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Subcultures presentation - Heavy Metal
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Subcultures presentation - Heavy Metal
By: Lukasz Samulski DP1B
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EINDHOVEN 05.12.2013
Merriam-Webster: a group that has beliefs and behaviors that are different from the main groups within a culture or society
Oxford Dictionaries Online: a cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture
Lukasz Samulski: group of people who share the same interests and are different from the others
Devil horns - a hand sign formed by extending the index and little fingers while holding the middle and ring fingers down with the thumb
I could say that long hair is often the feature of metalheads however, different subcultures (e.g. hippies) also have long hair
What says wikipedia? Heavy metal is traditionally characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound, and vigorous vocals
FONTS
Heavy Metal Subculture
Symbols
Fans of heavy metal music (metalheads, headbangers) created their own subculture. They feel members of this subculture by attending metal concerts, buying and listening to albums, growing long hair and wearing particular outfit.
What is a subculture?
Very often people who listen to metal don't wear associated with it clothes, don't grow long hair or don't go to concerts
Fashion
Music
Mainly: Skinny jeans (black or blue), leather jacket, hi-top basketball shoes, long hair
Additionally: Camouflage pants, boots, denim jackets, cut-off vests
Accesories: Patches with artists, spikes, pins, spike bands, chains, piercing, nacklaces and rings
Although there are debates among experts, most consider groups like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple to be the first heavy metal bands. From there the style evolved and branched into many different genres and subgenres.
Timeline:
1963 - Steppenwolf
1968 - Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin
1970s - The rise of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal
1980s - Time of big popularity
Historical Background
Metal in a funny way