Music

[theminion.livejournal.com]

I was just wondering what the Russian for different music types.
Like Black Metal, Techno, Rock, Industrial.
Happy times.

~Ryan

Edit: Thanks everyone!

Comments

[ulfurinn.livejournal.com]

Style names are generally transliterated, not translated. The only proper translation I can think of right now that's actually used is «новая волна» (New Wave).

[oryx_and_crake]

хэви метал (for heavy metal; I have never heard "black metal")

but тяжелый рок (for hard rock)

техно
индастриал
поп-музыка or just попса (for pop)

[noser.livejournal.com]

Black metal is usually just "блэк" for insiders. For those listening to "Руки Вверх", it's "черный металл".

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

here's (http://forum.ichip.ru/lofiversion/index.php/t7011.html) a fan-made encyclopedia of music styles in Russian, with their English names provided. The author included only the styles he knew about, though :)