Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal is the rock music sub-genre that refuses to go away.

Most often characterized by the use of electric guitars, bass, and drums played at maximum volumes, heavy metal has been around in one form or another since at least the sixties, and has not only survived, but continued to thrive as numerous musical trends have long since come and gone.

Although everyone from seventies rock critic Lester Bangs to sixties rock band Steppenwolf can probably claim some credit for coining the name, there is less agreement on just where metal itself came from.

Many point to the hard blues rock of bands like Cream and Led Zeppelin, while others cite less obvious suspects like sixties psych-rockers Blue Cheer or the satanic sludge of Black Sabbath. Most however will agree that heavy metal's peak period in mainstream popularity came during the seventies and early eighties through bands like Sabbath, Zep, and Uriah Heep and their latter day offspring Metallica and Iron Maiden.

Today, heavy metal lives on through a variety of sub-genres like death metal, thrash, grindcore, and speedcore, and enjoys a fanbase that is devoted as ever. There is also no denying the power of metal in the blogosphere where sites like Heavy Metal Universe, 4metal, and loadown continue to preach the dark gospel.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Heavy Metal”

• God Of War III Game to Have Heavy Metal CD

  
  andPOP.com — Authority: 145
  Heavy metal bands Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Opeth, Dream Theater and Taking Dawn will appear on an EP that will be released to promote the upcoming God Of War III video game, according to CHARTattack.com. The EP, God Of War: Blood & Metal , will be released on March 2, 2010 through Roadrunner, and features ...
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• Motörhead - 1916 (1991)

  
  SACK MY HARDCORE deathcore, metalcore, hardcore, metal... — Authority: 145
  Genre: Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Country: London , UK Website: Myspace Quality: 160 kbps Tracklist: 1.One to Sing the Blues, The 2.Im So Bad (Baby I Dont Care) 3.No Voices in the Sky 4.Going to Brazil 5.Nightmare/The Dreamtime 6.Love Me Forever 7.Angel City 8.Make My Day 9.Ramones 10.Shut You Down ...
  19 hours ago

• Hunter - Medeis (2003)

  
  SACK MY HARDCORE deathcore, metalcore, hardcore, metal... — Authority: 145
  Genre: Thrash Metal / Heavy Metal Country: Poland Website: Official Quality: 240 kbps Tracklist: 1.Fallen 2.Fantasmagoria 3.So... 4.Greed 5.Grabaszszsz... 6.Mirror Of War 7.Medeis 8.Why? 9.Nikt 10.Loża Szyderców 11.Kiedy Umieram Download
  20 hours ago

• Metallica – For Whom The Bell Tolls

  
  too sweet for rock and roll - music birthdays blogged daily — Authority: 152
  Lars Ulrich , Danish-born drummer ( Metallica ) Tagged: December 26 birthdays, Grammy winner, hard rock, heavy metal, Lars Ulrich, Metallica, thrash metal
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• 2009 Year-End Awards Coming Next Week!

  
  Metal Excess — Authority: 126
  Starting Monday, December 28th, and running through Thursday, December 31st, I’ll start dealing out my own year-end awards as most music sites tend to do right about now: top 10 of the year, most disappointing, previewing 2010, etc, etc. There’s a number of quality music sites and blogs getting in on the action ...
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• toDwI’ma’ qoS yItIvqu’!: Nota Bene #2009-46

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 483
  “To be truly free, and truly to appreciate its freedom, a society must be literate.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! … “The class war is over— working people lost ” … “We’ve had issues with them hiding the mail ” … “Whatever happened to kids spending ...
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• Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (1980)

  
  SACK MY HARDCORE deathcore, metalcore, hardcore, metal... — Authority: 145
  Genre: Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Country: London , UK Website: Myspace Quality: 160 kbps Tracklist: 1"Ace of Spades" – 2:49 2"Love Me Like a Reptile" – 3:23 3"Shoot You in the Back" – 2:39 4"Live to Win" – 3:37 5"Fast and Loose" – 3:23 6"(We Are) The Road Crew" – 3:12 7"Fire Fire" – 2:44 8"Jailbait" – ...
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• Heavy metal

  
  Pxleyes Photoshop Contest Watch — Authority: 147
  New image in the metallic photography contest Heavy Metal … … Heavy metal photography picture Related posts: heavy world New image in the selective color photoshop contest … heavy... heavy world New image in the selective color photoshop contest … heavy... Metal man peeing New image ...
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• King Diamond - "No Presents for Christmas"

  
  INVISIBLE ORANGES - THE METAL MP3 BLOG — Authority: 131
  At the Sound of the Sleigh Bell by Cosmo Lee This is the KING of all Christmas songs. The lyrics are so strange. "Donald Duck is still in bed"??? No Presents for Christmas
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• Heavy Metal Addiction 2009 Awards Week

  
  Heavy Metal Addiction — Authority: 119
  Christmas is finally here and we are entering into the last few days of December 2009, that means it’s time for my year end awards! It’s been another great year for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and I have listened to more new releases by many different bands in many different genres than any other year. I have a ...
  2 days ago

• Trivium - Becoming The Dragon (Video)

  
  .:::Deadinside Community:::. — Authority: 137
  Band : Trivium Video : Becoming The Dragon Genre : Thrash Metal/ Metalcore/ Heavy Metal Country : Orlando, Florida, USA Size : 73.1 MB Properties : .MP4, 1280x720, Video AVC, Audio ACC Official Website : Here ! My Space : Here ! From The Album " The Crusade " DOWNLOAD (Oron)
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• Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997) (ALE)

  
  SAM1957 — Authority: 112
  Como no he encontrado ningún disco de villancicos para estas fechas pues éste que no es lo mismo pero está bien. 1. "Sehnsucht" ("Longing/Hunger") – 4:05 2. "Engel" ("Angel") – 4:25 3. "Tier" ("Animal/Beast") – 3:48 4. "Bestrafe mich" ("Punish me") – 3:37 5. "Du hast" ("You have") – 3:56 6. ...
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• Black Sabbath - Iron Man (Video)

  
  .:::Deadinside Community:::. — Authority: 137
  Band : Black Sabbath Video : Iron Man Genre : Heavy Metal Country : Birmingham, England Size : 90.3 MB Properties : . MP4 , 1280x720 , Video AVC , Audio ACC Official Website : Here ! My Space : Here ! From The Album " Reunion " DOWNLOAD (Oron)
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• Motörhead - Motorizer (2008)

  
  SACK MY HARDCORE deathcore, metalcore, hardcore, metal... — Authority: 145
  Genre: Hard rock / Heavy Metal Country: London, UK Website: Myspace Quality: 160 kbps Tracklist: 01. "(Teach You How To) Sing The Blues" 02. "Time Is Right" 03. "Heroes" 04. "Runaround Man" 05. "English Rose" 06. "Rock Out" 07. "1000 Names" 08. "When The Eagle Screams" 09. "Dont Die Ashamed" 10. "Back On ...
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• Storrmbringer - Among The Flames Of War (2009)

  
  Lestat-Metal Union — Authority: 141
  Genre : Heavy/Epic Metal Country : Greece 1.Among The Flames Of War 01:13 2.Stormbringer 04:14 3.Heathen Cry 04:49 4.Return Of The Avenger 06:02 5.Lionheart 10:08 6.Einherjer 06:54 7.Raging Steel 05:35 8.Under The Wings Of The Eagle 05:04 9.Ares 06:55 DOWNLOAD
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• The Lamp of Thoth - Sing as You Slay

  
  INVISIBLE ORANGES - THE METAL MP3 BLOG — Authority: 131
  by Anthony Abboreno Wielding imagery of Victorian occultism and 20s pulp, The Lamp of Thoth are an eccentric doom band. The cover of their latest EP, Sing as You Slay ( Miskatonic Foundation , 2009), looks like the label for a bottle of 19th century medicine ("Do not ingest! May Cause Death!"). Their riffs ...
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• Skarhead - Drugs, Music and Sex

  
  The Ripple Effect — Authority: 128
  Combining NYC style hardcore, metal and hip hop, Skarhead are an intense 7 headed beast that first roared out of Queens, NY in 1995. The only way to describe Skarhead’s music is thugcore. Take a look at these guys. Do they look like they’re screwing around? Drugs, Music & Sex is the name of the album ...
  3 days ago

• Motörhead – Killed By Death

  
  too sweet for rock and roll - music birthdays blogged daily — Authority: 152
  Lemmy , British singer, bassist ( Motörhead ) Tagged: December 24 birthdays, hard rock, heavy metal, Lemmy, Lemmy Kilmister, Motorhead
  3 days ago

• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
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• BLACK SABBATH – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

  
  Metal Excess — Authority: 126
  Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath [Remastered] (2004, Sanctuary Midline – UK Import) Original Release: 1973, Warner Bros. Records 1. “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” … 5:45 2. “A National Acrobat” … 6:16 3. “Fluff” … 4:11 4. “Sabbra Cadabra” … 5:59 5. “Killing Yourself to Live” … ...
  3 days ago

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