Of the one hundred and fifty trillion zillion squillion websites there are in the internet, it's sad that so few are good enough to recommend, but new site www.mapofmetal.com by talented web designer Patrick Galbraith stands out.
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| Map of Metal - marvelous. |
The site features a stylized map moving across time and the multitudinous sub genres of metal music.
Each location gives a fascinating biography of each type of metal, from Glam Metal to Djent, and a selection of the songs and bands associated with the style.
The outcome is a fascinating traipse through metal's history and evolution and explains beautifully the splinter genres and possible reasons for their emergence.
One such bio for Viking metal reads thus: "The genre of Viking metal was pioneered by the Swedish band Bathory. The band's fourth album 'Blood Fire Death' was released in 1988 and includes two early examples of Viking metal – the songs 'A Fine Day to Die' and 'Blood Fire Death'. Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic describes this as 'possibly the first true example of Viking metal."
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| The Guardian's History of Modern Music |
The launch of the site comes on the heels of The Guardian's latest fantastic run of musical features, A History of Modern Music. The interactive flash site spans up to 100 years for each genre, from jazz to rock. It provides anecdotes, news stories, biographies and obituaries of the most influential musicians of the day and the most significant events in music over the last century.
Original, engaging and intuitive to use, the guide highlights moments such as the 1978 Rock Against Facism event, the infamous "Judas!" heckle at Bob Dylan and the death of John Coultrane.
If more of the internet were like these two sites, well, we'd probably spend a lot less time putting up pictures that needed de-tagging on Facebook.
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