7 KEAJAIBAN DALAM DUNIA ISLAM!!!!!!

Masjid umat Islam selain dari tempat ibadah, perhimpunan, penggubalan undang-undang, pendidikan, pengajaran dan mengasuh ruhani, ia juga menunjukkan tingginya kesenian dan kejuruteraannya. Masjid yang penuh dengan syarat-syarat seni bina dan seni reka eksklusif kesan dikaitkan dari berbagai pelajaran dari al-Quran dan citarasa penduduk tempatan, penduduk di zaman berbeza yang telah memeluk agama Islam. Berikut 7 keajaiban dalam dunia Islam :

1. Masjidil Haram (Mekah)

Masjidil Haram, kadangkala disebut juga Masjid al-Haram ataupun Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām adalah masjid paling suci mengikut kepercayaan umat Islam. Masjid ini terletak di Kota Makkah Al Mukharamah. Masjid al-Haram dibina mengelilingi Kaabah, iaitu Kiblat umat Islam apabila mengerjakan solat.

2. Masjid Al-Aqsa (Baitulmuqaddis)
Masjid Al-Aqsa adalah sebahagian daripada kompleks bangunan-bangunan agama-agama di Baitulmuqaddis dikenali sebagai Gunung Majed atau Al-Haram Al-Sharif dan tapak ibadah suci yang ketiga (Tapak Ibadah Suci) kepada Muslim dan Har ha-Bayit (Kuil Suci) kepada Yahudi.Masjid ini terletak di Baitulmuqaddis Timur, satu kawasan pertelingkahan yang ditadbir sebahagiannya daripada Israel tetapi dituntut oleh Palestin sebagai sebahagian daripada Palestin yang baru. Masjid terbesar di Baitulmuqaddis, ia boleh memenuhi lebih kurang 5,000 orang yang beribadah di dalam dan di sekitarnya. Masjid ini ditadbir oleh pihak Wakaf sejak zaman pendudukan Israel pada tahun 1967.

3. Alhambra (Granada, Sepanyol)
Alhambra adalah sebuah masjid, istana dan kompleks kota silam kerajaan Moor Granada, di selatan Sepanyol (dikenali sebagai Al-Andalus apabila kotanya dibina), menduduki atas bukit teres di tenggara sempadan di bandaraya Granada. Ini adalah tempat tinggal raja-raja Muslim Granada dan mahkamah mereka, tetapi sekarang sebuah muzium yang mempamerkan kecantikan gaya seni bina Islam.

4. Masjid Imam (Esfahan, Iran)
Masjid Imam Isfahan adalah masjid agung dari Isfahan , Iran . Masjid ini adalah hasil dari pembinaan berterusan, pembaikpulihan, penambahan dan renovasi di halaman daripada 771 hingga akhir abad ke-20. Bazaar Besar Isfahan boleh dijumpai di bahagian sayap tenggara masjid tersebut.

5. Masjid Sultan Ahmed atau Masjid Biru (Istanbul)
Masjid Sultan Ahmed adalah masjid bersejarah di Istanbul, bandaraya terbesar di Turki dan ibu negara Empayar Uthmaniyyah (dari 1453 hingga ke 1923). Masjid ini adalah salah satu dari beberapa buah masjid yang dikenali sebagai Masjid Biru oleh kerana jubin birunya menghiasi dinding di bahagian dalamnya. Ia dibina di antara 1609 dan 1616, sewaktu pemerintahan Ahmed I. Seperti banyak masjid lain, ia mengandungi makam Sultan Ahmed, sebuah madrasah. Masjid Sultan Ahmed telah menjadi salah satu dari tarikan pelancong yang terhebat di Istanbul.

6. Masjid Badashahi (Lahore, Pakistan)
Masjid Badshahi atau 'Masjid Sultan' di Lahore adalah masjid yang kedua terbesar di Pakistan dan Asia Selatan dan masjid yang kelima terbesar di dunia. Keindahan, semangat, dan keagungan dari era Mughal , adalah daya tarikan yang paling terkenal di tengara Lahore. Mampu menampung 10.000 jemaah dalam ruangan doa utama dan 100,000 lebih banyak dalam laman, menjadi masjid yang terbesar di dunia dari tahun 1673-1986 (tempoh 313 tahun), dan diambilalih apabila selesai pembinaan Masjid Faisal di Islamabad. Hari ini, masjid kedua terbesar di Pakistan dan Asia Selatan dan kelima terbesar masjid di dunia selepas Masjid Al-Haram (Masjid Agung) dari Mekah , di Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Nabi Masjid) di Madinah , Masjid Hassan II di Casablanca dan Masjid Faisal di Islamabad. Untuk ukuran besar, empat menara Masjid Badshahi adalah 4,2 m lebih tinggi berbanding dari Taj Mahal dan platform utama Taj Mahal boleh masuk di dalam 25,899.9 m persegi laman dari Masjid Badshahi, yang merupakan laman masjid yang terbesar di dunia.

7. Masjid Besar Djenné (Mali)
Masjid Besar Djenné adalah bangunan masjid tanah liat yang terkenal di dunia dan dianggap oleh ramai jurubina sebagai gaya seni bina Sudano-Sahelian, walaupun dengan pengaruh Islam yang jelas. Masjid ini terletak di bandar Djenné, Mali di dataran banjir sungai Bani. Masjid pertama ini dibina pada abad ke-13, tetapi struktur kini bertarikh semenjak 1907. Selain merupakan pusat masyarakat Djenné, ia adalah salah satu mercu tanda yang paling terkenal di Afrika. Bersama dengan keseluruhan bandar Djenné ia telah diwartakan sebagai Tapak Warisan Dunia (World Heritage Site) oleh Organisasi Kebudayaan, Sains, dan Pendidikan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO) pada 1988.

ROCK MUSIC!!!!!!

Rock music has been a volatile, unpredictable creature that has constantly redefined and reinvented itself since its emergence in the late 1940s. Not surprisingly, then, it can be extremely difficult to apply a straightforward definition to such a restless musical format.

But while people may quibble over specifics, rock music can generally be described as hard-edged music performed with electric guitars, bass, and drums and usually accompanied by lyrics sung by a vocalist.

That sounds simple enough, but a closer look at the evolution of rock music suggests how different styles and influences have shaped its development over the years. But first, let’s take a look back at its formations.

Rock Music's Origins (1940s-‘60s)

Rock music’s origins can be traced back to the late 1940s, when the popular styles of the day, country and blues, morphed into a new sound aided by electric guitars and a steady drum beat. Pioneering rock artists of the ‘50s, such as Chuck Berry, leaned heavily on classic blues structures while demonstrating a flair as natural-born entertainers. As opposed to the safe pop music of the era, rock’s aggressive attack suggested a sexual freedom that proved shocking during that conservative age.

By the early ‘60s, Berry’s followers, most notably the Rolling Stones, expanded rock’s scope by transitioning from singles artists into musicians capable of producing cohesive albums of songs. Embracing sex and youthful rebellion in their music, the Stones courted controversy but also elevated rock to new cultural heights.

Rock Music's Evolution (1970s)

As rock music became the dominant form of popular music, new bands built on their predecessors’ strengths while branching out into new sonic territory.

Led Zeppelin gave rock a darker, heavier tone, becoming one of the ‘70s’ most popular bands and helping to kick-start a new genre known as hard rock or heavy metal.

Around the same time, Pink Floyd added psychedelic elements and complex arrangements, creating concept albums tied together by a single theme and meant to be absorbed in a single sitting. Records like Dark Side of the Moon were credited with spawning the progressive rock movement.

In the late ‘70s, as a response to what they perceived as pretentious “hippie” bands such as Pink Floyd, groups like the Sex Pistols and the Clash simplified rock down to its core ingredients: loud guitars, rude attitude and enraged singing. Punk was born.

And while all three movements enjoyed different degrees of mainstream acceptance, a fourth, less-recognized style was beginning to take shape as well. Spotlighting atonal noise and unconventional rock instruments such as drum machines, groups like Pere Ubu became the pioneers of industrial rock, an abrasive subgenre that didn’t enjoy widespread popularity but would inspire future rock bands.

Rock Music's Splintering (1980s)

As the ‘80s began, mainstream rock music was losing commercial steam, its sound growing stale. In such a creatively stagnant environment, subgenres started to assert their dominance.

Inspired by punk’s outsider status and industrial’s eclectic instrumentation, keyboard-driven English bands like Depeche Mode demonstrated a more introverted songwriting style, creating postpunk, which is also described as new wave.

Meanwhile, American groups like R.E.M. toyed with postpunk elements, balancing introspective lyrics with traditional rock-band arrangements. These bands were dubbed college rock because of their popularity on college radio stations.

By the end of the ‘80s, college rock had become such a lucrative alternative to mainstream rock that it received a new moniker: alternative rock. It was also referred to as indie rock because the bands were often signed to small, independently-owned labels.

Significantly, alternative rock cemented its cultural standing when the music magazine Billboard created a new chart in 1988 specifically for alternative rock, which the publication classified as modern rock. For most music fans, terms such as modern rock, alternative and indie are synonymous ways of describing this popular subgenre.

Rock Music's Reemergence (1990s-Present)

With the ascension of Nirvana's Nevermind in 1991, alternative rock became the dominant popular music. But while other bands soon sprung up as part of the so-called grunge movement (a merging of hard rock and punk), other groups, like Soundgarden, straddled the worlds of alternative and mainstream rock music.

Exacerbated by the suicide of Nirvana's frontman, Kurt Cobain, alternative music started to lose its luster by the middle of the decade, setting the stage for mainstream rock's reemergence.

One of the first bands to capitalize on mainstream rock’s comeback was Limp Bizkit, which melded hard rock and rap into a new hybrid call rap-rock. Groups like Staind and Puddle of Mudd followed in Limp Bizkit’s wake, though these bands focused on melodic hard rock rather than integrating rap into the mix.

At the same time, bands that had thrived during grunge’s heyday but didn’t easily fit into the alternative subgenre, such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, continued to find audiences throughout the ‘90s. Additionally, groups that rose from the ashes of grunge, like Foo Fighters, incorporated alternative music’s outsider energy to reenergize mainstream rock music.

As rock music enters the 21st century, the most successful acts possess the same spirit as their ‘60s predecessors, even if they sound quite different. Linkin Park fuses hip-hop and metal, while 3 Doors Down emulates hard-rock traditions of the past while providing a contemporary spin. Undoubtedly, rock music will keep evolving in the future, drawing from its rich history while continuing to keep its ear open for the next sonic reinvention.

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HAIR METAL!!!!!!

Motley Crue

Hair metal was influenced by glam rock from the late '70s and early '80s, inspiring the over the top looks hair bands adopted, including big hair and makeup. Hard rock bands like Slade and Aerosmith helped shape their musical sound. In the U.S., hair metal was popularized on the Sunset Strip of Los Angeles beginning in the early '80s. At the height of its popularity in the '80s, hair bands had huge radio and MTV hits and were one of the most popular genres in all of music. That spawned numerous copycat bands of lesser talents that diluted the genre, and the nail in the coffin was the rise of grunge music in the early '90s. Many hair bands broke up or went on hiatus during that era, but toward the end of the decade and into the 2000s, nostalgia helped propel hair metal back to life. Bands like Poison, Motley Crue and Ratt still are able to draw large crowds to their concerts, although their new musical material hasn't been as well received.

Musical Style :
Hair metal is very polished and accessible. Big hooks, melodic choruses, and the ever popular "monster ballad" typify the genre. Guitars are also very prominent, with nearly every song having at least one guitar solo. There's also an endless debate on who is and isn't a hair band. Some say Def Leppard and Guns N' Roses are hair bands. Guns N' Roses came from that L.A. scene, but to me don't fall under the hair metal banner because of the edginess of their earlier stuff.

Vocal Style :
Like the music, hair metal vocals are also accessible. They are melodic, and usually relatively high-pitched. Hair metal vocalists rarely get the respect that traditional metal singers do, in part because of the glam looks and accessible songs. But there have been some quality singers in the hair metal genre.

Pioneers :

Motley Crue
Bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee formed Motley Crue in 1981. They soon recruited guitarist Mick Mars, and eventually hired Vince Neil as their singer. The Crue quickly become of the most successful bands to emerge from the Sunset Strip. Their legendary partying drew almost as much as attention as their music. They had a string of successful albums, including Shout At The Devil, Theatre Of Pain, Girls Girls Girls and Dr. Feelgood. After turmoil and member changes in the '90 and early 2000s, the classic lineup is back together, touring and releasing new music. They also started their own summer touring festival Crue Fest in 2008.

Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot formed in the late '70s, and their early lineup included guitarist Randy Rhoads, who ended up joining Ozzy Osbourne's band before his tragic death in a plane crash. The band's first two albums didn't do much, but their third release Metal Health hit number one on the Billboard album chart, the first heavy metal album to do so. That opened the floodgates, ending up in hair metal's massive commercial popularity.
Quiet Riot's reign of success only lasted a few years, and they had a lot of lineup changes and a couple of breakups. They still toured until recently, when vocalist Kevin DuBrow died of a drug overdose in 2007.

Hanoi Rocks
In Europe, Hanoi Rocks mixed glam rock, punk and the big hair and makeup of vocalist Michael Monroe. The Finnish band got their start in the late '70s and quickly rose through the ranks. They were on the verge of breaking through when tragedy struck. In 1984, drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley was killed in a car accident (the car was driven by Motley Crue's Vince Neil). The band was never the same. Their status as a true "hair band" is disputed by some, but there's no doubt they greatly influenced the genre, and should be considered pioneers.

Recommended Albums :
Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
Ratt - Out Of The Cellar
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
Dokken - Under Lock And Key
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
White Lion - Pride
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps From The Move
Winger - Winger

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GRINDCORE!!!!!!

Napalm Death

Grindcore is a branch of extreme metal that fuses elements of death metal, hardcore punk and other genres. Of all the genres of extreme metal grind is the most alien to inexperienced listeners, frequently confrontational and flirting with outright noise. The genre got started in the mid-1980s on opposite side of the Atlantic. In Michigan, Repulsion combined blast beasts with a distinct fuzzy bass tone. In England, the early lineups of Napalm Death began playing ultra-fast and short songs with an acidic political edge. The genre, which has spawned sub-genres including goregrind and cybergrind, is now entrenched in underground metal and has produced some of metal’s most iconoclastic and experimental music.

Musical Style :
Grindcore is characterized by speed, blast beasts and often indecipherable vocals. Many grindcore songs are short even by punk standards and some tracks are just seconds long. Many bands have expanded on the grind template and broadened the music in the process. Brutal Truth is known for bringing an experimental flair to the music; Pig Destroyer showed that you can create a full palate of sound with just a guitar and drums and Nasum’s music is uncannily rhythmic. While there are shared traits the best grind bands have expanded on the template.

Vocal Style :
The vocals vary to match the music and speed, but screams and guttural singing are standard. Some grindcore artists also use a variation of spoken word vocals.

Pioneers :
Napalm Death

Napalm Death is the key band in the grind genre. Opening albums Scum (featuring the famous one-second song “You Suffer”) and From Enslavement to Obliteration are grind benchmarks. Napalm Death favored a death metal approach in the 1990s but returned to their roots in 2000 and have since produced albums that match their earlier work, including the recent albums Smear Campaign and Time Waits for No Slave.

Brutal Truth

Brutal Truth pushed grind to a higher musical level in the 1990s. Initially formed by S.O.D. and Anthrax bassist Dan Lilker, the band took grind music down an unexpected path beginning with Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses and Need to Control. The band broke up in 1999 but began playing together several years ago and recently issued their comeback album Evolution Through Revolution.

Repulsion
Repulsion initially formed in Flint, Michigan in 1985 and has only recorded roughly one album’s worth of material. Their sole record Horrified was highly influential to metal, particularly the band’s blast beats, violent lyrics and unabashedly primitive sound. Repulsion has played concerts in recent years but recorded no new material.

Recommended Albums :
Napalm Death - Scum
Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
Repulsion - Horrified
Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard
Brutal Truth - Sounds of the Animal Kingdom
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Altered States of America
Nasum - Human 2.0
Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless
A.C. - 40 More Reasons To Hate Us
Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction

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PROGRESSIVE METAL!!!!!!

Opeth

Progressive metal has its roots in the progressive rock movement of the '70s. In the mid 1980s, bands began to take the basics of progressive rock and add in a heavy metal sound to the equation, forming a new style of progressive music. Progressive metal became huge in the early '90s, with Queensrÿche and Dream Theater having several hit singles that were played regularly on MTV. Since that time, the genre has expanded to include death metal, jazz, and classical elements. Bands have forged their own identities mixing these new elements with what the early pioneers of the genre brought to the table.

Musical Style :
Progressive metal is heavy on technically-sound guitar playing, frequent use of keyboards and complex signature time changes, especially in the drumming department. Bands tend to create a balance between melody and pure aggression. Many bands in the genre play longer songs, some extending over the half-hour mark.

Vocal Style :
Vocals are high-pitched and clearly recognizable. Falsettos, high notes, and operatic/theatrical singing are the norm. However, some bands, like Opeth and Cynic, use growls and screams, in the style of death metal.

Pioneers :

Dream Theater
Dream Theater hit it big with 1992’s Images and Words, behind the single “Pull Me Under.” The band was highly skilled with their instruments, even in the early stages of their career, and their songwriting was top-notch. Fans enjoyed their modern twist on the classic progressive rock sound. Dream Theater would build up a large fan base and continue to grow off the success of Images and Words.

Fates Warning
The heaviest of the three pioneers of the genre, Fates Warning took a heavier approach to progressive rock, stripping it down to the bare essentials. 1988’s No Exit would be the album that showcased the band at their most progressive, with the 20-minute epic “The Ivory Gates Of Dreams” being the band’s magnum opus at the time of its release.

Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche’s third album, 1988’s Operation: Mindcrime, is considered one of the finest concept albums in progressive metal. Leaning towards the progressive side, Queensrÿche’s songs were catchy and upbeat, yet had an edge to them that gave them the extra kick to please fans of the metal side of the genre.

Recommended Albums :
Dream Theater - Awake
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
Fates Warning - No Exit
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Pain Of Salvation - Entropia
King’s X - Faith, Hope, Love
Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Spock’s Beard - V
Tiamat - Wildhoney
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Ocean Machine - Biotech

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DOOM METAL!!!!!!

My Dying Bride

Doom metal has its origins in the early 70’s, with heavy metal band Black Sabbath playing songs with slow riffing and dark, foreboding lyrics. In the 80’s, bands like Saint Vitus, Trouble, and Candlemass took those elements and warped them into what became known as doom metal. The genre spanned out in the early 90’s to include other musical genres, including death, thrash, and black metal to form a multitude of subgenres. Out of these subgenres came successful doom metal acts such as My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost. Today, the genre is still going strong, especially in the underground scene.

Musical Style :
Doom metal has slower melodies and dark lyrical themes, usually dealing with death, destruction, and feelings of despair and emptiness. The sound is heavy and thick, due in part to the guitar tone, with distortion and downtuning usually prevalent characteristics in the guitar work.

Vocal Style :
Most vocalists sing cleanly, save for some that use either growled or whispered vocals. The singer usually sounds depressed or moody, with a lot of pausing and a heavy-handed approach that emphasizes the gloomy lyrical content.

Pioneers :

Pagan Altar

Pagan Altar One of the first true doom metal bands, Pagan Altar would quickly fade into obscurity in the early 80’s. Their debut album Volume 1 was not released until 1998, but was originally recorded in 1982, and showcased the early incarnation of doom metal. Along with fellow British band Witchcraft General, Pagan Altar left a lasting impression on the genre, even in their brief time together. The band reformed in 2004, and released two albums, 2004’s The Lords Of Hypocrisy and 2006’s Mythical and Magical.

Witchcraft General

While eventually following the same career path as Pagan Altar (breaking up early, re-forming about twenty years later), the band was able to release a few essential doom metal albums in their original lineup. 1982’s Death Penalty took many cues from Black Sabbath, but slowed down the tempo considerably, save for a few NWOBHM-influenced cuts, like “Free Country.” The band would release one more album, 1983’s Friends Of Hell before disbanding, only to bring the band back to life in late 2006.

Saint Vitus

Over in America, a metal band from California would make their mark in the genre with their self-titled debut in 1984. With epic numbers like “Zombie Hunger” and “Burial At Sea,” the five tracks on their first album would make the band a major underground hit. The band would go on for another decade, releasing quality material, before ending the band in the late '90s.

Recommended Albums :
Pagan Altar - Volume 1

Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus

Witchcraft General - Death Penalty

Trouble - Psalm 9

Candlemass - Ancient Dreams

My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River

Pentagram - Day Of Reckoning

Solitude Aeturnus - Beyond The Crimson Horizon

Solstice - Lamentations

Novembers Doom - Amid Its Hallowed Mirth

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METALCORE!!!!!!

As I Lay Dying

The origins of metalcore date back to the mid-1980s, where bands like Agnostic Front and Suicidal Tendencies were mixing thrash, punk, and hardcore together. The genre became huge in the late '90s, as a major wave of metalcore bands formed to tear up the metal landscape. Bands like Unearth, Killswitch Engage, and All That Remains have made names for themselves in the mainstream, headlining major festivals and achieving solid albums sales. Today, metalcore is still one of the most popular genres of metal, even with criticism from some in the underground metal community.

Musical Style :
Metalcore is structured linearly, with the songwriting consisting of aggressive verses and melodic choruses. Breakdowns are a vital part of the genre, usually used to invoke moshing at live shows. A good portion of the bands in the genre have recently added in solos and a greater emphasis on technical guitar playing, including a heavy use of palm muting. Double bass drumming is prevalent in the genre as well. The sound is polished and the lyrics range from personal to political issues.

Vocal Style :
Most vocalists scream and growl, with some saving the clean vocals for selected points in the song (chorus, bridge).

Pioneers :

Earth Crisis

Formed in 1991, Earth Crisis made a splash in metalcore with their 1995 debut album Destroy The Machines. The album is considered one of the most influential albums towards garnishing mainstream recognition of the genre. Earth Crisis released a few more albums that showcased a cleaner and more refined approach to metalcore before dissolving in 2001.

Shai Hulud

While some today may consider the band to be closer to a hardcore/punk hybrid, Shai Hulud was considered a pioneer of metalcore back in the mid '90s. Their 1997 album Hearts Once Nourished With Hope And Compassion was an anger-fueled journey; however, Shai Hulud brought intelligent lyrics to the forefront of their music, helping them to achieve critical and commercial acclaim.

Recommended Albums :
As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse

Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache

Shadows Fall - The Art Of Balance

Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison

Trivium - Ascendancy

Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen

Earth Crisis - Destroy The Machines

Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished With Hope And Compassion

Converge - Jane Doe

Overcast - Reborn To Kill Again

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POWER METAL!!!!!!

Helloween

Power metal mixes heavy metal with thrash, speed and symphonic elements. European bands like Helloween and Gamma Ray started the power metal movement in the late ‘80s, with the genre exploding in the ‘90s with Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, and Stratovarius leading the way for future power metal bands. The main sound of the genre hasn’t changed much, with the vocals still soaring high and the guitar solos flying free. Nowadays, bands like Dragonforce and Theocracy are keeping power metal strong, engaging a new generation of metalheads.

Musical Style
Most guitar work in power metal is played at a fast speed, with thrash-like riffing and wild solos that can go on for an extended period of time. The bassist usually just stays with the rhythm guitarist. The drummer relies heavily on double bass work, adding in some complex fills and cymbal work as well. The keyboard work ranges from band to band, with some bands using the keys for simple melodies, while others create an orchestration effect for the music.

Vocal Style
Vocalists sing in a high register, quite similar to Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson and Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford. Their range is usually wide, with high notes being the norm.

Pioneers :

Helloween

In 1987, the two-part epic concept album Keeper Of The Seven Keys put the German power metal band on the map. Both of these albums are really where the birth of power metal began. Taking NWOBHM and adding melodic elements to the sound is what led to Helloween’s early success, and the forward momentum of the power metal genre as a whole.

Blind Guardian

While forming around the same time as Helloween, it wouldn’t be until later releases where the band’s full potential would be unleashed. While they did play power metal in the early days, Blind Guardian tended to lean towards speed metal on 1988’s Battalions Of Fear and 1989’s Follow The Blind.

Gamma Ray

When Helloween guitarist and songwriter Kai Hansen left the band in 1988, he formed his own project, Gamma Ray. Hansen kept to his power metal roots in his new band, with Gamma Ray eventually becoming an underground hit for fans of the genre. The band is best known for their epic 1995 album Land Of The Free.

Recommended Albums :
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1

Stratovarius - Dreamspace

Crimson Glory - Transcendence

Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

Hammerfall - Glory To The Brave

Iced Earth - Horror Show

Dragonforce - Valley Of The Damned

Theocracy - Theocracy

Primal Fear - Jaws Of Death

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NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL (NWOBHM)!!!!!!

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, or NWOBHM started in the late '70s and early '80s after the initial wave of heavy metal bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. It was a purer form of heavy metal with fewer rock and blues influences than the first metal bands. It set the stage for the rise of heavy metal across the world. It also was the precursor and inspiration to thrash and speed metal.

Musical Style

NWOBHM didn't really have a signature style or sound. It was more a matter of location and time than specific style. Some bands were more progressive and epic sounding while others were straight ahead metal. One thing the NWOBHM bands did have in common was their sense of melody.

Pioneers :

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are one of the most well known metal bands of all time, although they didn't have the commercial success as some of their counterparts. After recording a couple of albums in the early '80s the band recruited lead singer Bruce Dickinson, recorded the legendary Number Of The Beast and took off from there. Their mascot Eddie is also famous worldwide.

Def Leppard

Formed in the late '70s in Sheffield, Def Leppard were the definitive metal band of the '80s. They had multiple radio hits and their albums Pyromania and Hysteria are among the best selling albums ever. They brought metal to the mainstream. They experienced several tragedies, including the death of guitarist Steve Clark and the loss of drummer Rick Allen's arm in a car accident. But they persevered and continue filling arenas today.

Recommended Albums :

Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast

Def Leppard - Pyromania

Diamond Head - Am I Evil

Motorhead - Ace Of Spades

Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law

Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather

Girlschool - Take A Bite

Angel Witch -Angel Witch

Raven - Wiped Out

Samson - Shock Tactics

Grim Reaper - See You In Hell

Quartz - Stand Up And Fight

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BLACK METAL!!!!!!

Black metal started in the early '80s. It drew influences from thrash metal, but took things to even more extremes. The Norwegian scene quickly grew and was plagued by church burnings and murders in the early '90s. The genre spread across Europe and into North America. Many black metal bands wear corpse paint and stage outfits that make them look evil or threatening.

Musical Style

Early black metal was raw and very poorly produced, with blast beat drumming and distorted guitars. The production value improved, but the rawness was still a hallmark of the first wave of black metal. Today's "second wave" bands are more melodic and symphonic with a lot of keyboards, but still very extreme and uncommercial. Image is just is important as musical style in this genre.

Black Metal Vocal Style

Mostly high pitched rasps and guttural growls that are completely intelligible. If you look at the lyrics sheets many have pagan or satanic themes. Many vocalist try to sound like a demon or something straight out of hell.

Pioneers :

Venom

Venom formed in England in the late '70s and consisted of Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon. Their debut album Welcome To Hell was released in 1981 and followed a year later by the album that gave the genre its name, Black Metal.

Mayhem

The Norwegian band is famous because of their music, and infamous because of everything else that went on around them. Vocalist Dead committed suicide and Euronymous was stabbed to death by fellow band member Count Grishnackh. Formed in 1984, they were at the forefront of the increasingly popularity of black metal in Norway.

Recommended Black Metal Albums :

Venom - Black Metal

Mayhem - Grand Declaration Of War

Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

Cradle Of Filth - Dusk And Her Embrace

Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

Darkthrone - Soulside Journey

Immortal - Pure Holocaust

Burzum - Filosofem

Gorgoroth - Under The Sign Of Hell

Satyricon - Shadowthrone

Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn

Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem

Enslaved - Frost

Dark Funeral - Vobiscum Satanas

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DEATH METAL!!!!!!

Death Metal evolved from Thrash Metal and also took some of the extreme elements of black metal. The fast tempos of thrash were kept, but blast beats were added to make it even more brutal. The aggressive vocals of thrash became the screaming unintelligible "cookie monster" vocals of death metal. The genre arose simultaneously in the U.S., especially in Florida, and in Europe. A multitude of subgenres later splintered off from death metal, such as melodic death metal. Death metal and its variants are probably the most popular form of metal today.

Musical Style

In one word, brutal. Death metal is intense and fast, usually utilizing a double bass drum and dual distorted guitars.

Vocal Style

The vocals are what make death metal distinctive. Instead of singing, death metal vocalists use a low-pitched guttural growl that is nearly impossible to understand. The lyrical content is almost always dark and/or apocalyptic.

Pioneers :

Death

It only makes sense that a band called Death is a pioneer in death metal. They were part of the Florida scene that spawned the genre in the U.S. The band was started in 1984 by Chuck Schuldiner, a true metal pioneer. They released several demos that became popular in the underground and finally released their debut album Scream Bloody Gore in 1987. Death released seven full-lengths before Schuldiner died of cancer in 2001.

Morbid Angel

Also a part of the seminal Florida scene, Morbid Angel got together in 1983. Guitarist and songwriter Trey Azagthoth is the backbone of the band, who have gone through a few different vocalists. Their debut album was 1989's Altars Of Madness. Their signature release was 1991's Blessed Are The Sick, a classic death metal album and a must-own.

Recommended Death Metal Albums :

Death - Human

Morbid Angel - Covenant

Cannibal Corpse - Butchered At Birth

Deicide - Deicide

Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness

Obituary - The End Complete

At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease

Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges

God Dethroned - The Grand Grimoire

Necrophagia - Season Of The Dead

Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

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THRASH METAL!!!!!!

Thrash Metal is also known as speed metal, and since many of the early thrash bands were from San Francisco, it became known as Bay Area Thrash. It started in the early to mid '80s and was at its peak in the late '80s. Thrash bands were influenced by New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and hardcore punk. Thrash was also the inspiration for later extreme genres such as death and black metal. There was also a strong European thrash scene, especially in Germany where bands such as Kreator, Sodom and Destruction led the way.

Musical Style

Thrash is driven by the guitar. It's played at a furiously fast pace with a staccato, percussive guitar sound. It layers fast riffs with higher pitched solos. Many thrash bands use the double bass drum.

Vocal Style

Thrash vocals are usually very aggressive and sometimes angry sounding, but unlike death or black metal, they are still understandable.

Pioneers :

Metallica

Although there were some artists that incorporated elements of thrash into their music, Metallica's 1983 release Kill 'Em All is generally considered to be one of the first thrash albums. Former member Dave Mustaine wrote some of the songs on that record and went on to form another seminal thrash band, Megadeth. Metallica went on to release several classic thrash albums, and although their style has evolved, they still hold on to their thrash roots.

Slayer

Slayer is a little more extreme than Metallica, and their debut album Show No Mercy was released in 1983. 1986's Reign In Blood is considered by many to be the best thrash album ever recorded. Like Metallica, Slayer has had longevity and continue to show the younger generation how it's done.

Recommended Albums :

Metallica - Master Of Puppets

Slayer - Reign In Blood

Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Anthrax - Among The Living

Exodus - Bonded By Blood

Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care
Annihilator - Alice In Hell

Stormtroopers of Death (SOD) - Speak English Or Die

Testament - The Legacy

Overkill - Horrorscope

Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

Kreator - Pleasure To Kill

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WHAT IS HEAVY METAL!!!!!!

Heavy Metal

To the uninitiated, any loud music is called heavy metal. In reality there are a multitude of heavy metal styles and subgenres. Heavy metal is a wide umbrella characterizing a style of music that is generally loud and aggressive. There are genres that are very melodic and mainstream, and other genres that are extreme and underground. Here's a brief overview of heavy metal and its many styles.

History

The term "heavy metal" was first used in a musical sense in the '60s song "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf when they referred to "heavy metal thunder." 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. Heavy metal remains a vital force in music today, with sellout concert tours and CDs selling impressive numbers of copies without any radio airplay or MTV exposure.

Musical and Vocal Styles

The backbone of heavy metal is the electric guitar. You can't have metal without at least one guitarist, and many bands have two or more. Certain genres have some quiet and mellow parts, but most metal is loud, intense, fast and aggressive. The vocal styles in heavy metal range from melodic singing to aggressive singing to unintelligible screaming, depending on the genre.

Genres

At the beginning there was just traditional heavy metal. Shortly after it evolved and splintered into many different styles and subgenres. This site has a series of articles on many of the genres that will give you a more in-depth look at that particular type of metal. As time has gone on, there are literally hundreds of subgenres, but these are some of the main genres of heavy metal:

Avant Garde Metal

Also called experimental metal, it's characterized by unusual and nontraditional instruments and song structures.Examples: Arcturus, Dog Fashion Disco, Mr. Bungle, Peccatum, Vintersorg

Black Metal

Characterized by high-pitched raspy vocals and pagan/satanic lyrical imagery. Symphonic black metal is a subgenre that uses keyboards and is more melodic.Examples: Bathory, Burzum, Emperor, Mayhem, Venom

Celtic Metal

A combination of heavy metal and Celtic music with lyrics focusing on Celtic mythology.Examples: Cruachan, Geasa, Waylander

Death Metal

An extreme form of the genre that uses distorted guitars and a growling vocal style sometimes described as "cookie monster" vocals.Examples: Cannibal Corpse, Death, Deicide, Morbid Angel

Doom Metal

A genre that uses slower tempos and emphasizes gloomy, melancholy and atmospheric music. There are numerous subgenres of doom, including drone, epic, industrial, sludge and stoner.Examples: Candlemass, Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Solstice

Gothic Metal

A combination of the darkness and melancholy of goth rock with heavy metal. The lyrics tend to be epic and melodramatic. This is a genre that uses a lot of male/female vocal combinations with the male vocalist generally using more aggressive vocals and the female singing in an ethereal soprano.Examples: Lacuna Coil, Leaves Eyes, Theatre Of Tragedy, Tristania.

Grindcore

This is a genre influenced by thrash metal and death metal. It takes its name from the sound of the atonal guitar riffs combined with blast beats from the bass drum. The vocals are similar to death metal.Examples: Carcass, Napalm Death, Nasum, Pig Destroyer, Terrorizer

Hair Metal

Also called pop metal and hairspray metal, this genre is very melodic and mass appeal. Some of the most commercially successful and critically despised bands came from this genre. They wore a lot of makeup and had huge teased hair, thus the name. They received a lot of radio airplay and chart success in the late '80s and early '90s until grunge rock destroyed it.Examples: Poison, Ratt, Warrant, Winger, White Lion

Metalcore

This genre is currently very popular and combines heavy metal with hardcore. They use the musical style of heavy metal, especially melodic death metal, and the shouting vocal style of hardcore. Breakdowns are also heavily utilized.Examples: As I Lay Dying, God Forbid, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM)

This genre has influenced almost all metal that has followed it. These were the metal pioneers that took the original sound of groups like Black Sabbath and took out the rock and blues influences to make the traditional metal sound that we're familiar with today.Examples: Def Leppard, Diamond Head, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon

Nu-Metal

Combining heavy metal riffs with hip-hop influences and rapped lyrics, this genre became very popular in the late '90s through the early 2000's and then fell from favor. There are a few bands of this style still doing well, although most have come and gone.Examples: Korn, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Slipknot

Power Metal

A very melodic form of metal that utilizes soaring guitars and strong vocals, usually in a higher register. It's also an epic style, with long songs and many lyrics about mythology, fantasy and metaphysical topics. Most power metal bands also have a keyboardist.Examples: Blind Guardian, Fate's Warning, Helloween, Jag Panzer

Progressive Metal

A mixture of heavy metal and progressive rock, this genre utilizes many of the characteristics of avant-garde and power metal. The song structures are complex, using many time signatures and key changes and are usually long. The lyrics are epic and often progressive metal albums are concept albums, utilizing a main theme that runs throughout.Examples: Dream Theater, Evergrey, Fates Warning, Queensryche

Thrash Metal

This genre evolved from NWOBHM and became heavier and more extreme. It's characterized by fast guitar and double bass drum with aggressive but understandable vocals. Some of the most popular bands in metal started as thrash bands, although most evolved as they went along.Examples: Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer

The Future

The great thing about heavy metal is that it is continually changing, evolving and improving. Just when you thought it couldn't get any more extreme, something new comes along. Whether you prefer the melody and complexity of power metal or the aggression and intensity of death metal, it's all part of this widely encompassing genre called heavy metal.

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RAMADAN TIBA LAGI!!!!!!

Pada 11 Ogos yang akan datang, umat Islam seluruh dunia akan menyambut kedatangan bulan Ramadan, bulan yang mewajibkan kita berpuasa sebelum kita menyambut Hari Raya Aidil Fitri pada 1 Syawal.

Sejarah yang berlaku dalam bulan Ramadan :

Perang Badar : 17 Ramadhan 2 H - Adalah pertempuran pertama yang dilakukan kaum Muslim setelah mereka berhijrah ke Madinah melawan kaum Quraisy dari Mekah Pertempuran berakhir dengan kemenangan pihak Muslim yang berkekuatan 313 orang melawan sekitar 1000 orang dari Mekah

Pembunuhan atas Ali Bin Abu Talib : 21 Ramadhan 40 H: Khalifah keempat dan terakhir dari Khulafa as Rasyidin, dibunuh oleh seorang Khawarij yang bernama Abdurrahman bin Muljam. beliau meninggal pada tanggal 23 Ramadhan tahun yang sama. Kematiannya menandakan berakhirnya sistem khalifah Islam, dan kemudian dimulai dengan sistem dinasti.

Kelebihan Bulan Ramadan :

1) Kamu akan di naungi Ramadhan. (bagi yang telah meninggal dunia terlepas dari siksa kubur)

2) Bulan penuh keberatan

3) Di malamnya ada lebih baik daripada 1000bulan

4) Amal sunat sama dengan solat fardhu

5) Manakala solat fardhu mendapat 70 kali ganda

6) Bulan sabar dan pahalanya adalah syurga

7) Bulan menambah rezeki

8) Memberi buka banyak pahala

9) Bulan keampunan- doa yang paling makbul iaitu doa sebelum berbuka puasa.- juga doa pada sepertiga malam.

10)10 hari pertama adalah mulanya rahmat,10 hari pertengahan - pengampunan,10 hari terakhir - kemerdekaan api neraka

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SALAM SEMUA!!!!!!

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SENARAI KUMPULAN
1.AMQA
2.ANTHEM (WILD ANTHEM to BLACK EMPIRE)
3.AUDIOSLAVE (ALL 3 ALBUM)
4.BATHORY (BLOOD FIRE DEATH to NORDLAND II)
5.BLACK SABBATH (BLACK SABBATH to BORN AGAIN)
6.BLACKMORE'S NIGHT (FULL ALBUM)
7.BLOODSHED (FULL ALBUM)
8.CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (FULL ALBUM)
9.DESTRUCTION (FULL ALBUM)
10.DIO (ALL ALBUM)
11.EARTHSHAKER (EARTHSHAKER to QUARTER)
12.EXODUS (BONDED BY BLOOD to IMPACT IS IMMINENT)
13.GRANK FUNK (ALL ALBUM)
14.HELLOWEEN (ALL ALBUM)
15.IRON MAIDEN
16.KREATOR (ALL ALBUM)
17.LED ZEPPELIN (ALL ALBUM)
18.LOUDNESS (ALL ALBUM)
19.MEGADETH (ALL ALBUM)
20.METALLICA
21.PARADISE LOST (ALL ALBUM)
22.RAINBOW
23.RUMBLE MILITIA (ALL ALBUM)
24.SCORPIONS
25.SODOM
26.THE BEATLES
27.THE YARDBIRDS
28.THEUDHO
29.TIAMAT (ALL ALBUM)

TENTANG AKU!!!!!!

Aku dilahirkan pada jam 5.05 pagi 11 Mac 1975 bersamaan 27 Safar 1395 di Kem Batu 5 Mentakab, Pahang . Anak kepada Allahyarham PW 2 (B) Abd Fathi b. Puteh Yaacob dan Mekjah Bt Hassan. Aku bersekolah di tadika MUIS dan Sekolah Kebangsaan Lok Kawi di Kem Lok Kawi, Kota Kinabalu Sabah sebelum berpindah ke Sekolah Kebangsaan All Saint's Kamunting, Taiping Perak sehingga darjah 6 (darjah 4 sempat bersekolah di Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tasik Tambahan, Ampang selama 6 bulan!).Semasa aku tingkatan 1, aku belajar di Sekolah Menengah Kamunting sehingga tingkatan 2, akhirnya berpindah ke Port Dickson kerana arwah ayahku posting ke sini dan aku meyambung pengajianku di Sekolah Datuk Haji Abd Samad (SDASA) sehingga tamat tingkatan 5.Selepas itu aku bekerja di kilang kimia META (sebulan) dan kilang kain Hualon (3 bulan) di Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. Selepas itu aku bekerja dengan Syarikat Ali Ahamad, kontraktor Shell di Port Dickson. Aku bekerja selama 6 tahun dan akhirnya aku bertukar kerja di Kilang Samsung, Senawang. Aku bekerja selama setahun, dan aku mendapat tawaran kursus di Institut Latihan Perindustrian Pasir Gudang, Johor selama setahun 6 bulan. Selepas menamatkan kursus, aku bekerja di kilang Proton, Shah Alam, Selangor. Malang menimpa kerana ketika itu ekonomi negara mengalami kemelesetan, aku pun mengambil cuti tanpa gaji dan mencuba nasib bekerja di KLIA yang ketika itu baru mula beroperasi. Setelah hampir 7 tahun aku bekerja di sana, aku pun bertukar kerja di sebuah kilang kimia di Port Dickson sehingga sekarang......

Darjah 2 Jingga (SRK All Saint's)

Darjah 3 B (SRK All Saint's)

Darjah 5 C (SRK All Saint's)

Darjah 6 B (SRK All Saint's)

Tingkatan 1 C 1 (S M Kamunting)

ILP Pasir Gudang

ILP Pasir Gudang

Kat Kelas (ILP Pasir Gudang)

Dalam Bengkel (ILP Pasir Gudang)

Kat Kelas (ILP Pasir Gudang)