Hey Neo,
My ex-husband was the lead singer in an 80's rock band called "King Kobra." His drummer was Carmine Apice, who played with many famous rock and metal bands. We were in the middle of Los Angeles during the rise of metal and the glam rock bands. What a great time that was.

Anyway, the first thing I'd say is to look at the emotion that is most common to metal songs. From what I recall, there were a ton of angry lyrics. I don't listen to metal anymore, so I could be wrong. But, when I was writing back then, the words were fast-paced like bullets (unless a ballad). I remember Dio, Ozzy and such. Years later, out came bands like Korn. I still saw a ton of angry, fast-paced lyrics.

Did you see the movie, "Rock Star," with Mark Wahlberg? I thought that was a good stereotype of the genre's writing. I think it's very brave of you to take on writing metal. Best of luck!!!


Heidi

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