Rapmetal

	Rapmetal
Stilursprung	Raprock, hiphop, heavy metal, alternativ metal
Kulturellt; ursprung	Mitten till slutet av 1980-talet, USA
Instrument	Rap - Sång - Gitarr - Bas - Trummor - Turntables - Sampler - Synthesizer - Keyboard
Popularitet	Underground under 1980-talet, måttligt i början av 1990-talet, fick mycket konventionell framgång i mitten till slutet av 90-talet.
Påverkat	Rapcore - rapmetal
Fusionsgenrer	Nu-metal
	Relaterat; Rapcore, funk metal

Rapmetal är en subgenre till alternativ metal som blandar vokala och instrumentala inslag av hiphop med heavy metal.

^ ”Alternative Metal”. Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/style/alternative-metal-ma0000012328. Läst 21 november 2012. ”The first wave of alternative metal bands fused heavy metal with prog-rock (Jane's Addiction, Primus), garage punk (Soundgarden, Corrosion of Conformity), noise-rock (the Jesus Lizard, Helmet), funk (Faith No More, Living Colour), rap (Faith No More, Biohazard), industrial (Ministry, Nine Inch Nails), psychedelia (Soundgarden, Monster Magnet), and even world music (later Sepultura)... Some of those bands eventually broke out to wider audiences, often with help from the Lollapalooza tour, and they also set the stage for a new wave of alt-metal that emerged around 1993-94, centered around the rap-metal fusions of Rage Against the Machine and Korn, the grindingly dissonant Tool, the heavily production-reliant White Zombie, and the popular breakthrough of Nine Inch Nails. These bands would become the most influential forces in shaping the sound and style of alternative metal for the rest of the '90s, along with Pantera, whose thick, molten riffs sounded like no other thrash-metal band.”
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