New Wave of American Heavy Metal

New Wave of American Heavy Metal
Development phase:	Mid 1990s
Place of origin:	USA • Canada
Stylistic precursors
Alternative Metal • Groove Metal • Hardcore Punk • Thrash Metal
Pioneers
Pantera • Korn • Biohazard • Slipknot • Machine Head
Instruments typical of the genre
Electric guitar • electric bass • drums • various others

New Wave of American Heavy Metal , NWOAHM for short , describes a music trend of metal that originated in the USA in the early to mid- 1990s and peaked in the 2000s . Some bands of this movement formed as early as the end of the 80s , but only came to a certain popularity later. The name itself is derived from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal , the origin of which goes back to 1979.

definition

Due to the increasing number of bands that are put into the NWOAHM category in the media, a clear definition is sometimes not possible. An attempt at definition by long-time metal author Garry Sharpe-Young describes the NWOAHM as "marriage of European-style riffing and throaty vocals" ("connection of European riffs with throaty vocals"). Some bands of this movement are credited with having made heavy metal mainstream again.

history

Guitarist Ben Weinman from the band Dillinger Escape Plan

The New Wave of American Heavy Metal has its origins in a group of post-grunge bands from the 90s who have brought heavy metal "back to its core brutality" and instead of traditional blues schemes have oriented themselves towards thrash metal and punk rock . In his book "Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk", Joel McIver admits to Korn the role that NWOAHM started. The rise of the music trend in the 2000s can also be traced back to Korn and the saturation of Nu Metal acts during this period.

Bands such as Pantera , Biohazard , Slipknot and Machine Head have other roots . The NWOAHM encompasses a large number of styles including Alternative Metal , Groove Metal , Industrial Metal , Melodic Death Metal , Metalcore , Progressive Metal , Sludge Metal , Southern Metal and Stoner Metal .

The producers of the 2005 documentary Metal - A Headbanger's Journey described the NWOAHM as follows:

“In essence, NWOAHM can embody the seething aggression of the 'hardcore' hormone, but play a type of acrobatic, precise, technical thrash / death metal synthesis regularly touched by the melody of traditional metal, but often just briefly. Vocally, these bands huddle around Pantera-derived roar, leaning toward a death metal bark, but often with 'clean' or 'sung' vocals as ear candy, sometimes from a member of the band who is not the front man. "

“NWOAHM can embody the seething aggression of the 'hardcore' hormone in its essence, but plays a kind of acrobatic, precise and technical Thrash / Death Metal synthesis that is regularly affected by traditional Metal melodies, but often only briefly. In terms of vocals, these bands move from pantera screams towards death metal barking , but often also offer 'pure' or 'sung' voices, sometimes from a band member who is not the front man . "

The filmmakers also named Unearth , Shadows Fall and Lamb of God as “Leaders of the Pack” .

In his book New Wave of American Heavy Metal , Garry Sharpe-Young names Pantera, Biohazard and Machine Head as “those bands that brought the metal genre into new territories after grunge .” From then on, the NWOAHM was “very diversified and encompassed a spectrum from Melodic Death Metal to Progressive Metal and everything in between. ”Sharpe-Young lists the broad spectrum of styles of the movement from the Christian Metalcore scene to 70s progressive rock from Coheed and Cambria to Screamo and“ Sub-Gothique “ Emocore from bands like Alkaline Trio and My Chemical Romance . Varieties such as hardcore punk or metalcore, which precede NWOAHM by almost 20 years, can also be found in the movement.

List of bands

The Acacia Strain The agony scene A Life Once Lost All that remains As I Lay Dying Atreyu Avenged Sevenfold Becoming the archetype Between the Buried and Me Biohazard The Black Dahlia Murder Black Label Society Bleeding Through Bury Your Dead

Byzantine Carnifex Cave In Chimaira Coalesce Converge Crowbar Damage plan Darkest Hour Down Demon Hunter DevilDriver Disturbed The Dillinger Escape Plan

Eighteen Visions Five Finger Death Punch God Forbid Hatebreed grain Killswitch Engage Lamb of God Machine head mastodon Misery signals Most Precious Blood Norma Jean Pantera The Red Chord Remembering Never

Shadows case Slipknot Still remains Suicide Silence Superjoint ritual terror Throwdown Trivium Unearth Zao

literature

• Garry Sharpe-Young: New Wave of American Heavy Metal . Zonda Books Limited, New Plymouth 2005, ISBN 0-9582684-0-1 (English).
• Garry Sharpe-Young: Metal: A Definitive Guide . Jawbone, New Plymouth 2007, ISBN 1-906002-01-0 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq} 'New Wave Of American Heavy Metal 'Book Documents Over 600 Bands. Blabbermouth.net, accessed September 2, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Garry Sharpe-Young. New Wave of American Heavy Metal (see literature).
3. ^ ^{A b c d} Garry Sharpe-Young: Metal: A Definitive Guide. (see literature).
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Adrien Gründand: Regeneration. Popmatters, accessed September 2, 2015 . 
5. ^ ^{A b} Joel McIver: Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk. Omnibus Press 2002, ISBN 1-906002-01-0 , pp. 10-12 (English).
6. ↑ ^{a b} Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005, Director: Sam Dunn), Disc 2: "Metal Genealogy Chart" (English).
7. ↑ Nick Terry: The Fall of Ideals review. Decibelmagazine.com, archived from the original on August 13, 2006 ; Retrieved April 27, 2008 . 
8. ↑ Nick Terry: IV: Constitution of Treason review. Decibelmagazine.link, accessed September 2, 2015 .  (English).
9. ^ ^{A b} Erik Fong: Rock of Lamb. Metroactive.com, accessed September 2, 2015 .  (English).
10. ↑ MTVNews.com: The Greatest Metal Bands of All Time: Pantera. MTV , accessed September 2, 2015 .  (English).
11. ^ Vik Bansal: Ascendancy review. MusicOMH, accessed September 2, 2015 .  (English).