Crowd surfing refers to an activity that usually happens on rock or metal concerts. In crowd surfing, one person jumps from the stage into the audience, where several other people catch the person and carry them atop the crowd.
The term metalhead refers to a devoted fan of heavy metal music and its derivative sub-genres. Long hairs, leather jackets, spikes, army boots and band t-shirts form a look that is generally associated with metalheads. Also, "headbanger" and some other names can be used as a synonym for the word ...
In guitar playing, shredding refers to a playing technique mostly used in metal music. It is characterized by playing long strings of notes or scales in an above average speed. Shredding is normally employed for playing guitar solos. Guitarist capable of playing at great speeds, or shredding, is ...
Growl vocals, or simply growling, refers to a singing technique mainly associated with black and death metal genres. As the name itself suggest, it is a form of vocal expression using harsh guttural voice. Although it was used sporadically in other types of music even before the advent of heavy ...
Corpse paint is a style of black-and-white makeup, used mainly by black metal bands during live concerts and photo shoots. The makeup is used to make the musicians appear inhuman, corpse-like, or demonic. Corpse paint usually involves making the face and neck white and making the area around the ...
Moshing is a style of dance whose participants push or slam into each other. It is most associated with "aggressive" music genres, such as hardcore punk and numerous styles of metal. It primarily occurs on live performances, although it can be done to recorded music. The place where the moshing ...
Headbanging refers to violently shaking the head in the rhythm of the music, and it is most commonly associated with the rock, punk and heavy metal music genres.
Palm muting is a guitar or bass guitar playing technique, where the palm of the picking hand is placed over the strings to acquire muted sound. While this technique is also used in other types of music, such as classical, it is most prominent in metal, and especially thrash metal music which owes ...
