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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.
This is a list of heavy metal artists from the formative years of the movement (formed between 1963 and 1981). For bands formed after 1981, please consult the lists for each heavy metal subgenre. In the late 1960s, a number of bands began pushing the limits of blues rock into a new genre which would be called heavy metal. [1] [2]
January 4 – Jan Němec, engineer and producer of numerous metal bands including Celtic Frost, Grave Digger, Helloween, and Running Wild, died from lung disease. [ 65 ] January 9 – James Kottak , former drummer of Scorpions , Kingdom Come , and Warrant , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 61.
Progressive metal is a fusion between progressive rock and heavy metal. It is one of heavy metal's more complex genres, due to its use of unusual and dynamic time signatures, long compositions, complex compositional structures, and skilled instrumental playing, where instrumental solos are detailed and extended. However, the latest age of ...
Heavy Heavy Low Low – Pain Olympics [130] Helloween [131] Imperial Triumphant – Goldstar [132] Iron Maiden [133] Jack Starr – Out of the Darkness, Pt. 2 [134] Joe Lynn Turner [135] Keep of Kalessin [136] King Diamond – Saint Lucifer's Hospital 1920 [137] L.A. Guns – Leopard Skin [138] Last in Line [139] Limp Bizkit [140] Living Colour ...
Heavy Metal, a 1981 animated film based on the magazine; Heavy Metal 2000, a.k.a. Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² or Heavy Metal 2, a 2000 animated film, sequel to the 1981 film Heavy Metal; Heavy Metal, an episode of the American sitcom sequel The New Leave It to Beaver "Heavy Metal" , a 1999 episode of Sliders
January 1 – Sebastian Marino, former guitarist of Overkill and Anvil, died from a heart attack at the age of 57. [49]January 9 – Justin Bartlett, artist who created album cover art for Sunn O))), Trap Them, Cadaver, and Hooded Menace, died from stage 4 colorectal cancer at the age of 45.
For the article see: List of heavy metal genres. Subcategories. This category has the following 38 subcategories, out of 38 total. ...