funk metal
Sign in to saveAlso known as funk-metal, funkcore, thrash funk, thrash-funk
subgenre of funk rock and alternative metal
Key facts
- Stylistic origins
- Funk rock heavy metal alternative metal thrash metal
- Cultural origins
- Mid-1980s, California , United States
- Derivative forms
- Nu metal rap metal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- music genre
- Subclass of
- funk rock
- Country of origin
- United States
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- native label
- Funk metal
- topic's main category
- Category:Funk metal
- inception
- 1985-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Funk metal (also known as thrash-funk) is a subgenre of funk rock and alternative metal that infuses heavy metal music (often thrash metal) with elements of funk and punk rock. Funk metal was part of the alternative metal movement, and has been described as a "brief but extremely media-hyped stylistic fad".
The funk metal scene formed in California during the mid-1980s with a group of bands who were initially playing a mix of funk, hard rock, hip hop and punk; the genre quickly evolved to include elements of thrash metal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “funk metal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.