Editing Heavy metal music (section)

===Recent styles: mid- to late 2000s, 2010s and 2020s===
{{Redirect|New metal|the genre of music with a similar name|nu metal}}
{{Further|Metalcore|Djent|Deathcore|Melodic metalcore|Mathcore|NWOAHM}}

[[Metalcore]], a hybrid of extreme metal and [[hardcore punk]],<ref>Weinstein (2000), p. 288; Christe (2003), p. 372</ref> emerged as a commercial force in the mid-2000s, having mostly been an underground phenomenon throughout the 1980s and 1990s;<ref>I. Christe, ''Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal'' (London: [[HarperCollins]], 2003), {{ISBN|0-380-81127-8}}, p. 184</ref> pioneering bands include [[Earth Crisis]],<ref name=am>Mudrian, Albert (2000). ''Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore''. Feral House. {{ISBN|1-932595-04-X}}. p.&nbsp;222–223</ref><ref name=ig>Ian Glasper, ''Terrorizer'' no. 171, June 2008, p. 78, "here the term (metalcore) is used in its original context, referencing the likes of Strife, Earth Crisis, and Integrity{{nbsp}}..."</ref> [[Converge (band)|Converge]],<ref name=am/> [[Hatebreed]]<ref name=ig/><ref name=rh>Ross Haenfler, ''Straight Edge: Clean-living Youth, Hardcore Punk, and Social Change'', [[Rutgers University Press]]. {{ISBN|0-8135-3852-1}} pp. 87–88</ref> and [[Shai Hulud (band)|Shai Hulud]].<ref name=killyour>{{cite web |title=Kill Your Stereo – Reviews: Shai Hulud – Misanthropy Pure |url=http://www.killyourstereo.com/reviews/169/shai-hulud-misanthropy-pure/ |access-date=17 February 2012 |quote=Shai Hulud, a name that is synonymous (in heavy music circles at least) with intelligent, provocative and most importantly unique metallic hardcore. The band's earliest release is widely credited with influencing an entire generation of musicians |archive-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327210110/http://www.killyourstereo.com/reviews/169/shai-hulud-misanthropy-pure/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Mason, Stewart. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shai-hulud-mn0000159857 "Shai Hulud"]. AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2012. "A positively themed metalcore band with some [[straight edge|straight-edge]] and [[Christianity|Christian]] leanings, the influential Shai Hulud have maintained a strong band identity since their original formation in the mid-'90s".</ref> By 2004, melodic metalcore – influenced by [[melodic death metal]] as well – was popular enough that [[Killswitch Engage]]'s ''[[The End of Heartache]]'' and [[Shadows Fall]]'s ''[[The War Within (Shadows Fall album)|The War Within]]'' debuted at No. 21 and No. 20, respectively, on the ''Billboard'' album chart.<ref>{{cite web|title=Killswitch Engage|date=7 April 2011 |publisher=Metal CallOut|url=http://www.metalcallout.com/wiki/killswitch-engage.html/|access-date=7 April 2011}} {{cite web|title=Shadows Fall|date=17 August 2010 |publisher=Metal CallOut|url=http://www.metalcallout.com/wiki/shadows-fall.html|access-date=17 August 2010}}</ref>

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Evolving even further from metalcore came [[mathcore]], a more rhythmically complicated and progressive style brought to light by bands such as [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]], [[Converge (band)|Converge]] and [[Protest the Hero]].<ref>Kevin Stewart-Panko, "The Decade in Noisecore", ''Terrorizer'' no. 75, Feb 2000, pp. 22–23</ref> Mathcore's main defining quality is the use of odd time signatures, and has been described to possess rhythmic comparability to [[free jazz]].<ref>"Contemporary grindcore bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan{{nbsp}}... have developed [[avant-garde metal|avant-garde]] versions of the genre incorporating frequent time signature changes and complex sounds that at times recall free jazz." [[Keith Kahn-Harris]] (2007) ''Extreme Metal'', [[Berg Publishers]], {{ISBN|1-84520-399-2}}, p. 4</ref>

Heavy metal remained popular in the 2000s, particularly in continental Europe. By the new millennium, Scandinavia had emerged as one of the areas producing innovative and successful bands, while Belgium, the Netherlands and especially Germany were the most significant markets.<ref>K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' (Oxford: Berg, 2007), {{ISBN|1-84520-399-2}}, pp. 86, 116</ref> Metal music is more favorably embraced in Scandinavia and Northern Europe than other regions due to social and political openness in these regions;<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s40806-018-0139-7 |title=Ecology of Musical Preference: the Relationship Between Pathogen Prevalence and the Number and Intensity of Metal Bands |year=2018 |last1=Pazhoohi |first1=F. |last2=Luna |first2=K. |journal= Evolutionary Psychological Science |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=294–300|s2cid=148970777 }}</ref> Finland in particular has been often called the "Promised Land of Heavy Metal", as there are more than 50 metal bands for every 100,000 inhabitants – more than any other nation in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 May 2018|title=Finnish metropolises vie to win Capital of Metal|url=https://finland.fi/arts-culture/finnish-metropolises-vie-to-win-capital-of-metal/|access-date=15 June 2021|website=thisisFINLAND|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Campaigns|first=Famous|title=Finland stage world's first heavy metal knitting championship|url=https://www.famouscampaigns.com/2019/07/finlands-stage-worlds-first-heavy-metal-knitting-championship/|access-date=15 June 2021|website=famouscampaigns.com}}</ref> Established continental metal bands that placed multiple albums in the top 20 of the German charts between 2003 and 2008 include Finland's [[Children of Bodom]],<ref>{{citation |title=Finland's Children of Bodom Debut at #22 on Billboard Chart with New Album, 'Blooddrunk' |journal=Guitar Player |url=http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/finland--39;s/April-2008/35205 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503203329/http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/finland--39;s/April-2008/35205 |archive-date=3 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Norway's Dimmu Borgir,<ref>{{citation |title=Chartverfolgung / Dimmu Borgir / Long play |journal=Music Line.de |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Dimmu+Borgir/?type=longplay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501150553/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Dimmu+Borgir/?type=longplay |archive-date=1 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Germany's [[Blind Guardian]]<ref>{{citation |title=Chartverfolgung / Blind Guardian / Long play |journal=Music Line.de |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Blind+Guardian/?type=longplay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501150642/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Blind+Guardian/?type=longplay |archive-date=1 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Sweden's HammerFall.<ref>{{citation|title=Chartverfolgung / Hammer Fall / Long play |journal=Music Line.de |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/HAMMERFALL/?type=longplay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501150628/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/HAMMERFALL/?type=longplay |archive-date=1 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the 2000s, an extreme metal fusion genre known as [[deathcore]] emerged. Deathcore incorporates elements of [[death metal]], [[hardcore punk]] and [[metalcore]].<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r704417|pure_url=yes}} allmusic.com] Alex Henderson: "What is deathcore?{{nbsp}}... it's essentially metalcore{{nbsp}}... Drawing on both death metal and hardcore{{nbsp}}..."</ref><ref>[http://www.lambgoat.com/albums/view.aspx?id=2517 lambgoat.com] "This is deathcore. This is what happens when death metal and hardcore, along with healthy doses of other heavy music styles, are so smoothly blended{{nbsp}}..."</ref> Deathcore features characteristics such as death metal [[riff]]s, hardcore punk [[breakdown (music)|breakdowns]], death growling, "pig squeal"-sounding vocals and screaming.<ref name="Cosmo Lee">{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Cosmo|title=Doom|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r854978|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Marsicano|first=Dan|title=Rose Funeral – 'The Resting Sonata'|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/rosefuneralrest.htm|publisher=[[About.com]]|access-date=10 September 2015|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314093608/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/rosefuneralrest.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Deathcore bands include [[Whitechapel (band)|Whitechapel]], [[Suicide Silence]], [[Despised Icon]] and [[Carnifex (band)|Carnifex]].<ref name="Dawn of the Deathcore">{{cite journal |author=Wiederhorn, Jon |title=Dawn of the Deathcore |journal=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |issue=72 |pages=63–66 |publisher=[[Future US]] |issn=1527-408X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPkDAAAAMBAJ&q=deathcore&pg=PT62 |date=September 2008 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }})</ref>

The term "retro-metal" has been used to describe bands such as Texas-based [[The Sword]], California's [[High on Fire]], Sweden's [[Witchcraft (band)|Witchcraft]]<ref name="AMAgeofWinters">{{Citation|last=E. Rivadavia |title=The Sword: Age of Winters |journal=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/age-of-winters-r820095/review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229181827/http://www.allmusic.com/album/age-of-winters-r820095/review |archive-date=29 December 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Australia's [[Wolfmother]].<ref name="AMAgeofWinters" /><ref name="WRS">[https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/wolfmother Wolfmother]. ''Rolling Stone'', 18 April 2006. Retrieved on 31 March 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308152431/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/wolfmother |date=8 March 2007 }}</ref> The Sword's ''[[Age of Winters]]'' (2006) drew heavily on the work of Black Sabbath and [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]],<ref name=Begrand2006>{{citation|last=A. Begrand |title=The Sword: Age of Winters |website=PopMatters.com |date=20 February 2006 |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/the_sword_age_of_winters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513134518/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/the_sword_age_of_winters |archive-date=13 May 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Witchcraft added elements of [[folk rock]] and psychedelic rock,<ref>{{citation|last=E. Rivadavia |title=Witchcraft |journal=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/witchcraft-p391961/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308105031/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/witchcraft-p391961/biography |archive-date=8 March 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Wolfmother's [[Wolfmother (album)|self-titled 2005 debut album]] had "[[Deep Purple]]-ish organs" and "[[Jimmy Page]]-worthy chordal [[Ostinato|riffing]]". [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], which plays a progressive/sludge style of metal, has inspired claims of a metal revival in the United States, dubbed by some critics the "[[New Wave of American Heavy Metal]]".<ref>Sharpe-Young, Garry, ''New Wave of American Heavy Metal'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC&pg=PP10&dq=nwoahm&ei=a7ohSNGYCrW2iQGP95nFDQ&sig=yhEpvA_dhNF6I5YwMJACJGRA3XY#PPP10,M1 (link)]. {{cite web|author=Edward, James |title=The Ghosts of Glam Metal Past |url=http://www.lotfp.com/content.php?editorialid=64 |publisher=Lamentations of the Flame Princess |access-date=27 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108081333/http://www.lotfp.com/content.php?editorialid=64 |archive-date=8 January 2011 }} {{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/columns/begrand/051014.shtml |publisher=PopMatters.com |title=Blood and Thunder: Regeneration |author=Begrand, Adrien |access-date=14 May 2008 }}</ref>{{clear}}

By the early 2010s, metalcore was evolving to more frequently incorporate synthesizers and elements from genres beyond rock and metal. The album ''[[Reckless & Relentless]]'' by British band [[Asking Alexandria]], which sold 31,000 copies in its first week, and The Devil Wears Prada's 2011 album ''[[Dead Throne]]'', which sold 32,400 in its first week,<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- Up for discussion jump to forums --> |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467358/lady-antebellum-own-the-billboard-200-with-second-no-1-album |title=Lady Antebellum 'Own' the Billboard 200 with Second No. 1 Album |work=[[Billboard.com]] |date=14 September 2009 |access-date=20 October 2011}}</ref> reached No. 9 and No. 10,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinsider.net/video/the-devil-wears-prada-post-a-video-update-for-new-album|title=The Devil Wears Prada Post A Video Update For New Album|work=Metal Insider|date=31 May 2013}}</ref> respectively, on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. In 2013, British band [[Bring Me the Horizon]] released their fourth studio album, [[Sempiternal (album)|''Sempiternal'']], to critical acclaim. The album debuted at No. 3 on the [[UK Album Chart|U.K. Album Chart]] and at No. 1 in Australia. The album sold 27,522 copies in the U.S. and charted at No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' Chart, making it their highest-charting release in America until their follow-up album, ''[[That's the Spirit]]'', which debuted at No. 2 in 2015.

Also in the 2010s, a metal style called "[[djent]]" developed as a spinoff of standard [[progressive metal]].<ref name="secrets">{{cite web|last=Bowcott |first=Nick |title=Meshuggah Share the Secrets of Their Sound |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/meshuggah-share-secrets-their-sound |work=[[Guitar World]] |publisher=[[Future US]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517094739/http://www.guitarworld.com/meshuggah-share-secrets-their-sound |archive-date=17 May 2016 }} (26 June 2011)</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Angle|first=Brad|title=Interview: Meshuggah Guitarist Fredrik Thordendal Answers Reader Questions|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-meshuggah-guitarist-fredrik-thordendal-answers-reader-questions|work=[[Guitar World]]|publisher=[[Future US]]}} (23 July 2011)</ref> Djent music uses rhythmic and technical complexity,<ref name=Concealingfate>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=Concealing Fate|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/concealing-fate-r2166510|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref> heavily distorted, [[palm mute|palm-muted]] guitar chords, syncopated [[riffs]]<ref name=Guardian>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/03/djent-metal-geeks "Djent, the metal geek's microgenre"]. ''The Guardian''. 3 March 2011</ref> and [[polyrhythm]]s alongside [[virtuoso]] soloing.<ref name="secrets"/> Another typical characteristic is the use of extended range [[seven-string guitar|seven]]-, [[eight-string guitar|eight]]- and [[nine-string guitar]]s.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kennelty|first=Greg|title=Here's Why Everyone Needs To Stop Complaining About Extended Range Guitars|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/editorials/heres-why-everyone-needs-to-stop-complaining-about-extended-range-guitars|work=Metal Injection}}</ref> 

Fusion of [[nu metal]] with [[electropop]] by singer-songwriters [[Poppy (entertainer)|Poppy]], [[Grimes]] and [[Rina Sawayama]] saw a popular and critical revival of the former genre in the late 2010s and 2020s, particular on their respective albums ''[[I Disagree]],'' ''[[Miss Anthropocene]]'' and ''[[Sawayama]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grimes details "nu-metal" fifth album Miss_Anthrop0cene|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/03/20/grimes-new-album-2019-miss-anthrop0cene-announcement|access-date=13 January 2021|website=The FADER|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Poppy Makes a Case for a New Kind of Artificial Pop Star|url=https://time.com/5455221/poppy-am-i-a-girl/|access-date=13 January 2021|magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Magazine|first=Alternative Press|date=2 November 2018|title=Poppy may be the future of heavy metal with new song "Play Destroy"|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/poppy-grimes-metal-play-destroy/|access-date=13 January 2021|website=Alternative Press|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=13 December 2019|title=The female pop stars channeling nu-metal's rage|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/13/theres-a-lot-to-be-angry-about-the-female-pop-stars-reclaiming-nu-metals-rage|access-date=15 January 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>