rollins Band, Life of Agony, Corrosion of Conformity), noise rock (Helmet, The Jesus Lizard, White Zombie), Seattle's grunge scene (Alice in Chains, Soundgarden), stoner rock (Clutch), sludge metal (Fudge Tunnel, Melvins), post-hardcore (Quicksand, Hum), gothic metal (Type O Negative) and industrial (Ministry, Nine Inch Nails).
These bands never formed a distinct movement or scene; rather they were bound by their incorporation of traditional metal influences and openness to experimentation. Jane's Addiction borrowed from art rock and progressive rock, Quicksand blended post-hardcore and Living Colour injected funk into their sound, for example, while Primus included influence from progressive rock, thrash metal and funk and Faith No More mixed progressive rock, R&B, funk and hip hop. Fudge Tunnel's style of alternative metal included influences from both sludge metal and noise rock.
Alternative metal bands are often characterized by heavy guitar riffs, melodic vocals, unconventional sounds within other heavy metal genres, unconventional song structures and sometimes experimental approaches to heavy music.
The term has been in usage since the 1980s, although it came into prominence in the 1990s. It has spawned several subgenres, including nu metal, which expands the alternative metal sound, commonly adding influences from hip hop and groove metal.
The genre has been described as part of alternative rock and heavy metal. Bands tend to feature clean singing, influenced by those of alternative rock, in contrast to other heavy metal subgenres. However, more recent bands have also incorporated vocal styles like growls and screaming. It also features aggressive guitar riffs as well. Unlike nu metal, alternative metal may feature guitar solos.
Cradle of Filth - "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa" (Video Blog #1) Peaceville / Nuclear Blast Records by BlankTV
Jonathan Gold of the Los Angeles Times wrote in 1990 "Just as rock has an alternative, left-wing-bands like the Replacements and Dinosaur Jr.-so does metal. Alternative metal is alternative music that rocks. And alternative metal these days can reach 10 times the audience of other alternative rock. Jane's Addiction plays an intense brand of '70s-influenced arty metal; so does Soundgarden. In fact, the arty meanderings of Sab and the Zep themselves would be considered alternative metal." Houston Press has described the genre as being a "compromise for people for whom Nirvana was not heavy enough but Metallica was too heavy."
The first wave of alternative metal bands emerged from many different backgrounds, including hardcore punk (Rollins Band, Life of Agony, Corrosion of Conformity), noise rock (Helmet, The Jesus Lizard, White Zombie), Seattle's grunge scene (Alice in Chains, Soundgarden), stoner rock (Clutch), sludge metal (Fudge Tunnel, Melvins), post-hardcore (Quicksand, Hum), gothic metal (Type O Negative) and industrial (Ministry, Nine Inch Nails).
These bands never formed a distinct movement or scene; rather they were bound by their incorporation of traditional metal influences and openness to experimentation. Jane's Addiction borrowed from art rock and progressive rock, Quicksand blended post-hardcore and Living Colour injected funk into their sound, for example, while Primus included influence from progressive rock, thrash metal and funk and Faith No More mixed progressive rock, R&B, funk and hip hop. Fudge Tunnel's style of alternative metal included influences from both sludge metal and noise rock.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Japanese Pop Music Merges With Heavy Metal Music
Who would of ever thought Japanese pop music and heavy metal would come together as one form of art and music. Well it happened.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The Hunger Games Mockingjay - President Snow to the people of Panem
The Hunger Games Mockingjay - President Snow to the people of Panem
6 Things to Look Out For in Transformers: Age of Extinction
6 Things to Look Out For in Transformers: Age of Extinction
Mark Wahlberg and the cast of Transformers 4 break down what you can expect from the villains, new twists and action in Bay's latest movie.
Mark Wahlberg and the cast of Transformers 4 break down what you can expect from the villains, new twists and action in Bay's latest movie.
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