Beginning in the late '60s in the UK, metal music formed from blues and psychadelic-acid rock, developing into the heavy, distortion filled sound we know. Three of the main heavy metal acts of the genre emerged at this time, including Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple. By the mid '70s, Judas Priest launched the genre into stardom with a sound that led fans away from the blues roots of the music, then branching off into many sub-categories in the '80s, bringing us sounds of thrash metal such as Metallica and Slayer. Keeping the aggression filled, heart pounding metal sound alive, groove metal appeared with bands like Pantera, and Nu metal in the mid '90s with Korn and Slipknot. See our collection of Heavy Metal pictures below.
© Eddie Sung, 2005
© Lynn Goldsmith, 1975
© Patrick Harbron, 1979
© Lynn Goldsmith, 1979
© Eddie Sung, 2017
© Rene Huemer, 2009
© Bill Green, 1974
© Travis Shinn, 2015
© Ville Juurikkala, 2017
© Bob Gruen, 1971
© Ross Halfin, 1984
© Ross Halfin, Date Unknown
© Eddie Sung, 2006
© Eddie Sung, 2007
© Steve Joester, 1979
© Lynn Goldsmith, 1981
© Eddie Sung, 2014
© Eddie Sung, 2010
© Timothy White, 1988
© Eddie Sung, Date Unknown
© Mick Rock, 1986
© Joseph Cultice, 1997
© Joseph Cultice, 1996
© Catherine McGann, 1995
© Eddie Sung, 2012
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