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Heavy: The Story of Metal is a four-part documentary special that aired on VH1 from May 22 to 25, 2006. The series focuses on the origins, subgenres and the bands of heavy metal music , paying close attention to influential bands like Black Sabbath , Led Zeppelin , Judas Priest and Iron Maiden , who helped to define heavy metal in its early years.
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. [2] With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats and loudness.
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Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam rock .
Also influenced by a punk ethos were heavy metal bands like Motörhead, while Judas Priest abandoned the remaining elements of the blues in their music, [66] further differentiating the hard rock and heavy metal styles and helping to create the new wave of British heavy metal which was pursued by bands like Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Venom. [67]
Yes, it’s 1968’s The Beatles, yet again, but there’s no denying this record’s influence on the hard rock and heavy metal hordes who would follow in its footsteps. Like “Happiness Is a ...
The Ballad of John and Yoko; Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Battle Cry (Imagine Dragons song) Battleships (song) Be Like That (3 Doors Down song) Be Tender with Me Baby; Beast of Burden (song) A Beautiful Soul (song) Beautiful Things (Benson Boone song) Beautiful War (song) Because the Night; Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's ...
British heavy metal band Judas Priest wrote many power ballads, starting with "Dreamer Deceiver" and "Beyond the Realms of Death". [45] American rock band Styx has been credited with releasing the first true power ballad, the song "Lady", in 1973. [47] Its writer, Dennis DeYoung is called the "father of the power ballad". [48]