Hevy metal movement

‘Heavy Metal Movement’

Heavy metal (often referred to as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, originally in the United Kingdom and later in the United States. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are often associated with masculinity, aggression and machismo.

The first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath attracted large audiences. People disagree over who can be thought of as the first heavy metal band. Most credit either Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath, with American commentators tending to favor Led Zeppelin and British commentators tending to favor Black Sabbath, though many give equal credit to both.

Heavy Metal has also spawned numerous sub genres which omit or improve upon standard technique, or invent new one altogether, giving heavy metal as a genre an impressive variety of styles and sounds.

The term was first used in a musical context by Canadian rock band Steppenwolf in their 1968 hit record "Born to Be Wild," which featured the line: "I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder..." The song received worldwide exposure the following year when it was used in the soundtrack of the 1969 counterculture movie Easy Rider. However, the phrase "heavy metal" had previously been used in 1962 by William Burroughs in his novel The Soft Machine, which featured a character named "Uranian Willy, the Heavy Metal Kid". Metal has long had a worldwide following of fans known as "metalheads" or "headbangers".

The typical band lineup includes a drummer, a bassist, a rhythm guitarist, a lead guitarist, and a singer, who may or may not be an instrumentalist. Keyboard instruments are often used to enhance the fullness of the sound.

New Wave of British Heavy Metal

The NWOBHM was a musical movement originating in Britain that started in the late 1970’s and achieved international attention by the early 1980’s. This movement is credited with the revival and reinvention of heavy metal as a genre.

The journalist Geoff Barton first used the term NWOBHM in 1979 in Sounds magazine to coin a common stylistic element of the bands’ music. The movement developed as a reaction in part to the decline of early heavy metal bands as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. NWOBHM bands incorporated elements of punk, increased tempo and adopted a ‘tougher’ sound.

Backstory

By the mid 70’s, heavy metal seemed to be dead. Many important bands had problems:

Deep Purple had dissolved due to internal conflicts, Black Sabbath experienced an excessive drug and alcohol consumption. Also, the new genre called ‘Punk Rock’ had appeared on the scene.

However, some bands changed it all, as Judas Priest that in 1978 released an album (‘Stained Class’) which was different from any other album. This album was characterized by a high level of aggression. Another band, Motorhead, combined an approach similar to Judas Priest but with a distortion heavy sound.

Most bands combined heavy riffing, with soaring vocals, guitar solos and lyrics concerned to fantasy, rebellion and the heavy metal lifestyle. Almost all bands shared a sense of fashion, a punk like aversion to the mainstream and an enthusiasm towards music.

Decline

The NWOBHM, suffered the same declined as many other movements, due to a combination of factor. One reason was that the movement (as the bands of the 70’s) became stagnant. Also, the movement began to face competition from other genres as Speed metal, Trash metal and the First wave of black metal, that were much harder, faster and louder. Besides, young rock fans found a more commercial metal in Los Angeles with Motley Crue.

However, its legacy remains in the sound, fashion and culture of heavy metal, and some bands went on lasting success as Iron Maiden and Motorhead that stayed with a more traditional heavy metal style retaining a loyal fanbase. They then influenced other American bands such as Metallica.

New Wave of American Heavy Metal

The New Wave of American Heavy Metal (NWOAHM) is a heavy metal music movement that was originated in the United States during the early to mid-1990s [and has its origins in a group of post-grunge acts from the 1990’s that brought heavy metal back to its core, the American wave of metal has expanded most in the recent 2000sSeveral of the bands within the NWOAHM are credited with bringing heavy metal back into the mainstream. The roots of the movement are attributed to the bands Pantera, Biohazard, Slipknot, and Machine Head. These initial bands emerged in the 1990s, drawing influence from New York hardcore, thrash metal, and punk rock. The rise of the movement in the early 2000s is attributed to the over-saturation of nu-metal in that period

PANTERA:

Pantera have been influential to the development of nu metal, and several other movements. They have also been called one of the pioneers of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. "Darrell Abbott's influence on the entire genre of heavy metal is massive; every notable young American metal band has, in some way or another, copied their guitar style from those records.

SLIPKNOT:

Slipknot is well known for its attention-grabbing image, aggressive music style, and energetic and chaotic live shows.

They had 9 members. The bass player died.

The band utilizes a variety of vocal styles, their music typically features growled vocals, screaming, rapping, backing vocals and occasional melodic singing. Slipknot’s lyrics generally follow a very aggressive tone, occasionally

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