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Oct 2, 2023 · Watch on YouTube. Carcass " Heartwork ". With the release of Heartwork, grindcore/death metal act Carcass would change the game of death metal. Dubbed "melodic death metal", this album created a subgenre in metal that is one of the most popular subgenres of death metal.
Dec 1, 2009 · Enter Entombed, the remarkably disciplined and talented Swedish five-piece who used their unwavering originality to produce Wolverine Blues, 1994’s best death metal effort and quite possibly the finest death metal album of this decade.
- Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
- Holy Wars… The Punishment Due – Megadeth
- Iron Man – Black Sabbath
- Master of Puppets – Metallica
- Back in Black – AC/DC
- Breaking The Law – Judas Priest
- The Trooper – Iron Maiden
- Ace of Spades – Motörhead
- Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
- Shout at The Devil – Mötley Crüe
Ozzy Osbourne may have first risen to fame as the lead singer for seminal metal masters, Black Sabbath, but his solo work is just as revered. He set off on his ownfollowing the release of the band’s 1978 album, Never Say Die. Critics who doubted he could make it as a solo artist were quickly proven wrong when his first solo album, Blizzard Of Ozz, ...
Megadeth was formed in 1983 and quickly became the forerunner of a new breed of thrash metal bands. Their music stood in stark contrast to more commercial metal and featured heavy use of technical guitar solos and a sped-up tempo. Despite going through multiple personnel changes through the years, the band has continued to make music since 1983, ev...
Formed in the late 60s, Black Sabbath is considered by many metal fans to be the end-all, be-all of the genre. Throughout the 70s, the band pioneered the new heavy metal sound, which was characterized by fantasy and occult lyrics and heavy guitar-fueled riffs. Although the band broke up in 1978, they have played together from time to time and joine...
Thrash metal pioneers, Metallica, burst onto the scene in 1983 with their debut album, Kill ‘Em All. Since then, despite a slight downturn in popularity in the 90s, they have continued to produce head-banging songs that often manage to cross over into pop charts. Their music has garnered them 8 Grammy awards, including several for Best Metal Perfor...
AC/DC’s potent mix of stage shenanigans and hard rock propelled the band to stardom in the late 70s. Despite the tragic death of their first frontman, the band powered through and went on to release “Back In Black,” and the album of the same name became the second highest-selling album of all time. Next: The best metal bands of all time
Judas Priest ushered in the era of new British metal, taking inspiration from their American counterparts—bands like Black Sabbath, Queen, and Led Zeppelin. The band combined elements of theatrical stage performance and the avant-garde with undeniably hard-hitting dual lead guitar solos.
Iron Maiden is best remembered for two things—incredible metal music and their cartoon mascot, Eddie. The skeletal figure has gracedthe band’s album covers and merchandise for the majority of its long-running career. Formed in East London in 1975, the band released its first album with EMI in 1980. Since then, Iron Maiden has continued to tour and ...
Lead singer Lemmy’s antics, both on and off stage, are the stuff of legend. But it is Motörhead’s music that has stood the test of time. Despite their rough and ready sound, the band has managed to place on the UK music charts multiple times, with “Ace Of Spades” making it all the way to number 15 in 1980.
Despite being together as a band for just short of a decade, Led Zeppelin left an indelible imprint on the worlds of rock and roll and heavy metal. The Viking epic, “Immigrant Song,” was meant as a humorous take on the band’s seemingly endless tour travels. The song became so popular that the band used it to open all of their shows from 1970 to 197...
The 80s were the heyday for a new breed of music—hair metal. Mötley Crüe led the charge with not only their music but also their genre-spanning fashion style, ushering in the era of big hair and eyeliner. “Shout At The Devil” was the song that brought the band to the masses. The band sold over 200,000 copies of the song within its first two weeks a...
- Opeth – Blackwater Park (2001) A new millennium brought a new sense of urgency to Opeth’s bold musical efforts. Blackwater Park was not just a career peak from a young band with the wind in their sails, it also had a profound impact on the entire world of heavy music, as lengthy, elaborate epics like The Leper Affinity and The Drapery Falls reintroduced progressive ideals and creative bravery to the extreme metal world, while acoustic reveries like Harvest showcased a desire to move beyond it.
- Death – Leprosy (1988) With Scream Bloody Gore having set a new standard in extremity, 1988’s follow-up Leprosy would end up being the final nail in Death’s thrash-tinged coffin.
- Obituary – Slowly We Rot (1989) If Death were The Beatles of death metal, the Obituary were its Rolling Stones: a dirtier, grimier, more streetwise proposition.
- Cannibal Corpse – The Bleeding (1994) Before parting to form Six Feet Under and taking the original band logo with him, Chris Barnes helped helm some of the most horrifyingly violent and undeniably catchy anthems in the band’s arsenal.
Jan 3, 2022 · Khemmis guitarist Ben Hutcherson picks the 10 most heartbreaking doom metal songs designed to consign you to the comforting arms of oblivion. (Image credit: Future) With its roots stretching back to Black Sabbath themselves, doom metal harkens back to the very origin of heavy metal, despairing wails and apocalyptic riffs setting a very ...
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Nov 4, 2022 · Testament's The Gathering is a Death Metal album. It has every single Hallmark of a Death metal album, and it's not even arguable that The Gathering is a by-the-book Thrash Metal album.
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Mar 15, 2018 · Megadeth — “Symphony of Destruction”. This Countdown to Extinction single — Megadeth’s only Billboard Hot 100 hit (No. 71) and its best-seller — clicks with the urgency of a bomb ...
