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 Heavy Metal
Heavy metal is a form of music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation.
Whereas a painting is experienced visually, a symphony experienced audibly, a heavy metal band's "image" and the common theme that binds all their music is expressed in the artwork on the album, the set of the stage, the tone of the lyrics, in addition to the sound of the music.
Ultimately, "pure" heavy metal would position itself at the periphery of pop culture, never quite at centre, and metal denizens contend that the move towards the centre was a commercialism that compromised both the artistic integrity of the form and the opportunity for messages to be taken seriously.
www.freemusiclink.com /heavymetal.htm   (3924 words)

  
 TechnoFILE Reviews "Heavy Metal" on DVD
Heavy Metal was based on the "pulp" magazine of the same name, which in turn was based on a French "pulp" magazine "Metal Hurlant." The concept was similar to the old "Creepy" magazines: short, lurid science fiction and fantasy comics that were as big on sexual content as they were on classic sci fi/fantasy themes.
Despite the heavyweight list of heavy metal bands along for the ride, the rock music is mostly relegated to the background (which is fortunate) and Elmer Bernstein's symphonic score - which is much more appropriate and successful - takes center stage.
Heavy Metal isn't a heavyweight in Hollywood history, but it's an interesting niche that helped propel the careers of many of its participants.
www.technofile.com /dvds/heavy_metal.html   (680 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Heavy metal music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
All of a sudden, classical guitars, even nylon-stringed guitars, were commonplace at heavy metal concerts, and classical icons such as Liona Boyd became associated with the heavy metal stars as peers in a newly diverse guitar fraternity where conservative and aggressive guitarists could come together to "trade licks" (recently MP3.com featured a collection of Ms.
After Maiden, metal would push the limits of aggressive loudness in thrash metal, speed metal, fl metal and death metal, and return full circle through the pop vanity of the L.A. hair metal lead by Motley Crue.
Notable is Mötley Crüe's version of "Helter Skelter" which very strongly brings to the fore the heavy metal undertones that the Beatles original song implied but failed to explore in their time.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Heavy_metal_music   (2641 words)

  
 Nightwish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although the band achieved prominence in their home country since the release of their first single, they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the album Once (2004), which spawned Nightwish video clips shown on MTV in the USA for the first time, and inclusion of their music in U.S. movie soundtracks.
A replacement for the soprano singer has not yet been found, but the four other musicians of the band plan to find one in the course of 2006, so that a new album can be recorded at the end of 2006 and beginning of 2007, and released later that year.
On July 20, the band revealed in the official Nightwish videblog that the demo of the sixth Nightwish album was ready to be mixed, and that the band would spread out until September.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nightwish   (2807 words)

  
 .: Dead Emotions :: Powerful Death Metal Made In Germany :: List Of Heavy Metal Bands :.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
List Of Heavy Metal Bands: 1999 saw Gates to the unseen released as Dead Emotions' first self-produced album that grew quite popular in the german underground and received many good reviews in sevaral magazines (Rock Hard, Legacy, Ablaze, Orkus and more).
List Of Heavy Metal Bands: In addition to the perfectly produced sound, the new album mainly stands out because of it's powerful riffs, haunting melodies, boosting dynamic parts and musical independance.
List Of Heavy Metal Bands: In Fall 2003, after signing a distribution contract with MDD Records, together with the outstanding new album and running negotiations for a germany tour in 2004, the band is curiously looking into an interesting future.
www.dead-emotions.de /vault/en/list_of_heavy_metal_bands/index.html   (1865 words)

  
 Heavy metal bands get softer - Bowl of Flakes
With record labels dumping bands who don't sell records by the truck load, more and more of heavy metal groups are offering music that's easier on the ear in a bid to win mainstream radio play and targeting their harder tunes to niche TV shows.
Newer bands are now finding they need to employ that tactic if they hope to break into the radio market, which is controlled by profit-driven corporations.
Metal bands have been going cleaner and softer for years, read def leppard, van halen, rush, metallica, aerosmith, soilwork, in flames, etc, etc..
www.metalflakes.com /bowlofflakes/showthread.php?p=6482   (837 words)

  
 Bands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Below is a list of my favorite bands and my opinion of their music.
Drown - A somewhat unknown industrial heavy metal band from LA. However, I became enamoured with this band after I listened to the "Hold on to the Hollow" album.
Overall, they are one of the best heavy metal bands of the 80's and 90's.
my.execpc.com /~redskies/Jim/Bands/bands.html   (1637 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Heavy Metal: DVD: Gerald Potterton,Jimmy T. Murakami,Charles Jolliffe,Ned Conlon,Rodger Bumpass,Douglas ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Some critics and film historians have labeled 1981's HEAVY METAL as the last film to genuinely reflect the mishmash sensibilities of the post-hippy 1970s counter-culture, and stylistically and thematically this appears to be true.
Based on the adult counter-culture cult comic of the same name, HEAVY METAL definitely is a sort of spacey concatenation of disparate visual aesthetics and heterogeneous science-fiction/fantasy narratives.
Each individual segment of HEAVY METAL was scripted and directed independently of the others, which likely accounts for the varying aesthetic and narrative styles.
www.amazon.ca /Heavy-Metal-Gerald-Potterton/dp/B0000844MU   (2761 words)

  
 Qwika - similar:List_of_heavy_metal_bands
This is a list of fl metal bands with country of origin in parentheses.
Well known for being one of the first (and, indeed, one of the few) rock bands to make extensive use of horns, Chicago started as a politically-charged, sometimes experimental rock band and later moved to a softer sound and became famous for producing a number of hit ballads.
He is best-known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the band Dire Straits, but has also made albums as a solo performer and played in other bands (such as the Notting Hillbillies).
www.qwika.com /rels/List_of_heavy_metal_bands   (910 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Styles: R: Rock: Heavy Metal
Metal Madness - Offers news, merchandise, and biographical information for an extensive list of bands.
Metal Roots - An aural history of heavy metal featuring more than 200 songs that indicate the most influential bands of the genre.
Metal Underground - Community for underground metal bands, featuring news, reviews, and biographies of new underground bands.
dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Heavy_Metal   (1005 words)

  
 Heavy Metal List - A/B
Current band members are in bold, "hystorical" band members are underlined.
Udo recorded four albums with his own band (U.D.O.) during the time he was away from the band.
The band broke up early in 1997 -- at that time, I had heard that Udo has reformed U.D.O., and that old drummer Stefan Kaufmann (who had left the band earlier due to illness) is with him, as a rhythm guitarist.
www.truemetal.org /heavymetal/bands/archive/listab.html   (267 words)

  
 heavy metal
The songs are heavier and the girls are dressed more like their boyfriends than wishful groupies, but Korn's fans are still throwing horns, head-banging and shouting along.
Waakye, the popular Ghanaian food made from rice and beans, has been found to be contaminated with lead, a heavy metal cadmium and a pesticide called chloropyrifos, says Professor Kwadwo Asenso-Kyere, outgoing Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, quoting a recent study of samples of the food in Accra.
lists of heavy metal singers from the 1980
www.theramonitor.com /Hat-to-Her/heavy_metal.php   (1083 words)

  
 Heavy Metal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Reviews of bands in all metal genres, a metal radio show, MP3 samples and historical and cultural analysis of the metal movement.
Provides metal news, reviews, concert listings, mailorder, as well as information on all genres of heavy metal.
An aural history of heavy metal featuring more than 200 songs that indicate the most influential bands of the genre.
www.oobdoo.com /online/misc/metal1.htm   (716 words)

  
 MusicMoz - Styles: Rock: Metal: Heavy Metal: Bands and Artists: S
Shiver Nsyde - A band from the Midwest, combining the elements of death metal, hardcore, fl metal and nu skool metal.
Skags - Hardcore/rap metal band from the Philippines.
Sofa King Killer - a southern groove metal band with doom-style vocals from Akron, Ohio.
musicmoz.org /Styles/Rock/Metal/Heavy_Metal/Bands_and_Artists/S   (1099 words)

  
 Megadeth - A Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Dave Mustaine, (once the former frontman for Metallica) formed the band Megadeth (in 1983) which has clearly established itself as a giant among a long list of viable heavy metal bands.
The recording received heavy praise from metalheads everywhere...Capitol Records signed the band later that year.
Mustaine, (whose heroin use was becoming a constant source of aggravation for band members and management) then kicked Young and Behler out of the band and brought in drummer Nick Menza and guitarist Marty Friedman.
www.cannedchaos.com /deth_bio.html   (316 words)

  
 MAXIMUM METAL
I wanted was a nice visual representation of the history of heavy metal/hard rock because I was tired of straining my eyes reading long documents with tiny fonts and since I couldn't find one, I came up with this tree-style diagram representing 30+ years of hard rock and metal with some of its outside influences.
There's no way in hell I was going to try and make this all-inclusive with the thousands of bands that have been around, so I chose the bigger names, some influential bands and even threw in some of my favorites; indulgence is acceptable when you create.
A few bands are under two sections given their influence on the genres.
www.maximummetal.com /timeline.asp   (307 words)

  
 VH1.com : Shows : Heavy: The Story of Metal : British Steel
British Steel examines metal's growing pains during the 70's when both high-brow rock critics and punk rock threatened its very existence.
Hear metal's heaviest hitters define and refine the art of true metal.
A heavy dose of solid rock without a hint of mellow.
www.vh1.com /shows/dyn/heavy_the_story_of_metal/103451/episode.jhtml   (229 words)

  
 Heavy Metal Webring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Heavy Metal, power metal and progressive metal from all over the world...
The music which our bands propose is a pure mixture of the true original expression of a way through DOOM BLACK GOTHIC DEATH metal emotions.
C.C. DeVille, the wild and colorful heavy metal-Glam-punk-rock guitarist of the band Poison, and lead singer/guitarist of the bands Needle Park and Samantha 7.
d.webring.com /hub?ring=heavymetalwebri2   (574 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Styles: R: Rock: Heavy Metal: Hair Metal
Heavy Harmonies - A discography reference site for AOR, hard rock, melodic metal, and heavy metal music.
Metal and Madness - Rock name generator, metal mad libs, news, interviews, photos, rants, quiz, and links.
Short Wave Metal - Dedicated to the preservation and appreciation of 80s metal.
dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Heavy_Metal/Hair_Metal   (375 words)

  
 Metal-Rules.com
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Some bands have but one shining moment in a lengthy career.
Some bands put out but one magical release whose effects are felt long after the band's demise.
www.metal-rules.com /reviews   (93 words)

  
 MichiganMetal.com The Heavy Metal Site for Michigan Heavy Metal Bands and Concerts
We keep adding new metal bands everyday in our effort to make this Michigan's source for the areas heaviest metal music and hard rock.
We have the most comprehensive concert listings for the entire state.
Post on our forum to trade gigs, find musicians, concert dates for the best underground metal bands Michigan has to offer, promotion resources, give advice or just say whatever you feel like saying.
www.michiganmetal.com   (165 words)

  
 Band - Band Heavy List Metal
The metal index is a long standing heavy metal portal with radio stations, downloads, videos, mp3\'s, mp3, mpeg, hardcore, death,; and other metal links, tabs and more.;
Heavy metal t-shirts at Rock Star Headquarters. Largest selection of rock band t shirts lots of heavy metal t-shirts available and a large variety of rock bands
At A. Associates, DBA ConcertManagement.com, we have started the only service of it's kind where club owners have the opportunity to rate the bands that perform in their venues as well as read reviews of other bands they may be interested in hiring.
www.topbandsites.com /bandheavylistmetal   (2525 words)

  
 DFW Heavy Metal - Bands Info
Band listings are not categorized by genre so call it whatever you want.
Note: You will not be listed if you don't provide some sort of website for your band.
Email: List an email that you plan to keep for a while.
www.dfwheavymetal.com /Info/bands_info.html   (193 words)

  
 All Metal Forums - Discussion of anything Metal: tours, lyrics, videos, etc.
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above.
Bands from other metal genres or hybrid genres.
A listing of all the bands with their own dedicated sections.
www.allmetalforums.com   (265 words)

  
 Local/Friends bands. - The Heavy Metal Scene
DarkStar and I went out Friday night to see one of her co-workers bands, BadSide.
The band we saw last night was a friend of a former co-workers' girlfriends sisters boyfriend....I think I got that right
Lissa rocks but I still think shes the driving force behind the band.
www.heavymetalscene.com /showthread.php?t=154   (345 words)

  
 heavy metal music magazine archive - Heavy Metal Bands and Metal Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Blistering.com is a heavy metal and hard rock music magazine featuring news, reviews, new videos, tour dates, interviews, mp3 downloads, flash e-cards and release dates.
Heavymetal.biz is a heavy metal music magazine featuring news, reviews, new videos, tour dates, interviews, mp3 downloads, flash e-cards and other items. We are the online publication to Caustic Truths and Snaggletooth.
Snaggletooth is becoming one of the most respected Heavy Metal magazines with some of the best writers and editors in the business. We only focus on the best bigger bands with a large presence on the underground bands you should know about.
www.heavy-metal-information.com /heavymetalmusicmagazinearchive   (775 words)

  
 Musicians & Bands - The Heavy Metal Scene
Musicians and Bands - The Heavy Metal Scene
Guitarist in INDIANA wants to start a band
Contact Us - The Heavy Metal Scene - Referral Center - Archive - Top
www.heavymetalscene.com /forumdisplay.php?f=12   (79 words)

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