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1989 In Heavy Metal Music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1989. Newly formed bands *Abhorrence *Abruptum * Absu * Alleycat Scratch *Anonymus *Archgoat * ASAP *Baby Animals *Bad Acid Trip *Bal-Sagoth *Beherit *Benediction * Bonham * Brainstorm * Brujeria * Bruce Dickinson's solo career starts (though he remains with Iron Maiden until 1993). *Cathedral * Cemetary *Ceremonial Oath *Clawfinger * Conception * Consolation *Count Raven *Cry of Love *Cyclone Temple * Damaged *Damn Yankees *Dark Tranquillity (as Septic Broiler) *Dead Head * Def Con Dos *Demoncy *Desultory *Detritus *diSEMBOWELMENT *Dissection *Doro (begins solo career) *Downset. *Dungeon *Earth *Earth Crisis *Edge of Sanity *Electric Angels * Enchant *Eucharist *Exit-13 *Falkenbach *Fear Factory *FireHouse *The Four Horsemen *Galactic Cowboys * Gamma Ray * The Gathering *General Surgery *Golem * Gore Beyond Necropsy * Gorefest * Gorguts *Gruntruck *Haggard *Helmet *Hum *Human Remains *I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal Music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distortion (music), distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic Beat (music), beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and shock rock of Alice Cooper and Kiss (band), Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence,Walser (1993), p. 6 while Motörhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
