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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.
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.
A timeline of events specifically related to the origin and evolution of hard rock and heavy metal starting from the 1960s and continuing up to present day. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Beatles may not be the first band you think of when someone utters the words “heavy metal.” At the same time, the Beatles were about nothing so much as pushing boundaries, and in the later ...
Stylistically distinct to the genre's quintessential later sound, the earliest bands in this first wave played a primordial form of extreme metal that was still indebted to traditional heavy metal. The movement was an origin point for a variety of styles including black metal, thrash metal, crust punk, death metal and war metal.
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The term refers to the rapid eye movement phase of sleep. Stipe, however, says that is not the reason why the band is named R.E.M. [279] Reel Big Fish – The band chose this name in favor of "The Fisher King", a reference to the film of the same name, as well as "Dull Boy Jack", a reference to The Shining. The final name was chosen almost ...
Both include bands whose sounds span the full spectrum of metal. White metal is commonly called Christian metal. In part a response to the popularity of the heavy metal genre, it transforms the code of heavy metal to serve purposes of Evangelical Christian sects and other denominations.