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This is a list of bands that pertain to the heavy metal genre of music.
[edit] Original movement: 1967-1979
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] By the early eighties the heavy metal genre began a slow division into various sub-genre categories to better describe the stylistic differences that were growing out of the original heavy metal movement. And by the end of the 1970s many of the earliest heavy metal bands had long since disbanded. Some of the bands included in the original movement were:
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Origin |
Years active |
Brief summary |
| Black Sabbath |
Birmingham, England |
1968–present |
Because of their 1970 albums, Black Sabbath and Paranoid, Black Sabbath is considered to be one of the pioneering bands of the genre. Also laying ground for doom metal and stoner rock, with the release of their album Master of Reality. |
| Bloodrock |
Fort Worth, Texas, US |
1969–1975 |
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| Blue Cheer |
San Francisco, California, US |
1966–1972, 1974–1976, 1978–1979, 1984–1994, 1999–present |
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| Blue Öyster Cult |
Long Island, New York, US |
1971–present |
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| Budgie |
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
1967–present |
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| Buffalo[citation needed] |
Sydney, Australia |
1971–1977 |
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| Kiss[11] |
New York, New York, United States |
1972–present |
Kiss rose to prominence in the mid and late-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and pyrotechnics. |
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[edit] By subgenre
- See also, Heavy metal subgenres
Since the 1970s, many subgenres and movements have emerged, playing their own interpretation of "heavy metal", these can vary greatly. Below in alphabetical order, are links to the many heavy metal subgenre lists on Wikipedia, with three notable examples of bands from each genre under them.
- Examples; Faith No More, System of a Down and Primus
- Examples; Immortal, Burzum and Mayhem
- Examples; Stryper, Tourniquet and Whitecross
- Examples; Death, Entombed and Morbid Angel
- Examples; Candlemass, Saint Vitus and Cathedral
- Examples; Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema
- Examples; Skyclad, Finntroll and Korpiklaani
- Examples; Fear Factory, Rammstein and Godflesh
- Examples; Bullet for My Valentine, Killswitch Engage and Lamb of God
- Examples; Deftones, Korn, and Limp Bizkit
- Examples; Iron Maiden, Saxon and Def Leppard
- Examples; Pelican, Isis and Russian Circles
- Examples; Helloween, Blind Guardian and Sonata Arctica
- Examples; Dream Theater, Fates Warning and Queensrÿche
- Examples; Eyehategod, Crowbar and Buzzov*en
- Examples; Motörhead, Venom and Cacophony
- Examples; Nightwish, Emperor and Rhapsody of Fire
- Examples; Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax
- Examples; Bathory, Enslaved, and Einherjer
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Weinstein, Deena. Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture. DaCapo, 2000. ISBN 0-306-80970-2, pg. 14.
- ^ Christe, Ian (2004). Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. 1. ISBN 0749083514.
- ^ Christe, Ian (2004). Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. 2, 39–48, 52–57. ISBN 0749083514.
- ^ Walser, Robert (1999). Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. s. 8, 13. ISBN 0819562602.
- ^ Christe, Ian (2004). Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. 2, 16, 18, 19, 39, 56–69, 93, 304, 333. ISBN 0749083514.
- ^ Walser, Robert (1999). Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. s. 11, 16, 78. ISBN 0819562602.
- ^ Christe, Ian (2004). Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. 10–12. ISBN 0749083514.
- ^ Weinstein, Deena. Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture. DaCapo, 2000. ISBN 0-306-80970-2, pg. 2.
- ^ Christe, Ian (2004). Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. 2. ISBN 0749083514.
- ^ Walser, Robert (1999). Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. s. 2. ISBN 0819562602.
- ^ Walser, Robert (1999). Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. s. 2,10,11,16. ISBN 0819562602.
- ^ Christe, Ian (2004). Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. p. 12. ISBN 0749083514.
- ^ "AMG bio of Lucifer's Friend". http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=LUCIFER\'S. Retrieved on 2007-10-15.
- ^ Ingham, Chris (2002). The Book of Metal. Thunder's Mouth Press. pp. 204. ISBN 978-1560254195.
- ^ Nicholson, Kris (1976-04-08), "A Night at the Opera", Rolling Stone
- ^ allmusic ((( Queen > Overview )))
- ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (2007), p. 79
- ^ http://www.twistedsister.com/french.php
- ^ Christe, Ian (2004). Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. 1, 50–57, 77. ISBN 0749083514.
- ^ Christe, Ian (2004). Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. 13. ISBN 0749083514.