Meantime is the second studio album and major label debut by American alternative metal band Helmet. It was released on June 23, 1992, through Interscope Records.
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Image: Helmet Meantime
Alternative metal is a genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal. Alternative metal bands are often characterized by heavily downtuned, mid-paced guitar riffs, a mixture of accessible melodic vocals and harsh vocals and sometimes unconventional sounds within other heavy metal styles. The term has been in use since the 1980s, although it came into prominence in the 1990s.
Tool (pictured) is one of the most influential alternative metal bands.
Faith No More performing in 2009
Helmet performing in Melbourne, Australia in 2008
Aaron Lewis of Staind performing live in 2001