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Re: Heavy Metal Bands Come on, provoke me some more. :roll::P Countless bands fit into the category. Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Tokyo Blade, Armour, Steel Assassin, Bruce Dickinson... You can go on with this forever and ever. And just to be clear, most NWoBHM bands fit into the heavy/traditional metal category. NWoBHM wasn't a clear cut metal genre, but rather a movement that included heavy metal and hard rock. In addition to that, new bands like Skull Fist, Christian Mistress, Cauldron, White Wizzard, etc. have popped and are leading the pack with a large-scale heavy metal revival. Pure heavy metal has been way underground for a number of years, but it's just now making a comeback. It's fantastic because regular heavy metal is one of my all-time favorites.

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Re: Heavy Metal Bands The Metal Advisor knows his/her Heavy Metal. I love Skull Fist, (seen them a few months ago) Cauldron, and White Wizzard. Here's a few more for ya ;) Bullet iTCbIF66RJs Enforcer 032iifZ_SmA Evil Survives ls-Ua-bXJQY Gallows End 8h5mC--iTDM Grand Magus gGBpOZpmq1U Holy Grail HEMLthMBDF4 Steelwing s3EZcStzyoo Stormzone wnPEBLOPBbY Turbowolf VGcUhhTA-xM Viking Skull wCwMy9d-XR0 Wolf xA5nNyfoW4g

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Not really a fan of much old heavy metal' date=' but Freddy posted Bullet, and they're just a great live act, will probably see them for the second time soon.[/quote'] Yes indeed they are! I went to see them a few months ago with Enforcer and Skull Fist. GREAT NIGHT. If they come to your town I recommend you go see them, even if you're not a fan of the genre. Guaranteed to rock your socks off.
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The Metal Advisor knows his/her Heavy Metal. I love Skull Fist, (seen them a few months ago) Cauldron, and White Wizzard. Here's a few more for ya ;) Bullet iTCbIF66RJs Enforcer 032iifZ_SmA Evil Survives ls-Ua-bXJQY Gallows End 8h5mC--iTDM Grand Magus gGBpOZpmq1U Holy Grail HEMLthMBDF4 Steelwing s3EZcStzyoo Stormzone wnPEBLOPBbY Turbowolf VGcUhhTA-xM Viking Skull wCwMy9d-XR0 Wolf xA5nNyfoW4g
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Re: Heavy Metal Bands Heavy Metal is a genera with TONS of styles. Any band from Anthrax to Znow White fits the "Heavy Metal" tag. It was only within the last decade or so that the media took it upon itself to start classifying everything with in the genera as separate genera's. These are also the people that don't listen to Metal. So take that as you will.

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Re: Heavy Metal Bands seems no one has posted here in quite some time, going back to what NTNR said on the previous page (sorry but I can not be bothered working out how to quote other posts) I think the division of metal into different genres started quite early on as a means for bands with similar sounds to distinguish themselves from what came before hence why bands like Iron Maiden, Angel-Witch, Saxon and the like distinguished themselves as NWOBHM, then came the glam bands, then thrash came along, the sub-genres have always existed in some form or other but it is only in the last fifteen years or so that sub-genres have become of crucial importance

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seems no one has posted here in quite some time' date=' going back to what NTNR said on the previous page (sorry but I can not be bothered working out how to quote other posts) I think the division of metal into different genres started quite early on as a means for bands with similar sounds to distinguish themselves from what came before hence why bands like Iron Maiden, Angel-Witch, Saxon and the like distinguished themselves as NWOBHM, then came the glam bands, then thrash came along, the sub-genres have always existed in some form or other but it is only in the last fifteen years or so that sub-genres have become of crucial importance[/quote'] What I meant was; Heavy Metal is the genre. There are many styles within the genre i.e. Doom, Black/Death, Doom/Death, Thrash, NWOBHM, Black, Power, Grind, Goth, etc... any combination therein and more. That's all I was saying.
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Re: Heavy Metal Bands You were also claiming in your post that the media were the ones creating the genres and that it only goes back a decade or so. This is obviously false, as the media pretty much ignores more extreme metal, and it seems that there are more subgenre divisions on that side of the spectrum.

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It was only within the last decade or so that the media took it upon itself to start classifying everything with in the genera as separate genera's. These are also the people that don't listen to Metal. So take that as you will.
This is a direct quote from you, still care to deny it? Accountability is a bitch, isn't it?
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