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Heavy metal has long had a worldwide following of fans known as “metalheads” or “headbangers”. Although early heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, they were often critically reviled at the time, a status common throughout the history of the genre. In the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre’s evolution by discarding much of its blues influence. Bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal such as Iron Maiden and Motörhead followed in a similar vein, introducing a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed.
In the mid-1980s, pop-infused glam metal became a major commercial force with groups like Mötley Crüe. Underground scenes produced an array of more extreme, aggressive styles: thrash metal broke into the mainstream with bands such as Metallica, while other styles like death metal and black metal remain subcultural phenomena. Since the mid-1990s, popular styles such as nu metal, which often incorporates elements of funk and hip hop; and metalcore, which blends extreme metal with hardcore punk, have further expanded the definition of the genre.
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| September 2008 | ||
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| Friday 12 September 2008 | ||
| Alice Cooper |
Kansas State Fair Hutchinson, KS, United States |
4 people attending |
| Wednesday 24 September 2008 | ||
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Nightwish
Sonata Arctica |
Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, NC, United States |
17 people attending |
| Thursday 25 September 2008 | ||
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ProgPower USA IX at Center Stage
Riverside, Helloween, Iced Earth, Amorphis, Gamma Ray, Elvenking, Volbeat, Iron Savior |
Center Stage Atlanta, United States |
59 people attending |
| Sonata Arctica |
Uncle Pleasant's Louisville, United States |
6 people attending |
| October 2008 | ||
| Friday 10 October 2008 | ||
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Kamelot
Alexandria |
Culture Room Miami, United States |
12 people attending |
| Tuesday 14 October 2008 | ||
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MassConcerts presents Kamelot, Edguy at The Middle East Downstairs
Kamelot, Edguy, Hypersolid |
The Middle East Downstairs Boston, United States |
31 people attending |
Shoutbox
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LittleMissDarko wrote:
"[...] is a genre of rock MUSIC" O RLY?!?
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InfernoNecrosis wrote:
Hey guys, there's a site that's just been created for various alternative genres of music. Please check us out at www.freepowerboards.com/sonicnexus
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super_ruben09 wrote:
Half of the 6 artists tagged most with metal, aren't metal.
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Gamesnew wrote:
музон класс!!!!
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Tipheret wrote:
It's more about the scene than anything. There are much worse tags than this, actually.
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elnimio wrote:
Most undescriptive tag ever, people should really stop using it.
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Weed-N-Rock wrote:
I tag System Of A Down, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Danzig & Motorhead Metal because that's the only Metal I like therefore I don't bother going into any further detail, do you blame me?
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LewisMayBOnFire wrote:
'Some ambiguity is to be tolerated' Yes Oh Master Of The Universe. We Will Tolerate It According To Your Grand And Official Sounding Decree. Tolerate! Tolerate! :D
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thrasher83 wrote:
the point is this ,peaple that know the metal scene .. tag the bands with subgenere like "thrash metal", ""death metal","black metal" etc..
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RedAnkhOfSet wrote:
'metal' should be renamed to 'nu metal'
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KilJeaden wrote:
'Same applies to a lot of other tags as well really.' sure, but well this is the tag that irritates me mostly ;] since it ruins my OMI xD
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Metalbeast7 wrote:
I call shenanigans on this bullshit!! Black Sabbath, 'nuff said.
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LosingColour wrote:
True. Same applies to a lot of other tags as well really.
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KilJeaden wrote:
I'd call this tag a fail tag it ruins the tag idea cause its very unspecific :/ Peace.
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LosingColour wrote:
Hard Cock =/= Metal
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YuriiMetal wrote:
Hard Rock =/= Metal
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Maelkoch wrote:
System of a Down, Rammstein, Slipknot, KoЯn and Marilyn Manson tagged as 'metal'? lol@americanteenidiots. Some ambiguity is to be tolerated with a term as vague as 'metal', but some sort of coherence should be expected.
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LosingColour wrote:
It's funny because Nickelback are actually heavier than most 'true' metal anyway.
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istnichtkrieg wrote:
Dai6kan, please do us a favor and kill yourself.
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Osq666 wrote:
Metal is as good a tag as any. Sure, not very narrow, but does it need to be? If METALlica is not metal, I don't know what is. Go ahead and also use more descriptive tags to categorize black, power, etc.
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