List of heavy metal bands
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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 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:
- Black Sabbath
- Black Widow
- Blue Cheer
- Blue Öyster Cult
- Budgie
- Buffalo
- Cactus
- Cream[3]
- Deep Purple
- Dust
- Flower Travellin' Band
- Hawkwind
- Iron Butterfly
- Judas Priest
- Jeff Beck [4]
- Kiss[5]
- Led Zeppelin[6]
- MC5
- Mountain[7]
- Pentagram
- Queen[8][9]
- Rainbow
- Rush
- Scorpions
- Sir Lord Baltimore
- Steppenwolf
- The Stooges
- Thin Lizzy
- Vanilla Fudge
- UFO
- Uriah Heep
[edit] 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; Faith No More, System of a Down and Primus
- Examples; Stryper, Saviour Machine and Whitecross
- Examples; Death, Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel
- Examples; Candlemass, Saint Vitus and Cathedral
- Examples; Mötley Crüe, Dokken and W.A.S.P.
- Examples; Trail of Tears, Lacuna Coil and Sirenia
- Examples; Napalm Death, Carcass and Terrorizer
- Examples; Ensiferum, Finntroll and Moonsorrow
- Examples; Unearth, Killswitch Engage and All That Remains
- Examples; KoЯn, Slipknot and Limp Bizkit
- Examples; Iron Maiden, Saxon and Motörhead
- Examples; Helloween, Blind Guardian and Hammerfall
- Examples; Dream Theater, Fates Warning and Queensryche
- Examples; Nightwish, Dimmu Borgir and Within Temptation
[edit] 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, pg. 1. ISBN 0749083514.
- ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby, pg. 10-12. ISBN 0749083514.
- ^ AMG review of Jeff Back's Truth album. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.
- ^ Walser, Robert. Running with The Devil. Wesleyan University Press, pgs. 2,10,11,16. ISBN 0819562602.
- ^ BBC.co.uk
- ^ Ingham, Chris. The Book of Metal. Thunder's Mouth Press, pg. 204. ISBN 978-1560254195.
- ^ Nicholson, Kris (1976-04-08), "A Night at the Opera", Rolling Stone
- ^ http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jifpxqr5ldje
