Death Metal: Think gruesome lyrics and cookie monster type voice...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes.
Building from the musical structure of thrash metal and early black metal, death metal emerged during the mid 1980s.[2] Metal acts such as Slayer,[3][4] Kreator,[5] Celtic Frost,[6] and Venom were very important influences to the crafting of the genre.[2] Along with the band Death and its frontman Chuck Schuldiner, who is often referred to as "the father of death metal",[7][8][9] bands such as Possessed,[10] Obituary and Morbid Angel are often considered pioneers of the genre.[11] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, death metal gained more media attention as popular genre niche record labels like Combat, Earache and Roadrunner began to sign death metal bands at a rapid rate.[12] Since then, death metal has diversified, spawning a variety of subgenres.[13]
Black Metal: think anti-religion/christian/catholic etc with cookie monster/shrieks/screams etc..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_metal
This article is about the musical genre. For the 1982 Venom album, see Black Metal (album). For black minerals, see Black metal (mineralogy). For 1982 Venom song, see Black Metal (song).
Black metal
Stylistic origins Speed metal, thrash metal, hardcore punk
Cultural origins First Wave:
Early-mid 1980s, Europe
Second Wave:
Early 1990s, Scandinavia
Typical instruments Vocals - Electric guitar - Bass guitar - Drums
Mainstream popularity Underground
Subgenres
Symphonic black metal - Viking metal
Fusion genres
Blackened crust - Blackened death metal - Blackened doom metal - Gothic black metal
Other topics
List of bands - Black Metal Inner Circle - Les Légions Noires
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often uses fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure.
During the 1980s, certain thrash metal bands formed a prototype for black metal. This so-called "first wave" included bands such as Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Sarcófago.[1] A "second wave" arose in the early 1990s, mostly of Norwegian bands such as Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone, Immortal and Emperor. This scene developed the black metal style into a distinct genre.
Black metal has been met with hostility from mainstream culture, mainly due to the misanthropic and anti-Christian standpoint of many artists. Moreover, a handful of musicians have been linked with church burnings, murder or National Socialism. For these, and other reasons, black metal is often seen as an underground form of music.