Born in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent on Christmas Eve, 1945, Ian Fraser Kilmister moved to North Wales at the age of 10 and attended Ysgol Syr Thomas…
Browsing: Heavy Metal
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…
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…
Despite being referred to as a ‘band’, Nine Inch Nails was always Trent Reznor’s brainchild, and he alone has been responsible for the band’s creative…
Nu metal is a subgenre that combines elements of heavy metal with elements of other music genres such as hip-hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and…
Born on 3 December 1948, John Michael Osbourne grew up in a large family. At 16 he became a mod. Not because of any deep…
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…
Formed in 1981 outside Seattle, Washington, Queensrÿche were one of the most artistic and creative of the hard rock bands during the decade, and released…
Back in the mid-70s the primo heavy metal band in Los Angeles was Quiet Riot. Van Halen were pretty popular too, but could boast nothing like…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Slayer formed in Los Angeles in 1982 and always existed to be the heaviest and the fastest – and to stand at the farthest remove…
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…
Tygers of Pan Tang formed in 1978 in Whitley Bay on Tyneside and became a significant player in the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy…
During the 1970s, UFO was one of the most popular heavy metal bands in the world, thanks in no small part to the blistering guitar work of…
In the early 1980s, this darkly humorous Newcastle thrash trio belonged nowhere. They combined deadly themes and stories of the netherworld that had nothing in…
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…
With a pair of double-platinum albums, Warrant were one of the most popular glam-metal bands of the late 80s. Formed in Los Angeles in the…