Formed in Bakersfield, California, in 1993, Korn pioneered the nu metal genre and brought it into the mainstream. Their self-titled debut album was released in…
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Founded in 1982 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Warlock gained popularity and some commercial success in Europe in the mid-1980s due to the personality and stage presence…
Formed in New York City in 1989, Helmet came out of the noise-rock underground, debuting on the Minneapolis punk label Amphetamine Reptile with the cold-eyed…
Nu metal is a subgenre that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk,…
During the 1980s, Helloween were the most successful heavy metal band that Germany has ever produced (who aren’t called The Scorpions). Formed in Hamburg in…
Formed in New Jersey in 1973 (and originally called Silverstar) Twisted Sister signed to an unknown German label in the 70s, and following a one-off…
In the late 80s, Cinderella had triple-platinum hits in the US with their debut album Night Songs (1986) and follow-up, Long Cold Winter (1988). Night Songs was released…
There was never a better time to be a big-haired hard rock band from Los Angeles than in 1987. Mötley Crüe were riding high with the…
The music of Birmingham agitators Napalm Death typically crashes upon the listener like a drum kit hurled through a closed bay window, their lyrics vomited…
Slayer formed in Los Angeles in 1982 and always existed to be the heaviest and the fastest – and to stand at the farthest remove…
Brazilian thrash metal band formed in Sao Paolo in 1983 by teenage brothers Max and Igor Cavelera (on guitar and drums respectively) with guitarist Andreas…
The Scorpions formed in Hanover, Germany, in 1971, and recorded their first album, Lonesome Crow, in Hamburg a little later. The band embarked on a gruelling…
Saxon vocalist Peter “Biff” Byford is a Yorkshireman with strictly old-school values. Once photographed enjoying a cup of tea while his wife washed his car…
One of the most influential heavy metal bands of the 90s, Texan quartet Pantera knocked out a series of albums in that decade that redefined…
Named after the Bob Dylan song The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest and led by Tim Brooke-Taylor look-alike and openly gay biker dress-alike Rob…
Formed after Ronnie James Dio’s departure from Black Sabbath, Dio’s first self-titled outfit featured the considerable talents of fellow Sabbath absconder Vinny Appice on drums,…
Def Leppard formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 as Atomic Mass with original members Rick Savage, Pete Willis and Tony Kenning. Frontman Joe Elliot came…
A few months prior to his departure from Deep Purple in 1975, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore teamed up with members of a decidedly mediocre American band…
In the early 1980s, UK rock magazine Sounds ardently promoted (and christened) the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal – the acronym of which is spelt NWOBHM…
Fine in principal, but not quite in practice; The Heavy Metal crowd consistently ruled much of the 80’s, which is why there was ‘alternative music’…