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Heavy metal music
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Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are associated with aggression. The first heavy metal such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the evolution by discarding much of its blues influence, Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility. Beginning in the late 1970s, bands in the new wave of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden, before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as metalheads or headbangers. During the 1980s, glam metal became popular with such as Mötley Crüe. Since the mid-1990s popular styles have further expanded the definition of the genre and these include groove metal and nu metal, the latter of which often incorporates elements of grunge and hip hop. Heavy metal is characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound. Metal subgenres variously emphasize, alter, or omit one or more of these attributes, the typical band lineup includes a drummer, a bassist, a rhythm guitarist, a lead guitarist, and a singer, who may or may not be an instrumentalist. Keyboard instruments are used to enhance the fullness of the sound. Deep Purples Jon Lord played an overdriven Hammond organ, in 1970, John Paul Jones used a Moog synthesizer on Led Zeppelin III, by the 1990s, in. almost every subgenre of heavy metal synthesizers were used. The electric guitar and the power that it projects through amplification has historically been the key element in heavy metal. The heavy metal guitar sound comes from a use of high volumes. Guitar solos are an element of the heavy metal code. That underscores the significance of the guitar to the genre, most heavy metal songs featur at least one guitar solo, which is a primary means through which the heavy metal performer expresses virtuosity. One exception is nu metal bands, which tend to omit guitar solos, with rhythm guitar parts, the heavy crunch sound in heavy metal. Palm muting the strings with the hand and using distortion. Palm muting creates a tighter, more sound and it emphasizes the low end
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Hard rock
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Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. It is typified by a use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums. Hard rock developed into a form of popular music in the 1970s, with bands such as The Who, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, AC/DC. During the 1980s, some rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and more towards pop rock. Hard rock began losing popularity with the success of R&B, hip-hop, urban pop, grunge. Out of this movement came garage rock bands like The White Stripes, The Strokes, Interpol and, later on, in the 2000s, only a few hard rock bands from the 1970s and 1980s managed to sustain highly successful recording careers. Hard rock is a form of loud, aggressive rock music, the electric guitar is often emphasised, used with distortion and other effects, both as a rhythm instrument using repetitive riffs with a varying degree of complexity, and as a solo lead instrument. Drumming characteristically focuses on driving rhythms, strong drum and a backbeat on snare. The bass guitar works in conjunction with the drums, occasionally playing riffs, vocals are often growling, raspy, or involve screaming or wailing, sometimes in a high range, or even falsetto voice. In the late 1960s, the heavy metal was used interchangeably with hard rock. Heavy metal took on darker characteristics after Black Sabbaths breakthrough at the beginning of the 1970s, in the 1980s it developed a number of subgenres, often termed extreme metal, some of which were influenced by hardcore punk, and which further differentiated the two styles. Despite this differentiation, hard rock and heavy metal have existed side by side, with bands frequently standing on the boundary of, other antecedents include Link Wrays instrumental Rumble in 1958, and the surf rock instrumentals of Dick Dale, such as Lets Go Trippin and Misirlou. In the 1960s, American and British blues and rock bands began to rock and roll by adding harder sounds, heavier guitar riffs, bombastic drumming. From the late 1960s, it common to divide mainstream rock music that emerged from psychedelia into soft. Soft rock was often derived from rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melody. In contrast, hard rock was most often derived from rock and was played louder. Blues rock acts that pioneered the sound included Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, in songs like I Feel Free combined blues rock with pop and psychedelia, particularly in the riffs and guitar solos of Eric Clapton. Jimi Hendrix produced a form of blues-influenced psychedelic rock, which combined elements of jazz, blues and rock, from 1967 Jeff Beck brought lead guitar to new heights of technical virtuosity and moved blues rock in the direction of heavy rock with his band, The Jeff Beck Group
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Punk rock
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Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed in the early to mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as proto-punk music, Punk bands typically produced short or fast-paced songs, with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic, many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through informal channels, the term punk was first used in relation to rock music by some American critics in the early 1970s, to describe garage bands and their devotees. The following year saw punk rock spreading around the world, for the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and adornment, by the beginning of the 1980s, faster, more aggressive styles such as hardcore and street punk had become the predominant mode of punk rock. Musicians identifying with or inspired by punk also pursued a range of other variations, giving rise to post-punk. At the end of the 20th century, punk rock had been adopted by the mainstream, as pop punk and punk bands such as Green Day. The first wave of rock was aggressively modern, distancing itself from the bombast. According to Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, In its initial form, unfortunately, what happens is that people who could not hold a candle to the likes of Hendrix started noodling away. Soon you had endless solos that went nowhere, by 1973, I knew that what was needed was some pure, stripped down, no bullshit rock n roll. In critic Robert Christgaus description, It was also a subculture that rejected the political idealism. Technical accessibility and a DIY spirit are prized in punk rock, in the early days of punk rock, this ethic stood in marked contrast to what those in the scene regarded as the ostentatious musical effects and technological demands of many mainstream rock bands. Musical virtuosity was often looked on with suspicion, according to Holmstrom, punk rock was rock and roll by people who didnt have very many skills as musicians but still felt the need to express themselves through music. In December 1976, the English fanzine Sideburns published an illustration of three chords, captioned This is a chord, this is another, this is a third. The title of a 1980 single by the New York punk band Stimulators, inscribed a catchphrase for punks basic musical approach. The previous year, when the rock revolution began in Great Britain, was to be both a musical and a cultural Year Zero. As a Clash associate describes singer Joe Strummers outlook, Punk rock is meant to be our freedom, were meant to be able to do what we want to do. Scholar Daniel S. Traber argues that attaining authenticity in the identity can be difficult, as the punk scene matured, he observes
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Dortmund
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Dortmund is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the part of the state and is considered to be the administrative. Its population of 581,612 makes it the 8th largest city in Germany, moreover, Dortmund is the largest city by area and population in the Ruhr Area, an urban area with some 5.1 million inhabitants which is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany. Founded around 882, Dortmund became an Imperial Free City, throughout the 13th to 14th centuries, it was the chief city of the Rhine, Westphalia, the Netherlands Circle of the Hanseatic League. After the Thirty Years War the city was destroyed and decreased in significance until the onset of industrialization, the city then became one of Germanys most important coal, steel and beer centres. Thereby Dortmund was one of the most heavily bombed cities in Germany during World War II, the devastating bombing raids of the 12th March 1945 destroyed 98% of buildings in the inner city center. This bombing raids with more than 1,110 aircraft was a record to a target in World war II. The region has adapted since the collapse of its century long steel and coal industries and shifted to high technology biomedical technology, micro systems technology and also services. In 2009, Dortmund was classified as a Node city in the Innovation Cities Index published by 2thinknow and is the most sustainable city in Germany, the city is known as Westphalias green metropolis. Nearly half the territory consists of waterways, woodland, agriculture. This stands in a stark contrast with nearly a years of extensive coal mining. Dortmund is home to Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V, Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund, a successful club in German football. The first time Dortmund was mentioned in documents was around 882. as Throtmanni. After it was destroyed by a fire, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I had the town rebuilt in 1152 and it became an Imperial Free City. Throughout the 13th to 14th centuries, it was the city of the Rhine, Westphalia. After 1320, the city appeared in writing as Dorpmunde, in the years leading up to 1344, the English King even borrowed money from well-heeled Dortmund merchant families Berswordt and Klepping, offering the regal crown as security. In 1388, Count von Mark joined forces with Archbishop of Cologne, following a major siege lasting 18 months, peace negotiations took place and Dortmund emerged victorious. After Cologne was excluded after the Anglo-Hanseatic War, Dortmund was made capital of the Rhine-Westphalian, the 1661 earthquake made the Reinoldikirche collapse
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London
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London /ˈlʌndən/ is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain and it was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium. Londons ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1. 12-square-mile medieval boundaries. London is a global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism. It is crowned as the worlds largest financial centre and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world, London is a world cultural capital. It is the worlds most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the worlds largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic, London is the worlds leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. Londons universities form the largest concentration of education institutes in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympic Games three times, London has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region. Its estimated mid-2015 municipal population was 8,673,713, the largest of any city in the European Union, Londons urban area is the second most populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The citys metropolitan area is the most populous in the EU with 13,879,757 inhabitants, the city-region therefore has a similar land area and population to that of the New York metropolitan area. London was the worlds most populous city from around 1831 to 1925, Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Pauls Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world, the etymology of London is uncertain. It is an ancient name, found in sources from the 2nd century and it is recorded c.121 as Londinium, which points to Romano-British origin, and hand-written Roman tablets recovered in the city originating from AD 65/70-80 include the word Londinio. The earliest attempted explanation, now disregarded, is attributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth in Historia Regum Britanniae and this had it that the name originated from a supposed King Lud, who had allegedly taken over the city and named it Kaerlud. From 1898, it was accepted that the name was of Celtic origin and meant place belonging to a man called *Londinos. The ultimate difficulty lies in reconciling the Latin form Londinium with the modern Welsh Llundain, which should demand a form *lōndinion, from earlier *loundiniom. The possibility cannot be ruled out that the Welsh name was borrowed back in from English at a later date, and thus cannot be used as a basis from which to reconstruct the original name. Until 1889, the name London officially applied only to the City of London, two recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area
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Architects (British band)
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Architects are a British metalcore band from Brighton, England. The band currently consists of vocalist Sam Carter, drummer Dan Searle, bassist Alex Dean, the bands first name was Inharmonic, which was swiftly changed to Counting the Days, and finally to Architects after a couple of years. They have released seven albums and one split EP with Dead Swans to date. They released their debut album Nightmares in 2006 through In at the Deep End records, after the departure of their original vocalist, Matt Johnson, Sam Carter joined the band and made his first appearance on Architects second album Ruin released in 2007 through United by Fate records. In 2009 the band released Hollow Crown through Century Media records and they then released their fourth album The Here And Now in 2011, which showed the band taking a step in a more melodic clean-cut post-hardcore direction. Upon its release the album was received by critics, but was panned by their fanbase. Their sixth album Lost Forever // Lost Together was released in 2014 through Epitaph Records and their seventh album All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us was released on 27 May 2016, also through Epitaph. All members of the band are vegan, having turned to veganism after watching several documentaries on the subject, the band is also a promoter of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, with Carter being one of its British ambassadors. On 20 August 2016, lead guitarist, primary songwriter, keyboardist, the band continued touring in tribute to Searle, but has stated that whether they will release any music in the future is yet to be decided. All of the members of Architects grew up around Brighton. In 2006 the bands original bassist, Tim Lucas, decided to leave the band to pursue his academic career and he was replaced by Alex Dean. The band had travelled around the UK on many tours supporting a number of different bands in support of their debut album Nightmares. Because of the age of the members in the early years they had to book weeks of holiday off at college to do tours round the country. Just six months after the release of Nightmares, Architects original vocalist Matt Johnson left the band, Dan Searle said that after Johnson left the band they all saw Sam Carter performing with other local bands and decided it was an easy choice. Ali Dean approached Carter while he was at work and had a few band practices, when Carter joined as Architects new lead vocalist he made his on-stage debut by performing the song The Darkest Tomb. After this amicable departure, Matt Johnson went on to form the band Whitemare with ex-members of Johnny Truant and Centurion and they released their second album Ruin on 25 June 2007. Despite releasing their début album Nightmares the previous year the band felt they have developed as songwriters a lot, Carter felt pressure when writing the lyrics for Ruin as he had a six-week period between joining Architects and going into the studio to record. Dan Searle had commented that Carter drew from personal experience in his lyrics than their previous singer Johnson
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Devin Townsend
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Devin Garrett Townsend is a Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has an extensive career as a solo artist. After performing in a number of metal bands in high school. He soon assembled a band under the name, and released the critically acclaimed City in 1997, since then, he has released three more studio albums with Strapping Young Lad, along with solo material released under his own independent record label, HevyDevy Records. Townsends solo albums, a mix of hard rock, progressive metal, ambient. In 2002 he formed the Devin Townsend Band, a lineup which recorded and toured for two of his solo releases. In 2007, he disbanded both Strapping Young Lad and the Devin Townsend Band, taking a break from touring to spend time with his family. After a two-year hiatus, he began recording again, and soon announced the formation of the Devin Townsend Project. The project began with a series of four albums, released from 2009 to 2011, each written in a different style, across all his bands and projects, Townsend has released twenty-three studio albums and three live albums. Townsends trademark production style, featuring a heavily multitracked wall of sound, has compared to the styles of Phil Spector. His versatile vocal delivery ranges from screaming to an opera-esque singing, Townsends musical style is rooted in metal, and his albums are written to express different aspects of his personality. Devin Townsend was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, on May 5,1972, Townsend picked up the banjo when he was five, and began playing guitar when he was 12. As an early teenager he befriended Brian Beav Waddell, who would play guitars as part of the Devin Townsend Band. He participated in several bands while he was in high school. In 1993, Townsend began writing material under the name Noisescapes, Townsend recorded a Noisescapes demo and sent copies to various record labels. Relativity Records responded to Townsend with a deal and Townsend began work on what was to be the first Noisescapes album. Shortly afterward, the label introduced him to musician Steve Vai, impressed with Townsends vocal work, Vai offered him the role of the lead vocalist on his new album Sex and Religion. After recording Sex and Religion, Townsend accompanied Vai on a tour in support of the album
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Iced Earth
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Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. It was formed in 1985 under the name Purgatory by guitarist and main songwriter Jon Schaffer, Iced Earth released their debut album in 1990 and have since released eleven studio albums, four EPs, three compilations, three box sets, three live albums and one cover album. After releasing their first two albums in 1990 and 1991, respectively, Iced Earth took a three-year layoff from 1992 to 1995. After Horror Show, Barlow quit the band and joined the force, while Iced Earth continued on with Tim Ripper Owens, of Judas Priest fame. With Owens, the band released two studio albums, in late 2007, Matt Barlow rejoined the band. Iced Earth recorded the album The Crucible of Man with Barlow in 2008, in 2011 Barlow left the band again. Later that year, Into Eternity frontman Stu Block became Iced Earths new lead vocalist, Dystopia, Blocks first album with the group, was released in October 2011. It received a response, some critics called Dystopia one of Iced Earths best albums. Blocks second album with the group, Plagues of Babylon, was released in January 2014, before arriving at their current lineup, Iced Earth has had numerous line-up changes, with founder Jon Schaffer staying as the last remaining member. As of 2013, there have been over twenty musicians in, currently, the band is composed of rhythm guitarist Jon Schaffer, lead guitarist Jake Dreyer, singer Stu Block, bassist Luke Appleton and drummer Brent Smedley. The central figure of Iced Earth is, and has been, guitarist Jon Schaffer, Schaffers original vision for the band started under the moniker The Rose in 1984. The group was very short-lived, after which Schaffer formed a band called Purgatory, line-up changes were common within the band, with Jon Schaffer staying as the only constant member. The group recorded a demo in 1985, titled Psychotic Dreams, in 1988, Purgatory changed its name to Iced Earth. According to Schaffer, a friend of his, who died in an accident prior to Schaffer moving to Florida was responsible for the name. All of the songs on Enter the Realm would later appear on the debut album, with the exception of Nightmares. After getting signed to Century Media Records, the band, now with Mike McGill on drums, recorded at Morrisound Recording, with Tom Morris and Jon Schaffer as producers, Iced Earth was released in November,1990 in Europe and on February 25,1991 in the US. Following the albums release, Iced Earth toured across Europe with Blind Guardian, following their self-titled debut, Iced Earth quickly began work on their second album. Prior to the process, singer Gene Adam was let go from the band after he refused to take singing lessons
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Lacuna Coil
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Lacuna Coil is an Italian metal band from Milan. Since their formation in 1994, the group has had two changes, being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal. Much of the bands recent material, however, sees a heavier and more down-tuned style, featuring a more distinct bass line, the bands 2012 release, Dark Adrenaline, peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200. They have toured internationally and were nominated for a MTV Music Award, vocalist Andrea Ferro and bassist/composer Marco Coti Zelati formed Sleep of Right in Milan, Italy,1994, and recruited Raffaele Zagaria on guitars, and Michaelangelo Algardi on the drums. The band asked Cristina Scabbia, a friend, to sing background vocals briefly, soon after, the band changed their name to Ethereal, and signed to Century Media at the end of 1997. Finding that the name Ethereal was already taken by a Greek band, they changed their name to Lacuna Coil, Lacuna Coil released a self-titled EP through Century Media in 1998, shortly after Raffael Zagaria, Claudio Leo, and Leonardo Forti departed. As a result, guitarist Cristiano Migliore and drummer Cristiano Mozzati were recruited officially, at this point, the band was touring with Moonspell after the release of the Lacuna Coil EP. Following a second European tour, the recorded their debut full-length album In a Reverie. The band supported the album with another European tour, co-headlining with Skyclad, allmusic rated the album 4 stars, saying it was a fine debut by a band that bears watching. The band toured mostly around Europe, generally as a support-act, following their debut, In a Reverie, the EP Half-Life was released in 2000 with five songs, Half Life, Hyperfast, Stars, Trance Awake, and a demo version of Senzafine. The final version of the latter was included in the 2001 album Unleashed Memories, while the studio album contained ten songs, later re-releases included the Halflife EP. The bands breakthrough album Comalies was released in 2002, a significant player on Europes metal scene for nearly a decade at this point, the band was virtually unknown in the United States until it began touring there. They kicked off their first US tour in 2003, supported by Dog Fashion Disco, networks such as Fuse played the songs video, for example. In early 2005, Heavens a Lie won in The 4th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Hard Rock/Metal Song, the beginning of this song was also used as the introduction music for the audio podcast novel The Rookie by Scott Sigler. The second single, Swamped, was played in rotation and used in the video game Vampire. It also appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Resident Evil, videos were filmed for both songs and broadcast on MTV2s Headbangers Ball, which also saw the band perform an acoustic rendition of Heavens a Lie live. By 2004, Comalies had become the best-selling CD in Century Medias history, the band appeared at Ozzfest in between headlining club tours in the United States and Europe. A bonus, extended version of Comalies was released both in stores and on iTunes and this version consisted of both live and acoustic versions of the songs Heavens a Lie, Swamped, Unspoken, Aeon, and Senzafine from Unleashed Memories
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Shadows Fall
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Shadows Fall is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. Shadows Fall have released seven albums, two compilation albums, and two DVDs. The bands first album featured Philip Labonte on vocals, although he was replaced by Fair. Shadows Falls first two albums featured David Germain playing drums, but in 2002, Bittner joined the band full-time. In February 2008, the band was a Grammy Award nominee in the category Best Metal Performance for the song Redemption off the album Threads of Life, in late 2011, the band entered the studio to begin recording their latest studio album. The album, Fire From the Sky, was released on May 15,2012, Shadows Fall was formed in 1995 by guitarists Jonathan Donais and Matt Bachand, then good friends from the local music scene. Bachand had previously been a member of a death metal band. By 1996 the band had found a complete lineup with the addition of Damien McPherson, Mark Laliberte, also in 1996, Adam Dutkiewicz performed live drums to fill in for Germain. By late 1996, the recorded and released a demo titled Mourning a Dead World. It consisted of the songs Lifeless, Suffer the Season, Fleshold, Forever Lost, A Souls Salvation, McPherson decided to leave the band, and was replaced by Philip Labonte in 1997. Now with a solid lineup, the band released its first EP, To Ashes. The bands name, according to Bachand, comes from the title of a book published in the early 1990s. Shadows Fall toured the New England area opening for such as Fear Factory. On November 30,1997, the band released its first studio album Somber Eyes to the Sky, through Bachands recording label, in 1998, Labonte was asked to leave the band due to personal and artistic differences. He had ideas for a project while a member of the band. The band looked for a replacement vocalist and eventually recruited Milford, the band had been friends with Fair for years. After a US Summer tour with Shai Hulud, Overcast disbanded, while on tour Shadows Fall was signed to Century Media Records. The band recorded its second studio album Of One Blood with Fair on vocals in 2000, in 2001, David Germain decided to leave the band due to alcoholism, and was replaced by former Stigmata and Burning Human drummer Jason Bittner
