The History of Heavy Metal

# The History of Heavy Metal ### Benjamin Knight & Andrew Tribone ### May 3, 2013

## Introduction * *Goal* Not to convince you that you should listen to metal, but rather tell you what about metal I think is interesting. * *What “qualifies” me?* * Listening to metal since 7th grade. * Started playing guitar a year later; learned nearly every Metallica song. * Worked at college radio station for 4 years as Metal Director.

## Origins

## 1960s – Early Metal * Cream * Blue Cheer * Jimi Hendrix * Deep Purple * Led Zeppelin * The Stooges * Black Sabbath

1970s: Many Offshoots

Glam Metal
Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Poison
Progressive Rock
Rush, Yes
New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Iron Maiden, Motorhead
Punk
The Ramones, The Misfits, The Clash
Power Metal
Manowar, Judas Priest, Rainbow

1980s: Modern Metal

Thrash Metal
Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth
Death Metal
Cannibal Corpse, Death
Progressive Metal
Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Symphony X, Opeth
Black Metal
Doom Metal

1990s and 2000s: Fusion

Nu Metal
KoЯn, Limp Bizkit, System of a Down
Metalcore
Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall

Wat.

Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Funk Metal, Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, White Metal, Unblack Metal, Death n' Roll, Groove Metal, Drone Metal, Rap Metal, Viking Death Metal, Medieval Metal, Celtic Metal, Pagan Metal, Goregrind, Nintendocore, Neoclassical Metal, Industrial Metal, Math Metal, Teutonic thrash metal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_subgenres