History of Heavy metal
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Heavy metal music
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Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed between 1969 and 1974. With roots in blues-rock ...
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Characteristics
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Heavy metal is typically characterized by a guitar-and-drum-dominated sound, strong rhythms and classical, bluesy or symphonic styles. Howev...
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Themes
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Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, pioneering heavy metal bands often included outlandish and fantasy-inspired lyrics, giving them an e...
Monday, December 18, 2006
Classical influence
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The appropriation of "classical" music by heavy metal typically includes the influence of Baroque, Romantic, and Modernist compose...
Saturday, November 18, 2006
The term "heavy metal"
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The origin of the term heavy metal in relation to a form of music is uncertain. The phrase had been used for centuries in chemistry and meta...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Hard History
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Heavy metal is one of the most misunderstood genres of music in our day. Rather unfortunately, this is often a result of brazen ignorance ab...
Related styles
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Hard rock is closely related to heavy metal (and often the terms overlap in usage), but it does not always match the description of what pur...
Monday, September 18, 2006
Origins and early popularity (1960s and early 1970s)
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American blues music was highly popular and influential among the early British rockers. Bands like The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds rec...
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