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Heavy Metal: America vs France by Annabelle (Aly McMahon)

Explore the evolution of metal music through the decades, discover French artists in America and French metal bands, learn about French music festivals, and discuss the connection between metal music and mental health. Fun facts and videos included!

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Heavy Metal: America vs France by Annabelle (Aly McMahon)

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  1. HEAVY METAL AMERICA VS FRANCE BY: ANNABELLE (ALY McMAHON)

  2. What’s in store… • Metal through the decades • French artists in America • French metal bands • French music festivals • Metal Music and Mental Health *Fun Facts along the way!

  3. What do you think of when you hear “heavy metal”?

  4. Maybe something like this…https://youtu.be/qUylZ08N_Q4

  5. origins • Black Sabbath (EARTH) • Birmingham, England 1969 • Happened on accident • Tony Iommi lost tips of his fingers • Used thimbles and leather from his jacket to play • Tuned his guitar down low to play easier • Geezer Butler tuned his bass lower making a low murky sound • Heavy metal was born

  6. Black Sabbath • Named after a horror movie • Used to practice in a warehouse across the street from a movie theatre • Horror movie music was the main idea for heavy metal • Black Sabbath was written about a nightmare that Butler had when he woke up he saw a figure in the corner of his room and continued to destroy it (ended up being a coat rack) • Devils Chord • banned in medieval times • Thought to open the gates of hell • Consequence was amputated hand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lVdMbUx1_k

  7. 1970’s • Blues oriented • Black Sabbath • Led Zeppelin • Sortilège _______________________ • Kept playing down tuned but played faster • Judas Priest • Motorhead

  8. 1980’s Hair Metal Motley Crue Twisted Sister Ratt _________________ Speed Metal (THRASH!!) Testament Slayer Metallica

  9. Fun fact • Tipper Gore • Parent Music Resource Center • Goal of increasing parental control over music with sex, drugs, and violence • Helped sell music (rebels!)

  10. 1990’s Grunge Pearl Jam Nirvana ________________ Groove metal Pantera Gojira New line ups (Judas Priest, Black Sabbath)

  11. 2000’s NU Metal Rap/rock Korn Limp Bizkit Eths _________________ Origins come back Bands like Sabbath reunite to tour and release new music

  12. CAN YOUR HEAR THE DIFFERENCE? KORN • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRGrNDV2mKc ETHS • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98z1ghG0opk

  13. present America France Death, Gothic, Black Metal Gojira (Groove/Death) BlutAusNord (Black) Massacra (Death/Thrash) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYdX0W96-os • New Age of American Heavy Metal • Lamb of God • Killswitch Engage • Shadows Fall • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqdZpxkzNvc

  14. Fun fact • Lamb of God vocalist imprisoned in Prague • Fan stage dives • Hits head and dies • Band leaves the country not knowing what happened • Comes back on another tour and Randy Blythe is arrested immediately of the plane • Spent one month in jail • Just wrote album (storm and stress German) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVQqy7V6FKk

  15. French-American artists Phil Anselmo Dave Mustaine Alice Cooper Vocalist for Pantera, Down, and Super Joint Ritual French heritage Grew up in the French area of New Orleans Vocalist/guitar for Megadeth Parents were French immigrants Wrote a French song “A tout le monde “ Vocalist 1982 Alice Cooper a Paris TV special only released in Paris

  16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEyOwLY3rV4 A tout le monde (To all the world)A tout mesamis (To all my friends)Je vousaime (I love you)Je doispartir (I must leave)

  17. Fun fact • Judas Priest wrote an entire album dedicated to Nostradamus • French apothecary (medical professional) and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies  • disasters, such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods, invasions, murders, droughts, and battles

  18. French Metal Thrash Metal • Speed • Technical • Occult themes  Black Magic- Slayer Death Metal • Same speed as thrash but harsh vocals • Cookie Monster stereotype • Gory  Hammer Smashed Face- Cannibal Corpse Black Metal • “musical nonconformity” (lo-fi – poor quality) • closely associated with hatred, chaos, misanthropy, individualism, and a lack of rules  • Kill Your Boss- Eyehategod

  19. festivals Hellfest (June 2016) • Founded in 2006 • Hosted in Clisson (Western France) • One of the leaders in Europe for extreme music concerts • More than 160 bands perform on HELLFEST’s 6 stages, each with its own particular style: • MAIN STAGE 1 & MAIN STAGE 2 ( hard rock / thrash ) • TEMPLE STAGE ( doom / pagan metal / black metal ) • ALTAR STAGE ( death metal / grind ) • VALLEY STAGE ( sludge / stoner ) • WARZONE STAGE ( punk / HxC )

  20. Metal music & Mental health in france • Numerous authors have associated metal music with social problems such as suicide, self-destruction and Satanism • Examine the mental health of fans of heavy metal music • Determine if there is a link between mental health and the enjoyment of this type of music in France. • Surveyed 333 fans of metal music. • Their mental health was evaluated by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), a widely used instrument that measures anxiety and depression. • The scores of the sample of metal music fans were then compared to the scores that reveal possible, probable, or severe mental disorders.

  21. Metal music & mental health in france • Variables included age, gender, status, education, motivation and participation in metal music culture. • The results indicated that fans of metal music are mainly young adults (median age = 22.67) and tend to be male (87.85 %). • As a whole, metal music fans have levels of anxiety and depression that are similar to and lower than levels in the general population • Specifically 5 % • Subjects that scored higher levels of anxiety and depression were those that had literary and/or arts backgrounds • This study suggests that opponents of metal music should re-examine the basis for their criticism. More scholarly research is needed to better understand the effects of metal music on fans and on society.

  22. results • 282 males (87.85 %) and 39 females (12.15 %). • The mean age was 22.67 years old • 49.53 % were students and 41.74 % were employed • 8.73 % were both employed and students. • The average number of concerts each year was 15.65 (maximum = 100 concerts) • 35.20 % had permanent body modifications (e.x., tatoos, piercings, scarifications) • 5.30 % had a combination of two types of body modifications

  23. results • Varying preferences for different types of metal music: • ‘‘death metal’’ (37.69 %), ‘‘black metal’’ (22.74 %) and ‘‘thrash metal’’ (18.07 %). • The motivations for metal concert participation were also diverse • to listen to music they enjoy (95.93 %) • for the ambiance (84.62 %) • to party (66.97 %) and/or to unwind (55.66 %) • to drink a lot (33.94 %), • to take drugs (4.98 %) • to sell drugs (2.72 %) • to fight (0.91 %)

  24. Works Cited • Kahn-Harris, Keith (2011), “Metal Studies: Intellectual Fragmentation or Organic Intellectualism.”, Journal for Cultural Research, vol. 15, n°3, 2011, p. 251-253. • "Metal Festivals in France." All Metal Fest. N.p., 2009. Web. 25 Nov. 2015. • Recours, Robin, François Aussaguel, and Nick Trujillo. "Metal Music And Mental Health In France." Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry33.3 (2009): 473-488. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Nov. 2015.

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