Arrr! and, Roarrr! and yes this stuff really exists.

[taste_is_sweet]

Just in case you thought there could possibly be a genre of music out there that no one has thought of yet, I give you:

Pirate Death Metal

Aye, me hearties! Buckle that swash and gang the plank! Here be Scottish lads who turned their love of all things pirate and alcohol-fueled into what should have been a cute Ren Faire filking act and instead became a thriving music career.

And of course, after pirates, there have to be ninjas, right? Googling "Ninja Heavy Metal" immediately resulted in--what else--a band called Heavy Metal Ninjas. They're from New Zealand, because of course they are.

Now that I'd found pirates and ninjas, the next step was obvious. "Astronaut Metal" resulted in a link to the Irish band "God is an Astronaut". They're not heavy metal so much as...heavy instrumental? Kind of? They don't seem to actually sing. Check out their YouTube channel. A lot of their stuff is surprisingly pretty.

Just for fun, I Googled "Dinosaur Heavy Metal" because dinosaurs are really, really awesome and at this point I figure you could probably throw random words together and discover a heavy metal music genre for it.

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Hevisaurus, from Finland. Heavisaurus are a heavy metal band for children, who dress up as dinosaurs. Like you do. Here's a video:

Check out that hair and leather. These guys are hardcore.

Sadly, Googling "Heavy Metal Fairy Tales" did not produce another band. It did, however, result amazingly enough in Heavy Metal Fairy Tales. Apparently a self-published books series which use heavy metal lyrics as dialogue.

"Cat Heavy Metal" is not a genre, alas. But Babymetal is!

At least in Japan.

Anyone else out there have a potential heavy metal genre? I didn't look up unicorns or aliens, but I'm optimistic.

Comments

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I the pirates are still a bit tuneful for Death Metal. *g*

Also, Heavisaurus are a heavy metal band for children appears to be a concept my poor brain cannot grasp.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that myself (the same with Baby Metal, really). But my DH says it's the real deal, and he's really, really into that kind of stuff.

Actually...

[(Anonymous)]

It was better than I thought (for BabyMetal), but there are better "bands" out there (for this style).

Re: Actually...

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Hi, sweetheart!

I'm not sure the singing is the entire point. ;)

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU!

However, the thing that really struck me about the "babymetal" is that they're GIRLS!

Although it's been decades since Joan Jett and the Runaways broke through the mold. Females are still forced into other music genres. Of the rock that the radio currently plays, I can think of only Lorde with Evanescense, Paramore, and Of Monsters and Men having female members. I checked the twenty best-selling girls groups of all time and they were all R&B or pop.

I know girls groups are much common in Asia and there's some squicky behind the scenes things to it...but I wish there could be more of a happy medium between our lack of girls in rock and their barrage of girls groups who are groomed and plasticized into sex objects.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome. :D

I agree, there are too few women music groups in general, and especially too few in alternative genres. It's great to see something like this, though I can't look at those very, very young girls and not wonder about the squicky stuff. ::shudders::