Synth-metal

Synth-metal is a genre combining electronic rock with heavy metal and glam metal. A notable synth-metal album is Iron Maiden's Somewhere in Time, which feature guitar synthesizers.[1] Bon Jovi, who would team up with Scandal member Frankie LaRocka, which for a time featured Jon Bon Jovi on the guitar, to record Bon Jovi's debut album, featured the synth-metal hit Runaway. Synthesizers are prominent throughout, giving it a slick synth-metal and glam metal sound. Additionally, their hit Livin' On A Prayer also featured prominent synthesizers as well. British gothic metal band Paradise Lost released a series of "experiment Gothic synth-rock" albums in the late 90s.[2] More recently, Arcadea, formed in 2015, by Mastodon drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor, have been described as synth-metal. Their self-titled album features no guitars—both other members Core Atoms and Raheem Amlani play only keyboards and synthesizers.[3]

History and subgenres

Synth-metal would emerge in the early-mid 1980s. Instrumentation is similar to electronic rock, and is often combined with heavy metal and glam metal. Like electronic rock, some artists may eschew electric guitar. Some overlap with electronicore, Nintendocore, industrial metal, digital hardcore, progressive metal and Neue Deutsche Harte may occur as well as all those genres have been known to incorporate electronic instruments such as the synthesizer. Additionally, synth-metal has also fused itself with black metal and ambient to create dungeon synth. This takes cues from black metal,[4][5][6] and applies them to the dreamy textures of ambient.[7]

References

  1. ^ September 29, Martin KieltyPublished:; 2019. "When Iron Maiden Dared to Bring Synths into Heavy Metal". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2020-11-14.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Wesolowski, David Peter. Believe in Nothing tuonelamagazine.com. Retrieved on 2021-01-06.
  3. ^ Conaton, Chris. (June 19, 2017) “Arcadea Arcadea.” Popmatters. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "Mortiis: From Black Metal to Dungeon Synth and Beyond". Decibel Magazine. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  5. ^ "A Guide Through the Darkened Passages of Dungeon Synth". Bandcamp Daily. 2017-03-30. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  6. ^ www.bbc.co.uk https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jfsk. Retrieved 2020-11-14. Missing or empty |title=
  7. ^ Guido (2017-07-05). "Dungeon Synth: bedroom dreaming". Stranger Aeons. Retrieved 2020-11-14.

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