<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:52:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/metaltree/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing: Metal 4 Ever - This is a @dwinblood sub-account dedicated to metal music posts and topics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Hi, My name is Deva Winblood. I am known as @dwinblood and I have been using steemit since July 2016. On my @dwinblood account I post about a wide variety of topics. Not everyone that follows]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@metal4ever/introducing-metal-4-ever-this-is-a-dwinblood-sub-account-dedicated-to-metal-music-posts-and-topics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@metal4ever/introducing-metal-4-ever-this-is-a-dwinblood-sub-account-dedicated-to-metal-music-posts-and-topics</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[metal4ever]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:27:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ1pq89g6qFcaXTKHz5v5Z7n1cWuQT29G2r71DYnchcwFkwDaHMg8R88gcdidKtCAZ2BRJs5YS2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal Tree: [2nd Edition] Gasps from the audience... Did they just do that? This is Shock Rock. [Metal Tree: 7] 1958 - 1999]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shock Rock acts have been mentioned in other posts in this series and they are still around today. They however began slightly before and perhaps during the birth of heavy metal and they continue to this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-2nd-edition-gasps-from-the-audience-did-they-just-do-that-this-is-shock-rock-metal-tree-7-1958-1999</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-2nd-edition-gasps-from-the-audience-did-they-just-do-that-this-is-shock-rock-metal-tree-7-1958-1999</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:27:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZuArwq7eEX96498pzpFzkBiQEbwKmY7Y2XvqE1z7yQ5mSU38V7r8qVBbZscfWu7C36vRiWD4KQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal Tree: [2nd Edition] We don't need your technical eliteism!!! Original Punk Rock blasts onto the scene [Metal Tree: 6] 1969 - 1983]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my series on the evolution of heavy metal and it's sub-genres this is another side jaunt into a style that is NOT heavy metal, but it has a large impact on many sub-genres of heavy metal. That style]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-2nd-edition-we-don-t-need-your-technical-eliteism-original-punk-rock-blasts-onto-the-scene-metal-tree-6-1969-1983</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-2nd-edition-we-don-t-need-your-technical-eliteism-original-punk-rock-blasts-onto-the-scene-metal-tree-6-1969-1983</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 23:17:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZuArwq7eEX96498pzpFzkBiQEbwKmY7Y2XvqE1z7yQ5mSU38V7r8qVBbZscfWu7C36vRiWD4KQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal Tree: [2nd Edition] The roots and rise of heavy metal in the United States [Metal Tree: 3] 1962 - 1980]]></title><description><![CDATA[This continues my Metal Tree series on early roots of Heavy Metal and likely the first acts that could be considered as Heavy Metal in the United States, but before the term had started being used. These]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-2nd-edition-the-roots-and-rise-of-heavy-metal-in-the-united-states-metal-tree-3-1962-1980</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-2nd-edition-the-roots-and-rise-of-heavy-metal-in-the-united-states-metal-tree-3-1962-1980</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 20:04:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZuArwq7eEX96498pzpFzkBiQEbwKmY7Y2XvqE1z7yQ5mSU38V7r8qVBbZscfWu7C36vRiWD4KQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal Tree: [2nd Edition] Before there was heavy metal... [Metal Tree: 2]]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post in the series covers things that came before metal and influenced what it would go on to become. This is part of an intended series as I described in this post and I will post no more than one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-2nd-edition-before-there-was-heavy-metal-metal-tree-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-2nd-edition-before-there-was-heavy-metal-metal-tree-1</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:52:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZuArwq7eEX96498pzpFzkBiQEbwKmY7Y2XvqE1z7yQ5mSU38V7r8qVBbZscfWu7C36vRiWD4KQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal Tree: [2nd Edition] Metal Genealogy - Family Tree - Evolution - Beginning of a series of posts [Metal Tree: 1]]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the 2nd Edition of a popular series of posts I wrote last year and early into this year. I enjoyed making the posts and people enjoyed them. I am going to repost these, but they will not be complete]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-2nd-edition-metal-genealogy-family-tree-evolution-beginning-of-a-series-of-posts-metal-tree-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-2nd-edition-metal-genealogy-family-tree-evolution-beginning-of-a-series-of-posts-metal-tree-1</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 21:28:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZuArwq7eEX96498pzpFzkBiQEbwKmY7Y2XvqE1z7yQ5mSU38V7r8qVBbZscfWu7C36vRiWD4KQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Kinetic Typography - Lyric Video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey all I recently finished up a video I have been working on for a while. It's a lyric video featuring one of my favourite bands. They are considered as a mix between progressive metal and metalcore,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/youtube/@misterkadou/new-kinetic-typography-lyric-video</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/youtube/@misterkadou/new-kinetic-typography-lyric-video</guid><category><![CDATA[youtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[misterkadou]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:08:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGnkhLbjXTZuZv864vJJL85q4L1pad4onVU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal Tree - The Summation of my Metal Genealogical journey.... it spanned many episodes [Metal Tree: 30]]]></title><description><![CDATA[I did a series of posts for more than a month where I was posting almost one a day during the week days. This was back when we couldn't edit posts older than 30 days. I was doing them so quickly because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-the-summation-of-my-metal-genealogical-journey-it-spanned-many-episodes-metal-tree-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-tree-the-summation-of-my-metal-genealogical-journey-it-spanned-many-episodes-metal-tree-30</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2017 22:31:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ62Ehun3qLTqPK552XWxZQfHgCJT81e2KMeKsFxNXYro8SJfZSVzD8i5ThCAaz6sgD5kfmfD7k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hey Djinni is pronounced genie...  Oh, okay well Djent is pronounced Jent... Metal - Djent [Metal Tree: 29]]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the summer I was talking to some people about the sounds that really get to me and move me in metal. I was describing this particularly low and chuggy power rhythms that I said sometimes in old]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/hey-djinni-is-pronounced-genie-oh-okay-well-djent-is-pronounced-jent-metal-djent-metal-tree-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/hey-djinni-is-pronounced-genie-oh-okay-well-djent-is-pronounced-jent-metal-djent-metal-tree-29</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:34:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787ga1Jzoex8kvziyRtsyGV9m9LNU4fbPDrX9htQpkvDvb4zbRnXse8HT5YvWwL3BHn2heQcmaMvhZGvi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neoclassical Metal is a style of music people will often say "that's not metal"..  What else is new? [Metal Tree: 28]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taking my own path on the Metal Tree from this point forward, I wanted to focus on a sub-genre called Neoclassical. Now I've been in brief youtube debates where people thought I was nuts for calling some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/neoclassical-metal-is-a-style-of-music-people-will-often-say-that-s-not-metal-what-else-is-new-metal-tree-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/neoclassical-metal-is-a-style-of-music-people-will-often-say-that-s-not-metal-what-else-is-new-metal-tree-28</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2017 00:39:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787ga4QkiHhnrEuZ71u4EaSFfLd5q8wjJCG8BqgmxkAyKUzYto6AvURGqtiHnCEYa85ZKXGuB6PMiaEBQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong thrash metal band Charm Charm Chu release new EP. Shit’s on fire! Get into it!]]></title><description><![CDATA[ They are a Hong Kong thrash metal band formed in 2009.   塵世幻象 The Delusion 1. 愉快植物餅 Happy Cookies @00:00 2. 香夭 The Fragrant Death @05:21 3. 遙遠的牛鈴 The Far Cowbell (Metallica Live Shit 92']]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@royalkomodo/hong-kong-thrash-metal-band-charm-charm-chu-release-new-ep-shit-s-on-fire-get-into-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@royalkomodo/hong-kong-thrash-metal-band-charm-charm-chu-release-new-ep-shit-s-on-fire-get-into-it</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[royalkomodo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 18:33:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBdENGdp5kPnN5uLntpDX6KPnjnUQePvyST4cDeqB6ibkgb1vjaEcx4GMFTuF3n5beCZrhBpQvKppjPP81cWdvWNmRowa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swedish Extreme Metal might be where the chart that inspired this ends... but this is not the end[Metal Tree: 27]]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my journey to cover many sub-genres of metal and things that inspired metal I was following the chart/poster laid out by Sam Dunn for his Metal Evolution documentary series from Banger Films. This branch]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/swedish-extreme-metal-might-be-where-the-chart-that-inspired-this-ends-but-this-is-not-the-end-metal-tree-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/swedish-extreme-metal-might-be-where-the-chart-that-inspired-this-ends-but-this-is-not-the-end-metal-tree-27</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 01:09:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZnhkCj3f9wZVD2GK4A2LxzHAhYJKhYRSmQkuxTyg39FZRJT3k1XUjnALDHY2nQckNM3sjbUNK135x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal keeps going and in the Metal Tree there is a New Wave of American Heavy Metal - [Metal Tree: 26]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continuing the Metal Tree I am near the end of covering all the nodes on Sam Dunn's Metal Evolution chart. There is only one remaining after this, and then a couple nodes of my own I want to add. This]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-keeps-going-and-in-the-metal-tree-there-is-a-new-wave-of-american-heavy-metal-metal-tree-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-keeps-going-and-in-the-metal-tree-there-is-a-new-wave-of-american-heavy-metal-metal-tree-26</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChSmuzAGj1Z5CWqqZzSbswSFNhLqqiAEgdrWxcQ1QdMruzHz32uHTw2Hsi8VCcCJ6pEEZssbqZUPioEna?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mixture of haunting vocal stylings male, and female... good orchestration... Gothic Metal [Metal Tree: 25]]]></title><description><![CDATA[I heard some new sounds and I was liking the different direction it seemed to be heading. It had that really catchy metal approach I liked, but it often had a mixture of beautiful and even haunting female]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/a-mixture-of-haunting-vocal-stylings-male-and-female-good-orchestration-gothic-metal-metal-tree-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/a-mixture-of-haunting-vocal-stylings-male-and-female-good-orchestration-gothic-metal-metal-tree-25</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:33:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961NzN9xirCwBSeHt2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Generation with a new approach to Metal results in... Nu Metal [Metal Tree: 24]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nu Metal is a movement that mostly exploded onto the scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It was a new generation of metal fans who mixed and matched across many of the previous sub-genres of metal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/a-new-generation-with-a-new-approach-to-metal-results-in-nu-metal-metal-tree-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/a-new-generation-with-a-new-approach-to-metal-results-in-nu-metal-metal-tree-24</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 22:32:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961YAMLM79afosmMNN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal shards fly as the grinder spins... moshers slam into each other... this is Grindcore [Metal Tree:23]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resuming the exploration of the sub-genres and history of metal, this episode continues with the branch known as Grindcore. I did slow down on publishing these. My rapid posting was me trying to get as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-shards-fly-as-the-grinder-spins-moshers-slam-into-each-other-this-is-grindcore-metal-tree-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/metal-shards-fly-as-the-grinder-spins-moshers-slam-into-each-other-this-is-grindcore-metal-tree-23</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2017 23:00:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961Lo4hZqW9Yz9xx6J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grunge the gift that keeps giving... another sub-genre of Metal is called Post Grunge [Metal Tree: 22]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Post Grunge is a sub-genre on the chart by Sam Dunn and I am uncertain why it didn't simply remain in Grunge. It could be a time period thing, or some slight deviations to the sound style. As with the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/grunge-the-gift-that-keeps-giving-another-sub-genre-of-metal-is-called-post-grunge-metal-tree-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/grunge-the-gift-that-keeps-giving-another-sub-genre-of-metal-is-called-post-grunge-metal-tree-22</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:50:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961M23btDbUyvZVPQS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How black can black get... black days, black thoughts, black actions...   Black Metal [Metal Tree: 21]]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am not referring to race or skin color. I am referring to black like darkness, the blackness of the soul, the blackness of the minds of the enraged, and other black things. These are but traits that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/how-black-can-black-get-black-days-black-thoughts-black-actions-black-metal-metal-tree-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/how-black-can-black-get-black-days-black-thoughts-black-actions-black-metal-metal-tree-21</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:37:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961VxkyPVmV9CQy2n2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not quite this... not quite that... but often quite heavy... Hard Alternative [Metal Tree: 20]]]></title><description><![CDATA[That's not metal. Some of the times it is, some of the times it is not. They are still part of the metal evolutionary tree. On the chart by Sam Dunn this branch as shown as being influenced by Grunge and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/not-quite-this-not-quite-that-but-often-quite-heavy-hard-alternative-metal-tree-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/not-quite-this-not-quite-that-but-often-quite-heavy-hard-alternative-metal-tree-20</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:55:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961Vxq3jWikLZPnjyg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go ahead... see if you can resist the urge to mosh...  Metalcore [Metal Tree: 19]]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk? Using breakdowns which are conducive to moshing? These are the terms wikipedia uses for Metalcore, as I was not quite sure what it was. The breakdowns part]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/go-ahead-see-if-you-can-resist-the-urge-to-mosh-metalcore-metal-tree-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaltree/@dwinblood/go-ahead-see-if-you-can-resist-the-urge-to-mosh-metalcore-metal-tree-19</guid><category><![CDATA[metaltree]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwinblood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:09:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961XTDqRHey3rgKnjp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>