Heavy+Metal



= THE BEGINNINGS OF HEAVY METAL = = = Four bands would be the protagonist, responsible for the mm appearance of heavy metal during the 70’s: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Queen and Led Zeppelin.  Black Sabbath (previously Earth) was founded by Ozzy Osbourne vocals, Tony Lommi guitar, Geezor Butler bass and Bill Ward drums. Born in Birmingham, they were the creators of the concept of dark and macabre lyrics in the metal, in contrast with the pacifist letters of the time.  Their first two albums (“Black Sabbath” and “Paranoid”) are considered the cornerstone of metal both sound and letters. The songs “Paranoid” and “Iron Man” are considered the first metal songs.

 In the early 70’s, Queen launched his first album. The originality of Londoners was based mainly on the speed of their melodies. For this reason, the songs “Ogre Battle” and “Stone Cold Crazy” are considered the first Trash Metal songs.

 In 1970 Deep Purple launched “In Rock”. “In Rock” gave them a certain reputation in UK, giving the first metal strokes, despite being a essentially hard rock album. Their third album, “Machine Head”, gave fame to the band, and made guitarist Ritchie Blackmore one of the most important an influential guitarist in history.

 If Led Zeppelin wasn’t a metal band, they were a great influence for the sound of this genre, especially in the albums “Led Zeppelin” and “Led Zeppelin IV” released in 1971. “Stairway to Heaven “ appears, according to critics, with the best guitar solo in history. Jesús. A = = =** HEAVY METAL MUSIC. **=

Now we’re going to talk about the music that Heavy people like. They listen to Heavy Metal, but by the years Heavy Metal has derived in a lot of subgenres.

**Heavy Metal**
is the principal, and it’s a music genre that mixes blues, rock and roll and classical music. The “heavy metal” name has maybe been born on the words of one rock critic, that said it was “//like heavy metal falling from the sky//”, talking about **Judas Priest** music.

**Trash Metal**
is one of the subgenres of Heavy Metal, and it appears in the 80’s in United States. The sound of their music was very energetic and aggressive, and they used a lot of scratch in their guitars. **Metallica** was one of the bands that helped the trash metal to be popular.

**Death Metal**
was even stronger, making fast sounds in their music and lyrics about violence. They used spooky voices and strong voices together. The drums are terribly fast and the tempo changes are typical. They were very hardcore.

**Black Metal**
likes to create a dark atmosphere. They sometimes have satanic lyrics and they welcome people to paganism.

**Doom Metal**
was born in the 80’s and it’s got riffs and distortions. It focuses on the melody, the melancholic tempos and the dark atmosphere of other of Heavy Metal subgenres. **Black Sabbath** is one of the bands with the greatest influence.

**Goth Metal**
mixes classical music, pianos and violins with the feminine voices making atmosphere and symphonic effects. It’s from the late 80’s in England, and it’s got some punk roots.

After all that**,**

**Nu Metal**
Rises, in the USA in the 90’s. They had a hardcore punk melody style. It’s got elements that go from **Rap** to **Death Metal**. Groups like **Slipknot** are considered Nu Metal. **Dope** has released some new material that creates **Aggressive Nu Metal**. Alejandra. F

=** HEAVY AESTHETICS ** =

We are going to talk about heavy aesthetics. We should know that the fans'  style is designed by the bands' style. The main colour is black because of  a band called Judas Priest, that is one of the most influential in the  development of this style.

Those more classical heavies, from the 70's and 80's, wear tight leotards,  cut waistcoats and t-shirts. On their waist coats, they stick some patch  from their favourites bands.

Somethig universal in this style is long hair, since it is necessary to <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> practise headbanging, a head movement coming from Trush Metal.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The heavies, that listen to Trush Metal, usually wear camouflage clothes <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> and big boots. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Other typical accesories are: thorns, bullet's belts and <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> wristbands.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Play mee !! You are heavy I know ;)]

<span style="color: #ff6200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">By Angie M.

** HEAVIES IN MADRID **

**ZONES:** It's the biggest area of concentration in Madrid. Underground stations: Argüelles and Moncloa. them.
 * **Los bajos de Argüelles,** also know as Aurrera. There are some streets with a lot of pubs, there are ten or fifteen.
 * **La Dehesa la Villa.** There are heavies and punks, this produce some conflicts because they are unfriendly among


 * ​ DISCOS: **
 * **El refugio,** is a heavy Metal Disco.

night bus service.
 * **Excalibur,** is in Vallecas area. It is open until late in the morning and it's very expensive. We can go there by the

**FESTIVALS:** Saratoga, Lujuria, Koma... The tickets can cost 60€. Last three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).
 * **Viña Rock** is a Rock-Heavy festival. Some of the bands that perform there, are:



By Nuria