Heavy metal music dates back to the end of the 1960’s in Britain

Inspired by the sounds of Blues-Rock and Psychedelic Rock

The style emerged due to the growing number of people going against the norm.

Many viewed the music as a protest to the social condition and the underlying anxiety felt by many people

During the 70’s Black Sabbath had emerged and many consider them to be the first true heavy metal band.

The early 1980s saw a revival of metal with bands like Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue among others.

By around 1990 most heavy metal had evolved into other rock genres.

Distorted guitars Fast tempo Loud drums and guitars Vocals are sung or

growled Emphasised rhythms Lyrics focused on dark

subject matter – drugs, sex, violence, death and religion (devil)

Fashion – Black hair, blue jeans, boots, leather jackets and shirts depicting other metal bands

Gestures – Devil horn sign made with hands, stage diving, moshing (includes violence) and crowd surfing

Metalcore – Bullet for my Valentine, All That Remains, Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying

Nu Metal – Slipknot, Deftone, Korn

Death metal – Slayer, Kreator, Celtic Frost

Folk metal – Skyclad

Thrash metal - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax

Symphonic metal – Nightwish, Within Temptation

Progressive metal - Queensryche, Fates Warning, Dream Theater

Grindcore - Carcass, Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse

Slipknot - Psychosocial

Black Sabbath – Iron Man

Black Sabbath - Iron Man