{"id":368,"date":"2011-02-16T13:57:43","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T21:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/?p=368"},"modified":"2015-01-12T09:31:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:31:55","slug":"for-anyone-who-has-wondered-how-grindcore-connects-to-crossover-thrash-the-map-of-metal-is-your-ultimate-extreme-reference-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/2011\/02\/for-anyone-who-has-wondered-how-grindcore-connects-to-crossover-thrash-the-map-of-metal-is-your-ultimate-extreme-reference-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"For anyone who has wondered how grindcore connects to crossover thrash, The Map of Metal is your ultimate extreme reference guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-369\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/web-mapofmetal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-369\" title=\"web-mapofmetal\" src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/web-mapofmetal-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/web-mapofmetal-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/web-mapofmetal.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screencap of the ownage that awaits you at The Map of Metal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Having covered music in smallish Michigan towns has given me a considerably deeper understanding of the various subgenres of heavy metal than I might have otherwise. I&#8217;ve done my share of profiles of bands that identify themselves as metalcore, folk metal and speed thrash.<\/p>\n<p>I sure wish I&#8217;d had something like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapofmetal.com\/#\/home\" target=\"_blank\">The Map of Metal<\/a> to help me navigate the various dominions of metalheads back when I was writing those stories. <!--more-->An extremely in-depth guide to the history of heavy rock by Australian designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.venusfir.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Patrcik Galbraith<\/a> (with an assist from &#8220;metal historian&#8221; Nick Grant), the map includes more fiefdoms than you ever knew existed, each with helpful musical samples. [Hat tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/articles\/behold-the-map-of-metal,51875\/\" target=\"_blank\">AV Club<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re a metal fan or simply interested in how bad-ass interactive design can be, it&#8217;s worth checking out.<\/p>\n\n<!-- Share-Widget Button BEGIN -->\n<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" myshare_id=\"mys_shareit\" myshare_url=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/2011\/02\/for-anyone-who-has-wondered-how-grindcore-connects-to-crossover-thrash-the-map-of-metal-is-your-ultimate-extreme-reference-guide\/\" myshare_title=\"For anyone who has wondered how grindcore connects to crossover thrash, The Map of Metal is your ultimate extreme reference guide\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\" return false;\" style=\"text-decoration:none; color:#000000; font-size:11px; line-height:20px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-widget\/img\/share-button-white-small.png\" height=\"20\" alt=\"Share\" style=\"border:0\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<!--\nvar _myssmw=true;\n\n\/\/-->\n<\/script>\n<!-- Share-Widget Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having covered music in smallish Michigan towns has given me a considerably deeper understanding of the various subgenres of heavy metal than I might have&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,836,94],"tags":[177,179,180,178],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426,"href":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/2426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}