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Revision as of 22:16, 12 August 2007
This is a list of bands that pertain to the heavy metal genre of music.
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:
- AC/DC[3]
- Aerosmith[4]
- Alice Cooper[5][6]
- Black Sabbath
- Black Widow
- Blue Cheer
- Blue Öyster Cult
- Budgie
- Buffalo
- Cactus
- Cream[7]
- Deep Purple[8][9][10]
- Dust
- Flower Travellin' Band
- Hawkwind
- Iron Butterfly
- Judas Priest
- Jeff Beck [11]
- Kiss[12]
- Led Zeppelin[13]
- MC5
- Mountain[14]
- Pentagram
- Queen[15][16]
- Rainbow
- Rush
- Scorpions
- Sir Lord Baltimore
- Steppenwolf
- The Stooges
- Thin Lizzy
- Van Halen[17]
- Vanilla Fudge[18]
- UFO
- Uriah Heep
Subgenre and cross-genre lists
- See also, List of heavy metal genres
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; System of a Down, Tool and Disturbed
- Examples; Stryper, Saviour Machine and Whitecross
- Examples; Death, Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel
- Examples; Candlemass, Saint Vitus and Cathedral
- Examples; Faith No More, Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Examples; Mötley Crüe, Guns 'N' Roses and Poison
- Examples; Lacuna Coil, Tristania and Theatre of Tragedy
- Examples; Pantera, Lamb of God and White Zombie
- Examples; Skyclad, Finntroll and Moonsorrow
- Examples; Ministry, Rammstein and Fear Factory
- Examples; Unearth, Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying
- Examples; Iron Maiden, Saxon and Venom
- Examples; Helloween, Blind Guardian and Hammerfall
- Examples; Queensrÿche, Savatage and Dream Theater
- Examples; Rage Against The Machine, Kid Rock and Linkin Park
- Examples; Nightwish, Emperor and Rhapsody Of Fire
References
- ^ Weinstein, Deena. Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture. DaCapo, 2000. ISBN 0-306-80970-2, pg. 14.
- ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 1. ISBN 0749083514.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 2, 39–48, 52–57. ISBN 0749083514.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Walser, Robert. Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. pgs. 8, 13. ISBN 0819562602.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 2, 16, 18, 19, 39, 56–69, 93, 304, 333. ISBN 0749083514.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Walser, Robert. Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. pgs. 11, 16, 78. ISBN 0819562602.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 10-12. ISBN 0749083514.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Weinstein, Deena. Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture. DaCapo, 2000. ISBN 0-306-80970-2, pg. 2.
- ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 2. ISBN 0749083514.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Walser, Robert. Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. pgs. 2. ISBN 0819562602.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ "AMG review of Jeff Back's Truth album". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ Walser, Robert. Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. pgs. 2, 10, 11, 16. ISBN 0819562602.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ BBC.co.uk
- ^ Ingham, Chris. The Book of Metal. Thunder's Mouth Press. pp. pg. 204. ISBN 978-1560254195.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Nicholson, Kris (1976-04-08), "A Night at the Opera", Rolling Stone
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jifpxqr5ldje
- ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 1, 50–57, 77. ISBN 0749083514.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 13. ISBN 0749083514.
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