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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:

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; Bathory, Burzum and Mayhem
Examples; Stryper, Saviour Machine and Whitecross
Examples; Death, Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel
Examples; Candlemass, Saint Vitus and Cathedral
Examples; Mötley Crüe, Ratt and Quiet Riot
Examples; Lacuna Coil, Tristania, Theatre of Tragedy
Examples; Skyclad, Finntroll and Moonsorrow
Examples; Unearth, Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying
Examples; KoRn, Deftones and P.O.D.
Examples; Iron Maiden, Saxon and Motörhead
Examples; Helloween, Blind Guardian and Hammerfall
Examples; Dream Theater, Fates Warning and Queensrÿche
Examples; Rage Against The Machine, Kid Rock and Linkin Park
Examples; Nightwish, Emperor and Rhapsody Of Fire
Examples; Slayer, Metallica and Anthrax

References

  1. ^ Weinstein, Deena. Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture. DaCapo, 2000. ISBN 0-306-80970-2, pg. 14.
  2. ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 1. ISBN 0749083514. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 2, 39–48, 52–57. ISBN 0749083514. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  4. ^ Walser, Robert. Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. pgs. 8, 13. ISBN 0819562602. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ Walser, Robert. Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. pgs. 11, 16, 78. ISBN 0819562602. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  7. ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 10-12. ISBN 0749083514. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  8. ^ Weinstein, Deena. Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture. DaCapo, 2000. ISBN 0-306-80970-2, pg. 2.
  9. ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 2. ISBN 0749083514. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  10. ^ Walser, Robert. Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. pgs. 2. ISBN 0819562602. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  11. ^ "AMG review of Jeff Back's Truth album". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  12. ^ Walser, Robert. Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press. pp. pgs. 2, 10, 11, 16. ISBN 0819562602. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  13. ^ BBC.co.uk
  14. ^ Ingham, Chris. The Book of Metal. Thunder's Mouth Press. pp. pg. 204. ISBN 978-1560254195. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  15. ^ Nicholson, Kris (1976-04-08), "A Night at the Opera", Rolling Stone {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jifpxqr5ldje
  17. ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 1, 50–57, 77. ISBN 0749083514. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  18. ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. pp. pg. 13. ISBN 0749083514. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
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