Does metal require anger and power?

I love the adrenaline rush when I'm listening to good hard rock/metal, however if you're talking Death/Black metal with demonic Cookie Monster vocals chanting for Odin's return sacrificing vestal virgins etc..., then that's when I draw the line. So I guess I'm saying a little anger/passion is usually a good thing, but over the top raving is not my thing anyway.
 
that makes sense.... what doesn't make sense is why it's called Metal in the first place. If it carries the same emotion as rock, hard rock, punk... what element about the music makes it metal? the sound? the speed? when I think of "metal" immediatly I hear double bass drum pedal, a very tinny and fast distorted guitar and some guy sounding demonic for 3-15 minutes... is there something more to it that I'm missing?
 
...Christian metal?
it praises jesus but it's still considered metal. I think lyrics play a small role in defining a genre so that's my basis on this statement :D
 
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That's what metal requires.
 
I guess the reason for it to be called Metal is because the sound doesnt fall into any other sound being made. Like you said the double bass drum is something no other band is doing. I think the sound really defines the genre, just the raw heaviness makes it Metal, Punk is fast with very straight forward lyrics (mostly political), Hardcore is FAST with a minute long songs singing about whatever....I think the difference in sound really defines a genre, not how angry it is because every genre has some sort of anger.
 
Ok... so by that observation (which is a good one btw) we can say if a band incorporates double bass drum pedal, tinny distortion on the guitars with fast speed on the solo's/rhythm, a sinister sound on the vocals (even when singing about happy rays of sunshine) it is in the genre of Metal? it seems (to me) Metal isn't as easy to group up as Jazz or Classical are... I feel like Metal and Hard Rock can intertwine at times depending on the song.
 
I guess in a sense yeah it can be that way.






Well, Metal is VERY hard to group because...Well there are about a half a dozen sub-genres to metal, that is what makes it hard. I'm not quite sure the difference between them all but i'm just generalizing.
Hard Rock can overlap with Metal, and the same can be said about Metal overlaping another genre.
 
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